[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 33321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11646]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number: DOT-OST-2014-0031]
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review;
Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting a sample of
airline passenger itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger
ticket. Certificated air carriers that operated scheduled passenger
service with at least one aircraft having a seating capacity of over 60
seats or operates an international route report these data. Comments
are requested concerning whether: (a) The collection is still needed by
the Department of Transportation; (b) BTS accurately estimates the
reporting burden; and (c) there are other ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collected;
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 25, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bouse, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Room E34-441, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4876, Fax
Number (202) 366-3383 or EMAIL [email protected].
Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval
#2139-0001 and Docket ID Number DOT-OST-2014-0031. Persons wishing the
Department to acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit with
those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on OMB #2139-0001, Docket--DOT-OST-2014-
0031. The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT-OST-2014-0031 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Services: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202-366-3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number, DOT-OST-2014-0031, at the
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed
stamped postcard. Internet users may access all comments received by
DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments are posted
electronically without charge or edits, including any personal
information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
Electronic Access: you may access comments received for this notice
at http://www.regulations.gov, by searching docket DOT-OST-2014-0031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2139-0001.
Title: Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers that provide scheduled
passenger service or operate an international route.
Number of Respondents: 48 certificated air carriers.
Number of Responses: 192.
Estimated Time per Response: 60 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 11,520 hours.
Needs and Uses: Survey data are used in monitoring the airline
industry, negotiating international agreements, reviewing requests for
the grant of anti-trust immunity for air carrier alliance agreements,
selecting new international routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate
limited entry foreign routes, and modeling the spread of contagious
diseases.
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires a statistical agency to
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes.
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2016.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2016-11646 Filed 5-24-16; 8:45 am]
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