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the Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of 

the Secretary of Transportation, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 17, 

2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4317 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2011–0170] 

Request for Comments of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on September 16, 2011 (76 FR 

57795). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 26, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aleta Best, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Aviation and International 

Affairs (X–55), Office of the Secretary, 

W86–498, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 493–0797. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Disclosure of Code Sharing 

Arrangements and Long-Term Wet 

Leases. 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0537. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: Codesharing is the name 

given to a common airline industry 

marketing practice where, by mutual 

agreement between cooperating carriers, 

at least one of the airline designator 

codes used on a flight is different from 

that of the airline operating the aircraft. 

In one version, two or more airlines 

each use their own designator codes on 

the same aircraft operation. Although 

only one airline operates the flight, each 

airline in a codesharing arrangement 

may hold out, market, and sell the flight 

as its own in published schedules. 

Codesharing also refers to the 

arrangements, such as when a code on 

a passenger’s ticket is not that of the 

operator of the flight, but where the 

operator does not also hold out the 

service in its own name. Such 

codesharing arrangements are common 

between commuter air carriers and their 

larger affiliates, and the number of 

arrangements between U.S. air carriers 

and foreign air carriers has also been 

increasing. Arrangements falling into 

this category are similar to leases of 

aircraft with crew (wet leases). 

The Department recognizes the strong 

preference of air travelers for on-line 

service (service by a single carrier) on 

connecting flights over interline service 

(service by multiple carriers). 

Codesharing arrangements are, in part, a 

marketing response to this demand for 

on-line service. Often, codesharing 

partners offer services similar to those 

available for on-line connections with 

the goal of offering ‘‘seamless’’ service 

(i.e., service where the transfers from 

flight to flight or airline to airline are 

facilitated). For example, they may 

locate gates near each other to make 

connections more convenient or 

coordinate baggage handling to give 

greater assurance that baggage will be 

properly handled. Codesharing 

arrangements can help airlines operate 

more efficiently because they can 

reduce costs by providing a joint service 

with one aircraft rather than operating 

separate services with two aircraft. 

Particularly in thin markets, this 

efficiency can lead to increased price 

and service options for consumers or 

enable the use of equipment sized 

appropriately for the market. Therefore, 

the Department recognizes that 

codesharing, as well as long-term wet 

leases, can offer significant economic 

benefits. 

Although codesharing and wet-lease 

arrangements can offer significant 

consumer benefits, they can also be 

misleading unless consumers know that 

the transportation they are considering 

for purchase will not be provided by the 

airline whose designator code is shown 

on the ticket, schedule, or itinerary and 

unless they know the identity of the 

airline on which they will be flying. The 

growth in the use of codesharing, 

wetleasing, and similar marketing tools, 

particularly in international air 

transportation, had given the 

Department concern about whether the 

then-current disclosure rules (14 CFR 

399.88) protected the public interest 

adequately and led the Department to 

adopt specific regulations requiring the 

disclosure of code-sharing arrangements 

and long-term wet leases on March 15, 

1999. (14 CFR part 257) 

These regulations required U.S. 

airlines, foreign airlines and travel 

agents doing business in the United 

States, to notify passengers of the 

existence of code-sharing or long-term 

wet lease arrangements. It also required 

U.S. airlines, foreign airlines and travel 

agents to tell prospective consumers, in 

all oral communications before booking 

transportation, that the transporting 

airline is not the airline whose 

designator code will appear on travel 

documents and identify the transporting 

airline by its corporate name and any 

other name under which that service is 

held out to the public. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16,000, excluding travelers. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 300 

million (estimated number of passengers 

who may be traveling on a codeshare or 

wet-lease ticket). 

Annual Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours: Annual reporting burden 

for this data collection is estimated at 

618,750 hours for all travel agents and 

airline ticket agents, based on 15 

seconds per phone call and an average 

of 1.5 phone calls per trip, for the 

approximately 33% of codeshare 

itineraries that involve personal contact. 

Most of this data collection (third party 

notification) is accomplished through 

highly automated computerized 

systems. 

The estimated burden has changed 

from the previous collection based on 

adjustments to the set of respondents 

and changes to the number of annual 

airline passengers. 

Frequency of Collection: Collection 

occurs at the time a passenger books an 

airline ticket. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 


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11188 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 37 / Friday, February 24, 2012 / Notices 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of 

the Secretary of Transportation, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 17, 

2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4299 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2004–16951] 

Request for Comments of a 

Reinstatement of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following information collection was 

published on November 8, 2011 (76 FR 

69320). No comments were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 26, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauralyn Remo, Air Carrier Fitness 

Division (X–56), Office of Aviation 

Analysis, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, (202) 366–9721. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Aircraft Accident Liability 

Insurance, 14 CFR Part 205. 

OMB Control Number: 2106–0030. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: 14 CFR Part 205 contains 

the minimum requirements for air 

carrier accident liability insurance to 

protect the public from losses, and 

directs that certificates evidencing 

appropriate coverage must be filed with 

the Department. 

Respondents: U.S. and foreign air 

carriers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,308. 

Annual Estimated Total Burden on 

Respondents: 1,854 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of 

the Secretary of Transportation, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 17, 

2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4298 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2012 0013] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel 

GOLIGHTLY; Invitation for Public 

Comments 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2012–0013. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979, Email Joann.Spittle@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel GOLIGHTLY is: 

Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: 

‘‘Private charter day sails in New York 

City and surrounding waters.’’ 

Geographic Region: ‘‘New York.’’ 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2012–0013 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part 

388, that the issuance of the waiver will 

have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.- 

vessel builder or a business that uses 

U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a 

waiver will not be granted. Comments 

should refer to the docket number of 

this notice and the vessel name in order 

for MARAD to properly consider the 

comments. Comments should also state 

the commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 


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