[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 88 (Friday, May 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 26275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11252]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget for extension of currently approved collections. 
The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on January 5, 2000 (65 FR pages 552-553).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, (202) 366-4387, DOT, 
Office of Airline Information, Room 4125, K-25, 400 Seventh Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

    Title: Part 249 Preservation of Records.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0006.
    Form(s): None.
    Affected Public: Certificated air carriers, public charter 
operators and overseas military personnel charter operators.
    Abstract: Part 249 applies to all carriers holding certificates of 
public convenience and necessity, public charter operators, and 
overseas military personnel charter operators. This part requires the 
retention of such records as general and subsidiary ledgers, journals 
and journal vouchers, voucher distribution registers, accounts 
receivable and payable journals and ledgers, subsidy records 
documenting underlying financial and statistical reports to the 
Department, funds reports, consumer records, sales reports, auditors' 
and flight coupons, air waybills, etc. Depending on the nature of the 
document, it may be retained for a period of 30 days to 3 years. Public 
charter operators and overseas military personnel charter operators 
must retain documents which evidence or reflect deposits made by each 
charter participant and commissions received by, paid to, or deducted 
by travel agents, and all statements, invoices, bills and receipts from 
suppliers or furnishers of goods and services in connection with the 
tour or charter. These records are retained for 6 months after 
completion of the charter program.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 710.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS Desk Officer.
    Comments are Invited on: whether the proposed record retention 
requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the Department, including whether the record retention requirements 
practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed record retention; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the requirements; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the requirements on respondents, including the use other 
forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is most effective if 
OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2000.
Donald W. Bright,
Acting Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 00-11252 Filed 5-4-00; 8:45 am]
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