Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 10, 2000 / Notices 30189

information concerning the proposed

topic and speaker should be submitted

in writing to the Associate

Administrator for Research and

Development, NHTSA, at the mailing

address or telefax number given below

by 5 p.m. on June 5, 2000.

Any questions regarding research

projects that have been submitted in

writing not later than 5 p.m. on June 5,

2000, will be answered at the public

meeting. The summary minutes of the

meeting, copies of materials handed out

at the meeting, and answers to the

questions submitted for response at the

meeting will be available for public

inspection in the DOT Docket in

Washington, DC, within 3 weeks after

the meeting. Copies of this material will

then be available at ten cents a page

upon request to DOT Docket, Room PL–

401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. The DOT

Docket is open to the public from 10

a.m. to 5 p.m. The summary minutes,

handouts, and answers to the previously

submitted questions will also be

available on NHTSA’s Web site at

Announcements/Public Meetings at

URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/

announce/meetings/.

NHTSA will provide technical aids to

participants as necessary, during the

Research and Development Programs

Meeting. Thus, any person desiring the

assistance of ‘‘auxiliary aids’’ (e.g., signlanguage interpreter, telecommunication

devices for deaf persons (TTDs), readers,

taped texts, braille materials, or large

print materials and/or a magnifying

device), please contact Rita Gibbons by

telephone on (202) 366–4862, by telefax

on (202) 366-5930, or by E-mail at

rgibbons@nhtsa.dot.gov by 5 p.m. June

5, 2000.

Should it be necessary to cancel the

meeting due to inclement weather or to

any another emergencies, a decision to

cancel will be made as soon as possible

and posted immediately on NHTSA’s

Web site at Announcements/Public

Meetings at URL http://

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/

announcements/meetings/. If you do not

have access to the Web site, you may

call the information contact listed below

and leave your telephone or telefax

number. You will be called only if the

meeting is postponed or canceled.

The next public meeting to discuss

NHTSA’s research and development

projects is scheduled for September 14,

2000, at the Tysons Westpark Hotel,

8401 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.

The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and

will end at approximately 4:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of

Research and Development, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–4862. Fax

number: (202) 366–5930. E-mail:

rgibbons@nhtsa.dot.gov.

Issued: May 4, 2000.

Raymond P. Owings,

Associate Administrator for Research and

Development.

[FR Doc. 00–11694 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

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.

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 554–555].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 9, 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: Report of Extension to Political

Candidates.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved Collection.

OMB Control Number: 2138–0016.

Form(s): BTS Form 183.

Affected Public: Certificated air

carriers.

Abstract: An air carrier must submit

monthly reports to the Department

when the indebtedness for

transportation furnished to a candidate,

running for Federal office, or to persons

acting on behalf of such candidates,

exceeds $5,000 on the last day of a

month during the 6 months before an

election or nomination. After that

period, the air carrier shall file such a

report with the Office of Airline

Information not later than the 20th day

following the end of the calendar month

in which the election or nomination

takes place and thereafter when any

change occurs in that report, until a

negative report is filed. For Form 183

purposes, a ‘‘negative report’’ is one that

indicates an indebtedness of $5,000 or

less.

These disclosures have tended to

reduce the lag time between when

transportation is furnished to political

candidates and when it is paid. In the

past, such lag time resulted in

substantial balances in accounts

receivable to some air carriers. This led

Congress to enact the Federal Election

Campaign Act.

When there are carriers submitting

Form 183, the Office of Airline

Information compiles a monthly report

identifying unpaid balances due air

carriers from political candidates and

sends the report to the Federal Election

Commission.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 24.

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 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.

A comment to OMB is most effective if

OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication.

Donald W. Bright,

Acting Director, Office of Airline Information,

Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–11716 Filed 5–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–FE–P

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.