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submitted from those participants not 

selected to speak will be accepted and 

considered as part of the meeting 

record. 

Persons who wish to submit written 

comments for consideration by ACHT 

during the meeting must submit them 

no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

September 25, 2023, to ensure 

transmission to ACHT prior to the 

meeting. Comments received after that 

date and time will be distributed to the 

members but may not be reviewed prior 

to the meeting. 

Copies of the meeting minutes will be 

available on the ACHT internet website 

at https://www.transportation.gov/ 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 29, 

2023. 

Carol Annette Petsonk, 

Assistant Secretary, Aviation and 

International Affairs, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19061 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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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; Report of 

Passengers Denied Confirmed 

Space—BTS Form 250 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

invites the general public, industry and 

other governmental parties to comment 

on the continuing need for and 

usefulness of DOT collecting reports on 

the number of passengers holding 

confirmed reservations that voluntarily 

or involuntarily give up their seats 

when the airline oversells the flight. 

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 

https://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 selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at https://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 https://

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

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 

https://www.regulations.gov, by 

searching docket DOT–OST–2014–0031. 

Comments: Comments should identify 

the associated OMB approval # 2138– 

0018 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 

# 2138–0018, Docket—DOT–OST–2014– 

0031. The postcard will be date/time 

stamped and returned. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Room E34–410, 

OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–4405, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or Email 

cecelia.robinson@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are requested concerning whether (a) 

the collection is still needed by the 

Department of Transportation, (b) BTS 

accurately estimated the reporting 

burden; (c) there are other ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collected; and (d) 

there are ways to minimize reporting 

burden, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0018. 

Title: Report of Passengers Denied 

Confirmed Space. 

Form No.: BTS Form 250. 

Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Number of Responses: 60. 

Number of Hours per Response: 10. 

Total Annual Burden: 600 hours. 

Codeshare Flights Marketed by 

Reporting Carrier 

Form 250 for Codeshare Flights They 

Market 

Number of Respondents: 4. 

Number of Responses: 16. 

Number of Hours per Response: 6. 

Total Annual Burden: 96. 

Needs and Uses: BTS Form 250 is a 

one-page report submitted four times 

per year, on the number of passengers 

denied seats either voluntarily or 

involuntarily, whether these bumped 

passengers were provided alternate 

transportation and/or compensation, 

and the amount of the payment. On 

November 3, 2016, the Department 

published a Final Rule (see 81 FR 

76800) that changed the number of U.S. 

air carriers that account for at least 1 

percent to half of one percent of 

domestic scheduled-service passenger 

revenues who must report oversales on 

all operations with 30 seats or larger 

aircraft that depart a U.S. airport. 

Carriers do not report data from 

inbound international flights to the 

United States because the protections of 

14 CFR part 250 Oversales do not apply 

to these flights. The report allows the 

Department to monitor the effectiveness 

of its oversales rule and take 

enforcement action when necessary. 

The involuntarily denied-boarding rate 

has decreased from 4.38 per 10,000 

passengers in 1980; this rate has been 

reduced to 0.24 per 10,000 passengers in 

2019. Without Form 250, determining 

the effectiveness of the Department’s 

oversales rule would be impossible. The 

publishing of the carriers’ individual 

denied boarding rates has diminished 

the need for more intrusive regulation. 

The rate of denied boarding can be 

examined as a continuing fitness factor. 

This rate provides an insight into a 

carrier’s customer service practices. A 

rapid sustained increase in the rate of 

denied boarding may indicate 

operational difficulties. Because the rate 

of denied boarding is released quarterly, 

travelers and travel agents can select 


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carriers with lower incidences of 

bumping passengers. This information 

is available in the Air Travel Consumer 

Report at: http://

airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/ 

index.htm. The Air Travel Consumer 

Report is also sent to newspapers, 

magazines, and trade journals. The 

public availability of this information 

deters carriers from setting unreasonable 

overbooking rates—a market-based 

mechanism that is more efficient than 

direct regulation of those rates. 

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 August 28, 

2023. 

William A. Chadwick, Jr., 

Director, Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18998 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0706] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Application for 

Reimbursement of National Exam Fee 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

revision of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before November 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M33), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0706’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0706’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: Public Law 108–454 and 

Public Law 111–377; 38 U.S.C. 5101 and 

CFR 21.1030. 

Title: Application for Reimbursement 

of National Exam Fee, VA Form 22– 

0810. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0706. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA will use the information 

collected to determine whether the 

claimant qualifies to receive 

reimbursement for a claimed national 

test, and if so, the amount of the 

reimbursement of the fee charged. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 57 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Time per 

Respondent: 15 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

230. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19049 Filed 9–1–23; 8:45 am] 

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