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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 59242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23555]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. OST-2012-0031]

Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Public Charters

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.), this notice announces that the 
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will forward the Information 
Collection Request (ICR), abstracted below to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for renewal of currently approved Public Charters, 14 
CFR Part 380. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period was published April 9, 2012 (77 FR 21144). The agency did not 
receive any comments to its previous notice.

DATES: Comments on this notice should be received by October 26, 2012: 
attention OMB/OST Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Reather Flemmings, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of International Aviation, Department of 
Transportation, Special Authorities Division-X46, 202 366-1865, 1200 
New Jersey Ave. SE., W-86-445, Washington, DC, 20590 and Torlanda 
Archer, Office of the Secretary, OIA, 202 366-1037.
    Comment: Comments should be sent to OMB at the address that appears 
above and should identify the associated OMB Approval Number 2106-0005 
and Docket No. OST-2012-0031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0005.
    Title: Public Charters, 14 CFR Part 380.
    Form Numbers: 4532, 4533, 4534 4535.
    Type of Review: Extension of a Previously Approved Collection.
    Respondents: Private Sector: Air carriers; tour operators; the 
general public (including groups and individuals, corporations and 
Universities or Colleges, etc.).
    Number of Respondents: 245.
    Number of Responses: 1782.
    Total Annual Burden: 891.
    Needs and Uses: 14 CFR part 380 establishes the regulations of the 
Department's terms and conditions governing Public Charter operators to 
conduct air transportation using direct air carriers. Public Charter 
operators arrange transportation for groups of people on chartered 
aircraft. This arrangement is less expensive for the travelers than 
individually buying a ticket. Part 380 exempts charter operators from 
certain provisions of the U.S. code in order that they may provide this 
service. A primary goal of Part 380 is to seek protection for the 
consumer. Accordingly, the rule stipulates that the charter operator 
must file evidence (a prospectus--consisting of OST Forms 4532, 4533, 
4534 and 4535) with the Department for each charter program certifying 
that it has entered into a binding contract with a direct air carrier 
to provide air transportation and that it has also entered into 
agreements with Department-approved financial institutions for the 
protection of charter participants' funds. The prospectus must be 
approved by the Department prior to the operator's advertising, selling 
or operating the charter. If the prospectus information were not 
collected it would be extremely difficult to assure compliance with 
agency rules and to assure that public security and other consumer 
protection requirements were in place for the traveling public. The 
information collected is available for public inspection (unless the 
respondent specifically requests confidential treatment). Part 380 does 
not provide any assurances of confidentiality.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 19, 2012.
Patricia Lawton,
Department of Transportation PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-23555 Filed 9-25-12; 8:45 am]
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