25782 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 85 / Thursday, May 2, 2013 / Notices 

1The rule-making associated with the T–100 

program can be found on the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT–OST–1998– 

4043. Information regarding burden hours is on file 

in the Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50). 

2The Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50) 

estimated that small-carriers would require 1 

burden hour per report, and large carriers would 

require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and 

report T–100 program data. Considering that the 

data required in this information collection can be 

derived from data already collected, we have taken 

an average of the estimated time required, and 

conservatively shortened the time by 45 minutes 

because no new data entry will be required. 

3Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) × 

(30 foreign homelands) × (2 requests per year) = 240 

annual burden hours. Apportioning 240 annual 

burden hours equally among an average of 430 

applications annually = approximately 30 burden 

minutes per application. 

being conducted, the number of thirdand fourth-freedom flights conducted in 

the last twelve-month period, and 

certification of reciprocity from the 

carrier’s homeland government. DOT 

analysts will use the information 

collected to determine if applications 

for fifth-freedom operations meet the 

public interest requirements necessary 

to authorize such applications. 

Burden Statement: We estimate that 

the industry-wide total hour burden for 

this collection to be approximately 

1,000 hours or approximately 2.25 hours 

per application. Conservatively, we 

estimate the compilation of background 

information will require 1.75 hours, and 

the completion and submission of OST 

Form 4540 will require thirty (30) 

minutes. Reporting the number of thirdand fourth-freedom operations 

conducted by an applicant carrier will 

require collection of flight data, and 

detailed analysis to determine which 

flights conducted by the carrier are 

third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants 

should be able to use data collected for 

the Department’s T–100 program to 

provide this information (under this 

program, carriers are required 

periodically to compile and report 

certain traffic data to the Department, as 

more fully described in the Docket 

referenced in footnote 1 below). The 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS) provide carriers with a computer 

program that allows them to compile 

and monitor, among other things, flight 

origin and destination data, to be used 

in making the carriers’ T–100 

submissions.1 We estimated that carriers 

will require 1.25 hours per application 2

to compile and analyze the data 

necessary to disclose the number of 

third- and fourth-freedom flights 

conducted within the twelve-month 

period preceding the filing of an 

application. 

Foreign carriers will also have to 

provide evidence that their homeland 

government will afford reciprocity to 

U.S. carriers seeking authority for the 

similar fifth-, sixth- and seventhfreedom operations. Carriers may cite 

certifications submitted by carriers from 

the same homeland if that homeland 

issued such certification within the 

preceding six-month period. 

Approximately 100 carriers from 

roughly 30 distinct homelands use OST 

Form 4540 to apply for statements of 

authorization annually. We estimate 

that one foreign carrier from any given 

homeland will expend roughly 4 hours 

every six-months to obtain certification 

from its homeland governments.3 We 

have apportioned 30 minutes to each 

application to account for the time 

required to obtain certifications from 

homeland governments. 

We have no empirical data to indicate 

how much time is required for a person 

to complete OST Form 4540; however, 

anecdotal evidence reveals that 

respondents spend thirty (30) minutes 

or less completing the form and brief 

justification. In some cases, respondents 

spend a limited amount of time, less 

than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the 

form before sending it via facsimile or 

email to the Department. In the interest 

of providing a conservative estimate so 

as to not understate the burden hours, 

we estimate the hour burden for 

completing OST Form 4540 as thirty 

(30) minutes. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the Office of the 

Secretary’s performance; (2) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 

ways for the Office of the Secretary to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 26, 

2013. 

Paul Gretch, 

Director, Office of the International Aviation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10419 Filed 5–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) 

during the Week Ending April 20, 2013. 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et. 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT-OST–2013– 

0082. 

Date Filed: April 17, 2013. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: May 8, 2013. 

Description: Joint application of 

American Airlines, Inc., US Airways, 

Inc., American Eagle Airlines, Inc., PSA 

Airlines, Inc. and Piedmont Airlines, 

Inc. (collectively, the ‘‘Joint 

Applicants’’) requesting approval of the 

de facto route transfer of US Airways’, 

PSA’s, and Piedmont’s route authority 

to AA/Eagle, and the reissuance of the 

route authorities of all the carriers in 

order to comply with the applicable 

aviation statutes. 

Barbara J. Hairston, 

Acting Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10308 Filed 5–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9x–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Guidance on FMCSA’s Publication: 

Your Rights and Responsibilities When 

You Move 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA provides a 

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