52180 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 193 / Monday, October 6, 1997 / Notices

Each respondent provides the

information once. NHTSA estimates it

takes 15 minutes to prepare the

information. The estimated total burden

on all respondents for this standard is

25 hours per year.

Based on an assumed clerical cost of

$20.00 per hour, it costs each

manufacturer $5.00 to prepare the

information. Some of the vehicle and

equipment manufacturers are outside of

the United States, and postage (on the

average from a foreign country) is

approximately $1.00 per letter. Thus,

each response costs the manufacturer a

total of $6.00. (NHTSA knows the total

is overstated; the majority of vehicle and

equipment manufacturers are in the

United States, and postage would be 32

cents.) Since NHTSA estimates the

number of respondents per year is 100,

the total cost on all respondents per year

is approximately $600.00.

Since they are not required to keep

copies of the information provided to

NHTSA, there are no recordkeeping

costs to the manufacturers.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Issued: September 30, 1997.

John Womack,

Acting Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–26375 Filed 10–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Agency Information Collection;

Activity Under OMB Review; Part 291

Domestic Cargo Transportation

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation

Statistics, (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of

Transportation Statistics (BTS) invites

the general public, industry and other

Federal Agencies to comment on the

continuing need and usefulness of DOT

requiring air carriers holding section

418 certificates, that do not submit Form

41 reports, to file Form 291–A

‘‘Statement of Operations and Statistics

Summary for Section 418 Operations’’

pursuant to 14 CFR 291.42. Form 291–

A is used to monitor air-cargo activity

carried on strictly all-cargo flights.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted by December 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

directed to: Office of Airline

Information, K–25, Room 4125, Bureau

of Transportation Statistics, Department

of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.

COMMENTS: Comments should identify

the OMB #2138–0023 and submit a

duplicate copy to the address listed

above. Commenters 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

#2138–0023. The postcard will be date/

time stamped and returned to the

commenter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline

Information, K–25, Bureau of

Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001, (202) 366–4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No. 2138–0023

Title: Domestic Cargo Transportation

Part 291.

Form No.: 291–A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved requirement.

Respondents: Certificated domestic

all-cargo carriers.

Number of Respondents: 3 domestic

all-cargo carriers.

Total Annual Burden: 12 hours.

Needs and Uses: Form 291–A

financial data are reviewed in

connection with an air carrier’s

operations when concerns arise as to a

carrier’s financial condition as

evidenced by reported losses and

delinquency in payments to creditors.

Data comparisons are made between

current and past periods in order to

assess the current financial positions.

Financial trend lines are extended into

the future to evaluate the continued

viability of the carrier.

When an all-cargo carrier wishes to

extend its operation to passenger

service, the carrier’s prior Form 291–A

filings are examined as a source

document to help determine the

carrier’s financial condition.

FAA’s Safety Indicators Division is

developing an integrated approach to

exposure data (Form 291–A is a part of

this data) in the aviation industry to

support the Safety Indicators Program.

FAA’s National Safety Data Center is

currently using Form 291–A in

compiling annual year end flight hours,

miles flown, and departures. Also, these

activity data are used by the National

Transportation Safety Board in

determining the airline industry’s

annual safety indexes.

Commercial all-cargo activity data are

used by the FAA in estimating the

excise tax paid by shippers and held by

the all-cargo air carriers. Although a

precise tax figure cannot be computed

from the Form 291–A reports (because

some cargo movements are exempted

from the excise tax), an estimation is

possible for revenue budgeting

purposes.

Timothy E. Carmody,

Director, Office of Airline Information,

Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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