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Need: Currently, DOT collects air fare

data from certain air carriers as part of

the Passenger Origin and Destination

Survey (‘‘Survey’’). This Survey is based

on a ten percent sample of passenger

tickets and is reported to the

Department on a quarterly basis by the

large certificated air carriers. In the

course of analyzing these data with

reference to the small communities, the

Department has tentatively concluded

that because of the small size of the

sample and the absence of smaller

carriers from the database, the current

data are unrepresentative and

inadequate for providing proper

analysis. The Department is therefore

developing an alternative database to

meet its needs.

The Department is requiring airlines

and CRSs to provide these data. In order

to minimize the burden of providing

these data, the Department has

suggested the use of the Ticket Control

Number (TCN) files or similar data

sources. In the process of making

reservations and ticketing airline

passengers, airlines and CRSs

electronically record most transactions

in TCN files for various accounting,

reconciliation and control purposes.

Each TCN file contains approximately

150 individual data items including the

data elements of carrier identification,

passenger itinerary and fare needed by

the Department. Under a current data

interchange program, most airlines and

CRSs routinely submit the TCN data to

the Airline Tariff Publishing Company

(ATPCO). The Department believes that

these files, as submitted to ATPCO,

provide an ideal source of the type of

comprehensive data that it is seeking.

To the extent that airlines do not use

CRSs for reservations, the Department is

taking whatever steps are necessary to

provide as complete a database as

possible.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 888.

Send comments to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725–

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503,

Attention DOT 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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3,

1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–32263 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Privacy Act of 1974: Systems of

Records

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: DOT intends to establish a

new system of records under the Privacy

Act of 1974 and to exempt it from

certain provisions of the Act.

DATES: January 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal M. Bush at (202)366–9713

(Telephone), (202)366–7066 (Fax),

crystal.bush@ost.dot.gov (Internet

Address).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Transportation systems

of records notices subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,

have been published in the Federal

Register and are available from the

above mentioned address.

SYSTEM NUMBER:

DOT/CG 588.

SYSTEM NAME:

Marine Safety Information System

(MSIS).

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

MSIS is unclassified, sensitive.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

United States Coast Guard (USCG),

Operations Systems Center, 175 Murrall

Drive, Martinsburg, WV 25401.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Individuals with established

relationship(s)/association to vessels or

facilities that are state-numbered and/or

titled and U.S. Coast Guarddocumented, and that are included in

the Marine Safety Information System

(MSIS). Specifically, owners or agents of

such vessels, as well as lienholders.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

a. Records containing vessel

identification information and vessel

characteristics on state-numbered and/

or titled vessels or Coast Guarddocumented vessels including: vessel

name (if Coast Guard-documented),

make of vessel or name of vessel

builder, manufacturer year/year vessel

built, vessel model year, title number,

Coast Guard official number, certificate

of number assigned by the state

including expiration date, hull

identification number, length of vessel,

type of vessel, hull type, propulsion

type, fuel type, primary use,

endorsements (if Coast Guard

documented), and hailing port name

endorsements (if Coast Guard

documented).

b. Records containing personal

information including: name of each

owner, address of principal place of

residence of at least one owner, mailing

address if different from the principal

place of residence, and either an

owner’s social security number, date of

birth and driver’s license number, or

other individual identifier. If a vessel

owner is a business, the business

address and taxpayer identification

number will be included.

c. Records containing lienholder and

insurance information including: name

of lienholder, and city and state of

principal place of residence or business

of each lienholder.

d. Records containing law

enforcement information including: law

enforcement status code (stolen,

recovered, lost, destroyed, or

abandoned), law enforcement hold,

reporting agency, originating case

number, MSIS user identification,

incident location, last sighted date/time/

location, law enforcement contact and

phone number, and hours of operations.

e. Records containing vessel

registration information including:

registration and, if applicable title

number including effective and

expiration date, issuing authority, and,

for Coast Guard documented vessels, the

official number.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

33 U.S.C. 1228; 46 U.S.C. 2103, 6101,

6102, 6307(c), 6301, 7101, 7309, 3301,

3714, 3717.

PURPOSE(S):

The purpose of MSIS is to establish a

system of records to build safety

performance histories of vessels, marine

facilities, involved parties, and

hazardous cargoes. These histories can

be used in analysis of safety degradation

patterns and equipment failures, and to

focus and redirect marine safety

activities and resources. MSIS collects

selected information on commercial

and/or documented vessels operating in

U.S. waters. MSIS assists in

identification and recovery of stolen

vessels, deter vessel theft and fraud, and

other purposes relating to the ownership
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of vessels. The data are used for the

purposes described under the ‘‘Routine

uses of records maintained in the

system, including categories of users

and the purposes of such uses’’ heading

in the enclosed copy of the system

notice prepared for publication in the

Federal Register.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

a. Federal, state, local and

international law enforcement officials

for law enforcement purposes including

the recovery and return of stolen

property and to deter vessel theft, fraud,

and pollution. International

organizations include International

Maritime Organization (IMO), foreign

governments for Port State Control,

foreign governments for marine

casualties, and civil penalty

respondents.

b. Federal and state numbering and

titling officials for the purposes of

tracking, registering and titling vessels.

c. Disclosure may be made to agency

contractors who have been engaged to

assist the agency in the performance of

a contract service or other activity

related to this system of records and

who need to have access to the records

in order to perform the activity.

Recipients shall be required to comply

with the requirements of the Privacy Act

of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.

d. See DOT Prefatory Statement of

General Routine Uses.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES:

Not applicable.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Storage of all records is in an

automated database operated and

maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard.

RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrieved by:

a. Vessel hull identification number

(HIN).

b. State certificate of number.

c. U.S. Coast Guard official number.

d. USCG vessel name and hailing

port.

e. Vessel owner or business name.

f. Interested parties social security

number or alternate identifier (e.g.,

DOB, driver’s license number, or

taxpayer identification number).

g. Case number.

SAFEGUARDS:

The MSIS falls under the guidelines

of the United States Coast Guard

Operations System Center (OSC) in

Martinsburg, WV. This computer facility

has its own approved System Security

Plan, which provides that:

a. The system is maintained in a

secure computer room with access

restricted to authorized personnel only.

b. Access to the building must be

authorized and is limited.

c. MSIS supports different access

levels for fields in the same record.

These levels allow different classes of

users access to specific information as

governed by Federal privacy laws.

d. MSIS controls access by requiring

that users provide a valid account name

and password. MSIS contains a function

that tracks system usage for other

authorized users. MSIS requires users to

change access control identifiers at six

month intervals. The U.S. Coast Guard

operates the MSIS in consonance with

Federal security regulations, policy,

procedures, standards and guidance for

implementing the Automated

Information Systems Security Program.

e. Only authorized DOT and

authorized U.S. Government contractors

conducting system maintenance may

access MSIS records.

f. Access to records are password

protected and the scope of access for

each password is limited to the official

need of each individual authorized

access.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

a. Records of active cases are retained

until they become inactive; inactive

cases are archived. Disposition of

records is pending and will be

determined at a later date. Records will

be selected to be archived into an offline file for any vessel that has been

inactive for a period of 10 years. A

vessel is inactive when the State

number and/or Coast Guard Document

have expired with the exception of the

vessels that have a law enforcement

hold and vessels with a law

enforcement status of stolen.

b. Daily backups shall be performed

automatically. The backups will be

comprised of weekly full backups

followed by daily incremental backups;

a log of transactions is maintained daily

for recovery purposes.

c. Copies of backups are stored at an

off-site location.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Department of Transportation, United

States Coast Guard Headquarters,

Information Resource Division, System

Support Division (G-MRI–2), 2100 2nd

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593–

0001.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Submit a written request noting the

information desired and for what

purpose the information will be used.

The request must be signed by the

individual or his/her legal

representative. Send the request to:

USCG Headquarters, Commandant (GSII), 2100 2nd Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20593–0001.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as Notification Procedures.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as Notification Procedures.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

All information entered into the MSIS

is gathered from the Coast Guard in the

course of normal routine.

SYSTEM EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT:

Portions of this system of records may

be exempt from disclosure under the

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a (k)(2).

However, in specific cases where

maintenance of information results in

the denial of a right, privileges or

benefits to which the individual is

entitled, the information will be

released in accordance with section

(k)(2). This provides in part that

material compiled for law enforcement

purposes may be withheld from

disclosure to the extent the identity of

the source of the information would be

revealed by disclosing the investigatory

record, and the source has received an

express promise that his/her identity

would be held in confidence.

Additionally, material received prior to

27 September 1974 will be withheld, if

the source received an implied promise

that his/her identity would be held in

confidence.

Dated: December 4, 1997.

Eugene K. Taylor, Jr.,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

U.S. Department of Transportation.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 97–075]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

U.S. Coast Guard intends to request