4656 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 16 / Wednesday, January 24, 2024 / Notices 

1Reporting Directive Regarding Incidents 

Involving Animals During Air Transport, 68 FR 

47,798 (August 11, 2003). 

2Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving 

Animals During Air Transport, 70 FR 7,392 

(February 14, 2005). 

3Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving 

Animals During Air Transport, 79 FR 37,938 (July 

3, 2014) (codified at 14 CFR part 235). 

regulation at 49 CFR 7.29 will be 

followed. Only information that is 

ultimately determined to be confidential 

under those procedures will be exempt 

from disclosure under FOIA. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can 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.). For information on DOT’s 

compliance with the Privacy Act, please 

visit https://www.transportation.gov/ 

privacy. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, 

46 U.S.C. 12121) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01317 Filed 1–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0211] 

RIN 2105–AE07 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB Agency 

Request for Renewal of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

Request: Reports by Air Carriers on 

Incidents Involving Animals During Air 

Transport 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation 

(Department or DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces the 

Department’s intention to reinstate the 

previously approved information 

collection request (ICR) Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 2105–0552, ‘‘Reports by Air 

Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals 

During Air Transport.’’ The information 

collection involves requirements in the 

Code of Federal Regulations for carriers 

to file reports with DOT on the loss, 

injury, or death of animals during air 

transport. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received BY March 25, 2024. Late-filed 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: You may file comments 

identified by docket number DOT–OST– 

2010–0211 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2010–0211 at the beginning of 

your comment. All comments received 

will be posted without change to 

https://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received in 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 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vinh Q. Nguyen, Office of the General 

Counsel, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, 202–366–9342 (Voice), 202–366– 

7152 (Fax), or vinh.nguyen@dot.gov 

(email). Arrangements to receive this 

document in an alternative format may 

be made by contacting the above-named 

individual. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Reports by Air Carriers on 

Incidents Involving Animals During Air 

Transport. 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0552. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of 

Information Collection Request. 

Background: The Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century or ‘‘AIR–21’’ (Pub. L. 

106–181), which was signed into law on 

April 5, 2000, includes section 710, 

‘‘Reports by Carriers on Incidents 

Involving Animals During Air 

Transport.’’ This provision was codified 

as 49 U.S.C. 41721. The statute requires 

air carriers that provide scheduled 

passenger air transportation to submit 

monthly to the Secretary of 

Transportation a report on any incidents 

involving the loss, injury, or death of an 

animal (as defined by the Secretary of 

Transportation) during air transport 

provided by the air carrier. 

On August 11, 2003, DOT, through its 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 

issued a final rule implementing section 

710 of AIR–21.1 The rule required air 

carriers that provide scheduled 

passenger air transportation to submit a 

report to APHIS on any incident 

involving the loss, injury, or death of an 

animal during air transportation 

provided by the air carrier. Due to issues 

regarding whether APHIS had the 

capability to accept such information 

directly from the carriers, DOT made a 

technical change in the rule on February 

14, 2005 to require air carriers to submit 

the required information directly to 

DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection 

Division (ACPD) rather than APHIS and 

to make the rule part of DOT’s economic 

regulations.2

On July 3, 2014, DOT published a 

final rule amending the requirement 

that air carriers file reports with DOT on 

the loss, injury, or death of animals 

during air transport.3 The rule (1) 

expanded the reporting requirement 

from the largest U.S. carriers (i.e., U.S. 

carriers that account for at least 1 

percent of domestic scheduled 

passenger revenue) to U.S. carriers that 

operate scheduled service with at least 

one aircraft with a design capacity of 

more than 60 seats; (2) expanded the 

definition of ‘‘animal’’ from only a pet 

in a family household to include all cats 

and dogs transported by covered 

carriers, regardless of whether the cat or 

dog is transported as a pet by its owner 

or as part of a commercial shipment 

(e.g., shipped by a breeder); (3) required 

covered carriers to file a calendar-year 

report in December, even if the carrier 

did not have any reportable incidents 

during the calendar year; (4) required 

covered carriers to provide in their 

December reports the total number of 

animals that were lost, injured, or died 

during air transport in the calendar year; 

and (5) required covered carriers to 

provide in their December reports the 

total number of animals transported in 


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4See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

the calendar year. The ICR, ‘‘Reports by 

Air Carriers on Incidents Involving 

Animals During Air Transport,’’ OMB 

Control Number 2105–0552, was 

renewed twice: on August 25, 2015, 

OMB approved the renewal of the ICR 

through August 31, 2018, and on 

October 11, 2018, OMB approved the 

renewal of the ICR through October 31, 

2021. 

DOT is publishing this notice to 

announce its intent to request 

reinstatement of the previously 

approved ICR described above. The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR 

part 1320, require Federal agencies to 

issue two notices seeking public 

comment on information collection 

activities before OMB may approve 

paperwork packages. A Federal agency 

generally cannot conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information, and the public 

is generally not required to respond to 

an information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to monetary penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

if the collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number.4

Respondents: U.S. carriers that 

operate scheduled passenger service 

with at least one aircraft having a 

designed seating capacity of more than 

60 seats. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Frequency: For each respondent, one 

information set for the month of 

December, plus one information set 

during some other months (1 to 12). 

Estimated Total Burden on 

Respondents: (1) Monthly reports of 

incidents involving the loss, injury, or 

death of animals during air transport: 0 

to 360 hours (Respondents [30] × Time 

to Prepare One Monthly Report [1 hour] 

× Frequency [0 to 12 per year]). (2) 

December report containing the total 

number of animals that were lost, 

injured, or died during air transport in 

the calendar year and the total number 

of animals that were transported in the 

calendar year: 15 hours (Respondents 

[30] × Time to Prepare One December 

Report [0.5 hour] × Frequency (1 per 

year)]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. 

All comments will become a matter of 

public record. All responses to this 

notice will be summarized and included 

in the request for OMB approval. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.26, 1.27, 1.48 

and 1.49; DOT Order 1351.29. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on this 19th 

day of January 2024, under authority 

delegated at 49 U.S.C. 1.27(n). 

Kimberly Graber, 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of 

Aviation Consumer Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comment Request; 

Examination Survey 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites 

comment on a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

PRA, the OCC may not conduct or 

sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a currently 

valid Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The OCC is 

soliciting comment concerning the 

renewal of its information collection 

titled, ‘‘Examination Survey.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

March 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged 

to submit comments by email, if 

possible. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. 

• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Attention: Comment Processing, Office 

of the Comptroller of the Currency, 

Attention: 1557–0199, 400 7th Street 

SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 

20219. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th 

Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, 

DC 20219. 

• Fax: (571) 293–4835. 

Instructions: You must include 

‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 

0199’’ in your comment. In general, the 

OCC will publish comments on 

www.reginfo.gov without change, 

including any business or personal 

information provided, such as name and 

address information, email addresses, or 

phone numbers. Comments received, 

including attachments and other 

supporting materials, are part of the 

public record and subject to public 

disclosure. Do not include any 

information in your comment or 

supporting materials that you consider 

confidential or inappropriate for public 

disclosure. 

Following the close of this notice’s 

60-day comment period, the OCC will 

publish a second notice with a 30-day 

comment period. You may review 

comments and other related materials 

that pertain to this information 

collection beginning on the date of 

publication of the second notice for this 

collection by the method set forth in the 

next bullet. 

• Viewing Comments Electronically: 

Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the 

‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab 

and click on ‘‘Information Collection 

Review’’ from the drop-down menu. 

From the ‘‘Currently under Review’’ 

drop-down menu, select ‘‘Department of 

Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This 

information collection can be located by 

searching by OMB control number 

‘‘1557–0199’’ or ‘‘Examination Survey.’’ 

Upon finding the appropriate 

information collection, click on the 

related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ On the 

next screen, select ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ and 

then click on the link to any comment 

listed at the bottom of the screen. 

• For assistance in navigating 

www.reginfo.gov, please contact the 

Regulatory Information Service Center 

at (202) 482–7340. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 

(202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s Office, 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 400 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

OMB for each collection of information 

that they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 


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