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based on the percentage of unit cost 

changes in the carriers’ operations. 

These updating procedures have 

resulted in the carriers receiving rates of 

compensation that more closely parallel 

their costs of providing mail service and 

contribute to the carriers’ ability to 

continue providing service. 

Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to 

ICAO 

As a party to the Convention on 

International Civil Aviation, the United 

States is obligated to provide the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization with financial and 

statistical data on operations of U.S. air 

carriers. Over 99 percent of the data 

filed with ICAO is extracted from the 

carriers’ Form 41 reports. 

Carrier Fitness 

Fitness determinations are made for 

both new entrants and established U.S. 

carriers proposing a substantial change 

in operations. A portion of these 

applications consists of an operating 

plan for the first year (14 CFR part 204) 

and an associated projection of revenues 

and expenses. The carrier’s operating 

costs, included in these projections, are 

compared against the cost data in Form 

41 for a carrier or carriers with the same 

aircraft type and similar operating 

characteristics. Such a review validates 

the reasonableness of the carrier’s 

operating plan. 

Form 41 reports, particularly balance 

sheet reports and cash flow statements, 

play a major role in the identification of 

vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons 

are made between current and past 

periods in order to assess the current 

financial position of the carrier. 

Financial trend lines are extended into 

the future to analyze the continued 

viability of the carrier. DOT reviews 

three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1) 

the qualifications of its management 

team, (2) its disposition to comply with 

laws and regulations, and (3) its 

financial posture. DOT must determine 

whether or not a carrier has sufficient 

financial resources to conduct its 

operations without imposing undue risk 

on the traveling public. Moreover, once 

a carrier is operating, DOT is required 

to monitor its continuing fitness. 

Senior DOT officials must be kept 

fully informed as to all current and 

developing economic issues affecting 

the airline industry. In preparing 

financial conditions reports or status 

reports on a particular airline, financial 

and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing 

papers may use the same information. 

Administrative Issues 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 7, 

2024. 

Rolf Schmitt, 

Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, for the Office of Airline 

Information. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26343 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; 

Release of Non-Public Information 

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, ‘‘Release of Non-Public 

Information.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 16, 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: 1557–0200, 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– 

0200’’ 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. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should also be 

sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. You can find this 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

You may review comments and other 

related materials that pertain to this 

information collection following the 

close of the 30-day comment period for 

this notice 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 OMB control number ‘‘1557– 

0200’’ or ‘‘Release of Non-Public 

Information.’’ 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 


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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 et seq.), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

OMB for each collection of information 

that they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) to include agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. The OCC 

asks the OMB to extend its approval of 

the collection in this notice. 

Title: Release of Non-Public 

Information. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0020. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; individuals. 

Description: The information 

collection requirements require 

individuals who are requesting nonpublic OCC information to provide the 

OCC with information regarding the 

legal grounds for the request. The 

release of non-public OCC information 

to a requester without sufficient legal 

grounds to obtain the information 

would inhibit open consultation 

between a bank and the OCC, thereby 

impairing the OCC’s supervisory and 

regulatory mission. The OCC is entitled, 

under statute and case law, to require 

requesters to demonstrate that they have 

sufficient legal grounds for the OCC to 

release non-public OCC information. 

The OCC needs to identify the 

requester’s legal grounds to determine if 

it should release the requested nonpublic OCC information. 

The information requirements in 12 

CFR part 4, subpart C, are as follows: 

• 12 CFR 4.33: Request for non-public 

OCC records or testimony; 

• 12 CFR 4.35(b)(3): Third parties 

requesting testimony; 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a)(2): OCC former 

employee notifying the OCC of 

subpoena; 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a) and (b): Prohibition 

on dissemination of released 

information; 

• 12 CFR 4.38(a) and (b): Restrictions 

on dissemination of released 

information; and 

• 12 CFR 4.39(d): Request for 

authenticated records or certificate of 

nonexistence of records. 

The OCC uses the information to 

process requests for non-public OCC 

information and to determine if 

sufficient grounds exist for the OCC to 

release the requested information or 

provide testimony that would include a 

discussion of non-public information. 

This information collection facilitates 

the processing of requests and expedites 

the OCC’s release of non-public 

information and testimony to the 

requester, as appropriate. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6 

hours. 

Comments: On August 21, 2024, the 

OCC published a 60-day notice for this 

information collection, (89 FR 67711). 

No comments were received. 

Comments continue to be invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

OCC, including whether the information 

has practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the OCC’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Patrick T. Tierney, 

Assistant Director, Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26507 Filed 11–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0891] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: COVID–19 Refund 

Modification 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, will 

submit the collection of information 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The PRA 

submission describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden and it includes the 

actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice by clicking on the following link 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0891.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202– 

461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: COVID–19 Refund Modification. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0891. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA is keeping this 

information collection open for 

resubmissions regarding the loan 

modification options available to 

servicers that do not require VA’s prior 

approval to include the COVID–19 

Refund Modification, to assist certain 

COVID-impacted veterans as they exit a 

COVID–19 forbearance. Under 38 U.S.C. 

3720(a)(2), Congress has provided the 

Secretary with discretion 

‘‘[n]otwithstanding the provisions of 

any other law’’ to set the terms and 

conditions to which the Secretary will 

consent to loan modifications. 

Additionally, while VA has outlined in 

regulation at 38 CFR 36.4315(a) the 

terms of loan modifications that do not 

require prior VA approval, VA may 

waive a regulatory requirement if VA 

finds the interest of the Government are 

not adversely affected and such waiver 

would relieve undue prejudice to a 

debtor, holder, or other person without 

impairing the vest rights of any person 

affected. 38 CFR 36.4338(a). 


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