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collection of information was published 

on November 19, 2014 (79 FR 68953). 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis at the 

Department of Commerce submitted 

comments in support of the 

continuation of the data collection. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 27, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gorham, Office of Airline Information, 

RTS–42, Room E34–414, OST–R, BTS, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–4406, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL 

jeff.gorham@dot.gov. 

Comments: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725–17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST 

Desk Officer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0013 

Title: Report of Financial and 

Operating Statistics for Large 

Certificated Air Carriers. 

Form No.: BTS Form 41. 

Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 63. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

per schedule, an average carrier may 

submit 90 schedules in one year. 

Total Annual Burden: 22,680 hours. 

Needs and Uses: Program uses for 

Form 41 data are as follows: 

Mail Rates 

The Department of Transportation 

sets and updates mainline Alaska mail 

rates based on carrier aircraft operating 

expense, traffic and operational data. 

Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs, 

terminal expenses, and line haul 

expenses are used in arriving at rate 

levels. DOT revises the established rates 

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. 

Pending Rulemaking 

On July 15, 2011, the Department 

published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to 

collect certain Form 41 revenue 

information on airline-imposed fees in a 

more detailed manner (see 76 FR 

41726). Many air carriers have adopted 

a la carte pricing with separate fees for 

certain optional services that use to be 

included in the ticket price. Carriers 

currently report excess baggage fees, 

reservation cancellation fees and 

miscellaneous operating revenues. The 

proposed rule would require carriers to 

report, (1) itinerary related fees, (2) 

seating assignment fees, (3) baggage fees 

broken down between first and second 

checked bags, carry-on bags and other 

bags, (4) unaccompanied minor/

passenger assistance fees, and (5) other 

fees. The Department wants to make 

airline pricing more transparent to 

consumers and airline analysts. 

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 January 22, 

2015. 

William Chadwick Jr., 

Director of the Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Proposed Collections; Comment 

Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the revision of 

an information collection that is 

proposed for approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The Office of 

International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning Treasury 

International Capital Form D, Report of 

Holdings of, and Transactions in, 

Financial Derivatives Contracts with 

Foreign Residents. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 30, 2015 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 5422, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, please 

also notify Mr. Wolkow by email 

(comments2TIC@treasury.gov), FAX 

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(202–622–2009) or telephone (202–622– 

1276). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the proposed forms and 

instructions are available on the 

Treasury’s TIC Forms Web page, 

http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/

forms.aspx. Requests for additional 

information should be directed to Mr. 

Wolkow. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Treasury International Capital 

Form D, Report of Holdings of, and 

Transactions in, Financial Derivatives 

Contracts with Foreign Residents. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0199. 

Abstract: Form D is part of the 

Treasury International Capital (TIC) 

reporting system, which is required by 

law (22 U.S. C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; 

E.O. 10033; 31 CFR part 128) for the 

purpose of providing timely information 

on international capital movements 

other than direct investment by U.S. 

persons. Form D is a quarterly report 

used to cover holdings and transactions 

in derivatives contracts undertaken 

between foreign resident counterparties 

and major U.S.-resident participants in 

derivatives markets. This information is 

necessary for compiling the U.S. balance 

of payments accounts and international 

investment position, and for formulating 

U.S. international financial and 

monetary policies. 

Current Actions: No changes are 

proposed at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved data collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit organizations. 

Form: D (1505–0199). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: Thirty (30) hours per 

respondent per filing. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,200 hours, based on 4 reporting 

periods per year. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit written 

comments concerning: (a) Whether 

Form D is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Office, including whether the 

information will have practical uses; (b) 

the accuracy of the above estimate of the 

burdens; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the reporting and/or record 

keeping burdens on respondents, 

including the use of information 

technologies to automate the collection 

of the data; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Systems. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the 

Department of the Treasury, Alcohol 

and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, is 

publishing its inventory of Privacy Act 

system of records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

5 U.S.C. 552a and Office of Management 

and Budget Circular No. A–130, the 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) has completed a review of 

its Privacy Act systems of records notice 

to identify any changes that would more 

accurately describe these records. This 

document updates the status of TTB’s 

Records Control Schedules with the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration, and makes other minor 

editorial changes. 

TTB’s Privacy Act system of records 

notice was last published in its entirety 

on December 1, 2011 at 76 FR 74847– 

74848. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

Treasury provided a report of this 

existing system of records to the Office 

of Management and Budget and 

Congress. 

Systems Covered by This Notice 

This notice covers the system of 

records entitled ‘‘Treasury/TTB .001– 

Regulatory Enforcement Record 

System,’’ which is the only system of 

records adopted by TTB as of October 1, 

2014. The system of records notice is 

published in its entirety below. 

Dated: January 12, 2015. 

Helen Goff Foster, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy, 

Transparency, and Records. 

TREASURY/TTB .001 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Regulatory Enforcement Record 

System. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB), 1310 G Street NW., Box 

12, Washington, DC 20005. Components 

of this system of records are also 

geographically dispersed throughout 

TTB’s field offices. A list of TTB’s field 

offices is available on the TTB Web site 

at http://www.ttb.gov. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

(1) Individuals who file tax returns or 

submit return information to TTB 

regarding special occupational tax and 

excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and 

firearms and ammunition; and 

(2) Individuals who have been issued 

permits, have filed applications with 

TTB, or have registered with TTB. They 

include: (a) Alcohol and tobacco 

permittees; and (b) Claimants for refund, 

abatement, credit, allowance, or 

drawback of excise or special 

occupational taxes. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Records containing investigative 

material compiled for TTB’s 

responsibilities under the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 and the Federal 

Alcohol Administration Act, which may 

consist of the following: 

(1) Abstracts of offers in compromise; 

(2) Administrative law judge 

decisions; 

(3) Assessment records including 

notices of proposed assessments, notices 

of shortages or losses, copies of notices 

from the Internal Revenue Service to 

assess taxes, and recommendations for 

assessments; 

(4) Claim records including claims, 

letters of claim rejection, sample 

reports, supporting data, and vouchers 

and schedules of payment; 

(5) Correspondence concerning 

records in this system and related 

matters; 

(6) Financial statements; 

(7) Audit and investigation reports; 

(8) Demands for payment of excise tax 

liabilities; 

(9) Letters of warning; 

(10) Lists of permittees and licensees; 

(11) Lists of officers, directors, and 

principal stockholders; 

(12) Mailing lists; 

(13) Notices of delinquent reports; 

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