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[Federal Register: July 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 139)]
[Notices]               
[Page 42473]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0102]

 
Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

ACTION: Notice and request for approval.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on April 
30, 2010 (FR 75, page 22890). No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 20, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Frazier, Office of the 
Resource Directorate, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 
366-0473.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Air Carrier's Claim for Subsidy.
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0044.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: In accordance with 14 CFR 271 of its Aviation Economic 
Regulations, the Department provides subsidy to air carriers for 
providing essential air service in small rural communities. Funding is 
paid to air carriers monthly and those payments will vary according to 
the actual amount of service performed during the month. The report of 
subsidized air carriers of essential air service performed on the 
Department's Form 398 ``Air Carrier's Claim for Subsidy,'' establishes 
the fundamental basis for paying these air carriers on a timely basis. 
Typically, subsidized air carriers are small businesses and operate 
only aircraft of limited size over a limited geographical area. The 
collection permits subsidized air carriers to submit their monthly 
claims in a concise, orderly, easy-to process form, without having to 
devise their own means of submitting support for these claims.
    Affected Public: Small air carriers selected by the Department in 
docketed cases to provide subsidized essential air service.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,560.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,413.
    Frequency of Collection: Monthly.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    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.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 14, 2010.
John DiLuccio,
Director, Resource Directorate.
[FR Doc. 2010-17764 Filed 7-20-10; 8:45 am]
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