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Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Jessberger, 202–366–5052, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Highway Policy Information, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Travel Monitoring Analysis 

System (TMAS), OMB Control Number: 

2125–0587. 

Background: Title 49, United States 

Code, Section 301, authorizes the DOT 

to collect statistical information relevant 

to domestic transportation. The FHWA 

is continuing to develop the TMAS to 

house data that will enable analysis of 

the amount and nature of both vehicular 

and nonmotorized travel at the national 

and regional levels. The information 

will be used by the FHWA and other 

DOT agencies to evaluate changes in 

vehicular and nonmotorized travel to 

assess impacts on highway safety, 

national travel trend, national travel 

demand, the role of travel in economic 

productivity, impacts of changes in 

truck travel on infrastructure condition, 

and maintenance of our Nation’s 

mobility while protecting the human 

and natural environment. The 

increasing dependence on truck 

transport requires that data be available 

to better assess its overall contribution 

to the Nation’s well-being. In 

conducting the data collection, the 

FHWA will be requesting that State 

Departments of Transportations 

(SDOTs) report traffic volume, vehicle 

classification, vehicle weight data and 

nonmotorized data which they collect as 

part of their existing traffic monitoring 

programs, including other sources such 

as local governments and traffic 

operations. States and local 

governments collect nonmotorized and 

motorized traffic volume, vehicle 

classification data, and vehicle weight 

data throughout the year using detection 

devices. The data should be 

representative of all public roads within 

State boundaries. The data will allow 

transportation professionals at the 

Federal, State, and metropolitan levels 

to make informed decisions about 

policies and plans. 

Respondents: 52 SDOTs, including 

the District of Columbia and Puerto 

Rico. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Each of the SDOTs already 

collect traffic data for various purposes. 

In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 303, each 

State has a Traffic Monitoring System in 

place so the data collection burden 

relevant for this notice is the additional 

burden for each State to provide a copy 

of their traffic data using the record 

formats specified in the Traffic 

Monitoring Guide. Automation and 

online tools continue to be developed in 

support of the TMAS and the capability 

now exists for online submission and 

validation of total volume data. The 

estimated average monthly burden is 2.5 

hours for an annual burden of 30 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total burden will be 1560 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: January 17, 2018. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01135 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] 

Agency Information Collection: 

Activity Under OMB Review: Report of 

Financial and Operating Statistics for 

Large Certificated Air Carriers 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics invites the 

general public, industry and other 

governmental parties to comment on the 

continuing need for and usefulness of 

BTS collecting financial data from large 

certificated air carriers. Large 

certificated air carriers are carriers that 

operate aircraft with 61 seats or more, 

aircraft with 18,001 pounds of payload 

capacity or more, or operate 

international air services. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gorham, Office of Airline Information, 

RTS–42, Room E34, 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: Comments should identify 

the associated OMB approval # 2138– 

0013 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST– 

2014–0031. Persons wishing the 

Department to acknowledge receipt of 

their comments must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: Comments on OMB 

# 2138–0013, Docket—DOT–OST–2014– 

0031. The postcard will be date/time 

stamped and returned. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

DOT–OST–2014–0031 by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Services: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–366–3383. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning 

of your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 


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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.). 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 http://

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Electronic Access 

You may access comments received 

for this notice at http://

www.regulations.gov, by searching 

docket DOT–OST–2014–0031. 

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: 60. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

per schedule, an average carrier may 

submit 90 schedules in one year. 

Total Annual Burden: 13,910 hours. 

Needs and Uses: Program uses for 

Form 41 data are as follows: 

Mail Rates 

The Department of Transportation 

sets and updates the international and 

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’ economic well-being. 

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. 

domestic 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. 

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 18, 

2018. 

William Chadwick, Jr., 

Director, Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics . 

[FR Doc. 2018–01184 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; Report of 

Financial and Operating Statistics for 

Small Aircraft Operators 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics invites the 

general public, industry and other 

governmental parties to comment on the 

continuing need for and usefulness of 

BTS collecting financial, traffic and 

operating statistics from small 

certificated and commuter air carriers. 

Small certificated air carriers (operate 

aircraft with 60 seats or less or with 

18,000 pounds of payload capacity or 

less) currently must file the two 

quarterly schedules listed below: 

F–1 Report of Financial Data, 

F–2 Report of Aircraft Operating 

Expenses and Related Statistics, and 

Commuter air carriers must file the 

Schedule F–1 Report of Financial Data, 

Commenters should address whether 

BTS accurately estimated the reporting 

burden and if there are other ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 26, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marianne Seguin, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Room E32–105, 

OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–1457, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL 

marianne.seguin@dot.gov. 

Comments: Comments should identify 

the associated OMB approval # 2138– 

0009 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST– 

2014–0031. Persons wishing the 

Department to acknowledge receipt of 

their comments must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: Comments on OMB 

#2138–0009, Docket—DOT–OST–2014– 


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