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inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that BMW no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. However, 

any decision on this petition does not 

relieve vehicle distributors and dealers 

of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after BMW notified them that 

the subject noncompliance existed. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Otto G. Matheke, III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13080 Filed 6–16–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] 

Agency Information Collection: 

Activity Under OMB Review; Part 249, 

Preservation of Records 

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, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

reinstatement of an expired collection. 

The ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on March 

25, 2022 (87 FR page 17136). DOT 

received a comment from an individual 

stating that DOT should continue to 

require air carriers to retain paper 

complaint forms and submit the forms 

to DOT’s Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS) because the online DOT 

form is insufficient. We note that this 

PRA action pertains only to how long 

air carriers must retain certain records, 

including any complaints received. DOT 

is not in any way through this PRA 

action affecting the ability of persons to 

file a complaint against an air carrier. 

The comment has been referred to the 

DOT Office of Aviation Consumer 

Protection for evaluation. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 18, 2022. 

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: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No.: 2138–0006. 

Title: Preservation of Air carrier 

Records—14 CFR part 249. 

Form No.: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Certificated air carriers 

and charter operators. 

Number of Respondents: 89 

certificated air carriers and 280 charter 

operators. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours 

per certificated air carrier, 1 hour per 

charter operator. 

Total Annual Burden: 547 hours. 

This collection needs a new OMB 

control number as it was previously and 

erroneously entered into ROCIS as a 

generic collection. 

Needs and Uses: Part 249 requires the 

retention of records such as: general and 

subsidiary ledgers, journals and journal 

vouchers, voucher distribution registers, 

accounts receivable and payable 

journals and legers, subsidy records 

documenting underlying financial and 

statistical reports to DOT, funds reports, 

consumer records, sales reports, 

auditors’ and flight coupons, air 

waybills, etc. Depending on the nature 

of the document, the carrier may be 

required to retain the document for a 

period of 30 days to 3 years. Public 

charter operators and overseas military 

personnel charter operators must retain 

documents which evidence or reflect 

deposits made by each charter 

participant and commissions received 

by, paid to, or deducted by travel agents, 

and all statements, invoices, bills and 

receipts from suppliers or furnishers of 

goods and services in connection with 

the tour or charter. These records are 

retained for 6 months after completion 

of the charter program. 

Not only is it imperative that carriers 

and charter operators retain source 

documentation, but it is critical that we 

ensure that DOT has access to these 

records. Given DOT’s established 

information needs for such reports, the 

underlying support documentation must 

be retained for a reasonable period of 

time. Absent the retention requirements, 

the support for such reports may or may 

not exist for audit/validation purposes 

and the relevance and usefulness of the 

carrier submissions would be impaired, 

since the data could not be verified to 

the source on a test basis. 

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. 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed record retention requirements 

are necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department. Comments should address 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 21, 

2022. 

William Chadwick Jr., 

Director, Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13113 Filed 6–16–22; 8:45 am] 

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