[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29785-29786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14880]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary 
(OST).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
February 15, 1996 [61 FR 6056].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles McGuire, (202) 366-1037, and 
refer to the OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Tariffs.
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0009.
    Abstract: Chapter 415 of Title 49 of the United States Code 
requires that every air carrier and foreign air carrier file with the 
Department of Transportation (DOT), publish and keep open (i.e. post) 
for public inspection, tariffs showing all ``foreign'' or international 
fares, rates, and related charges for air transportation between

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points served by it, and points served by it and any other air carrier 
or foreign air carrier when through fares, rates and related charges 
have been established; and showing, to the extent required by DOT 
regulations, all classifications, rules, regulations, practices, and 
services in connection with such air transportation. Once tariffs are 
filed and approved by DOT, they become a legally binding contract of 
carriage between carriers and users of foreign air transportation.
    Part 221 of the Department's Economic Regulations (14 CFR Part 221) 
sets forth specific technical and substantive requirements governing 
the filing of tariff material with the DOT Office of International 
Aviation's Pricing and Multilateral Affairs Division. A carrier 
initiates a tariff filing whenever it wants to amend an existing tariff 
for commercial or competitive reasons or when it desires to file a new 
one. Tariffs filed pursuant to Part 221 are used by carriers, computer 
reservations systems, travel agents, DOT, other government agencies and 
the general public to determine the prices, rules and related charges 
for international passenger air transportation.
    DOT needs U.S. and foreign air carrier passenger tariff information 
to monitor international air commerce, carry out carrier route 
selections and conduct international negotiations.
    Respondents: The vast majority of the air carriers filing 
international tariffs are large operators with revenues in excess of 
several million dollars each year. Small air carriers operating 
aircraft with 60 seats or less and 18,000 pounds payload or less that 
offer on-demand air-taxi service are not required to file such tariffs. 
Estimated Number of Respondents: 230.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: Average Annual Burden 
Per Respondent: 5,700 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden on 
Respondents: 1,300,000 hours.
    Frequency: Initiated by carrier.
    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 6, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-14880 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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