[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58709-58710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23793]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

[Docket: RITA 2008-0002 BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice]


Agency Information Collection; Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics; Activity Under OMB Review; Reporting Required for 
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 and usefulness of BTS collecting supplemental data for 
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Comments are 
requested concerning whether (1) the supplemental reports are needed by 
BTS to fulfill the United States treaty obligation of furnishing 
financial and traffic reports to ICAO; (2) BTS accurately estimated the 
reporting burden; (3) there are other ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collected; and (4) there are 
ways to minimize reporting burden, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 8, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
RITA 2008-0002 by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility: 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: 202-493-2251.
    Instructions: Identify docket number, BTS 2008-0002, at the 
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive 
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed 
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 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.

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Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this rule, a copy of the notice of proposed 
rulemaking, and copies of the comments may be downloaded at http://www.regulations.gov, by searching docket RITA 2008-0002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue Street, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Approval No. 2138-0039.
    Title: Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO).
    Form No.: BTS Form EF.
    Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Number of Responses: 40.
    Total Annual Burden: 26 hours.
    Needs and Uses: As a party to the Convention on International Civil 
Aviation (Treaty), the United States is obligated to provide ICAO with 
financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. carriers. Over 99% 
of the data filled with ICAO is extracted from the air carriers' Form 
41 submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the means by which BTS supplies 
the remaining 1% of the air carrier data to ICAO.
    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 October 1, 2008.
M. Clay Moritz, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics.
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