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###### Department of Transportation

###### Research & Innovative Technology Administration

          - [Docket ID Number: RITA 2008-0002]

# AGENCY:

Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# 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 has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently approved collections. 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 16, 2009 (74 FR 11177-11178).                    

# DATES:

Written comments should be submitted by August 21, 2009.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline Information, RTS-42, Room E34-409, RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4387, Fax Number (202) 366-3383 or E-MAIL                         *bernard.stankus@dot.gov*.                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

## OMB Approval No. 2138-0016

*Title:*                     Report of Extension of Credit to Political Candidates—Form 183 14 CFR Part 374a.                

*Form No.:*                     183.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Respondents:*                     Certificated air carriers.                

*Number of Respondents:*                     2 (Monthly Average).                

*Number of Responses:*                     24.                

*Estimated Time per Response:*                     1 hour.                

*Total Annual Burden:*                     24 hours.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     The Department uses this form as the means to fulfill its obligation under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (the Act). The Act's legislative history indicates that one of its statutory goals is to prevent candidates for Federal political office from incurring large amounts of unsecured debt with regulated transportation companies (                    *e.g.*                     airlines). This information collection allows the Department to monitor and disclose the amount of unsecured credit extended by airlines to candidates for Federal office. All certificated air carriers are required to submit this information.                

The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 USC 3501), 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, transmission of both respondent's identity and its data to the Federal Elections Commission.

# ADDRESSES:

Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS Desk Officer.

*Comments are invited on:*                         Whether the proposed collection of information is 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 July 16, 2009.

Anne Suissa,

Director, Office of Airline Information.

[FR Doc. E9-17393 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]

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