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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 collections of information was

published on February 11, 1997 [62 FR 6301-6302].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline

Information, K-25, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC. 20590, (202) 366-4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Title: Form 298-C Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for

Small Aircraft Operators.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2138-0009.

Affected Public: Small certificated and commuter air carriers.

Abstract: Small certificated air carriers (operate aircraft with 60

seats or less or with 18,000 pounds of payload capacity of less) must

file the following five quarterly schedules: A-1 Report of Flight and

Traffic Statistics in Scheduled Passenger Operations; E-1 Report of

Nonscheduled Passenger Enplanements by Small Certificated Air Carriers;

F-1 Report of Financial Data; F-2 Report of Aircraft Operating Expenses

and Related Statistics; and

T-1 Report of Revenue Traffic by On-Line Origin and Destination.

Commuter air carriers must file the following three quarterly

schedules: A-1 Report of Flight and Traffic Statistics in Scheduled

Passenger Operations; F-1 Report of Financial Data; and T-1 Report of

Revenue Traffic by On-Line Origin and Destination.

Estimated Annual Burden: 5,000 hours.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Need: Program Uses of Form 298-C Data.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of

information is

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necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the

Department, including 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 April 29, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-11480 Filed 5-1-97; 8:45 am]

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