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 accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 3501, et seq.) this notice announces that the

Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 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

it's 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 June 24, 1997 [61 FR, 34101-34102].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December

5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Carol A. Woods, Air Carrier

Fitness Division (X-56), Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the

Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590, 202/366-9721. Telephone: (202) 366-3784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary, Office of Aviation Analysis

Title: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority

Applications.

OMB Control Number: 2105-0023.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: Persons seeking initial or continuing authority to

engage in air transportation of persons, property, and/or mail.

Abstract: In order to determine the fitness of persons seeking

authority to engage in air transportation, the Department collects

information from them about their ownership,

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citizenship, managerial competence, operating proposal, financial

condition, and compliance history. The specific information to be filed

by respondents is set forth in 14 CFR Parts 201 and 204.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4,900.

Title: Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air

Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers, 14 CFR Part 215.

OMB Control Number: 2106-0043.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: Persons seeking to use or change the name or trade

name in which they hold themselves out to the public as an air carrier

or foreign air carrier.

Abstract: In accordance with the procedures set forth in 14 CFR

Part 215, before a holder of certificated, foreign, or commuter air

carrier authority may hold itself out to the public in any particular

name or trade name, it must register that name or trade name with the

Department, and notify all other certificated, foreign, and commuter

air carriers that have registered the same or similar name(s) of the

intended name registration.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 87.4.

These information collection submissions are available for

inspection at the Air Carrier Fitness Division (X-56), Office of

Aviation Analysis, DOT, at the address above. Copies of 14 CFR Part 215

can be obtained from Ms. Carol Woods at the address and telephone

number shown above.

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 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 September 26, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-26381 Filed 10-3-97; 8:45 am]

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