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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 November 12, 1998 [63 FR, page 63349].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, (202) 366-4387, DOT,

Office of Airline Information, Room 4125, K-25, 400 Seventh Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Title: Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large

Certificated Air Carriers.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved Collection.

OMB Control Number: 2138-0013.

Form(s): BTS Form 41.

Affected Public: Large certificated air carriers.

Abstract: Large certificated air carriers submit BTS Form 41, which

provides basic financial, traffic, employment, and operating data. DOT

uses the data in safety surveillance, international negotiations,

airport improvement, air traffic control, etc.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 33,121.

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, 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. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB

receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 5, 1999.

Timothy E. Carmody,

Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation

Statistics.

[FR Doc. 99-8916 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]

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