[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65256-65257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31412]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

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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 September 26, 1996 (FR 61, page 50528-50529).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 10, 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)

    1. Title: Submission of Audit Reports, 14 CFR part 248.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0004.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Affected Public: Large certificated air carriers.
    Abstract: The audit reports are used as follows: a means of 
monitoring an air carrier's continuing fitness, reference material by 
analysts in examining foreign route cases, reference material by 
analysts in examining proposed acquisitions, mergers, and 
consolidations, a means whereby the Department sends a copy of the 
report to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 
fulfillment of a U.S. treaty obligation, and corroboration of carriers' 
Form 41 filings.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The total estimated annual burden is 22.5 
hours.

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 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 December 5, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-31412 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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