[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24151-24152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11480]


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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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