[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41119-41120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20110]


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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 April 23, 1997 [62 FR 19854].

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, K-25, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

    Title: Part 249 Preservation of Records.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0006.
    Affected Public: Certificated air carriers and public charter 
operators.
    Abstract: Part 249 requires the retention of such records as 
general and subsidiary ledgers, journals and journal vouchers, voucher 
distribution registers, accounts receivable and payable journals and 
ledgers, subsidy records documenting underlying financial and 
statistical reports to the Department, funds reports, consumer records, 
sales reports, auditors and flight coupons, airway bills, etc. 
Depending on the nature of the document, it may be retained for a 
period of 30 days to 3 years. Public charter operators and overseas 
military personnel charter operators must retain documents which 
evidence or reflect deposits made by each charter participant and 
commissions received by, paid to, or deducted by travel agents, and all 
statements, invoices, bills and receipts from suppliers or furnishers 
of goods and services in connection with the tour

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or charter. These records are retained for 6 months after completion of 
the charter program. Not only is it imperative that carriers and 
charter operators retain source documentation, but it is critical that 
we ensure that DOT has access to these records. Given DOT's established 
information needs for such reports, the underlying support 
documentation must be retained for a reasonable period of time. Absent 
the retention requirements, the documentary support for such reports 
may or may not exist for audit/validation purposes and the relevance 
and usefulness of carrier submissions would be impaired, since the data 
could not be verified to the source on a test basis.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 678 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 470.

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 July 24, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-20110 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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