[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8916]


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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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