[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31345-31346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14772]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; 
Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) invites the 
general public, industry and other Federal Agencies to comment on the 
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting supplemental data 
for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Comments are 
requested concerning whether: (a) The supplemental reports are needed 
by BTS to fulfill the U.S. treaty obligation of furnishing financial 
and traffic reports to ICAO; (b) BTS accurately estimated the reporting 
burden; (c) there are other ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information collected; and (d) there are ways to 
minimize reporting burden, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 9, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: Office of Airline 
Information, K-25, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001.

COMMENTS: Comments should identify the OMB #2138-0039 and submit a 
duplicate copy to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the 
Department to acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit with 
those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: Comments on OMB #2138-0039. The postcard will be 
date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, K-25, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No. 2138-0039

    Title: Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO).
    Form No.: BTS Form EF.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 47.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 16 hours.
    Needs and Uses: As a party to the Convention on International Civil 
Aviation (Treaty), the United States is obligated to provide ICAO with 
financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. air carriers. Over 
99 percent of the data filed with ICAO is extracted from the air 
carriers' Form 41 submissions to DOT. BTS Form EF is the means by which 
BTS supplies the

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remaining one percent of the air carrier data to ICAO.
Timothy E. Carmody,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 99-14772 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]
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