[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16309-16310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7269]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Passsenger Manifest Information

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), this notice announces the Department of 
Transportation's (DOT) intention to request the extension of a 
previously approved collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received May 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to the Competition and Policy 
Analysis Division (X-55), Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the 
Secretary, US Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Schmidt, Competition and Policy 
Analysis Division (X-55), Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the 
Secretary, US Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

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SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-5420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Passenger Manifest Information.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2001.
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0534.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: Public Law 101-604 (entitled the Aviation Security 
Improvement Act of 1990, or ``ASIA 90,'' and which was later codified 
as 49 U.S.C. 44909) requires that certificated air carriers and large 
foreign air carriers collect the full name of each U.S. citizen 
traveling on flight segments to or from the United States and solicit a 
contact name and telephone number. In case of an aviation disaster, 
airlines would be required to provide the information to the Department 
of State and, in certain instances, to the National Transportation 
Safety Board. Each carrier would develop its own collection system. The 
Passenger Manifest Information; Final Rule (14 CFR 243) was published 
in the Federal Register 63 FR 8257, February 18, 1998. The rule was 
effective March 20, 1998.
    Respondents: U.S. and foreign air carriers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23,245.
    Total Annual Responses: 53.8 million.
    Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 1.05 million hours.
    Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and (d) ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information of respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Issued in Washington DC on March 19, 2001.
Randall D. Bennett,
Director, Office of Aviation Analysis.
[FR Doc. 01-7269 Filed 3-22-01; 8:45 am]
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