[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 94 (Thursday, May 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26378-26379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12046]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Activity Under OMB 
Review: Part 249 Preservation of Records

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), 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 February 26, 2003 (68 FR vol. 68, page 
8958).

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 16, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, K-14, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 
366-4387, Fax Number (202) 366-3383 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

    Title: Part 249 Preservation of Records.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0006.
    Forms: None.
    Affected Public: U.S. certificated carriers, public charter 
operators and overseas military personnel charter operators.
    Abstract: Title 14 CFR part 249 requires U.S. certificated air 
carriers, public charter operators and overseas military personnel 
charter operators to retain 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, air waybills, etc. Depending on the nature of the 
document, it may be retained for a period of 30 days to 3 years. Public 
charter 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 or 
charter. These records are retained for 6 months after completion of 
the charter program.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 660 hours.

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 record retention requirements 
are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the record retention requirements have 
practical utility; whether the accuracy of the Department's estimate of 
burden hours is correct. Also, commenters are invited to provide 
suggestions on ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the 
requirements on respondents, including the use of automated techniques 
or other forms of information technology.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2003.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Office of Airline Information.
[FR Doc. 03-12046 Filed 5-14-03; 8:45 am]
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