[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12384]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; 
Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

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 invites the general 
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the 
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting a sample of 
airline passenger itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger 
ticket. Certificated air carriers that operated scheduled passenger 
service with at least one aircraft having a seating capacity of over 60 
seats report these data. Comments are requested concerning whether (a) 
the collection is still needed by the Department of Transportation; (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 July 18, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: Office of Airline 
Information, K-14, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, FAX NO. 366-3383 or e-
mail [email protected].
    Comments: Comments should identify the OMB  2139-0001. 
Persons 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  2139-
0001. The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned.

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, (202) 366-4387

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval No. 2139-0001.
    Title: Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report.
    Form No.: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Large U.S. air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Number of Responses: 128.
    Total Annual Burden: 30,720 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Survey data are used in monitoring the airline 
industry, negotiating international agreements, selecting new 
international routes, and selecting U.S. carriers to operate limited 
entry international routes.
    The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency 
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires a statistical agency to 
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes. 
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the 
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical 
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both 
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to 
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in 
regulatory and other administrative matters.

    Issued on May 9, 2003.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 03-12384 Filed 5-16-03; 8:45 am]
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