[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58745-58746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25656]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. OST-2003-15660]


Notice of Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance 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 renewal and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
cost and burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on July 21, 2003 (FR Vol 68, No. 139, page 43,250). No 
comments were received.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 10, 2003.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
OST 2003-15660 by the following methods:
    [sbull] Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instruction for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
    [sbull] Fax 1-202-493-2251.
    [sbull] Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-40, 
Washington, DC 20590-001.
    [sbull] Hand Delivery: Room PL-401, on Plaza Level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    [sbull] Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this 
rulemaking. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public 
Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change 
to http://dms.dot.gov including any personal information provided. 
Please see the Privacy Act heading under Regulatory Notes.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Luther Dietrich, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Aviation Analysis, X-53, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 
366-1046.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Air Carrier's Claim for Subsidy and Air Carrier's Report of 
Departures Flown in Scheduled Service.
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0044.
    Affected Public: Small air carriers selected by the Department in 
docketed cases to provide subsidized essential air service.
    Annual Estimated Burden: 4,176 hours.
    Abstract: In 14 CFR part 271 of its Aviation Economic Regulations, 
the Department provided that subsidy to air carriers for providing 
essential air service will be paid to the carriers monthly, and that 
payments will vary according to the actual amount of service performed 
during the month. The reports of subsidized air carriers of essential 
air service performed on the Department's Forms 397, ``Air Carrier's 
Report of Departures Flown in Scheduled Service'' and 398, ``Air 
Carrier's Claim for Subsidy,'' establish

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the fundamental basis for paying these air carriers on a timely basis. 
Typically, subsidized air carriers are small businesses and operate 
only aircraft of limited size over a limited geographical area. The 
collection permits subsidized air carriers to submit their monthly 
claims in a concise, orderly, easy-to-process form, without having to 
devise their own means of submitting support for these claims.
    The collection involved here requests only information concerning 
the subsidy-eligible flights (which generally constitute only a small 
percentage of the carriers' total operations) of a small number of air 
carriers. The collection permits the Department to timely pay air 
carriers for providing essential air service to certain eligible 
communities that would not otherwise receive scheduled passenger air 
service.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper functioning 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 on 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 October 3, 2003.
Michael Robinson,
Information Technology Program Management, Department of 
Transportation.
[FR Doc. 03-25656 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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