[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5904-5905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1017]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research & Innovative Technology Administration


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

AGENCY: Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), 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.
    Presently, the Department has a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (70 
FR 8140, February 17, 2005) to restructure the Passenger Origin-
Destination Survey Report. We are currently reviewing diverse comments 
on the NPRM which were due July 18, 2005 in preparation for a final 
rule. Until such time as we issue a final rule, the existing system for 
the collection of this data will remain in place to ensure compliance 
with statutory obligations. Therefore, we are seeking an extension of 
the rule in its present format. When the rulemaking becomes final the 
Department will seek Office of Management and Budget approval of the 
new reporting requirements.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 4, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Room 4125, RITA, BTS, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4387, Fax Number 
(202) 366-3383 or E-MAIL [email protected].
    Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval 
2139-0001 and Docket 23755. 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, Docket 23755. The postcard 
will be date/time stamped and returned.

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 certificated 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 air agreements, selecting new 
international routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate limited entry 
international routes, and modeling the spread of contagious diseases 
from foreign countries.
    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.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2006.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 06-1017 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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