[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25645-25646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6533]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research & Innovative Technology Administration

[Docket No.: RITA-2005-23755]


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, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice announces that the 
Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to 
the Office of Management and Budget for extension of currently approved 
reporting requirements. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice with a 60-
day comment period was published on February 3, 2006 (71 FR 5904). The 
agency did not receive any comments to its previous notice.

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DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 31, 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 be sent to OMB at the address that 
appears below and should identify the associated OMB Number 2139-0001 
and Docket Number RITA-2005-23755.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval No.: 2139-0001.
    Title: Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report.
    Form No.: None.
    Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved reporting 
requirement.
    Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    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, forecasting future traffic demands, 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.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 715-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention RITA Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on whether the proposed retention of records 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department of Transportation.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2006.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. E6-6533 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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