[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 222 (Monday, November 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 67922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27207]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[OST--2008 -0259, Pricing and Multilateral Affairs Division]


Agency Information Collection Request; Activity Under OMB Review; 
(14 CFR Part 221-Exemption from Passenger Tariff-filing Requirements in 
Certain Instances and Mandatory Electronic Filing of Residual Passenger 
Tariffs)

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments; Extension of a currently 
approved information collection.

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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 notice and request for comments 
of currently approved (Exemption from Passenger Tariff-Filing 
Requirements in Certain Instances, and Mandatory Electronic Filing of 
Residual Passenger Tariffs). A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
comment period was published on September 9, 2008, Volume 73, Number 
175, Pages 52445-52447. The agency did not receive any comments to its 
previous notice.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 17, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernice Gray, 202-366-2418 or John 
Kiser, 202-366-2435, Pricing and Multilateral Affairs Division, Office 
of the Secretary, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office 
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
     Comments: Comments should be sent to OMB: Attention DOT/OST Desk 
Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, or [email protected] (e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No.: 2106-0009.
     Title: Exemption from Passenger Tariff-filing Requirements in 
Certain Instances and Mandatory Electronic Filing of Residual Passenger 
Tariffs.
     Respondents: The vast majority of the air carriers filing 
international tariffs are large operators with revenues in excess of 
several million dollars each year. Small air carriers operating 
aircraft with 60 seats or less and 18,000 pounds payload or less that 
offer on-demand air-taxi service are not required to file such tariffs.
    Number of Respondents: 148.
    Number of Responses: 229,200.
    Total Annual Burden: 45,840.
     Abstract: Chapter 41504 of Title 49 of the United States Code 
requires that every air carrier and foreign air carrier file with the 
Department of Transportation (DOT), publish and keep open (i.e., post) 
for public inspection tariffs showing all ``foreign'' or 
``international'' fares, and related charges for air transportation 
between points served by it, and any other air carrier or foreign air 
carrier when through services, fares and related charges have been 
established; and showing, to the extent required by DOT regulations, 
all classifications, rules, regulations, practices, and services in 
connection with such air transportation. Once tariffs are filed and 
approved by DOT, they become a legally binding contract of carriage 
between carriers and users of foreign air transportation.
    Part 221 of the Department's Economic Regulations (14 CFR part 221) 
set forth specific technical and substantive requirements governing the 
filing of tariff material with the DOT Office of International 
Aviation's Pricing and Multilateral Affairs Division. A carrier 
initiates an electronic tariff filing whenever it wants to amend an 
existing tariff for commercial and competitive reasons or when it 
desires to file a new one. Electronic tariffs filed pursuant to part 
221 are used by carriers, computer reservation systems, travel agents, 
DOT, other government agencies and the general public to determine the 
prices, rules and related charges for international passenger air 
transportation. In addition, DOT needs U.S. and foreign air carrier 
passenger tariff information to monitor international air commerce, 
carry out carrier route selections and conduct international 
negotiations.
    Part 293 exempts carriers from their statutory and regulatory duty 
to file international tariffs in many specific markets.
     Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Departments estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, by 
the use of electronic means, 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 November 11, 2008.
Tracey M. Jackson,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27207 Filed 11-14-08; 8:45 am]
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