[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 219 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59018-59019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27420]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research & Innovative Technology Administration

[Docket ID Number RITA 2008-0002]


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 estimates 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 January 15, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Room E34-409, RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., 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 ID Number RITA 2008-0002. Persons 
wishing the Department to acknowledge receipt of their comments must 
submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped

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postcard on which the following statement is made: Comments on OMB 
 2139-0001, Docket--RITA 2008-0002. 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 that provide scheduled 
passenger service.
    Number of Respondents: 35 certificated air carriers.
    Number of Responses: 140.
    Estimated Time per Response: 240 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 33,600 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Survey data are used in monitoring the airline 
industry, negotiating international agreements, reviewing requests for 
the grant of anti-trust immunity for air carrier alliance agreements, 
selecting new international routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate 
limited entry foreign routes, and modeling the spread of contagious 
diseases.
    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.

Anne Suissa,
Director, Office of Airline Information.
[FR Doc. E9-27420 Filed 11-13-09; 8:45 am]
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