[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3274-3275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-981]


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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 (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 extension of currently 
approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection 
of information was published on November 16, 2009 (74 FR 59018-59019).

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 19, 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].

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.
    Total Number of Annual Responses: 140.
    Estimated Time per Response: 240 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 33,600.
    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 Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report is the only 
aviation data collection by DOT where the air carriers report the true 
origins and destinations of passengers' flight itineraries. The 
Department does have another aviation data collection (T-100) which (1) 
gives passenger totals for city-pairs served on a nonstop basis and (2) 
market totals for passengers traveling on a single flight number. If 
the passenger travels on multiple flight numbers, a new market is 
recorded for each change in flight number.
    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

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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, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department. Comments should address whether the information will 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
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.

Anne Suissa,
Director, Office of Airline Information.
[FR Doc. 2010-981 Filed 1-19-10; 8:45 am]
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