[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 69320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28879]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2004-16951]


Agency Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection(s): Aircraft Accident Liability Insurance

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
on our request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval to reinstate a previously approved information collection. The 
collection involves the certificates of insurance that U.S. air 
carriers and foreign air carriers file with DOT as evidence that they 
are in compliance with DOT's liability insurance requirements. We are 
required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2004-16951] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-(202)-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Balgobin, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Office of the Secretary, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Room W86-463, Washington, DC 20590. Phone: (202) 366-9721. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0030.
    Title: Aircraft Accident Liability Insurance.
    Form Numbers: OST Forms 6410 and 6411.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: 49 U.S.C. 41112 provides that an air carrier may not be 
issued or continue to hold air carrier authority unless it has filed 
with DOT evidence that it possesses insurance in accordance with DOT 
regulations. 14 CFR Part 205 establishes procedures for filing evidence 
of liability insurance for air carriers, and contains the minimum 
requirements for air carrier accident liability insurance to protect 
the public from losses. This insurance information is submitted to DOT 
using OST Form 6410 (U.S. air carriers) or OST Form 6411 (foreign air 
carriers).
    Currently, OST Forms 6410 and 6411 are electronically available to 
the public; however, they cannot be filled out electronically. DOT is 
proposing to amend these forms so that they can be filled out 
electronically and saved for future amendments. However, these amended 
forms will still require original signatures and may not be filed 
electronically with DOT. By using fillable forms, DOT expects that most 
respondents will reduce their response times by half.
    Approximately 5,308 air carriers (4,604 U.S. and 704 foreign) are 
registered with DOT. Generally, air carriers file insurance 
certificates annually, coinciding with the term of their insurance 
policy. However, approximately one in three of these respondents will 
amend their insurance certificates during the course of the year, 
usually to add or remove covered aircraft. Thus, DOT expects 7,059 
responses to be filed each year (6,123 U.S. and 936 foreign).
    Further, DOT expects 95 percent of the responses (6,706 responses) 
to be completed using the fillable form, which requires 15 minutes to 
complete, and 5 percent of the responses (353 responses) to be 
completed manually requiring 30 minutes, for a total of 1,854 burden 
hours.
    Respondents: U.S. and foreign air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 5,308.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 7,059.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,854 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for DOT's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for DOT to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) 
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include 
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 2, 2011.
Lauralyn Remo,
Chief, Air Carrier Fitness Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-28879 Filed 11-7-11; 8:45 am]
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