[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 70528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28571]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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


Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on 
September 11, 2012 (77 FR 55893). No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 26, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa R. Balgobin, (202) 366-9721, 
Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Exemptions for Air Taxi Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0565.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: Part 298 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
Exemptions for Air Taxi Registration, establishes a classification of 
air carriers known as air taxi operators that offer on-demand passenger 
service. The regulation exempts these small operators from certain 
provisions of the Federal statute to permit them to obtain economic 
authority by filing a one-page, front and back, OST Form 4507, Air Taxi 
Operator Registration, and Amendments under Part 298 of DOT's 
Regulations.
    DOT expects to receive 200 new air taxi registrations and 2,200 
amended air taxi registrations each year, resulting in 2,400 total 
respondents. Further, DOT expects filers of new registrations to take 1 
hour to complete the form, while it should only take 30 minutes to 
prepare amendments to the form. Thus, the total annual burden is 
expected to be 1,300 hours.
    Affected Public: U.S. air taxi operators.
    Number of Respondents: 2,400.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 2,400.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,300 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments are invited on: 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; 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.

    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 Monday, November 19, 2011.
Habib Azarsina,
OST PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-28571 Filed 11-23-12; 8:45 am]
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