[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36857-36858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15315]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0102]


Office of Inspector General; Proposed Agency Information 
Collection Activities; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval for a new information collection. The collection 
involves the nation's large and medium hub airports and their 
participation in hiring Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), and 
what has led to airports' successes and failures in achieving their 
goals in regards to the DBE program. The information to be collected 
will be used to inform the Office of Inspector General and the 
Department of Transportation on factors that led to the successful 
hiring of DBE's at airports around the nation. We are required to 
publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction 
act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 29, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by Federal Docket Management System 
(FDMS) Docket Number DOT-OST-2014-0102 using any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1 (202) 493-2251
     Mail: Docket Management System, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room 
W12-140, Washington, DC 20590
     Hand Deliver: West building, Ground Floor, Room 
12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. 
and 5:00 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Berks, Office of Legal Counsel, 
Office of Inspector General, Department of Transportation, 202-366-
7165, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: OIG Data Collection for DBE 
Participation at Large and Medium Hub Airports.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: New Information Collection.
    Background: Under section 140(c) of the FAA Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2012, the Office of Inspector General, Department of 
Transportation has been directed to report on the nation's large and 
medium hub airports regarding their ability to hire new DBEs, assess 
the reasons why the most successful airports have been able to provide 
such opportunities, and to give recommendations to the FAA and Congress 
on methods for other airports to achieve results similar to those of 
the top airports. The information to be collected will help OIG 
establish which airports have been successful in the DBE hiring process 
and factors that led to their success.
    OIG plans to collect information from large and medium hub airports 
on DBE programs and DBE participation. The respondents consist of the 
approximately 65 large and medium hub airports that receive funding 
from the FAA and are required to have a DBE program. Large hub airports 
are defined as commercial airports that have at least 1.0 percent of 
passenger boardings. Medium hub airports are defined as commercial 
airports that have at least .25 percent but less than 1.0 percent of 
passenger boardings. OIG plans to collect the information primarily by 
conducting interviews. OIG will send out a questionnaire in advance to 
the airports, to allow the airports to collect responsive information 
and documents and prepare for the interview.
    Respondents: Large and medium hub airports.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 65.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Number of Responses: One per annum.
    Estimated Time per Response: Total information collection: 8 hours 
per respondent; subsequent interview process: 4 hours per respondent.
    Total Annual Burden: Approximately 780 hours. Approximately 65 
respondents with 12 total burden hours per respondent.
    Public Comments are Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect 
of this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the OIG's functions,

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including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden of the proposed information 
collection; (3) ways for the OIG to enhance the quality, usefulness, 
and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden 
could be minimized on respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology without 
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will 
summarize 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 June 24th, 2014.

    Dated: June 24, 2014.
Joseph Com[eacute],
Deputy Principal Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and 
Evaluation, Office of Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 2014-15315 Filed 6-27-14; 8:45 am]
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