[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11395-11396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05729]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074]
Agency Request for Renewal of Previously Approved Information
Collections: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of
Authorization, ICR-2106-0035
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted
below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for
extension of approval of currently approved ICR-2106-0036, Foreign Air
Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. Earlier, a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published. The agency
did not receive any comments to its previous notice.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Your comments should be identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2013-0074 and should be submitted through one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer
for U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
email: [email protected].
Fax: (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Jaffe, (202) 366-2512, Office
of International Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W86-441, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2106-0035.
Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of
Authorization.
Form No.: Form OST 4540.
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Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers.
Number of Respondents: approximately 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours per application.
Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
Abstract: Applicants use Form OST 4540 to request statements of
authorization to conduct numerous types of operations authorized under
Title 14, CFR part 212. The form requires basic information regarding
the carrier(s) conducting the operation, the party filing the form, the
operations being conducted, the number of third- and fourth-freedom
flights conducted in the last twelve-month period, and certification of
reciprocity from the carrier's homeland government. DOT analysts will
use the information collected to determine if applications for fifth-,
sixth-, and seventh-freedom operations meet the public interest
requirements necessary to authorize such applications.
Burden Statement: We estimate that the industry-wide total hour
burden for this collection to be approximately 1,000 hours or
approximately 2.25 hours per application. Conservatively, we estimate
the compilation of background information will require 1.75 hours, and
the completion and submission of OST Form 4540 will require thirty (30)
minutes. Reporting the number of third- and fourth-freedom operations
conducted by an applicant carrier will require collection of flight
data, and detailed analysis to determine which flights conducted by the
carrier are third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants should be able to use
data collected for the Department's T-100 program to provide this
information (under this program, carriers are required periodically to
compile and report certain traffic data to the Department, as more
fully described in the Docket referenced in footnote 1 below). The
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provide carriers with a
computer program that allows them to compile and monitor, among other
things, flight origin and destination data, to be used in making the
carriers' T-100 submissions.\1\ We estimated that carriers will require
1.25 hours per application \2\ to compile and analyze the data
necessary to disclose the number of third- and fourth-freedom flights
conducted within the twelve-month period preceding the filing of an
application.
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\1\ The rule-making associated with the T-100 program can be
found on the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT-OST-1998-4043. Information
regarding burden hours is on file in the Office of Aviation Analysis
(X-50).
\2\ The Office of Aviation Analysis (X-50) estimated that small-
carriers would require 1 burden hour per report, and large carriers
would require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and report T-100
program data. Considering that the data required in this information
collection can be derived from data already collected, we have taken
an average of the estimated time required, and conservatively
shortened the time by 45 minutes because no new data entry will be
required.
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Foreign carriers will also have to provide evidence that their
homeland government will afford reciprocity to U.S. carriers seeking
authority for the similar fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-freedom
operations. Carriers may cite certifications submitted by carriers from
the same homeland if that homeland issued such certification within the
preceding six-month period. Approximately 100 carriers from roughly 30
distinct homelands use OST Form 4540 to apply for statements of
authorization annually. We estimate that one foreign carrier from any
given homeland will expend roughly 4 hours every six-months to obtain
certification from its homeland governments.\3\ We have apportioned 30
minutes to each application to account for the time required to obtain
certifications from homeland governments.
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\3\ Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) x (30 foreign
homelands) x (2 requests per year) = 240 annual burden hours.
Apportioning 240 annual burden hours equally among an average of 430
applications annually = approximately 30 burden minutes per
application.
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We have no empirical data to indicate how much time is required for
a person to complete OST Form 4540; however, anecdotal evidence reveals
that respondents spend thirty (30) minutes or less completing the form
and brief justification. In some cases, respondents spend a limited
amount of time, less than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the form before
sending it via facsimile or email to the Department. In the interest of
providing a conservative estimate so as to not understate the burden
hours, we estimate the hour burden for completing OST Form 4540 as
thirty (30) minutes.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2019.
Brian J. Hedberg,
Director, Office of International Aviation.
[FR Doc. 2019-05729 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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