[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13966-13967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05012]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket: DOT-OST-2014-0031 BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice]
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review;
Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need and usefulness of BTS collecting supplemental data for
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Comments are
requested concerning whether the supplemental reports are needed by BTS
to fulfill the United States treaty obligation of furnishing financial
and traffic reports to ICAO; BTS accurately estimated the reporting
burden; there are other ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collected; and there are ways to minimize
reporting burden, including the use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 10, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT-OST-2014-0031 OMB Approval No. 2138-0039 by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the
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online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Services: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington,
DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202-366-3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number, DOT-OST-2014-0031, at the
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed
stamped postcard. Internet users may access all comments received by
DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments are posted
electronically without charge or edits, including any personal
information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this rule, a copy of the notice of proposed
rulemaking, and copies of the comments may be downloaded at http://www.regulations.gov, by searching docket DOT-OST-2014-0031.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [email protected], Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Room E34, OST-R, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Street SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No.: 2138-0039.
Title: Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
Form No.: BTS Form EF.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 34.
Number of Responses: 34.
Total Annual Burden: 23 hours.
Needs and Uses: As a party to the Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Treaty), the United States is obligated to provide ICAO with
financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. carriers. Over 99%
of the data filled with ICAO is extracted from the air carriers' Form
41 submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the means by which BTS supplies
the remaining 1% of the air carrier data to ICAO.
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 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2021.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2021-05012 Filed 3-10-21; 8:45 am]
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