[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 130 (Thursday, July 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 30776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12880]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Exemptions for Air Taxi Operations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, OST, Department of Transportation 
(DOT)

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about the agency's intention to request the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The 
collection involves a classification of air carriers known as air taxi 
operators and their filings of a one-page form that enables them to 
obtain economic authority from DOT. The information to be collected is 
necessary for DOT to determine whether an air taxi operator meets DOT's 
criteria for an economic authorization in accordance with DOT rules. 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 September 8, 2025.

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.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Dockets Operations, 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: Barbara Snoden, (202) 366-4834 (Voice) 
or [email protected] (Email), Office of Aviation Analysis, Office 
of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0565.
    Title: Exemptions for Air Taxi Operations.
    Form Numbers: OST Form 4507.
    Type of Review: Renewal of previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: 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 statue 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.
    Respondents: U.S. air taxi operators.
    Number of Respondents: 2,400.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 2,400.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,300 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 the Office of the 
Secretary's performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 
ways for Office of the Secretary 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 July 8. 2025.
Lauralyn Jean Remo Temprosa,
Associate Director, Air Carrier Fitness Division, Office of Aviation 
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2025-12880 Filed 7-9-25; 8:45 am]
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