Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report
Federal Register Notice
February 3, 2006
Volume 71, Number 23
AGENCY: Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau
of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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 for and usefulness of BTS collecting a sample of
airline passenger itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger
ticket. Certificated air carriers that operated scheduled passenger
service with at least one aircraft having a seating capacity of over 60
seats report these data. Comments are requested concerning whether: (a)
The collection is still needed by the Department of Transportation; (b)
BTS accurately estimated the reporting burden; (c) there are other ways
to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
collected; and (d) there are ways to minimize reporting burden,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Presently, the Department has a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (70
FR 8140, February 17, 2005) to restructure the Passenger Origin-
Destination Survey Report. We are currently reviewing diverse comments
on the NPRM which were due July 18, 2005 in preparation for a final
rule. Until such time as we issue a final rule, the existing system for
the collection of this data will remain in place to ensure compliance
with statutory obligations. Therefore, we are seeking an extension of
the rule in its present format. When the rulemaking becomes final the
Department will seek Office of Management and Budget approval of the
new reporting requirements.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 4, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Room 4125, RITA, BTS, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4387, Fax Number
(202) 366-3383 or E-MAIL bernard.stankus@dot.gov.
Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval
2139-0001 and Docket 23755. Persons wishing the Department to
acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit with those comments a
self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following statement is
made: Comments on OMB
2139-0001, Docket 23755. The postcard
will be date/time stamped and returned.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No.: 2139-0001.
Title: Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 32.
Number of Responses: 128.
Total Annual Burden: 30,720 hours.
Needs and Uses: Survey data are used in monitoring the airline
industry, negotiating international air agreements, selecting new
international routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate limited entry
international routes, and modeling the spread of contagious diseases
from foreign countries.
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 January 27, 2006.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 06-1017 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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