Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Federal Register Notice
July 31, 1997
Volume 62, Number 147
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following collections of information was
published on April 23, 1997 [62 FR 19854].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 2, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, K-25, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Title: Part 249 Preservation of Records.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2138-0006.
Affected Public: Certificated air carriers and public charter operators.
Abstract: Part 249 requires the retention of such records as
general and subsidiary ledgers, journals and journal vouchers, voucher
distribution registers, accounts receivable and payable journals and
ledgers, subsidy records documenting underlying financial and
statistical reports to the Department, funds reports, consumer records,
sales reports, auditors and flight coupons, airway bills, etc.
Depending on the nature of the document, it may be retained for a
period of 30 days to 3 years. Public charter operators and overseas
military personnel charter operators must retain documents which
evidence or reflect deposits made by each charter participant and
commissions received by, paid to, or deducted by travel agents, and all
statements, invoices, bills and receipts from suppliers or furnishers
of goods and services in connection with the tour or charter. These records are retained for 6 months after completion of
the charter program. Not only is it imperative that carriers and
charter operators retain source documentation, but it is critical that
we ensure that DOT has access to these records. Given DOT's established
information needs for such reports, the underlying support
documentation must be retained for a reasonable period of time. Absent
the retention requirements, the documentary support for such reports
may or may not exist for audit/validation purposes and the relevance
and usefulness of carrier submissions would be impaired, since the data
could not be verified to the source on a test basis.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 678 hours.
Number of Respondents: 470.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. Comments are invited
on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-20110 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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