[Federal Register: November 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 222)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements, Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 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 
it's expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on June 30, 1999 [64 FR, 35236].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
20, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert M. Clark, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Transportation Policy, Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Phone 
Number: (202)366-2916. Copies of these collections can also be 
obtained.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary

    Title: Infant Travel Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0536.
    Affected Public: Citizens (typically parents) traveling in air 
transportation with infants and small children.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with changes of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Form(s): OMB 2105-0536.
    Abstract: Children 2 years of age and younger are exempt from the 
FAA requirement that they be restrained in a seat during transport 
airplane takeoffs and landings. In February 1997, the White House 
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security recommended that this 
exemption be eliminated, requiring instead that those children be 
placed in a separate aircraft seat equipped with an approved Child 
Restraint System (CRS). In May 1995, in response to Section 522 of the 
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994, P.L. 103-
305, the FAA published a report on CRS use in transport category 
aircraft.
    FAA issued an ANPRM on April 2, 1998 (the comment period closed 
June 28), seeking technical comments about what types of CRS could/
should be used in transport category aircraft. Responses to those 
questions provide needed technical information relative to 
implementation of CRS aboard transport airplanes, but economic 
questions related to the issue were not included in that Notice. This 
deficiency resulted in little information, on which to assess the 
validity of the assumptions used in its analysis, being received from 
the traveling public by the FAA. Accordingly, there is a need to gauge 
the impact that requiring use of CRS would have on travelers 
accompanied by infants and small children, 2 years of age and less. 
Information needs to be obtained about the types of trips (length, 
purpose, mode of travel) on which such children accompany adults; the 
prevalence of actual CRS use, relative to air travel by infants and 
small children; the factors that determine whether CRS are being used 
for such children; and what types of changes to these travel events 
would result from requiring the use of CRS.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 74.7 hours.
    Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503, Attention OST 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 techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Comments to OMB are best assured of having their effect if OMB receives 
them within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 12, 1999.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-30164 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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