[Federal Register: October 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 197)]
[Notices]
[Page 58745-58746]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST-2003-15660]
Notice of Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
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 renewal 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 collection of information
was published on July 21, 2003 (FR Vol 68, No. 139, page 43,250). No
comments were received.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 10, 2003.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
OST 2003-15660 by the following methods:
[sbull] Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instruction for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
[sbull] Fax 1-202-493-2251.
[sbull] Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-40,
Washington, DC 20590-001.
[sbull] Hand Delivery: Room PL-401, on Plaza Level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
[sbull] Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this
rulemaking. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Public
Participation heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change
to http://dms.dot.gov including any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading under Regulatory Notes.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Luther Dietrich, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Aviation Analysis, X-53, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202)
366-1046.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Air Carrier's Claim for Subsidy and Air Carrier's Report of
Departures Flown in Scheduled Service.
OMB Control Number: 2106-0044.
Affected Public: Small air carriers selected by the Department in
docketed cases to provide subsidized essential air service.
Annual Estimated Burden: 4,176 hours.
Abstract: In 14 CFR part 271 of its Aviation Economic Regulations,
the Department provided that subsidy to air carriers for providing
essential air service will be paid to the carriers monthly, and that
payments will vary according to the actual amount of service performed
during the month. The reports of subsidized air carriers of essential
air service performed on the Department's Forms 397, ``Air Carrier's
Report of Departures Flown in Scheduled Service'' and 398, ``Air
Carrier's Claim for Subsidy,'' establish
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the fundamental basis for paying these air carriers on a timely basis.
Typically, subsidized air carriers are small businesses and operate
only aircraft of limited size over a limited geographical area. The
collection permits subsidized air carriers to submit their monthly
claims in a concise, orderly, easy-to-process form, without having to
devise their own means of submitting support for these claims.
The collection involved here requests only information concerning
the subsidy-eligible flights (which generally constitute only a small
percentage of the carriers' total operations) of a small number of air
carriers. The collection permits the Department to timely pay air
carriers for providing essential air service to certain eligible
communities that would not otherwise receive scheduled passenger air
service.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper functioning of the Department,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2003.
Michael Robinson,
Information Technology Program Management, Department of
Transportation.
[FR Doc. 03-25656 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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