[Federal Register: June 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 109)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[OST Docket No. 2007-27401 and OST Docket No. 2003-11473]
RIN 2105-ADO4
Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2105-0551)
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Correction notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice requests public participation in the Office of
Management and Budget approval process for the renewal of an existing
OST information collection. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) described below has been forwarded to OMB for extension
of the currently approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of
the information and the expected burden. OST published a Federal
Register notice soliciting comments on the following collection of
information and received none. The purpose of this notice is to allow
the public an additional 30 days from the date of this notice to submit
comments and to make a correction to the recently published application
to renew ICR 2105-0551, ``Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related
Complaints.''
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this action must refer to the docket and notice
numbers cited at the beginning of this document and must be submitted
to the Docket Management Facility, Office of the Secretary, located at
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590. The DOT Docket Facility is open to the public
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
The telephone number is 202-366-9329. Comments will be available for
inspection at this address and will also be viewable via the Web site
for the Docket Management System at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blane A. Workie, Office of the General
Counsel, 400 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)
366-9342 (voice), (202) 366-7152 (Fax), blane.workie@dot.gov (E-mail).
Arrangements to receive this document in an alternative format may be
made by contacting the above-named individuals.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The application to renew this information
collection request, which was published in the Federal Register on
Thursday, March 1, 2007 (72 FR 9385), describes only one of the three
information collection requirements imposed on the airlines by a July
8, 2003 final rule. More specifically, it addressed the requirement for
each covered carrier to submit an annual report summarizing the
disability-related complaint data but did not address the requirement
for such carriers to record and categorize disability-related
complaints that they receive according to type of disability and nature
of complaint on a standard form nor the requirement for carriers to
retain correspondence and record of action taken for all disability-
related complaints. This notice provides detailed information about the
two information collection requirements which were inadvertently not
included in the March 2007 notice announcing the Department's intention
to renew approval of the ICR on the ``Reporting Requirements for
Disability-Related Complaints'' and corrects some of the information
provided about the other information collection requirement (i.e.,
requirement to submit an annual report summarizing the disability-
related complaint data). It also explains that the Department believes
that the total burden hours for the three information collection
requirements would be 3418 hours instead of 8753 hours as estimated in
2003.
The title, description, respondent description of the information
collections and the annual recordkeeping and periodic reporting burden
are provided below. It is worth noting that, while the formulas upon
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which the information collection calculations are based have not
changed, the information collection burden hours have changed based on
new information available to the Department. As stated above, the
estimated total burden hours has been reduced from 8753 to 3418.
ICR 2105-0551, ``Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related
Complaints''
(1) Requirement to read, record and categorize each disability
related complaint from a passenger or on behalf of a passenger.
Respondents: Certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air
carriers operating to and from the United States that conduct
passenger-carrying service with large aircraft.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 0 minutes to 875 hours a
year for each respondent (time to record and categorize one complaint
[15 minutes] multiplied by the number of complaints respondents receive
[0 complaint a year to 3,500 annual complaints a year]. The number of
complaints received by carriers varies greatly. In 2003, we estimated
that carriers would receive anywhere from 1 complaint a year to 4,000
annual complaints a year. Based on data provided by carriers in 2004,
2005, and 2006, we believe that a range of 0 to 3500 annual complaints
a year is more accurate.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3238 hours for all respondents (time
to record and categorize one complaint [15 minutes] multiplied by the
total number of complaints for all respondents [12,952]). In 2003, we
estimated that the total number of complaints for all respondents would
be 33,050. Based on a review of the data provided by carriers, it
appears that our 2003 estimate was too high. Carriers received a total
of 11,508 complaints in 2004, a total of 13,584 complaints in 2005, and
a total of 13,764 complaints in 2006 for an average of 12,952 annual
complaints.
Frequency: 0 to 3,000 complaints per year for each respondent (Some
carriers may not receive any complaint in a given year while some of
the larger operators could receive 3,000 annual complaints).
(2) Requirement to submit a report to DOT summarizing the
disability-related complaint data (key-punching web-based matrix
report).
Respondents: Certificated U.S. air carriers and foreign air
carriers operating to and from the United States that conduct
passenger-carrying service with large aircraft.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 30 minutes a year for each
respondent to type in the 169 items (matrix consists of 13 disabilities
and 13 service problems).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 80 hours for all respondents (annual
burden [30 minutes] multiplied by the total number respondents [160]).
In 2003, we estimated the total number of respondents to be anywhere
from 295 to 370. However, based on the number of carriers that reported
data in 2004, 2005 and 2006 as well as the carriers that did not but
should have submitted such data, we now believe that the total number
of respondents is approximately 160.
Frequency: 1 report to DOT per year for each respondent.
Estimated Number of Responses: 160 (frequency of report [1 per
year] multiplied by the total number of respondents [160].
(3) Requirement to retain correspondence and record of action taken
on all disability-related complaints for three years.
Respondents: Foreign air carriers operating to and from the United
States that conduct passenger carrying service with large aircraft.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 1 hour a year for each
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 100 hours for all respondents
(annual burden [1 hour] multiplied by the total number respondents
[100]. In 2003, we estimated that the total number of foreign air
carriers that would be required to submit an annual report to DOT would
be 231 to 306. However, we have found that not all of the foreign air
carriers that have authority to fly into the U.S. actually do so. It
appears that the total number of foreign air carriers that would be
covered is approximately 100.
Frequency: 0 to 300 complaints per year for each respondent. The
data provided by foreign air carriers operating to and from the United
States that conduct passenger carrying service with large aircraft
demonstrates that that number of complaints received by such carriers
varies greatly from a low of 0 to a high of almost 300.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions 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. As noted earlier, OST published a Federal
Register notice with a 60 day comment period for this ICR on Thursday,
March 1, 2007 (72 FR 9385).
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2007, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR part 1.
Rosalind A. Knapp,
Acting General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E7-11094 Filed 6-6-07; 8:45 am]
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