Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Federal Register Notice
June 10, 1999
Volume 64, Number 111
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) invites the
general public, industry and other Federal Agencies to comment on the
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting supplemental data
for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Comments are
requested concerning whether: (a) The supplemental reports are needed
by BTS to fulfill the U.S. treaty obligation of furnishing financial
and traffic reports to ICAO; (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.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 9, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be directed to: Office of Airline
Information, K-25, Room 4125, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001.
COMMENTS: Comments should identify the OMB #2138-0039 and submit a
duplicate copy to the address listed above. Commenters 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 #2138-0039. The postcard will be
date/time stamped and returned to the commenter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, K-25, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138-0039
Title: Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
Form No.: BTS Form EF.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 47.
Estimated Time Per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 16 hours.
Needs and Uses: As a party to the Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Treaty), the United States is obligated to provide ICAO with
financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. air carriers. Over
99 percent of the data filed with ICAO is extracted from the air
carriers' Form 41 submissions to DOT. BTS Form EF is the means by which
BTS supplies the remaining one percent of the air carrier data to ICAO.
Timothy E. Carmody,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 99-14772 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]
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