Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Accounting and Reporting Requirements for Large Certificated Air Carriers
Federal Register Notice
March 1, 1996
Volume 61, Number 42
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 and usefulness of the BTS Form 41. Comments are requested concerning whether (a) the continuation of Form 41 is necessary for DOT to carry out its mission of promoting air transportation; (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 April 30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline Information, BTS, at (202) 366-4387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Approval No. 2138-0013.
Title: Report of Financial and Operation Statistics for Large Certificated Air Carriers
Form No.: BTS Form 41
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers
Number of Respondents: 98
Estimated Time Per Response: 4 hours
Total Annual Burden: 35287
Needs and Uses: DOT uses Form 41 traffic data to help formulate the United States position in international negotiations, to select carriers for international routes and to conduct environmental impact analyses. DOT uses Form 41 cost data to calculate the Standard Fare Levels (Passenger and Cargo) and to set the Intra-Alaska and international mail rates. The Department of the Air Force, Military Airlift Command uses Form 41 data in ratemaking for the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program, and for its Air Carrier Analysis Support System (ACAS).
DOT uses operational and financial data to review International Air Transport Association Agreements (IATA), to review initial air carrier fitness, to review air carrier continuing fitness, to review foreign air carrier applications and monitor the status of the air transport industry. The Justice Department uses the data in its antitrust analyses. DOT meets its responsibility to International Civil Aviation Organization, an arm of the United Nations, by the use of Form 41 data.
Traffic data, especially enplanement data, are used for the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, airport capacity analyses, the Airport Improvement Program, systems planning at airports, exemption requests to transport hazardous materials, and essential air service analyses.
The Department of Energy uses Form 41 fuel data in monitoring industry fuel consumption for emergency preparedness planning.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board use Form 41 data in safety analyses (operational), air carrier certification, safety forecasting/regulatory analysis and air carrier safety surveillance and inspection.
DOT uses aircraft inventory data in its administration of the War Air Service Program (Emergency Preparedness).
The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, uses Form 41 data in its estimation of the Gross National Product, analyses of international trade accounts and to compile the Input-Output Tables of the United States.
The Department of Labor uses employment statistics in its Productivity Studies and Indices.
Dated: February 26, 1996.
Timothy E. Carmody,
Acting Director, Office of Airline Statistics, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 96-4801 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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