84 FR 18340 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting a sample of airline passenger itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger ticket. Certificated air carriers that operated scheduled passenger service with at least one aircraft having a seating capacity of over 60 seats or operates an international route report these data. Comments are requested concerning whether: (a) The collection is still needed by the Department of Transportation; (b) BTS accurately estimates the reporting burden; and (c) there are other ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18340-18341]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08706]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[Docket ID Number: DOT-OST-2014-0031]


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; 
Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general public, 
industry and other governmental parties to comment on the continuing 
need for and usefulness of BTS collecting a sample of airline passenger 
itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger ticket. Certificated 
air carriers that operated scheduled passenger service with at least 
one aircraft having a seating capacity of over 60 seats or operates an 
international route report these data. Comments are requested 
concerning whether: (a) The collection is still needed by the 
Department of Transportation; (b) BTS accurately estimates the 
reporting burden; and (c) there are other ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collected.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bouse, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Room E34-441, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4876, Fax 
Number (202) 366-3383 or EMAIL [email protected].
    Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval # 
2139-0013 and Docket ID Number DOT-OST-2014-0031. Persons 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

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# 2139-0013, Docket--DOT-OST-2014-0031. The postcard will be date/time 
stamped and returned.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
DOT-OST-2014-0031 by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Docket Services: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, 
DC 20590-0001.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Fax: 202-366-3383.
    Instructions: Identify docket number, DOT-OST-2014-0031, at the 
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive 
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed 
stamped postcard. Internet users may access all comments received by 
DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments are posted 
electronically without charge or edits, including any personal 
information provided.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the street 
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the 
dockets.
    Electronic Access: you may access comments received for this notice 
at http://www.regulations.gov, by searching docket DOT-OST-2014-0031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval No. 2139-0013.
    Title: Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report.
    Form No.: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Certificated air carriers that operated scheduled 
passenger service with at least one aircraft having a seating capacity 
of over 60 seats or operates an international route report these data.
    Number of Respondents: 47 certificated air carriers.
    Number of Responses: 188.
    Estimated Time per Response: 60 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 11,280 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Survey data are used in monitoring the airline 
industry, negotiating international agreements, reviewing requests for 
the grant of anti-trust immunity for air carrier alliance agreements, 
selecting new international routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate 
limited entry foreign routes, and modeling the spread of contagious 
diseases.
    The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency 
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires a statistical agency to 
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes. 
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the 
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical 
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both 
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to 
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in 
regulatory and other administrative matters.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2019.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2019-08706 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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