80 FR 31455 - Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 105 (June 2, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-13333

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of Transportation's (Department) intention to request the renewal of an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number for the collection of emergency contingency plans for tarmac delays from U.S. carriers and U.S. airports as required by the FAA Modernization and Reform Act (Act). On April 16, 2012, the Department of Transportation submitted to OMB for review and clearance utilizing emergency review procedures information collection requests related to the submission by U.S. carriers and U.S. airports of tarmac delay contingency plans for review and approval by the Department, as well as the public posting of those plans, as set forth in the Act. OMB issued the Department a control number authorizing these new collections of information until November 30, 2012 (OMB Control Number 2105-0566).

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[OST Docket No. 2012-0028]

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of
Transportation's (Department) intention to request the renewal of an
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number for the collection
of emergency contingency plans for tarmac delays from U.S. carriers and
U.S. airports as required by the FAA Modernization and Reform Act
(Act). On April 16, 2012, the Department of Transportation submitted to
OMB for review and clearance utilizing emergency review procedures
information collection requests related to the submission by U.S.
carriers and U.S. airports of tarmac delay contingency plans for review
and approval by the Department, as well as the public posting of those
plans, as set forth in the Act. OMB issued the Department a control
number authorizing these new collections of information until November
30, 2012 (OMB Control Number 2105-0566).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 3, 2015.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this
proposal.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the following means:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building Ground Floor
Room W-12/140, Washington, DC 20590-0001;
Hand delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W-12/140,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Graber, Office of the
Secretary, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation
Enforcement and Proceedings (C-70), Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9342 (voice) 202-
366-7152 (fax) or at Kimberly.Graber@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA Modernization and Reform Act, which
was signed into law on February 14, 2012, required U.S. carriers that
operate scheduled passenger service or public charter service using any
aircraft with a design capacity of 30 or more seats, and operators of
large hub, medium hub, small hub, or non-hub U.S. airports, to submit
emergency contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays to the Secretary
of Transportation for review and approval no later than May 14, 2012.
The Act also required each covered carrier and airport to ensure public
access to its plan after DOT approval by posting the plan on its Web
site. In addition to requiring the initial submission of emergency
contingency plans, the Act requires U.S. carriers to submit an updated
plan every 3 years. Further, the Act requires airport operators to
submit an updated plan every 5 years. The information collection
requirements are specifically required by statute and are not being
imposed as an exercise of the Department's discretion.
On April 16, 2012, the Department submitted to OMB for review and
clearance information collection requests regarding submission of the
plans and OMB approved this information collection. The Department then
issued a notice in the Federal Register stating how covered U.S.
carriers and airports should submit the required plans to the
Department through an online system (77 FR 27267, May 9, 2012). The
Department intends to ask for a renewal of the OMB control number for
U.S. carriers and airport operators to submit plan updates.
A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to
an information collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the
PRA and displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall generally
be subject to monetary penalty for failing to comply with a collection
of information if the collection of information does not display a
valid OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
For each of these information collections, the title, a description
of the respondents, and an estimate of the annual recordkeeping and
periodic reporting burden are set forth below:
1. Requirement to submit tarmac delay plan to DOT for review and
approval.
Title: Filing of Tarmac Delay Plan to DOT.
Respondents: Each large, medium, small and non-hub airport in the
U.S.; U.S. carriers that operate scheduled passenger service or public
charter service using any aircraft with a design capacity of 30 or more
seats.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 420 U.S. airports and 65 U.S.
airlines.
Frequency: Every 5 years for covered U.S. airports; every 3 years
for covered U.S. airlines.
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: For U.S. airports--247.5
hours (25 airports not covered in 2012 x 2 hours) + (395 existing
airports x .5 hours) = 247.5 hours. This estimate is based on the
following facts: Tarmac delay plans for submission are general in
nature and do not consist of extensive airport-specific customization.
Airport associations have prepared templates for use by U.S. airports
which require very little additional information to be customized for
individual airports. Airport associations' templates have been the
template for most of the airport plans submitted. For an airport that
had not prepared and submitted a plan to meet the requirement in 2012
(25 airports), we estimate 2 hours to review the templates, to prepare
by entering the airport-specific information, and to submit the plan
through the Department's electronic submission system. We estimate
there are or will be approximately 25 airports that will be newly
covered by the Act by the next submission deadline and that did not
previously submit plans to meet the requirement in 2012.\1\ For U.S.
airports

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that have already prepared and submitted a plan and will continue to be
subject to this requirement (395 airports), they will need to review
and update the plan through the Department's electronic submission
system. We estimate .5 hour for these 395 airports to review, update,
and submit the plan through the Department's electronic submission
system.
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\1\ These estimates are based on currently available data. Our
estimates assume that the number of covered airports will increase
between 2012 and 2017 so that there will be a larger number of
covered airports by the date of the next submission requirement for
covered airports in 2017. There were approximately 395 airports that
were coverend in 2012. Based on current FAA data, it appears that
approximately 416 airports now meet the threshold of the Act that
requires them to submit plans. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy13-commercial-service-enplanements.pdf. Based on fluctuations in
airport traffic combined with the recent trend of increasing air
traffic, we anticipate that approximately 25 airports that were not
covered by the Act in 2012 now meet or will meet the threshold and
be covered airports by 2017, the next required submission date. This
number includes an assumption that a small number of airports that
were previously covered will no longer be covered by 2017.
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For U.S. airlines--40 hours (60 existing carriers x .5 hours) + (5
new carriers x 2 hours) = 40 hours.\2\ Airline plans for submission
generally are not very detailed and provide only the level of
information required to meet the statutory requirement. Although
airlines often choose to prepare more detailed plans for internal use,
the submitted plans are brief. In addition, currently operating U.S.
carriers are already required to have such plans in place since this is
a continuing requirement and the statute has already been in place
since 2012. Therefore we estimate that most covered U.S. carriers (an
estimated 60) will spend .5 hour to review, update, and submit the plan
through the Department's electronic submission system. We estimate that
up to 5 U.S. carriers may meet the threshold for the filing requirement
in 2015 but may not have submitted a plan previously. We estimate those
carriers will spend 2 hours to prepare and submit the plan through the
Department's electronic submission system.
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\2\ These estimates are based on the number of airlines that
were required to file in the past and the potential for an increased
number of airlines that may be covered by the date of the next
submission requirement for airlines.
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2. Requirement to ensure public access to tarmac delay plan after
DOT approval (as required by the Act).
Title: Posting of Tarmac Delay Plan on Web sites.
Respondents: Each large, medium, small and non-hub airport in the
U.S.; U.S. carriers that operate scheduled passenger service or public
charter service and foreign air carriers operating to or from the
United States, using any aircraft with a design capacity of 30 or more
seats.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 420 U.S. airports and 65 U.S.
airlines.
Estimated Total Frequency: Every 5 years for covered U.S. airports;
every 3 years for covered U.S. airlines (if not already posted or if
there are updates).
Burden on Respondents: 121.25 (Average of 15 minutes per respondent
(420 U.S. airports and 65 U.S. airlines) to post current plan on Web
site).
We invite comments 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. 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 on the docket.

Issued this 27 day of May, 2015, at Washington, DC.
Blane A. Workie,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings.
[FR Doc. 2015-13333 Filed 6-1-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal advisory committees. (41 CFR • Hand delivery: West Building comply with a collection of information
part 102–3.) Ground Floor, Room W–12/140, 1200 if the collection of information does not
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. display a valid OMB Control Number.
2015. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
Blane A. Workie, except Federal holidays. The telephone For each of these information
number is 202–366–9329. collections, the title, a description of the
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation
Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: respondents, and an estimate of the
of Transportation. Kimberly Graber, Office of the Secretary, annual recordkeeping and periodic
[FR Doc. 2015–13345 Filed 6–1–15; 8:45 am] Office of the Assistant General Counsel reporting burden are set forth below:
for Aviation Enforcement and 1. Requirement to submit tarmac
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Proceedings (C–70), Department of delay plan to DOT for review and
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. approval.
SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202–366– Title: Filing of Tarmac Delay Plan to
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
9342 (voice) 202–366–7152 (fax) or at DOT.
Office of the Secretary Kimberly.Graber@dot.gov. Respondents: Each large, medium,
small and non-hub airport in the U.S.;
[OST Docket No. 2012–0028] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
U.S. carriers that operate scheduled
Modernization and Reform Act, which passenger service or public charter
Notice of Submission of Proposed was signed into law on February 14, service using any aircraft with a design
Information Collection to OMB 2012, required U.S. carriers that operate capacity of 30 or more seats.
scheduled passenger service or public Estimated Number of Respondents:
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, charter service using any aircraft with a
Department of Transportation (DOT). 420 U.S. airports and 65 U.S. airlines.
design capacity of 30 or more seats, and Frequency: Every 5 years for covered
ACTION: Notice and request for operators of large hub, medium hub, U.S. airports; every 3 years for covered
comments. small hub, or non-hub U.S. airports, to U.S. airlines.
submit emergency contingency plans for Estimated Total Burden on
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
lengthy tarmac delays to the Secretary of Respondents: For U.S. airports—247.5
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
Transportation for review and approval hours (25 airports not covered in 2012
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended) this
notice announces the Department of
no later than May 14, 2012. The Act also × 2 hours) + (395 existing airports × .5
required each covered carrier and hours) = 247.5 hours. This estimate is
Transportation’s (Department) intention
airport to ensure public access to its based on the following facts: Tarmac
to request the renewal of an Office of
plan after DOT approval by posting the delay plans for submission are general
Management and Budget (OMB) control
plan on its Web site. In addition to in nature and do not consist of extensive
number for the collection of emergency
requiring the initial submission of airport-specific customization. Airport
contingency plans for tarmac delays
emergency contingency plans, the Act associations have prepared templates for
from U.S. carriers and U.S. airports as
requires U.S. carriers to submit an use by U.S. airports which require very
required by the FAA Modernization and
updated plan every 3 years. Further, the little additional information to be
Reform Act (Act). On April 16, 2012, the
Act requires airport operators to submit customized for individual airports.
Department of Transportation submitted
an updated plan every 5 years. The Airport associations’ templates have
to OMB for review and clearance
information collection requirements are been the template for most of the airport
utilizing emergency review procedures
specifically required by statute and are plans submitted. For an airport that had
information collection requests related
not being imposed as an exercise of the not prepared and submitted a plan to
to the submission by U.S. carriers and
Department’s discretion. meet the requirement in 2012 (25
U.S. airports of tarmac delay On April 16, 2012, the Department
contingency plans for review and airports), we estimate 2 hours to review
submitted to OMB for review and the templates, to prepare by entering the
approval by the Department, as well as clearance information collection
the public posting of those plans, as set airport-specific information, and to
requests regarding submission of the submit the plan through the
forth in the Act. OMB issued the plans and OMB approved this
Department a control number Department’s electronic submission
information collection. The Department system. We estimate there are or will be
authorizing these new collections of then issued a notice in the Federal
information until November 30, 2012 approximately 25 airports that will be
Register stating how covered U.S. newly covered by the Act by the next
(OMB Control Number 2105–0566). carriers and airports should submit the submission deadline and that did not
DATES: Comments on this notice must be required plans to the Department previously submit plans to meet the
received by August 3, 2015. Interested through an online system (77 FR 27267, requirement in 2012.1 For U.S. airports
persons are invited to submit comments May 9, 2012). The Department intends
regarding this proposal. to ask for a renewal of the OMB control 1 These estimates are based on currently available

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not number for U.S. carriers and airport data. Our estimates assume that the number of
duplicate your docket submissions, operators to submit plan updates. covered airports will increase between 2012 and
2017 so that there will be a larger number of
please submit them by only one of the A Federal agency generally cannot covered airports by the date of the next submission
following means: conduct or sponsor a collection of requirement for covered airports in 2017. There
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to information, and the public is generally
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

were approximately 395 airports that were coverend
http://www.regulations.gov and follow not required to respond to an in 2012. Based on current FAA data, it appears that
approximately 416 airports now meet the threshold
the online instructions for submitting information collection, unless it is of the Act that requires them to submit plans.
comments. approved by the OMB under the PRA http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/
• Mail: Docket Management Facility, and displays a currently valid OMB passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy13-
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 Control Number. In addition, commercial-service-enplanements.pdf. Based on
fluctuations in airport traffic combined with the
New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building notwithstanding any other provisions of recent trend of increasing air traffic, we anticipate
Ground Floor Room W–12/140, law, no person shall generally be subject that approximately 25 airports that were not
Washington, DC 20590–0001; to monetary penalty for failing to Continued

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that have already prepared and (420 U.S. airports and 65 U.S. airlines) Electronic and Facsimile Availability
submitted a plan and will continue to be to post current plan on Web site). This document and additional
subject to this requirement (395 We invite comments on (a) whether information concerning OFAC are
airports), they will need to review and the collection of information is available from OFAC’s Web site at
update the plan through the necessary for the proper performance of www.treasury.gov/ofac or via facsimile
Department’s electronic submission the functions of the Department, through a 24-hour fax-on demand
system. We estimate .5 hour for these including whether the information will service at (202) 622–0077.
395 airports to review, update, and have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
submit the plan through the the Department’s estimate of the burden Background
Department’s electronic submission of the proposed information collection; On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin
system. (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility Act was signed into law by the
For U.S. airlines—40 hours (60 and clarity of the information to be President of the United States. The
existing carriers × .5 hours) + (5 new collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Kingpin Act provides a statutory
carriers × 2 hours) = 40 hours.2 Airline burden of the collection of information framework for the President to impose
plans for submission generally are not on respondents, including the use of sanctions against significant foreign
very detailed and provide only the level automated collection techniques or narcotics traffickers and their
of information required to meet the other forms of information technology. organizations on a worldwide basis,
statutory requirement. Although airlines All responses to this notice will be with the objective of denying their
often choose to prepare more detailed summarized and included in the request businesses and agents access to the U.S.
plans for internal use, the submitted for OMB approval. All comments will financial system and to the benefits of
plans are brief. In addition, currently also become a matter of public record on trade and transactions involving U.S.
operating U.S. carriers are already the docket. persons and entities.
required to have such plans in place The Kingpin Act blocks all property
Issued this 27 day of May, 2015, at
since this is a continuing requirement Washington, DC. and interests in property, subject to U.S.
and the statute has already been in place
Blane A. Workie, jurisdiction, owned or controlled by
since 2012. Therefore we estimate that
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation significant foreign narcotics traffickers
most covered U.S. carriers (an estimated
Enforcement and Proceedings. as identified by the President. In
60) will spend .5 hour to review,
[FR Doc. 2015–13333 Filed 6–1–15; 8:45 am] addition, the Secretary of the Treasury
update, and submit the plan through the
consults with the Attorney General, the
Department’s electronic submission BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
Director of the Central Intelligence
system. We estimate that up to 5 U.S.
Agency, the Director of the Federal
carriers may meet the threshold for the
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Bureau of Investigation, the
filing requirement in 2015 but may not
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
have submitted a plan previously. We
Office of Foreign Assets Control Administration, the Secretary of
estimate those carriers will spend 2
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the
hours to prepare and submit the plan
Unblocking of Specially Designated Secretary of Homeland Security when
through the Department’s electronic
Nationals and Blocked Persons designating and blocking the property or
submission system.
2. Requirement to ensure public Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics interests in property, subject to U.S.
access to tarmac delay plan after DOT Kingpin Designation Act jurisdiction, of persons or entities found
approval (as required by the Act). to be: (1) Materially assisting in, or
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets providing financial or technological
Title: Posting of Tarmac Delay Plan on Control, Treasury.
Web sites. support for or to, or providing goods or
Respondents: Each large, medium, ACTION: Notice. services in support of, the international
small and non-hub airport in the U.S.; narcotics trafficking activities of a
SUMMARY: The Department of the person designated pursuant to the
U.S. carriers that operate scheduled Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
passenger service or public charter Kingpin Act; (2) owned, controlled, or
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names directed by, or acting for or on behalf of,
service and foreign air carriers operating of nine individuals and four entities
to or from the United States, using any a person designated pursuant to the
whose property and/or interests in Kingpin Act; and/or (3) playing a
aircraft with a design capacity of 30 or property have been unblocked pursuant
more seats. significant role in international
to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin narcotics trafficking.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Designation Act (Kingpin Act) (21
420 U.S. airports and 65 U.S. airlines. On May 22, 2015, the Associate
U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). Director of the Office of Global
Estimated Total Frequency: Every 5
years for covered U.S. airports; every 3 DATES: The unblocking and removal Targeting removed from the SDN List
years for covered U.S. airlines (if not from the list of Specially Designated the individuals and entities listed
already posted or if there are updates). Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN below, whose property and/or interests
Burden on Respondents: 121.25 List) of the individuals and entities in property were blocked pursuant to
(Average of 15 minutes per respondent identified in this notice whose property the Kingpin Act:
and/or interests in property were
blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is Individuals
covered by the Act in 2012 now meet or will meet
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the threshold and be covered airports by 2017, the effective on May 22, 2015. 1. BRAMBILA MARTINEZ, Aurora, c/o
next required submission date. This number FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PRODUCTOS FARMACEUTICOS
includes an assumption that a small number of COLLINS, S.A. DE C.V., Zapopan,
airports that were previously covered will no longer Assistant Director, Sanctions
be covered by 2017. Compliance & Evaluation, Department Jalisco, Mexico; c/o INSUMOS
ECOLOGICOS DEL ORIENTE, S.A. DE
2 These estimates are based on the number of
of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets
airlines that were required to file in the past and C.V., Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; c/o
Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: SALUD NATURAL MEXICANA, S.A. DE
the potential for an increased number of airlines
that may be covered by the date of the next
(202) 622–2420. C.V., Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico; Avenida
submission requirement for airlines. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Obregon 180, Colonia Puente Grande,

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Dates		Comments on this notice must be received by August 3, 2015. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal.
Contact		Kimberly Graber, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (C-70), Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9342 (voice) 202- 366-7152 (fax) or at [email protected]
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