80_FR_39323 80 FR 39193 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Submission of Audit Reports-Part 248

80 FR 39193 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Submission of Audit Reports-Part 248

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 130 (July 8, 2015)

Page Range39193-39194
FR Document2015-16691

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR 22264). No comments were received.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39193-39194]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16691]


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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; 
Submission of Audit Reports--Part 248

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently 
approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection 
of information was published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR 22264). No 
comments were received.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 7, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Gorham, Office of Airline 
Information, RTS-42, Room E34, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4406, Fax Number 
(202) 366-3383 or E-MAIL [email protected].
    Comments: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST Desk Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Approval No. 2138-0004.
    Title: Submission of Audit Reports--Part 248.
    Form No.: None.
    Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
    Number of Respondents: 63.
    Number of Responses: 63.
    Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
    Needs and Uses: BTS collects independent audited financial reports 
from U.S. certificated air carriers. Carriers not having an annual 
audit must file a statement that no such audit has been performed. In 
lieu of the audit report, BTS will accept the annual report submitted 
to the stockholders. The audited reports are needed by the

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Department of Transportation as: (1) A means to monitor an air 
carrier's continuing fitness to operate; (2) reference material used by 
analysts in examining foreign route cases; (3) reference material used 
by analyst in examining proposed mergers, acquisitions and 
consolidations; (4) a means whereby BTS sends a copy of the report to 
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of 
a United States treaty obligation; and, (5) corroboration of a 
carrier's Form 41 filings.
    The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency 
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), 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, and submission of the information 
to agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in 
regulatory and other administrative matters.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department concerning consumer protection. Comments should address 
whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of 
the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2015.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2015-16691 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 130 / Wednesday, July 8, 2015 / Notices 39193 (c) The tire size designation as listed in the Furthermore, there is no additional DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION documents and publications designated in safety risk of overloading or over S5.1. Bureau of Transportation Statistics pressurization due to the subject V. Summary of CTA’s Analyses noncompliance because the maximum [Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] CTA stated its belief that the subject permissible pressures and maximum noncompliance is inconsequential to permissible loads for the subject tires as Agency Information Collection; motor vehicle safety for the following listed in the Tire and Rim Association Activity Under OMB Review; reasons: Yearbook are the same for all three types Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248 (A) CTA notes that the only improper of motorcycle tire ply construction; AGENCY: Office of the Assistant marking on the sidewall of the subject radial, diagonal (bias), and bias-belted. Secretary for Research and Technology tires is the use of the letter character Because mislabeling has no impact on (OST–R), Bureau of Transportation ‘‘B’’ in the tire size designation instead the operational performance or Statistics (BTS), Department of of a hyphen character ‘‘-,’’ and that from Transportation. durability of these tires, or on the safety its experience it believes that most of vehicles on which these tires are ACTION: Notice. motorcycle tire consumers do not understand the differences in tire mounted, NHTSA agrees with CTA that the noncompliance is inconsequential to SUMMARY: In compliance with the construction and therefore do not base Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 tire purchases on the tire construction motor vehicle safety. U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice type. NHTSA’s Decision: In consideration announces that the Information (B) CTA stated that the subject tires of the foregoing, NHTSA has decided Collection Request (ICR) abstracted were built as designed and that the that CTA has met its burden of below has been forwarded to the Office performance requirements and testing persuasion that the noncompliance of Management and Budget (OMB) for requirements specified in FMVSS No. described is inconsequential to motor extension of currently approved 119 are exactly the same for both bias- vehicle safety. Accordingly, CTA’s collections. The ICR describes the belted and diagonal (bias) tires. petition is hereby granted and CTA is (C) CTA believes that the subject nature of the information collection and exempted from the obligation of its expected burden. The Federal noncompliance has no impact on the providing notification of, and remedy Register Notice with a 60-day comment safety of vehicles on which the subject tires are mounted and that the subject for the subject noncompliance. period soliciting comments on the tires meet or exceed all the performance NHTSA notes that the statutory following collection of information was requirement of FMVSS No. 119. provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR (D) CTA also stated that it is not 30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 22264). No comments were received. aware of any crashes, injuries, customer file petitions for a determination of DATES: Written comments should be complaints, or field reports associated inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to submitted by August 7, 2015. with the subject noncompliance. exempt manufacturers only from the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff CTA additionally informed NHTSA duties found in sections 30118 and Gorham, Office of Airline Information, that the molds at the manufacturing 30120, respectively, to notify owners, RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200 plant have been corrected so that no New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC purchasers, and dealers of a defect or additional tires will be manufactured or 20590–0001, Telephone Number (202) noncompliance and to remedy the sold with the noncompliance. 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383 In summation, CTA believes that the defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this decision only applies to the subject tires or E–MAIL jeff.gorham@dot.gov. described noncompliance of the subject Comments: Send comments to the tires is inconsequential to motor vehicle that CTA no longer controlled at the time it determined that the Office of Information and Regulatory safety, and that its petition, to exempt Affairs, Office of Management and CTA from providing recall notification noncompliance existed. However, the Budget, 725–17th Street NW., of noncompliance as required by 49 granting of this petition does not relieve Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST U.S.C. 30118 and remedying the recall tire distributors and dealers of the Desk Officer. noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 30120 should be granted. or introduction or delivery for OMB Approval No. 2138–0004. NHTSA’s Decision introduction into interstate commerce of Title: Submission of Audit Reports— the noncompliant tires under their NHTSA’s Analysis of CTA’s Part 248. control after CTA notified them that the Form No.: None. Arguments: CTA acknowledges that the subject noncompliance existed. subject tires were wrongly stamped with Type Of Review: Extension of a the size marking ‘‘120/70B19 M/C 60Q,’’ Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: currently approved collection. which includes the construction code Delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and Respondents: Large certificated air designator ‘‘B’’ that incorrectly indicates 501.8. carriers. bias-belted ply construction. The tires Number of Respondents: 63. Jeffrey Giuseppe, should have been marked ‘‘120/70-19M/ Number of Responses: 63. Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. Total Annual Burden: 20 hours. C 60Q,’’ which includes the hyphen ‘‘-’’ indicating diagonal (bias) ply [FR Doc. 2015–16640 Filed 7–7–15; 8:45 am] Needs and Uses: BTS collects independent audited financial reports srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES construction. BILLING CODE 4910–59–P Because bias-belted motorcycle tires from U.S. certificated air carriers. and diagonal (bias) motorcycle tires Carriers not having an annual audit require the same rim specification, there must file a statement that no such audit is no additional possibility of confusion has been performed. In lieu of the audit when mounting a bias-belted or a report, BTS will accept the annual diagonal bias tire due to the report submitted to the stockholders. noncompliance. The audited reports are needed by the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:49 Jul 07, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08JYN1.SGM 08JYN1

39194 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 130 / Wednesday, July 8, 2015 / Notices Department of Transportation as: (1) A (OST–R), Bureau of Transportation this OMB approval for non-statistical means to monitor an air carrier’s Statistics (BTS), DOT. purposes including, but not limited to, continuing fitness to operate; (2) ACTION: Notice. publication of both Respondent’s reference material used by analysts in identity and its data, and submission of examining foreign route cases; (3) SUMMARY: In compliance with the the information to agencies outside BTS reference material used by analyst in Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 for review, analysis and possible use in examining proposed mergers, U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice regulatory and other administrative acquisitions and consolidations; (4) a announces that the Information matters. means whereby BTS sends a copy of the Collection Request (ICR) abstracted Comments are invited on: Whether report to the International Civil Aviation below has been forwarded to the Office the proposed collection of information Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of a of Management and Budget (OMB) for is necessary for the proper performance United States treaty obligation; and, (5) extension of currently approved of the functions of the Department corroboration of a carrier’s Form 41 collections. The ICR describes the concerning consumer protection. filings. nature of the information collection and Comments should address whether the The Confidential Information its expected burden. The Federal information will have practical utility; Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act Register Notice with a 60-day comment the accuracy of the Department’s of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), requires a period soliciting comments on the estimate of the burden of the proposed statistical agency to clearly identify following collection of information was information collection; ways to enhance information it collects for non-statistical published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR the quality, utility and clarity of the purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 22265). No comments were received. information to be collected; and ways to respondents and the public that BTS DATES: Written comments should be minimize the burden of the collection of uses the information it collects under submitted by August 7, 2015. information on respondents, including this OMB approval for non-statistical FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff the use of automated collection purposes including, but not limited to, Gorham, Office of Airline Information, techniques or other forms of information publication of both Respondent’s RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200 technology. identity and its data, and submission of New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, the information to agencies outside BTS DC 20590–0001, Telephone Number 2015. for review, analysis and possible use in (202) 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366– William Chadwick, Jr., regulatory and other administrative 3383 or E–MAIL jeff.gorham@dot.gov. Director, Office of Airline Information, matters. Comments: Send comments to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Comments are invited on: Whether Office of Information and Regulatory [FR Doc. 2015–16693 Filed 7–7–15; 8:45 am] the proposed collection of information Affairs, Office of Management and BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P is necessary for the proper performance Budget, 725–17th Street NW., of the functions of the Department Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST concerning consumer protection. Desk Officer. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Comments should address whether the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: information will have practical utility; OMB Approval No. 2138–0039. Bureau of Transportation Statistics the accuracy of the Department’s Title: Reporting Required for estimate of the burden of the proposed [Docket: DOT–OST–2014–0031 BTS International Civil Aviation Paperwork Reduction Notice] information collection; ways to enhance Organization (ICAO). the quality, utility and clarity of the Form No.: BTS Form EF. Agency Information Collection; information to be collected; and ways to Type Of Review: Extension of a Activity Under OMB Review; Report of minimize the burden of the collection of currently approved collection. Extension of Credit to Political information on respondents, including Respondents: Large certificated air Candidates the use of automated collection carriers. techniques or other forms of information Number of Respondents: 38. AGENCY: Office of the Assistant technology. Number of Responses: 38. Secretary for Research and Technology Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, Total Annual Burden: 26 hours. (OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 2015. Needs and Uses: As a party to the Statistics (BTS), Department of William Chadwick, Jr., Convention on International Civil Transportation. Director, Office of Airline Information, Aviation (Treaty), the United States is ACTION: Notice. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. obligated to provide ICAO with [FR Doc. 2015–16691 Filed 7–7–15; 8:45 am] financial and statistical data on SUMMARY: In compliance with the operations of U.S. air carriers. Over 99% Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P of the data filed with ICAO is extracted L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this from the air carriers’ Form 41 notice announces that the Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the Collection Request, abstracted below, is means by which BTS supplies the being forwarded to the Office of Bureau of Transportation Statistics remaining 1% of the air carrier data to Management and Budget for extension ICAO. of currently approved reporting [Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2014–0031] The Confidential Information requirement. Earlier, a Federal Register srobinson on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act Notice with a 60-day comment period Agency Information Collection; was published on April 21, 2015 (80 FR Activity Under OMB Review; Reporting of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), requires a statistical agency to clearly identify 22265). Required for International Civil The agency did not receive any Aviation Organization information it collects for non-statistical purposes. BTS hereby notifies the comments to its previous notice. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted by August 7, 2015.
ContactJeff Gorham, Office of Airline Information, RTS-42, Room E34, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4406, Fax Number (202) 366-3383 or E-MAIL [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 39193 
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