81 FR 54190 - Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 157 (August 15, 2016)

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 will be 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 May 25, 2016 (81 FR 33321). No comments were received.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 54190]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19352]


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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 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below will be 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 May 25, 2016 (81 FR 33321). No comments 
were received.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 14, 2016.

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: 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.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: 
    OMB Approval No.: 2139-0001.
    Title: Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report.
    Form No.: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Large certificated air carriers that provide scheduled 
passenger service.
    Number of Respondents: 48.
    Total Number of Annual Responses: 192.
    Estimated Time per Response: 60 hours.
    Total Annual Burden: 11,520 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 Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report is the only 
aviation data collection by DOT where the air carriers report the true 
origins and destinations of passengers' flight itineraries. The 
Department does have another aviation data collection (T-100) which (1) 
gives passenger totals for city-pairs served on a nonstop basis and (2) 
market totals for passengers traveling on a single flight number. If 
the passenger travels on multiple flight numbers, a new market is 
recorded for each change in flight number.
    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.
ADDRESSES: 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.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department. 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 August 9, 2016.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2016-19352 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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