83 FR 3256 - Agency Information Collection: Activity Under OMB Review: Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large Certificated Air Carriers
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 15 (January 23, 2018)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 15 (January 23, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-01184 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 3256-3257] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-01184] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Docket ID Number DOT-OST-2014-0031] Agency Information Collection: Activity Under OMB Review: Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large Certificated Air Carriers AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, 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 financial data from large certificated air carriers. Large certificated air carriers are carriers that operate aircraft with 61 seats or more, aircraft with 18,001 pounds of payload capacity or more, or operate international air services. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 26, 2018. 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 EMAIL jeff.gorham@dot.gov. Comments: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval # 2138-0013 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 # 2138-0013, 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 [[Page 3257]] 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) or you may visit http://DocketInfo.dot.gov. 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. 2138-0013. Title: Report of Financial and Operating 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: 60. Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours per schedule, an average carrier may submit 90 schedules in one year. Total Annual Burden: 13,910 hours. Needs and Uses: Program uses for Form 41 data are as follows: Mail Rates The Department of Transportation sets and updates the international and mainline Alaska mail rates based on carrier aircraft operating expense, traffic and operational data. Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs, terminal expenses, and line haul expenses are used in arriving at rate levels. DOT revises the established rates based on the percentage of unit cost changes in the carriers' operations. These updating procedures have resulted in the carriers receiving rates of compensation that more closely parallel their costs of providing mail service and contribute to the carriers' economic well-being. Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to ICAO As a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the United States is obligated to provide the International Civil Aviation Organization with financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. air carriers. Over 99 percent of the data filed with ICAO is extracted from the carriers' Form 41 reports. Carrier Fitness Fitness determinations are made for both new entrants and established U.S. domestic carriers proposing a substantial change in operations. A portion of these applications consists of an operating plan for the first year (14 CFR part 204) and an associated projection of revenues and expenses. The carrier's operating costs, included in these projections, are compared against the cost data in Form 41 for a carrier or carriers with the same aircraft type and similar operating characteristics. Such a review validates the reasonableness of the carrier's operating plan. Form 41 reports, particularly balance sheet reports and cash flow statements play a major role in the identification of vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons are made between current and past periods in order to assess the current financial position of the carrier. Financial trend lines are extended into the future to analyze the continued viability of the carrier. DOT reviews three areas of a carrier's operation: (1) The qualifications of its management team, (2) its disposition to comply with laws and regulations, and (3) its financial posture. DOT must determine whether or not a carrier has sufficient financial resources to conduct its operations without imposing undue risk on the traveling public. Moreover, once a carrier is operating, DOT is required to monitor its continuing fitness. Senior DOT officials must be kept fully informed as to all current and developing economic issues affecting the airline industry. In preparing financial conditions reports or status reports on a particular airline, financial and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing papers may use the same information. 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 January 18, 2018. William Chadwick, Jr., Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics . [FR Doc. 2018-01184 Filed 1-22-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P
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Fax: 1–202–493–2251. to make informed decisions about ACTION: Notice.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, policies and plans.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Respondents: 52 SDOTs, including SUMMARY: In compliance with the
West Building Ground Floor, Room the District of Columbia and Puerto Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Rico. Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of
Washington, DC 20590. Frequency: Annually. Transportation Statistics invites the
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Estimated Average Burden per general public, industry and other
Department of Transportation, West Response: Each of the SDOTs already governmental parties to comment on the
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, collect traffic data for various purposes. continuing need for and usefulness of
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 303, each BTS collecting financial data from large
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. State has a Traffic Monitoring System in certificated air carriers. Large
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, place so the data collection burden certificated air carriers are carriers that
except Federal holidays. relevant for this notice is the additional operate aircraft with 61 seats or more,
burden for each State to provide a copy aircraft with 18,001 pounds of payload
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of their traffic data using the record capacity or more, or operate
Steven Jessberger, 202–366–5052, international air services.
formats specified in the Traffic
Federal Highway Administration,
Monitoring Guide. Automation and DATES: Written comments should be
Department of Transportation, Office of
online tools continue to be developed in submitted by March 26, 2018.
Highway Policy Information, 1200 New
support of the TMAS and the capability FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
now exists for online submission and Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
20590, Monday through Friday, except
validation of total volume data. The RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200
Federal holidays.
estimated average monthly burden is 2.5 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: hours for an annual burden of 30 hours. 20590–0001, Telephone Number (202)
Title: Travel Monitoring Analysis Estimated Total Annual Burden 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383
System (TMAS), OMB Control Number: Hours: Total burden will be 1560 hours. or EMAIL jeff.gorham@dot.gov.
2125–0587. Public Comments Invited: You are Comments: Comments should identify
Background: Title 49, United States asked to comment on any aspect of this the associated OMB approval # 2138–
Code, Section 301, authorizes the DOT information collection, including: (1) 0013 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST–
to collect statistical information relevant Whether the proposed collection of 2014–0031. Persons wishing the
to domestic transportation. The FHWA information is necessary for the U.S. Department to acknowledge receipt of
is continuing to develop the TMAS to DOT’s performance, including whether their comments must submit with those
house data that will enable analysis of the information will have practical comments a self-addressed stamped
the amount and nature of both vehicular utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. postcard on which the following
and nonmotorized travel at the national DOT’s estimate of the burden of the statement is made: Comments on OMB
and regional levels. The information proposed information collection; (3) # 2138–0013, Docket—DOT–OST–2014–
will be used by the FHWA and other ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 0031. The postcard will be date/time
DOT agencies to evaluate changes in and clarity of the collected information; stamped and returned.
vehicular and nonmotorized travel to and (4) ways that the burden could be ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
assess impacts on highway safety, minimized, including the use of identified by DOT Docket ID Number
national travel trend, national travel electronic technology, without reducing DOT–OST–2014–0031 by any of the
demand, the role of travel in economic the quality of the collected information. following methods:
productivity, impacts of changes in The agency will summarize and/or Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
truck travel on infrastructure condition, include your comments in the request http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
and maintenance of our Nation’s for OMB’s clearance of this information online instructions for submitting
mobility while protecting the human collection. comments.
and natural environment. The Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act Mail: Docket Services: U.S.
increasing dependence on truck of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; Department of Transportation, 1200
transport requires that data be available and 49 CFR 1.48. New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
to better assess its overall contribution Issued On: January 17, 2018. Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
to the Nation’s well-being. In Michael Howell, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
conducting the data collection, the Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Information Collection Officer.
FHWA will be requesting that State Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
[FR Doc. 2018–01135 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am]
Departments of Transportations 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9
BILLING CODE 4910–22–P
(SDOTs) report traffic volume, vehicle a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
classification, vehicle weight data and Friday, except Federal holidays.
nonmotorized data which they collect as Fax: 202–366–3383.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
part of their existing traffic monitoring Instructions: Identify docket number,
programs, including other sources such Bureau of Transportation Statistics DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning
as local governments and traffic of your comments, and send two copies.
operations. States and local [Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] To receive confirmation that DOT
governments collect nonmotorized and received your comments, include a self-
Agency Information Collection:
motorized traffic volume, vehicle
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Activity Under OMB Review: Report of addressed stamped postcard. Internet
classification data, and vehicle weight users may access all comments received
Financial and Operating Statistics for
data throughout the year using detection by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov.
Large Certificated Air Carriers
devices. The data should be All comments are posted electronically
representative of all public roads within AGENCY: Office of the Assistant without charge or edits, including any
State boundaries. The data will allow Secretary for Research and Technology personal information provided.
transportation professionals at the (OST–R), Bureau of Transportation Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
Federal, State, and metropolitan levels Statistics (BTS), DOT. the electronic form of all comments
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received into any of our dockets by the Carrier Fitness Issued in Washington, DC, on January 18,
name of the individual submitting the 2018.
comment (or signing the comment, if Fitness determinations are made for William Chadwick, Jr.,
submitted on behalf of an association, both new entrants and established U.S. Director, Office of Airline Information,
business, labor union, etc.). You may domestic carriers proposing a Bureau of Transportation Statistics .
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act substantial change in operations. A [FR Doc. 2018–01184 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am]
Statement in the Federal Register portion of these applications consists of BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR an operating plan for the first year (14
19477–78) or you may visit http:// CFR part 204) and an associated
DocketInfo.dot.gov. projection of revenues and expenses. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Docket: For access to the docket to The carrier’s operating costs, included
read background documents or in these projections, are compared Bureau of Transportation Statistics
comments received, go to http:// against the cost data in Form 41 for a [Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]
www.regulations.gov. or the street carrier or carriers with the same aircraft
address listed above. Follow the online type and similar operating Agency Information Collection;
instructions for accessing the dockets. characteristics. Such a review validates Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Electronic Access the reasonableness of the carrier’s Financial and Operating Statistics for
operating plan. Small Aircraft Operators
You may access comments received
for this notice at http:// Form 41 reports, particularly balance AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation
www.regulations.gov, by searching sheet reports and cash flow statements Statistics (BTS), DOT.
docket DOT–OST–2014–0031. play a major role in the identification of ACTION: Notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons
OMB Approval No. 2138–0013. are made between current and past SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Title: Report of Financial and periods in order to assess the current Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Operating Statistics for Large financial position of the carrier. Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of
Certificated Air Carriers. Financial trend lines are extended into Transportation Statistics invites the
Form No.: BTS Form 41. the future to analyze the continued general public, industry and other
Type of Review: Extension of a viability of the carrier. DOT reviews governmental parties to comment on the
currently approved collection. three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1) continuing need for and usefulness of
Respondents: Large certificated air The qualifications of its management BTS collecting financial, traffic and
carriers. team, (2) its disposition to comply with operating statistics from small
Number of Respondents: 60. certificated and commuter air carriers.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine Small certificated air carriers (operate
per schedule, an average carrier may aircraft with 60 seats or less or with
submit 90 schedules in one year. whether or not a carrier has sufficient
18,000 pounds of payload capacity or
Total Annual Burden: 13,910 hours. financial resources to conduct its
less) currently must file the two
Needs and Uses: Program uses for operations without imposing undue risk
quarterly schedules listed below:
Form 41 data are as follows: on the traveling public. Moreover, once F–1 Report of Financial Data,
a carrier is operating, DOT is required F–2 Report of Aircraft Operating
Mail Rates
to monitor its continuing fitness. Expenses and Related Statistics, and
The Department of Transportation Senior DOT officials must be kept Commuter air carriers must file the
sets and updates the international and Schedule F–1 Report of Financial Data,
fully informed as to all current and
mainline Alaska mail rates based on Commenters should address whether
developing economic issues affecting
carrier aircraft operating expense, traffic BTS accurately estimated the reporting
the airline industry. In preparing
and operational data. Form 41 cost data, burden and if there are other ways to
especially fuel costs, terminal expenses, financial conditions reports or status
reports on a particular airline, financial enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
and line haul expenses are used in of the information collected.
arriving at rate levels. DOT revises the and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
established rates based on the papers may use the same information. DATES: Written comments should be
percentage of unit cost changes in the The Confidential Information submitted by March 26, 2018.
carriers’ operations. These updating Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
procedures have resulted in the carriers of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires Marianne Seguin, Office of Airline
receiving rates of compensation that a statistical agency to clearly identify Information, RTS–42, Room E32–105,
more closely parallel their costs of information it collects for non-statistical OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
providing mail service and contribute to purposes. BTS hereby notifies the SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001,
the carriers’ economic well-being. respondents and the public that BTS Telephone Number (202) 366–1457, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to uses the information it collects under
marianne.seguin@dot.gov.
ICAO this OMB approval for non-statistical
Comments: Comments should identify
purposes including, but not limited to,
As a party to the Convention on the associated OMB approval # 2138–
International Civil Aviation, the United publication of both Respondent’s 0009 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST–
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
States is obligated to provide the identity and its data, submission of the 2014–0031. Persons wishing the
International Civil Aviation information to agencies outside BTS for Department to acknowledge receipt of
Organization with financial and review, analysis and possible use in their comments must submit with those
statistical data on operations of U.S. air regulatory and other administrative comments a self-addressed stamped
carriers. Over 99 percent of the data matters. postcard on which the following
filed with ICAO is extracted from the statement is made: Comments on OMB
carriers’ Form 41 reports. #2138–0009, Docket—DOT–OST–2014–
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| 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 EMAIL [email protected] | |
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