83_FR_50172 83 FR 49980 - Request OMB Clearance for Agency Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization

83 FR 49980 - Request OMB Clearance for Agency Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 192 (October 3, 2018)

Page Range49980-49981
FR Document2018-20494

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary invite the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. The pre-existing information collection request previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expired on May 31, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49980-49981]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20494]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074]


Request OMB Clearance for Agency Request for Reinstatement of a 
Previously Approved Information Collection: Foreign Air Carrier 
Application for Statement of Authorization

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary invite the 
general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on 
the Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. The 
pre-existing information collection request previously approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expired on May 31, 2017.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 3, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Jaffe, (202) 366-2512, Office 
of International Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W86-441, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 
from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment to Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074 
through one of the following methods:
    Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the FDMS electronic docket site.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Wednesday and Federal Holidays.
    Instructions: All comments must include the agency name and FDMS 
Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. You should know that 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 February 3, 2006 (71 FR 
5780), or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Wednesday and Federal holidays.
    If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the 
following statement: ``Comments on Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074.'' The 
Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you 
via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of 
U.S. mail to Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that 
persons consider an alternative method (internet, fax, or professional 
delivery service) to submit comments to the docket and to ensure their 
timely receipt at U.S. DOT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No. 2106-0035.
    Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of 
Authorization.
    Form No.: Form OST 4540.
    Type of Review: Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 100.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours per application.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
    Abstract: Applicants use Form OST 4540 to request statements of 
authorization to conduct numerous types of operations authorized under 
Title 14, CFR part 212. The form requires basic information regarding 
the carrier(s) conducting the operation, the party filing the form, the 
operations being conducted, the number of third- and fourth-freedom 
flights conducted in the last twelve-month period, and certification of 
reciprocity from the carrier's homeland government. DOT analysts will 
use the information collected to determine if applications for fifth-
freedom operations meet the public interest requirements necessary to 
authorize such applications.
    Burden Statement: We estimate that the industry-wide total hour 
burden for this collection to be approximately 1,000 hours or 
approximately 2.25 hours per application. Conservatively, we estimate 
the compilation of background information will require 1.75 hours, and 
the completion and submission of OST Form 4540 will require thirty (30) 
minutes. Reporting the number of third- and fourth-freedom operations 
conducted by an applicant carrier will require collection of flight 
data, and detailed analysis to determine which flights conducted by the 
carrier are third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants should be able to use 
data collected for the Department's T-100 program to provide this 
information (under this program, carriers are required periodically to 
compile and report certain traffic data to the Department, as more 
fully described in the Docket referenced in footnote 1 below). The 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provide carriers with a 
computer program that allows them to compile and monitor, among other 
things, flight origin and destination data, to be used in making the 
carriers' T-100 submissions.\1\ We estimated that carriers will require 
1.25 hours per application \2\ to compile and analyze the data 
necessary to disclose the number of third- and fourth-freedom flights 
conducted within the twelve-month period preceding the filing of an 
application.
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    \1\ The rule-making associated with the T-100 program can be 
found on the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT-OST-1998-4043. Information 
regarding burden hours is on file in the Office of Aviation Analysis 
(X-50).
    \2\ The Office of Aviation Analysis (X-50) estimated that small-
carriers would require 1 burden hour per report, and large carriers 
would require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and report T-100 
program data. Considering that the data required in this information 
collection can be derived from data already collected, we have taken 
an average of the estimated time required, and conservatively 
shortened the time by 45 minutes because no new data entry will be 
required.
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    Foreign carriers will also have to provide evidence that their 
homeland government will afford reciprocity to U.S. carriers seeking 
authority for the similar fifth-, sixth- and seventh-freedom 
operations. Carriers may cite certifications submitted by carriers from 
the same homeland if that homeland

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issued such certification within the preceding six-month period. 
Approximately 100 carriers from roughly 30 distinct homelands use OST 
Form 4540 to apply for statements of authorization annually. We 
estimate that one foreign carrier from any given homeland will expend 
roughly 4 hours every six-months to obtain certification from its 
homeland governments.\3\ We have apportioned 30 minutes to each 
application to account for the time required to obtain certifications 
from homeland governments.
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    \3\ Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) x (30 foreign 
homelands) x (2 requests per year) = 240 annual burden hours. 
Apportioning 240 annual burden hours equally among an average of 430 
applications annually = approximately 30 burden minutes per 
application.
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    We have no empirical data to indicate how much time is required for 
a person to complete OST Form 4540; however, anecdotal evidence reveals 
that respondents spend thirty (30) minutes or less completing the form 
and brief justification. In some cases, respondents spend a limited 
amount of time, less than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the form before 
sending it via facsimile or email to the Department. In the interest of 
providing a conservative estimate so as to not understate the burden 
hours, we estimate the hour burden for completing OST Form 4540 as 
thirty (30) minutes.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the Office of the Secretary's performance; 
(2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the Office of 
the Secretary to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.
    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2018.
Brian J. Hedberg,
Director, Office of the International Aviation.
[FR Doc. 2018-20494 Filed 10-2-18; 8:45 am]
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49980 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 192 / Wednesday, October 3, 2018 / Notices Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act Instructions: All comments must and fourth-freedom flights conducted in of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; include the agency name and FDMS the last twelve-month period, and and 49 CFR 1.95. Docket No. DOT–OST–2013–0074. Note certification of reciprocity from the Issued in Washington, DC on September that all comments received will be carrier’s homeland government. DOT 28, 2018. posted without change to http:// analysts will use the information Jeff Michael, www.regulations.gov, including any collected to determine if applications Associate Administrator, Research and personal information provided. You for fifth-freedom operations meet the Program Development. should know that anyone is able to public interest requirements necessary [FR Doc. 2018–21540 Filed 10–2–18; 8:45 am] search the electronic form of all to authorize such applications. BILLING CODE 4910–59–P comments received into any of our Burden Statement: We estimate that dockets by the name of the individual the industry-wide total hour burden for submitting the comment (or signing the this collection to be approximately DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION comment, if submitted on behalf of an 1,000 hours or approximately 2.25 hours association, business, labor union, etc.) per application. Conservatively, we Office of the Secretary You may review DOT’s complete estimate the compilation of background [Docket No. DOT–OST–2013–0074] Privacy Act Statement in the Federal information will require 1.75 hours, and Register published on February 3, 2006 the completion and submission of OST Request OMB Clearance for Agency (71 FR 5780), or you may visit http:// Form 4540 will require thirty (30) Request for Reinstatement of a www.regulations.gov. minutes. Reporting the number of third- Previously Approved Information Docket: For access to the docket to and fourth-freedom operations Collection: Foreign Air Carrier read background documents or conducted by an applicant carrier will Application for Statement of comments, go to http:// require collection of flight data, and Authorization www.regulations.gov at any time or to detailed analysis to determine which Room W12–140 on the ground level of flights conducted by the carrier are AGENCY: Department of Transportation third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST). the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 should be able to use data collected for ACTION: Notice and request for the Department’s T–100 program to a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through comments. provide this information (under this Friday, except Wednesday and Federal holidays. program, carriers are required SUMMARY: In compliance with the If you wish to receive confirmation of periodically to compile and report Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the receipt of your written comments, certain traffic data to the Department, as Department of Transportation, Office of please include a self-addressed, more fully described in the Docket the Secretary invite the general public, referenced in footnote 1 below). The industry and other governmental parties stamped postcard with the following statement: ‘‘Comments on Docket No. Bureau of Transportation Statistics to comment on the Foreign Air Carrier (BTS) provide carriers with a computer Application for Statement of DOT–OST–2013–0074.’’ The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior program that allows them to compile Authorization. The pre-existing and monitor, among other things, flight information collection request to returning it to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays in the origin and destination data, to be used previously approved by the Office of in making the carriers’ T–100 Management and Budget (OMB) expired delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices submissions.1 We estimated that carriers on May 31, 2017. in Washington, DC, we recommend that will require 1.25 hours per application 2 DATES: Written comments should be persons consider an alternative method to compile and analyze the data submitted by December 3, 2018. (internet, fax, or professional delivery necessary to disclose the number of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: service) to submit comments to the third- and fourth-freedom flights Darren Jaffe, (202) 366–2512, Office of docket and to ensure their timely receipt conducted within the twelve-month International Aviation, U.S. Department at U.S. DOT. period preceding the filing of an of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: application. Avenue SE, Room W86–441, OMB Control No. 2106–0035. Foreign carriers will also have to Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application provide evidence that their homeland from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday for Statement of Authorization. government will afford reciprocity to through Friday, except Federal holidays. Form No.: Form OST 4540. U.S. carriers seeking authority for the ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment Type of Review: Reinstatement of a similar fifth-, sixth- and seventh- to Docket No. DOT–OST–2013–0074 Previously Approved Information freedom operations. Carriers may cite through one of the following methods: Collection. certifications submitted by carriers from Website: http://www.regulations.gov. Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers. the same homeland if that homeland Follow the instructions for submitting Number of Respondents: comments on the FDMS electronic Approximately 100. 1 The rule-making associated with the T–100 Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 program can be found on the Federal Docket docket site. Management System (FDMS) at http:// Fax: 1–202–493–2251. hours per application. www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT–OST–1998– Mail: Docket Management Facility; Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours. 4043. Information regarding burden hours is on file U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 Abstract: Applicants use Form OST in the Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50). New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 4540 to request statements of 2 The Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50) daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES authorization to conduct numerous estimated that small-carriers would require 1 Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. burden hour per report, and large carriers would Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the types of operations authorized under require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and ground level of the West Building, 1200 Title 14, CFR part 212. The form report T–100 program data. Considering that the New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, requires basic information regarding the data required in this information collection can be derived from data already collected, we have taken DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday carrier(s) conducting the operation, the an average of the estimated time required, and through Friday, except Wednesday and party filing the form, the operations conservatively shortened the time by 45 minutes Federal Holidays. being conducted, the number of third- because no new data entry will be required. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Oct 02, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03OCN1.SGM 03OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 192 / Wednesday, October 3, 2018 / Notices 49981 issued such certification within the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION business, labor union, etc.). You may preceding six-month period. review DOT’s system of records notice Approximately 100 carriers from Office of the Secretary for dockets in the Federal Register roughly 30 distinct homelands use OST notice published on January 17, 2008 [Docket No. OST–2018–0128] Form 4540 to apply for statements of (73 FR 3316–3317). authorization annually. We estimate Privacy Act of 1974; Department of Docket: For access to the docket to that one foreign carrier from any given Transportation, Office of the Secretary read background documents or homeland will expend roughly 4 hours of Transportation; DOT/ALL 26; comments received, go to http:// every six-months to obtain certification Department of Transportation Insider www.regulations.gov or to the street from its homeland governments.3 We Threat Program address listed above. Follow the online have apportioned 30 minutes to each instructions for accessing the docket. AGENCY: Office of the Departmental FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For application to account for the time Chief Information Officer, Office of the required to obtain certifications from questions, please contact: Claire W. Secretary of Transportation, DOT. Barrett, Departmental Chief Privacy homeland governments. ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of Officer, Privacy Office, Department of We have no empirical data to indicate records. Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; how much time is required for a person privacy@dot.gov; or (202) 366–8135. to complete OST Form 4540; however, SUMMARY: In accordance with the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: anecdotal evidence reveals that Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of respondents spend thirty (30) minutes Transportation (DOT) intends to I. Background or less completing the form and brief establish a system of records titled, In accordance with the Privacy Act of justification. In some cases, respondents ‘‘DOT/ALL 26, Insider Threat Program.’’ 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the United States spend a limited amount of time, less This system of records will allow DOT Department of Transportation (DOT) than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the to administer an insider threat program, proposes to create a new DOT system of form before sending it via facsimile or including identification of potential records titled, ‘‘DOT/ALL–26 Insider email to the Department. In the interest external foreign intelligence risks and Threat Program.’’ This system of records insider threats, and to maintain is created as a DOT/ALL system because of providing a conservative estimate so information regarding records are maintained for this program as to not understate the burden hours, counterintelligence or insider threat by the Office of the Secretary (OST) and we estimate the hour burden for inquiries. This system will be included completing OST Form 4540 as thirty the Federal Aviation Administration in the Department of Transportation’s (FAA), two DOT components. This (30) minutes. inventory of record systems. system of records notice only applies to Public Comments Invited: You are DATES: Written comments should be records maintained by the Office of the asked to comment on any aspect of this submitted on or before November 2, Secretary and the Federal Aviation information collection, including: (1) 2018 The Department may publish an Administration’s Insider Threat Whether the proposed collection is amended SORN in light of any Programs. There are no other necessary for the Office of the comments received. This new system components within DOT authorized to Secretary’s performance; (2) the will take effect November 2, 2018. administer an insider threat program. accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, The term ‘‘DOT Insider Threat Program’’ ways for the Office of the Secretary to identified by docket number OST– refers to the insider threat program enhance the quality, usefulness, and 2018–0128 by any of the following administered by both OST and the FAA. clarity of the collected information; and methods: Executive Order 13587, Structural (4) ways that the burden could be • Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// Reforms to Improve the Security of minimized without reducing the quality www.regulations.gov. Follow the Classified Networks and the Responsible of the collected information. The agency instructions for submitting comments. Sharing and Safeguarding of Classified will summarize and/or include your • Mail: Docket Management Facility, Information, directs Federal comments in the request for OMB’s U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 departments and agencies to establish clearance of this information collection. New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building insider threat programs consistent with Ground Floor, Room W12–140, guidance and standards developed by All responses to this notice will be Washington, DC 20590–0001. the National Insider Threat Task Force, summarized and included in the request • Hand Delivery or Courier: West which was established under section 6 for OMB approval. All comments will Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, of Executive Order 13587. The National also become a matter of public record. 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Issued in Washington, DC, on September a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Standards for Executive Branch Insider 14, 2018. Friday, except Federal Holidays. Threat Programs were issued in Brian J. Hedberg, • Fax: (202) 493–2251. November 2012. As described in Director, Office of the International Aviation. Instructions: You must include the Executive Order 13587 and the National [FR Doc. 2018–20494 Filed 10–2–18; 8:45 am] agency name and docket number OST– Insider Threat Policy and Minimum 2018–0128. All comments received will Standards for Executive Branch Insider BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P be posted without change to http:// Threat Programs, insider threat www.regulations.gov, including any programs are intended to deter and daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES personal information provided. detect insider threats and mitigate the 3 Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) × Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search risks associated with an individual the electronic form of all comments using his or her authorized access to (30 foreign homelands) × (2 requests per year) = 240 annual burden hours. Apportioning 240 annual received in any of our dockets by the Government information and facilities burden hours equally among an average of 430 name of the individual submitting the to do harm to the security of the United applications annually = approximately 30 burden comment (or signing the comment, if States. This insider threat may include minutes per application. submitted on behalf of an association, espionage, terrorism, unauthorized VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Oct 02, 2018 Jkt 247001 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03OCN1.SGM 03OCN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted by December 3, 2018.
ContactDarren Jaffe, (202) 366-2512, Office of International Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W86-441, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FR Citation83 FR 49980 
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