[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 65759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30498]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 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 review and
comment. 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 September 1, 1999 (64 FR 47775).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December
23, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Torlanda Archer, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Aviation Analysis, Department of Transportation,
400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Phone Number: (202) 366-
2396. Copies of these collections can also be obtained.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of the Secretary
Title: Public Charters--14 CFR part 380.
OMB Control Number: 2106-0005.
Affected Public: Public Charter Operators.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with changes of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Form(s): OMB 2106-0005.
Abstract: In 14 CFR 380 (adopted 1979) of its Special Regulations
the Department established the terms and conditions governing the
furnishing of public charters in air transportation by direct air
carriers and public charter operators. Public charter operators arrange
transportation for groups of persons on aircraft chartered from direct
air carriers. This arrangement is less expensive for the travelers than
individually buying a ticket. Further, the charter operator books hotel
rooms, tours, etc., at destination for the convenience of the traveler.
Part 380 exempts charter operators from certain provisions of the U.S.
Code in order that they may provide this service.
A primary goal of Part 380 is to seek protection for the consumer.
Accordingly, the rule stipulates that the charter operator must file
evidence (a prospectus) with the Department for each charter program
certifying that it has entered into a binding contract with a direct
carrier to provide air transportation and that it has also entered into
agreements with Department-approved financial institutions for the
protection of the charter participants' funds. The prospectus must be
approved by the Department prior to the operator's advertising, selling
or operating the charter. The forms (OST Forms 4532, 4533, 4534 and
4535) that comprise the operator's filing are the information
collection at issue here.
In September 1992, the Department issued a notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) (57 FR 42864), 9-16-92 to propose, among other
revisions, that charter operators need no longer file prospectuses. The
NPRM was in response to comments that prospectus filings were
burdensome and unnecessary. However, the majority of respondents to the
NPRM have urged the Department to retain the existing prospectus
filing.
On May 22, 1998 the Department of Transportation published a Final
Rule amending its charter air transportation regulations to update the
rules, make changes reflecting current operating procedures and
including certain specific modifications.
With these exceptions, the Department decided not to adopt many of
the rule changes proposed in the NPRM. The Final Rule includes a full
discussion of comments offered to the NPRM and the reasons for adopting
or not adopting proposed changes in the rule. No comments have been
received on the Final Aviation Charter Rules.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,343 hours.
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, including 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 techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments to OMB are best assured of having their effect if OMB receives
them within 30 days of publication.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 15, 1999.
Michael Robinson,
Information Resource Management, U.S. Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-30498 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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