[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4801]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review;
Accounting and Reporting Requirements for Large Certificated Air
Carriers
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) invites the
general public, industry and other Federal Agencies to comment on the
continuing need and usefulness of the BTS Form 41. Comments are
requested concerning whether (a) the continuation of Form 41 is
necessary for DOT to carry out its mission of promoting air
transportation; (b) BTS accurately estimated the reporting burden; (c)
there are other ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collected; and (d) there are ways to minimize reporting
burden, including the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, BTS, at (202) 366-4387.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Approval No. 2138-0013.
Title: Report of Financial and Operation 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: 98
Estimated Time Per Response: 4 hours
Total Annual Burden: 35287
Needs and Uses: DOT uses Form 41 traffic data to help formulate the
United States position in international negotiations, to select
carriers for international routes and to conduct environmental impact
analyses. DOT uses Form 41 cost data to calculate the Standard Fare
Levels (Passenger and Cargo) and to set the Intra-Alaska and
international mail rates. The Department of the Air Force, Military
Airlift Command uses Form 41 data in ratemaking for the Civil Reserve
Air Fleet Program, and for its Air Carrier Analysis Support System
(ACAS).
DOT uses operational and financial data to review International Air
Transport Association Agreements (IATA), to review initial air carrier
fitness, to review air carrier continuing fitness, to review foreign
air carrier applications and monitor the status of the air transport
industry. The Justice Department uses the data in its antitrust
analyses. DOT meets its responsibility to International Civil Aviation
Organization, an arm of the United Nations, by the use of Form 41 data.
Traffic data, especially enplanement data, are used for the
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, airport capacity analyses,
the Airport Improvement Program, systems planning at airports,
exemption requests to transport hazardous materials, and essential air
service analyses.
The Department of Energy uses Form 41 fuel data in monitoring
industry fuel consumption for emergency preparedness planning.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation
Safety Board use Form 41 data in safety analyses (operational), air
carrier certification, safety forecasting/regulatory analysis and air
carrier safety surveillance and inspection.
DOT uses aircraft inventory data in its administration of the War
Air Service Program (Emergency Preparedness).
The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, uses Form
41 data in its estimation of the Gross National Product, analyses of
international trade accounts and to compile the Input-Output Tables of
the United States.
The Department of Labor uses employment statistics in its
Productivity Studies and Indices.
Dated: February 26, 1996.
Timothy E. Carmody,
Acting Director, Office of Airline Statistics, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 96-4801 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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