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BILLING CODE 4910-06-P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Research & Innovative Technology Administration [Docket ID Number RITA 2008-0002] Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report AGENCY: Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), 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 a sample of airline passenger itineraries with the dollar value of the passenger ticket.
Certificated air carriers that operated scheduled passenger service with at least one aircraft having a seating capacity of over 60 seats or operates an international route report these data. Comments are requested concerning whether:
(a)The collection is still needed by the Department of Transportation;
(b)BTS accurately estimates 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 July 15, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Bouse, Office of Airline Information, RTS-42, Room E34-441, RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number
(202)366-4876, Fax Number
(202)366-3383 or EMAIL *james.bouse@dot.gov.* *Comments:* Comments should identify the associated OMB approval #2139-0001 and Docket ID Number RITA 2008-0002. 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 #2139-0001, Docket—RITA 2008-0002. The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned. SUPPLEMENTARY 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 or operate an international route. *Number of Respondents:* 30 certificated air carriers. *Number of Responses:* 120. *Estimated Time per Response:* 210 hours. *Total Annual Burden:* 25,200 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 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 May 9, 2013. William J. Chadwick, Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. [FR Doc. 2013-11728 Filed 5-15-13; 8:45 am]
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