Notice2022-06073
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Preservation of Records
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Published
March 25, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentTransportation Statistics Bureau
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 requiring certificated air carriers to preserve accounting records, consumer complaint letters, reservation reports and records, system reports of aircraft movements, etc. Also, public charter operators and overseas military personnel charter operators are required to retain certain contracts, invoices, receipts, bank records and reservation records.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17136-17137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06073]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number: DOT-OST-2014-0031]
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review;
Preservation of Records
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 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 requiring certificated air carriers to
preserve accounting records, consumer complaint letters, reservation
reports and records, system reports of aircraft movements, etc. Also,
public charter operators and overseas military personnel charter
operators are required to retain certain contracts, invoices, receipts,
bank records and reservation records.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT-OST-2014-0031 OMB Approval No. 2138-0006 by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. 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 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).
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, by searching docket DOT-OST-2014-0031.
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53393635357d343c213b323e13373c277d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e646b68682069617c666f634e6a617a20696178">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No.: 2138-0006.
Title: Preservation of Air Carrier Records--14 CFR part 249.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of an expired recordkeeping
requirement.
Respondents: Certificated air carriers and charter operators.
Number of Respondents: 89 certificated air carriers, 280 charter
operators.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours per certificated air carrier,
1 hour per charter operator.
Total Annual Burden: 547 hours.
Needs and Uses: Part 249 requires the retention of records such as:
General and subsidiary ledgers, journals and journal vouchers, voucher
distribution registers, accounts receivable and payable journals and
ledgers, subsidy records documenting underlying financial and
statistical reports to DOT, funds reports, consumer records, sales
reports, auditors' and flight coupons, air waybills, etc. Depending on
the nature of the document, the carrier may be required to retain the
document for a period of 30 days to three years. Public charter
operators and overseas military personnel charter operators must retain
documents which evidence or reflect deposits made by each charter
participant and commissions received by, paid to, or deducted by travel
agents, and all statements, invoices, bills and receipts from suppliers
or furnishers of goods and services in connection with the tour or
charter. These records are retained for six months after completion of
the charter program.
Not only is it imperative that carriers and charter operators
retain source documentation, but it is critical that DOT has access to
these records. Given DOT's established information needs for such
reports, the underlying support documentation must be retained for a
reasonable period of time. Absent the retention requirements, the
support for such reports may or may not exist for audit/validation
purposes and the relevance and usefulness of the carrier submissions
would be impaired, since
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the data could not be verified to the source on a test basis.
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 Office of Management and Budget
(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 March 17, 2022.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2022-06073 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P
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