Notice2022-09942
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB Agency Request for Reinstatement of Previously Approved Collections: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related Complaints
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Published
May 10, 2022
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Transportation Department
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), this notice announces the DOT's intention to reinstate an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2105-0551, "Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related Complaints." The information collection is related to a requirement in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for carriers to report annually to the Department the number of disability-related complaints they receive.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28101-28103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09942]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID Number: DOT-OST-2010-0054]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Agency Request for Reinstatement of Previously Approved Collections:
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Reporting
Requirements for Disability-Related Complaints
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(Department or DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), this notice announces the DOT's
intention to reinstate an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control
Number 2105-0551, ``Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related
Complaints.'' The information collection is related to a requirement in
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for carriers to report annually
to the Department the number of disability-related complaints they
receive.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this
proposal. Written comments should be submitted by July 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may file comments identified by the docket number DOT-
OST-2010-0054 by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. (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-2010-0054.)
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001;
<bullet> Hand delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
DOT-OST-2010-0054 at the beginning of your comment. All comments
received will be posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>,
including any personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received in any of DOT's 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
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published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Wood, Office of Aviation Consumer
Protection, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, Telephone Number (202) 366-9342 (voice),
(202) 366-7152 (fax), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89e3e6e1e7a7fee6e6edc9ede6fda7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6dcd9ded898c1d9d9d2f6d2d9c298d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a> (email). Arrangements to
receive this document in an alternative format may be made by
contacting the above-named individual.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105-0551.
Title: Reporting Requirements for Disability-Related Complaints.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of information collections.
Background: The Department requires U.S. and foreign air carriers
operating to, from and within the United States that conduct passenger-
carrying service with at least one large aircraft to record complaints
that they receive alleging inadequate accessibility or discrimination
on the basis of disability. The carriers must also categorize these
complaints according to the type of disability and nature of complaint,
prepare a summary report annually of the complaints received during the
preceding calendar year, submit the report to the Department's Office
of Aviation Consumer Protection, and retain copies of correspondence
and records of action taken on the reported complaints for three years.
Carriers are also required to submit their annual report via the World
Wide Web except if the carrier can demonstrate an undue burden by doing
so and receives permission from the Department to submit it in an
alternative manners. The first required report covered disability-
related complaints received by carriers during calendar year 2004, was
due to the Department on January 31, 2005. Carriers have since
submitted subsequent reports by the last Monday in January for the
prior calendar year.
DOT is publishing this notice to announce its intent to seek
reinstatement of the previously approved information collections
described above under OMB Control Number 2105-0551. OMB authorization
of the information collections expired on April 30, 2022.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing
regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to issue two
notices seeking public comment on information collection activities
before OMB may approve paperwork packages. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public
is generally not required to respond to an information collection,
unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other
provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to monetary
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the
collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
For each of these information collections, the title, a description
of the respondents, and an estimate of the annual recordkeeping and
periodic reporting burden are set forth below.\1\
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\1\ DOT did not use calendar year 2020 data for its estimates
because airline operations were not representative of a typical year
due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on air transportation
that year.
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(1) Requirement to record and categorize complaints received.
Respondents: U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers operating
to and from the United States that conduct passenger-carrying service
with at least one large aircraft.
Number of Respondents: 176 (the average of the total number of
respondents that reported for Calendar Years (CYs) 2018, 2019, and
2021).
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 0-2,431 hours (145,905
minutes) a year for each respondent (estimated time to record and
categorize each complaint (15 minutes) multiplied by the lowest number
of complaints and the average of the highest number of complaints
received during CYs 2018, 2019, and 2021 (0-9,727)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7,854 hours (471,255 minutes) for
all respondents (time to record and categorize each complaint (15
minutes) multiplied by the average total number of complaints received
during CYs 2018, 2019, and 2021 (31,417) for all respondents).
Frequency: 0-9,727 complaints (The range of the lowest number of
complaints and an average of the highest number of complaints received
by any respondent during CYs 2018, 2019, and 2021).
(2) Requirement to prepare and submit annual report.
Respondents: U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers operating
to and from the United States that conduct passenger-carrying service
with at least one large aircraft.
Number of Respondents: 176 (the average of the total number of
respondents that reported for CYs 2018, 2019, and 2021).
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 30 minutes a year per each
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 88 hours (5,280 minutes) for all
respondents (estimate annual burden [30 minutes] multiplied by the
total number of respondents (176)).
Frequency: 1 report to DOT per year for each respondent.
(3) Requirement to retain correspondences and records of action
taken on all disability-related complaints.
Respondents: U.S. air carriers and foreign air carriers operating
to and from the United States that conduct passenger-carrying service
with at least one large aircraft.
Number of Respondents: 176 (the average of the total number of
respondents that reported for CYs 2018, 2019, and 2021).
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 0-811 hours (0-48,635
minutes) for each respondent (the estimated time it will take for each
respondent to retain or save the correspondences and records of action
taken on disability-related complaints (5 minutes) multiplied by the
lowest number of complaints and the average of the highest number of
complaints received per respondent during CYs 2018, 2019, and 2021 (0-
9,727)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,618 hours (157,085 minutes) for
all respondents (time to retain or save the correspondences and records
of action taken on disability-related complaints (5 minutes) multiplied
by the average total number of complaints received during CYs 2018,
2019, and 2021 (31,417) for all respondents.
Frequency: 0-9,727 complaints per year for each respondent (The
range of the lowest number of complaints and an average of the highest
number of complaints received by any respondent during CYs 2018, 2019,
and 2021).
Comments Invited
We invite comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will
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also become a matter of public record on the docket.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; and 59 CFR 1.48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2022.
Blane Abaineh Workie,
Assistant General Counsel, Office of Aviation Consumer Protection.
[FR Doc. 2022-09942 Filed 5-9-22; 8:45 am]
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