Notice2022-17339
Request OMB Clearance for Agency Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization
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Published
August 12, 2022
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Transportation Department
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Transportation's Office of the Secretary (OST) invites the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. The pre-existing information collection request previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expired on July 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49924-49925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17339]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074]
Request OMB Clearance for Agency Request for Reinstatement of a
Previously Approved Information Collection: Foreign Air Carrier
Application for Statement of Authorization
AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary
(OST).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Department of Transportation's Office of the Secretary (OST) invites
the general public, industry and other governmental parties to comment
on the Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization.
The pre-existing information collection request previously approved by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expired on July 31, 2022.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 2, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Jaffe, (202) 366-2512, Office
of International Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W86-441, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment to Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074
through one of the following methods:
Website: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the FDMS electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Wednesday and Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All comments must include the agency name and FDMS
Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
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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
February 3, 2006 (71 FR 5780), or you may visit <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 a.m., Monday through Friday,
except Wednesday and Federal holidays.
If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the
following statement: ``Comments on Docket No. DOT-OST-2013-0074. The
Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you
via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of
U.S. mail to Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that
persons consider an alternative method (internet, fax, or professional
delivery service) to submit comments to the docket and to ensure their
timely receipt at U.S. DOT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control No. 2106-0035.
Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of
Authorization.
Form No.: Form OST 4540.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers.
Number of Respondents: Approximately 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours per application.
Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
Abstract: Applicants use Form OST 4540 to request statements of
authorization to conduct numerous types of operations authorized under
14 CFR part 212. The form requires basic information regarding the
carrier(s) conducting the operation, the party filing the form, the
operations being conducted, the number of third- and fourth-freedom
flights conducted in the last twelve-month period, and certification of
reciprocity from the carrier's homeland government. DOT analysts will
use the information collected to determine if applications for fifth-
freedom operations meet the public interest requirements necessary to
authorize such applications.
Burden Statement: We estimate that the industry-wide total hour
burden for this collection to be approximately 1,000 hours or
approximately 2.25 hours per application. Conservatively, we estimate
the compilation of background information will require 1.75 hours, and
the completion and submission of OST Form 4540 will require thirty (30)
minutes. Reporting the number of third- and fourth-freedom operations
conducted by an applicant carrier will require collection of flight
data, and detailed analysis to determine which flights conducted by the
carrier are third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants should be able to use
data collected for the Department's T-100 program to provide this
information (under this program, carriers are required periodically to
compile and report certain traffic data to the Department, as more
fully described in the Docket referenced in footnote 1 below). The
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provide carriers with a
computer program that allows them to compile and monitor, among other
things, flight origin and destination data, to be used in making the
carriers' T-100 submissions.\1\ We estimated that carriers will require
1.25 hours per application \2\ to compile and analyze the data
necessary to disclose the number of third- and fourth-freedom flights
conducted within the twelve-month period preceding the filing of an
application.
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\1\ The rule-making associated with the T-100 program can be
found on the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, in Docket DOT-OST-1998-4043. Information
regarding burden hours is on file in the Office of Aviation Analysis
(X-50).
\2\ The Office of Aviation Analysis (X-50) estimated that small-
carriers would require 1 burden hour per report, and large carriers
would require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and report T-100
program data. Considering that the data required in this information
collection can be derived from data already collected, we have taken
an average of the estimated time required, and conservatively
shortened the time by 45 minutes because no new data entry will be
required.
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Foreign carriers will also have to provide evidence that their
homeland government will afford reciprocity to U.S. carriers seeking
authority for the similar fifth-, sixth- and seventh-freedom
operations. Carriers may cite certifications submitted by carriers from
the same homeland if that homeland issued such certification within the
preceding six-month period. Approximately 100 carriers from roughly 30
distinct homelands use OST Form 4540 to apply for statements of
authorization annually. We estimate that one foreign carrier from any
given homeland will expend roughly 4 hours every six-months to obtain
certification from its homeland governments.\3\ We have apportioned 30
minutes to each application to account for the time required to obtain
certifications from homeland governments.
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\3\ Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) x (30 foreign
homelands) x (2 requests per year) = 240 annual burden hours.
Apportioning 240 annual burden hours equally among an average of 430
applications annually = approximately 30 burden minutes per
application.
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We have no empirical data to indicate how much time is required for
a person to complete OST Form 4540; however, anecdotal evidence reveals
that respondents spend thirty (30) minutes or less completing the form
and brief justification. In some cases, respondents spend a limited
amount of time, less than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the form before
sending it via facsimile or email to the Department. In the interest of
providing a conservative estimate so as to not understate the burden
hours, we estimate the hour burden for completing OST Form 4540 as
thirty (30) minutes.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the Office of the Secretary's performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the Office of
the Secretary to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022.
Benjamin J. Taylor,
Director, Office of the International Aviation.
[FR Doc. 2022-17339 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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