Notice2022-27072
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization, ICR-2106-0035
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Published
December 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for extension of approval of currently approved ICR-2106-0036, Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on August 12, 2022. The agency received one comment from Bakersfield College--Britain Cambridge State University stating, "Thank you".
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76538-76539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27072]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[DOCKET: DOT-OST-2013-0074]
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review: Foreign
Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization, ICR-2106-0035
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments; Request OMB Clearance for
extension of a currently approved information collection, Foreign Air
Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is
being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for extension of
approval of currently approved ICR-2106-0036, Foreign Air Carrier
Application for Statement of Authorization. Earlier, a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period was published on August 12, 2022.
The agency received one comment from Bakersfield College--Britain
Cambridge State University stating, ``Thank you''.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to OMB at the address that appears
below and should identify the associated OMB Approval Number 2106-0035
and Docket DOT-OST-2013-0074.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No.: 2106-0035.
Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of
Authorization.
Form No.: Form OST 4540.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved 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
Title 14, CFR part 212. The form requires basic information regarding
the carrier(s) conducting the operation, the
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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\
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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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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).
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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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\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\
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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 apportioned 30 minutes to each application to account for
the time required to obtain certifications from homeland governments.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 8, 2022.
Benjamin J. Taylor,
Director, Office of International Aviation.
[FR Doc. 2022-27072 Filed 12-13-22; 8:45 am]
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