Notice2026-10230

Agency Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority Applications

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Published
May 21, 2026

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Transportation Department

Abstract

The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about the agency's intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection involves anyone who wants to provide air transportation service. The information collected will be used to determine if the applicant meets the requirements to perform the proposed service and is necessary because of Title 49 of the United States Code. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30025-30026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10230]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2003-15962]


Agency Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority 
Applications

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, OST, Department of Transportation 
(DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about the agency's intention to request the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The 
collection involves anyone who wants to provide air transportation 
service. The information collected will be used to determine if the 
applicant meets the requirements to perform the proposed service and is 
necessary because of Title

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49 of the United States Code. We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 20, 2026.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2003-15962 by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Operations, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W58-
213, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except on Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Snoden at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8bab9aabab9aab9f6abb6b7bcbdb698bcb7acf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12707360707360733c617c7d76777c52767d663c757d64">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> (Email), Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of 
the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2106-0023.
    Title: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority 
Applications: 14 CFR part 201--Air Carrier Authority under Subtitle VII 
of Title 49 of the United States Code--(Amended); 14 CFR part 204--Data 
to Support Fitness Determinations; 14 CFR part 291--Cargo Operations in 
Interstate Air Transportation.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: To determine the fitness of persons seeking authority 
to engage in air transportation, the Department collects information 
from them about their ownership, citizenship, managerial competence, 
operating proposal, financial condition, and compliance history. The 
specific information to be filed by respondents is set forth in 14 CFR 
parts 201 and 204.
    Respondents: Persons seeking initial or continuing authority to 
engage in air transportation of persons, property, and/or mail.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.
    Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 114.
    Average Annual Burden per Respondent: 73 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 7,635 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Office of the 
Secretary's performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 
ways for the Office of the Secretary to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden 
cold 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.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.)

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026.
Lauralyn Jean Remo Temprosa,
Associate Director, Air Carrier Fitness Division, Office of Aviation 
Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2026-10230 Filed 5-20-26; 8:45 am]
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