
[Federal Register: October 31, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 212)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket Number: OST-95-950]

 
Notice of Request for Extension of a Previously Approved 
Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13, this notice announces the Department of Transportation's 
(DOT) intention to request extension of a previously approved 
information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment (identified by DOT Docket Number 
OST-95-950) by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 
for submitting comments on the DOT 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 20590-001.
     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 Docket 
Number OST-95-950. Note that all comments received will be posted 
without change to http://regulations.gov, including name and personal 
information provided. You should know that anyone is able to search the 
electronic from 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.).
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments, go to http://regulations.gov 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 OST-95-950''. 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 ensure their timely 
receipt at U.S. DOT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleta Best, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, Office of the 
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493-0797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Passenger Manifest Information.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0534.
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2009.
    Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: Public Law 101-604 (entitled the Aviation Security 
Improvement Act of 1990, or ``ASIA 90'', and later codified as 49 
U.S.C. 44909) requires that certificated air carriers and large foreign 
air carriers collect the full name of each U.S. citizen traveling on 
flight segments to or from the United States and solicit a contact name 
and telephone number. In case of an aviation disaster, airlines would 
be required to provide the information to the Department of State and, 
in certain circumstances, to the National

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Transportation Safety Board. Each carrier has developed its own 
collection system. The Passenger Manifest Information, Final Rule (14 
CRF 243) was published in the Federal Register, Vol.63, No.32 (February 
18, 1998). The rule was effective March 20, 1998.
    Respondents: All U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and 
travel agents doing business in the United States, and the traveling 
public.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: Annual reporting burden for this 
data collection is estimated at 259,000 hours for all travel agents and 
airline ticket agents and 259,000 hours for air travelers, based on 45 
seconds for non-frequent fliers and 15 seconds for frequent fliers, for 
the approximately 33% of international itineraries that involve 
personal contact. Most of this data collection (third party 
notification) is accomplished through highly automated computerized 
systems.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,000, excluding air travelers.
    Estimated Time per Response: At 45 seconds for non-frequent fliers 
and 15 seconds for frequent fliers, for the approximately 33% of 
international itineraries that involve personal contact.
    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether this collection of information 
(third party notification) is necessary for the proper performance of 
the agency, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the 
respondents, including through the use of automated techniques or other 
forms of information technology.
    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.
Todd M. Homan,
Director, Office of Aviation Analysis.
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