
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55893-55894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22330]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2004-16951]


Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Exemptions for Air Taxi Operations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB)'s approval to renew an information collection. The collection 
involves a classification of air carriers known as air taxi operators 
and their filings of a one-page form that enables them to obtain 
economic authority from DOT. The information to be collected is 
necessary for DOT to determine whether an air taxi operator meets DOT's 
criteria for an economic authorization in accordance with DOT rules. 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 November 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2004-16951] through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa R. Balgobin, (202) 366-9721, 
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: 2105-0565.
    Title: Exemptions for Air Taxi Operations.
    Form Numbers: OST Form 4507.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: Part 298 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, Exemptions for Air Taxi Registration, establishes a 
classification of air carriers known as air taxi operators that offer 
on-demand passenger service. The regulation exempts these small

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operators from certain provisions of the Federal statute to permit them 
to obtain economic authority by filing a one-page, front and back, OST 
Form 4507, Air Taxi Operator Registration, and Amendments under Part 
298 of DOT's Regulations.
    DOT expects to receive 200 new air taxi registrations and 2,200 
amended air taxi registrations each year, resulting in 2,400 total 
respondents. Further, DOT expects filers of new registrations to take 1 
hour to complete the form, while it should only take 30 minutes to 
prepare amendments to the form. Thus, the total annual burden is 
expected to be 1,300 hours.
    Respondents: U.S. air taxi operators.
    Number of Respondents: 2,400.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Number of Responses: 2,400.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,300 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 [your office]'s performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for [your office] to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) 
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.

    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 September 5, 2012.
Lauralyn J. Remo,
Chief, Air Carrier Fitness Division, Office of Aviation Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2012-22330 Filed 9-10-12; 8:45 am]
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