Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space-BTS Form 251, 16470-16471 [2017-06599]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Passengers Denied Confirmed
Space—BTS Form 251
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics invites the
general public, industry and other
governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need for and usefulness of
BTS collecting reports on the number of
passengers holding confirmed
reservations that voluntarily or
involuntarily give up their seats when
the airline oversells the flight.
Comments are requested concerning
whether (a) the collection is still needed
by the Department of Transportation, (b)
BTS accurately estimated the reporting
burden; (c) there are other ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collected; and (d)
there are ways to minimize reporting
burden, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–410,
OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4405, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
cecelia.robinson@dot.gov.
COMMENTS: Comments should identify
the associated OMB approval # 2138–
0018 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST–
2014–0031. Persons wishing the
Department to acknowledge receipt of
their comments must submit with those
comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on OMB
# 2138–0018, Docket—DOT–OST–2014–
0031. The postcard will be date/time
stamped and returned.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT–OST–2014–0031 by any of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Services: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202–366–3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number,
DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning
of your comments, and send two copies.
To receive confirmation that DOT
received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
users may access all comments received
by DOT at https://www.regulations.gov.
All comments are posted electronically
without charge or edits, including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form 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.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or you may visit https://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
Electronic Access
You may access comments received
for this notice at https://
www.regulations.gov, by searching
docket DOT–OST–2014–0031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0018.
Title: Report of Passengers Denied
Confirmed Space.
Form No. BTS Form 251.
Type of Review: Extension of
approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 18.
Number of Responses: 72.
Number of Hours per Response: 10.
Total Annual Burden: 720 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS Form 251 is a
one-page report submitted four times
per year, on the number of passengers
denied seats either voluntarily or
involuntarily, whether these bumped
passengers were provided alternate
transportation and/or compensation,
and the amount of the payment. On
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November 3, 2016 the Department
published a Final Rule (see 81 FR
76800) that changed the number of U.S.
air carriers that account for at least 1
percent to .5 percent of domestic
scheduled-service passenger revenues
who must report oversales on all
operations with 30 seats or larger
aircraft that depart a U.S. airport.
Carriers do not report data from
inbound international flights to the
United States because the protections of
14 CFR part 250 Oversales do not apply
to these flights. The report allows the
Department to monitor the effectiveness
of its oversales rule and take
enforcement action when necessary.
The involuntarily denied-boarding rate
has decreased from 4.38 per 10,000
passengers in 1980 to 0.72 for the
quarter ended December 2015. Without
Form 251, determining the effectiveness
of the Department’s oversales rule
would be impossible. The publishing of
the carriers’ individual denied boarding
rates has diminished the need for more
intrusive regulation. The rate of denied
boarding can be examined as a
continuing fitness factor. This rate
provides an insight into a carrier’s
customer service practices. A rapid
sustained increase in the rate of denied
boarding may indicate operational
difficulties. Because the rate of denied
boarding is released quarterly, travelers
and travel agents can select carriers with
lower incidences of bumping
passengers. This information is
available in the Air Travel Consumer
Report at: https://
airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/
index.htm. The Air Travel Consumer
Report is also sent to newspapers,
magazines, and trade journals. The
public availability of this information
deters carriers from setting unreasonable
overbooking rates—a market-based
mechanism that is more efficient than
direct regulation of those rates.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires
a statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis, and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,
2017.
William A. Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
[Docket No. TTB–2017–0003]
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of our continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, and as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
we invite comments on the proposed or
continuing information collections
listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before June 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: As described below, you
may send comments on the information
collections listed in this document
using the ‘‘Regulations.gov’’ online
comment form for this document, or you
may send written comments via U.S.
mail or hand delivery. TTB no longer
accepts public comments via email or
fax.
• https://www.regulations.gov: Use the
comment form for this document posted
within Docket No. TTB–2017–0003 on
‘‘Regulations.gov,’’ the Federal erulemaking portal, to submit comments
via the Internet;
• U.S. Mail: Michael Hoover,
Regulations and Rulings Division,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Box 12,
Washington, DC 20005.
• Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of
Mail: Michael Hoover, Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G
Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC
20005.
Please submit separate comments for
each specific information collection
listed in this document. You must
reference the information collection’s
title, form or recordkeeping requirement
number, and OMB number (if any) in
your comment.
You may view copies of this
document, the information collections
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listed in it and any associated
instructions, and all comments received
in response to this document within
Docket No. TTB–2017–0003 at https://
www.regulations.gov. A link to that
docket is posted on the TTB Web site at
https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-onform.shtml. You may also obtain paper
copies of this document, the
information collections described in it
and any associated instructions, and any
comments received in response to this
document by contacting Michael Hoover
at the addresses or telephone number
shown below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request (No. 63)
SUMMARY:
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Michael Hoover, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street
NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005;
telephone (202) 453–1039, ext. 135; or
email informationcollections@ttb.gov
(please do not submit comments on this
notice to this email address).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and
its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB), as part of a continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on the proposed or continuing
information collections listed below in
this notice, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of the relevant information
collection. All comments are part of the
public record and subject to disclosure.
Please do not include any confidential
or inappropriate material in comments.
For each information collection listed
below, we invite comments on: (a)
Whether the information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the agency’s functions, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the information collection’s
burden; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
information collection’s burden on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide the requested information.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT-OST-2014-0031]
Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Report
of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space--BTS Form 251
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics invites the general
public, industry and other governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need for and usefulness of BTS collecting reports on the
number of passengers holding confirmed reservations that voluntarily or
involuntarily give up their seats when the airline oversells the
flight. Comments are requested concerning whether (a) the collection is
still needed by the Department of Transportation, (b) BTS accurately
estimated the reporting burden; (c) there are other ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information collected; and (d)
there are ways to minimize reporting burden, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 5, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Room E34-410, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4405, Fax
Number (202) 366-3383 or EMAIL cecelia.robinson@dot.gov.
COMMENTS: Comments should identify the associated OMB approval # 2138-
0018 and Docket ID Number DOT-OST-2014-0031. Persons wishing the
Department to acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit with
those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on OMB # 2138-0018, Docket--DOT-OST-2014-
0031. The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT-OST-2014-0031 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Services: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202-366-3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number, DOT-OST-2014-0031, at the
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed
stamped postcard. Internet users may access all comments received by
DOT at https://www.regulations.gov. All comments are posted
electronically without charge or edits, including any personal
information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form 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.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit https://DocketInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov. or the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
dockets.
Electronic Access
You may access comments received for this notice at https://www.regulations.gov, by searching docket DOT-OST-2014-0031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138-0018.
Title: Report of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space.
Form No. BTS Form 251.
Type of Review: Extension of approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 18.
Number of Responses: 72.
Number of Hours per Response: 10.
Total Annual Burden: 720 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS Form 251 is a one-page report submitted four
times per year, on the number of passengers denied seats either
voluntarily or involuntarily, whether these bumped passengers were
provided alternate transportation and/or compensation, and the amount
of the payment. On
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November 3, 2016 the Department published a Final Rule (see 81 FR
76800) that changed the number of U.S. air carriers that account for at
least 1 percent to .5 percent of domestic scheduled-service passenger
revenues who must report oversales on all operations with 30 seats or
larger aircraft that depart a U.S. airport.
Carriers do not report data from inbound international flights to
the United States because the protections of 14 CFR part 250 Oversales
do not apply to these flights. The report allows the Department to
monitor the effectiveness of its oversales rule and take enforcement
action when necessary. The involuntarily denied-boarding rate has
decreased from 4.38 per 10,000 passengers in 1980 to 0.72 for the
quarter ended December 2015. Without Form 251, determining the
effectiveness of the Department's oversales rule would be impossible.
The publishing of the carriers' individual denied boarding rates has
diminished the need for more intrusive regulation. The rate of denied
boarding can be examined as a continuing fitness factor. This rate
provides an insight into a carrier's customer service practices. A
rapid sustained increase in the rate of denied boarding may indicate
operational difficulties. Because the rate of denied boarding is
released quarterly, travelers and travel agents can select carriers
with lower incidences of bumping passengers. This information is
available in the Air Travel Consumer Report at: https://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/index.htm. The Air Travel Consumer
Report is also sent to newspapers, magazines, and trade journals. The
public availability of this information deters carriers from setting
unreasonable overbooking rates--a market-based mechanism that is more
efficient than direct regulation of those rates.
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires a statistical agency to
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes.
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis, and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 2017.
William A. Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2017-06599 Filed 4-3-17; 8:45 am]
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