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originally manufactured for importation
into and sale in the United States,
certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of
the same model year as the model of the
motor vehicle to be compared, and is
capable of being readily altered to
conform to all applicable FMVSS.
Petitions for eligibility decisions may
be submitted by either manufacturers or
importers who have registered with
NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR part 592. As
specified in 49 CFR 593.7 Processing of
Petitions, NHTSA publishes notice in
the Federal Register of each petition
that it receives, and affords interested
persons an opportunity to comment on
the petition. At the close of the
comment period, NHTSA decides, on
the basis of the petition and any
comments that it has received, whether
the vehicle is eligible for importation.
The agency then publishes this decision
in the Federal Register.
II. Summary of Petition: J.K.
Technologies, LLC (JK), of Baltimore,
Maryland (Registered Importer R–90–
006) has petitioned NHTSA to decide
whether nonconforming MY 2013
Porsche Panamera PCs are eligible for
importation into the United States. The
vehicles that JK believes are
substantially similar are MY 2013
Porsche Panamera PCs manufactured for
sale in the United States, and certified
by their manufacturer as conforming to
all applicable FMVSS.
The petitioner submitted information
with its petition intended to
demonstrate that the subject non-U.S.certified vehicles as originally
manufactured, conform to many
applicable FMVSS in the same manner
as their U.S.-certified counterparts, or
are capable of being readily altered to
conform to those standards.
Specifically, the petitioner claims that
the non-U.S.-certified MY 2013 Porsche
Panamera PCs, as originally
manufactured, conform to: Standard
Nos. 102 Transmission Shift Position
Sequence, Starter Interlock, and
Transmission Braking Effect, 103
Windshield Defrosting and Defogging
Systems, 104 Windshield Wiping and
Washing Systems, 106 Brake Hoses, 113
Hood Latch System, 114 Theft
Protection, 116 Motor Vehicle Brake
Fluids, 118 Power-Operated Window,
Partition, and Roof Panel Systems, 124
Accelerator Control Systems, 126
Electronic Stability Control Systems for
Light Vehicles, 135 Light Vehicle Brake
Systems, 138 Tire Pressure Monitoring
Systems, 201 Occupant Protection in
Interior Impact, 202a Head Restraints,
204 Steering Control Rearward
Displacement, 205 Glazing Materials,
206 Door Locks and Door Retention
Components, 207 Seating Systems, 210
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Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages, 212
Windshield Mounting, 214 Side Impact
Protection, 216 Roof Crush Resistance,
219 Windshield Zone Intrusion, 225
Child Restraint Anchorage Systems, and
302 Flammability of Interior Materials.
The petitioner also contends that the
subject non-U.S.-certified vehicles are
capable of being readily altered to meet
the following standards in the manners
indicated:
Standard No. 101 Controls and
Displays: Replacement of the instrument
cluster with the U.S.-model component
and reprogramming of its software as
described in the petition.
Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective
Devices and Associated Equipment:
Replacement of the headlamps,
taillamps, and front and rear side
markers with U.S.-model components.
Reprogramming of the vehicle’s
software must also be performed to
activate these systems.
Standard No. 110 Tire Selection and
Rims and Motor Home/Recreation
Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity
Information for Motor Vehicles with a
GVWR of 4,536 Kilograms (10,000
Pounds) or Less: Installation of the
required tire information placard.
Standard No. 111 Rear Visibility:
Replacement of the passenger side
mirror with the U.S.-model, or
inscription of the required warning
statement on the face of the existing
mirror.
Standard No. 208 Occupant Crash
Protection: Replacement of the seatbelt
assemblies and the air bag control unit.
In addition, replacement of the front
passenger side seat weight sensing
system—including the sensor mat and
seat cushion, airbag warning telltale,
seat wiring harness, and sun visor. After
installation of these components, the
vehicle’s software must be updated and
correct installation and operation
confirmed using an appropriate
diagnostic programming tool as
described in the petition. All air bag
warning labels and owner manual
inserts must be inspected for
compliance with the requirements in
the standard and added or replaced with
U.S.-model versions if not already
present on the vehicle.
Standard No. 209 Seat Belt
Assemblies: Replacement of seat belt
assemblies with U.S.-certified
components as previously stated under
FMVSS No. 208.
Standard No. 301 Fuel System
Integrity: During installation of U.S.model components and software as
described in the petition to meet the
requirements of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the
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requirements of this standard will be
complied with and maintained.
The petitioner additionally states that
a vehicle identification plate must be
affixed to the vehicle near the left
windshield pillar to meet the
requirements of 49 CFR part 565.
III. Comments: All comments and
supporting materials received before the
close of business on the closing date
indicated above will be filed in the
docket and considered. To the extent
possible, comments filed after the
closing date will also be considered to
the fullest extent possible and available
for examination in the docket at the
above addresses.
Once the petition is granted or
denied, notice of the decision will be
published in the Federal Register
pursuant to the authority indicated at
the end of this notice.
This notice of receipt of the subject
petition does not represent any agency
decision or other exercise of judgment
concerning the merits of the petition.
Notice of final action on the petition
will be published in the Federal
Register pursuant to the authority
indicated below.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A),
(a)(1)(B), and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.7; delegation
of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 501.8.
Michael A. Cole,
Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety
Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2011–0177]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collections to OMB;
Agency Request for Renewal of
Previously Approved Information
Collections: Nondiscrimination on the
Basis of Disability in Air Travel
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Department of
Transportation’s (Department or DOT)
Office of the Secretary (OST) is
submitting a request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal of the OMB control number
2105–0571, titled Nondiscrimination on
the Basis of Disability in Air Travel, for
the information collections described
below. On April 18, 2018, the
Department published a Federal
SUMMARY:
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Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
information collections. See 83 FR
17221. The purpose of this notice is to
allow for an additional 30 days of public
comment.
Written comments should be
submitted by August 23, 2018.
DATES:
Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments may also be sent via email to
OMB at the following address: oira_
submissions@omb.eop.gov.
ADDRESSES:
John
C. Wood, Office of the General Counsel,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
202–366–9342 (Voice), 202–366–7152
(Fax), or john.wood@dot.gov (Email).
Arrangements to receive this document
in an alternative format may be made by
contacting the above-named individual.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105–0571.
Title: Nondiscrimination on the Basis
of Disability in Air Travel.
Type of Review: Renewal of
information collections.
Background: This notice covers two
information collection requirements in
the Department’s Air Carrier Access Act
(ACAA) implementing regulation, 14
CFR part 382 (Part 382),
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of
Disability in Air Travel. Specifically,
pursuant to section 382.43(d), covered
carriers must provide an online
mechanism for passengers to request
disability accommodation services (e.g.,
enplaning/deplaning assistance, deaf/
hard of hearing communication
assistance, escort to service animal relief
area, etc.) for a particular flight.
Pursuant to section 382.43(e), covered
carriers must also ensure that when a
user activates a link on a carrier’s
primary website to embedded thirdparty software or to an external website,
a disclaimer is displayed notifying the
user that the application or website may
not be accessible. These requirements
became effective on December 12, 2015,
and December 12, 2016, respectively.
Covered carriers are U.S. and foreign air
carriers that operate at least one aircraft
having a designed seating capacity of
more than 60 passengers and own or
control a primary website that markets
passenger air transportation or a tour, or
tour component that must be purchased
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with air transportation, to the general
public in the United States.1
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) and its implementing regulations,
5 CFR part 1320, require Federal
agencies to issue two notices seeking
public comment on information
collection activities before OMB may
approve paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.12. On April 18, 2018, OST
published a Federal Register Notice
announcing its intention to renew OMB
control number 2105–0571 and inviting
interested persons to submit comments
on these information collections for 60
days. See 83 FR 17221. During this time,
the Department received one comment
related to the information collections.
The commenter, Paralyzed Veterans
of America (PVA), supported both
information collections and emphasized
that carriers should provide an
opportunity for passengers with
disabilities to request disability
accommodation in advance of arriving
at the gate at an easy to locate place on
an airline’s website. PVA also stated
that carriers should then use the
information to make sure that
passengers receive any needed
assistance in a timely manner. PVA
added that collecting service request
information has the potential to benefit
all stakeholders, including carriers, as it
helps carriers understand the types and
frequency of requests received across
routes and travel periods. The PVA
comment made no reference to the
estimated number of respondents or
burden hours for the information
collections. The Department also
received another comment, but that
comment was outside the scope of the
Paperwork Reduction Act. It did not
address any issue related to the
information collections that are the
subject of this renewal.
Accordingly, this notice announces
that the information collection activities
set forth in Part 382 have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and are being forwarded to
OMB for review and approval pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.12(c). Before OMB
decides whether to approve these
proposed collections of information, it
must provide 30 days for public
1 While there are approximately 190 U.S. and
foreign air carriers that conduct passenger-carrying
service to, from, or in the United States with at least
one aircraft having a designed seating capacity of
more than 60 seats, not all of those carriers have
a primary website that markets passenger air
transportation to the general public in the U.S. The
Department estimates that approximately 165 of
those 190 carriers are subject to the Department’s
web-accessibility requirements as they operate such
aircraft and have a primary website that markets to
U.S. consumers.
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comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 CFR
1320.12(d). Federal law requires OMB to
approve or disapprove paperwork
packages between 30 and 60 days after
the 30-day notice is published. 44
U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR 1230.12(d);
see also 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
Therefore, respondents should submit
their respective comments to OMB
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure their full consideration. 5 CFR
1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983 (Aug.
29, 1995).
The renewed OMB control number
will be applicable to all the provisions
set forth in this notice. The title, a
description of the information
collection, its need and proposed use,
respondents, and the periodic reporting
burden are set forth below for each of
the information collections:
1. Online Request for Disability
Accommodation
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Pursuant
to 14 CFR 382.43(d), each covered
carrier must provide a mechanism on its
website for passengers to request a
disability accommodation service for a
future flight and provide advance notice
of their request. Carriers may, but need
not, require passengers to include
contact information on the form in order
to follow-up and request more specific
information about the passengers’
accommodation needs. Carriers may
also use the aggregate data from the
online service requests to understand
and better plan for the volume and types
of service requests they receive across
time periods and routes, but also are not
required to do so.
While the content and design of the
online service request form is up to the
carriers, the Department anticipates that
each covered U.S. and foreign carrier
that markets scheduled air
transportation to the general public in
the United States would incur initial
costs associated with developing and
reviewing a design and implementation
plan for the request form, developing,
coding, and integrating the form into the
website, as well as testing, debugging,
and connecting the form with a backend
database to store the information. The
final regulatory analysis (FRA) for the
final rule entitled Nondiscrimination on
the Basis of Disability in Air Travel:
Accessibility of websites and
Automated Kiosks at U.S. Airports
estimated that it will take an average of
32 labor hours per carrier to develop,
implement, integrate, connect, and test
the online request form. Initial costs are
reduced for carriers that rely on a
request form developed by another
entity. There are no recordkeeping or
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reporting requirements. However,
carriers should use the service request
information to facilitate appropriate,
timely assistance to their passengers.
Respondents: Certificated U.S. and
foreign air carriers operating to, from,
and within the United States that
operate at least one aircraft having a
seating capacity of more than 60
passengers and own or control a
primary website that markets air
transportation to the general public in
the U.S.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
165 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which
the Department expects all to have
achieved compliance with the
requirement in a prior year. The
Department estimates that each year
there will be 3 new respondent carriers.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 0 hours per carrier
compliant in a prior year, unless the
carrier voluntarily elects to modify or
improve its form, and 32 hours per
carrier creating an online request form.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 96
hours. This estimate was calculated by
multiplying the total number of labor
hours per year that a carrier is estimated
to spend to develop, implement,
integrate, connect, and test the online
request form (32) by the estimated
number of new respondent carriers each
year (3).
Frequency: One-time requirement.
2. Website Accessibility Disclaimer
Notice
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: Pursuant
to 14 CFR 382.43(e), covered carriers
must provide a disclaimer notice for
each link on their primary website that
enables a user to access software or an
external website that is not in the
carrier’s control. The disclaimer notice
must be activated the first time a user
clicks the link and must notify the user
that the application/website is not
within the carrier’s control and may not
follow the same accessibility policies as
the primary website. The Department
anticipates that each covered U.S. and
foreign carrier will incur costs
associated with identifying all links on
their websites that may require a
disclaimer such as developing and
reviewing the design and language for
the disclaimer notice, as well as
developing, testing, and deploying the
code to the appropriate web pages.
The incremental labor hours
associated with providing the required
disclaimer may vary depending on the
number of links on the website to which
this requirement applies. The FRA
estimated that it will take an average of
6 labor hours per carrier to identify the
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links and then develop, test, and deploy
the disclaimer notice on the website. We
also estimate that it will take less than
30 minutes per year for a carrier to
associate the notice with any new links
to external websites or third-party
software added to their websites.
There are no recordkeeping or
reporting requirements associated with
this information collection.
Respondents: Certificated U.S. and
foreign air carriers operating to, from,
and within the United States that
operate at least one aircraft having a
seating capacity of more than 60
passengers and own or control a
primary website that markets air
transportation to the general public in
the U.S.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
165 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which
the Department expects all to have
achieved compliance with the
requirement in a prior year. The
Department estimates that each year
there will be 3 new respondent carriers.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 6 hours for 3 new carrier
respondents to create, test, and deploy
the disclaimer. 30 minutes for 165
carriers compliant in prior years to
associate the notice with new links and
third-party software.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
100.5 hours. This estimate was
calculated by multiplying the total
number of labor hours per year that a
carrier is estimated to spend to develop,
test, and deploy the disclaimer notice
(6) by the estimated number of new
respondent carriers each year (3). To
that total we added the product of the
number of hours that we estimated
carriers may spend associating the
notice with new weblinks (.5 hours) and
the number of carriers that are expected
to have achieved compliance in a prior
year (165).
Frequency: One-time and recurrent
requirements.
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
Department’s performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)
ways for the Department 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on July 18,
2018.
Blane A. Workie,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation
Enforcement and Proceedings.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Multiple
IRS Information Collection Requests
Departmental Offices, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury will submit the following
information collection requests to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
public is invited to submit comments on
these requests.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before August 23, 2018 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, or any other aspect
of the information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
(1) Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Treasury, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Suite 8142, Washington, DC
20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submissions may be
obtained from Jennifer Leonard by
emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling
(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire
information collection request at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Title: Taxable Fuel; registration.
OMB Control Number: 1545–0725.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: Certain sellers of gasoline
and diesel fuel may be required under
section 4101 to post bond before they
incur liability for gasoline and diesel
fuel excise taxes imposed by sections
4081 and 4091. This form is used by
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2011-0177]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collections to OMB;
Agency Request for Renewal of Previously Approved Information
Collections: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Department of Transportation's (Department or
DOT) Office of the Secretary (OST) is submitting a request to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal of the OMB control
number 2105-0571, titled Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability
in Air Travel, for the information collections described below. On
April 18, 2018, the Department published a Federal
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Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the
information collections. See 83 FR 17221. The purpose of this notice is
to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Comments may
also be sent via email to OMB at the following address:
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Wood, Office of the General
Counsel, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-9342 (Voice),
202-366-7152 (Fax), or [email protected] (Email). Arrangements to
receive this document in an alternative format may be made by
contacting the above-named individual.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105-0571.
Title: Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel.
Type of Review: Renewal of information collections.
Background: This notice covers two information collection
requirements in the Department's Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA)
implementing regulation, 14 CFR part 382 (Part 382), Nondiscrimination
on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel. Specifically, pursuant to
section 382.43(d), covered carriers must provide an online mechanism
for passengers to request disability accommodation services (e.g.,
enplaning/deplaning assistance, deaf/hard of hearing communication
assistance, escort to service animal relief area, etc.) for a
particular flight. Pursuant to section 382.43(e), covered carriers must
also ensure that when a user activates a link on a carrier's primary
website to embedded third-party software or to an external website, a
disclaimer is displayed notifying the user that the application or
website may not be accessible. These requirements became effective on
December 12, 2015, and December 12, 2016, respectively. Covered
carriers are U.S. and foreign air carriers that operate at least one
aircraft having a designed seating capacity of more than 60 passengers
and own or control a primary website that markets passenger air
transportation or a tour, or tour component that must be purchased with
air transportation, to the general public in the United States.\1\
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\1\ While there are approximately 190 U.S. and foreign air
carriers that conduct passenger-carrying service to, from, or in the
United States with at least one aircraft having a designed seating
capacity of more than 60 seats, not all of those carriers have a
primary website that markets passenger air transportation to the
general public in the U.S. The Department estimates that
approximately 165 of those 190 carriers are subject to the
Department's web-accessibility requirements as they operate such
aircraft and have a primary website that markets to U.S. consumers.
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The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing
regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to issue two
notices seeking public comment on information collection activities
before OMB may approve paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR
1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On April 18, 2018, OST published a
Federal Register Notice announcing its intention to renew OMB control
number 2105-0571 and inviting interested persons to submit comments on
these information collections for 60 days. See 83 FR 17221. During this
time, the Department received one comment related to the information
collections.
The commenter, Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), supported both
information collections and emphasized that carriers should provide an
opportunity for passengers with disabilities to request disability
accommodation in advance of arriving at the gate at an easy to locate
place on an airline's website. PVA also stated that carriers should
then use the information to make sure that passengers receive any
needed assistance in a timely manner. PVA added that collecting service
request information has the potential to benefit all stakeholders,
including carriers, as it helps carriers understand the types and
frequency of requests received across routes and travel periods. The
PVA comment made no reference to the estimated number of respondents or
burden hours for the information collections. The Department also
received another comment, but that comment was outside the scope of the
Paperwork Reduction Act. It did not address any issue related to the
information collections that are the subject of this renewal.
Accordingly, this notice announces that the information collection
activities set forth in Part 382 have been re-evaluated and certified
under 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and are being forwarded to OMB for review and
approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12(c). Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of information, it must provide 30
days for public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d). Federal
law requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages between 30
and 60 days after the 30-day notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)-
(c); 5 CFR 1230.12(d); see also 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995). Therefore,
respondents should submit their respective comments to OMB within 30
days of publication to best ensure their full consideration. 5 CFR
1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
The renewed OMB control number will be applicable to all the
provisions set forth in this notice. The title, a description of the
information collection, its need and proposed use, respondents, and the
periodic reporting burden are set forth below for each of the
information collections:
1. Online Request for Disability Accommodation
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Pursuant to 14 CFR 382.43(d), each covered carrier must provide a
mechanism on its website for passengers to request a disability
accommodation service for a future flight and provide advance notice of
their request. Carriers may, but need not, require passengers to
include contact information on the form in order to follow-up and
request more specific information about the passengers' accommodation
needs. Carriers may also use the aggregate data from the online service
requests to understand and better plan for the volume and types of
service requests they receive across time periods and routes, but also
are not required to do so.
While the content and design of the online service request form is
up to the carriers, the Department anticipates that each covered U.S.
and foreign carrier that markets scheduled air transportation to the
general public in the United States would incur initial costs
associated with developing and reviewing a design and implementation
plan for the request form, developing, coding, and integrating the form
into the website, as well as testing, debugging, and connecting the
form with a backend database to store the information. The final
regulatory analysis (FRA) for the final rule entitled Nondiscrimination
on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Accessibility of websites and
Automated Kiosks at U.S. Airports estimated that it will take an
average of 32 labor hours per carrier to develop, implement, integrate,
connect, and test the online request form. Initial costs are reduced
for carriers that rely on a request form developed by another entity.
There are no recordkeeping or
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reporting requirements. However, carriers should use the service
request information to facilitate appropriate, timely assistance to
their passengers.
Respondents: Certificated U.S. and foreign air carriers operating
to, from, and within the United States that operate at least one
aircraft having a seating capacity of more than 60 passengers and own
or control a primary website that markets air transportation to the
general public in the U.S.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 165 U.S. and foreign carriers, of
which the Department expects all to have achieved compliance with the
requirement in a prior year. The Department estimates that each year
there will be 3 new respondent carriers.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 0 hours per carrier
compliant in a prior year, unless the carrier voluntarily elects to
modify or improve its form, and 32 hours per carrier creating an online
request form.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 96 hours. This estimate was
calculated by multiplying the total number of labor hours per year that
a carrier is estimated to spend to develop, implement, integrate,
connect, and test the online request form (32) by the estimated number
of new respondent carriers each year (3).
Frequency: One-time requirement.
2. Website Accessibility Disclaimer Notice
Description of the need for the information and proposed use:
Pursuant to 14 CFR 382.43(e), covered carriers must provide a
disclaimer notice for each link on their primary website that enables a
user to access software or an external website that is not in the
carrier's control. The disclaimer notice must be activated the first
time a user clicks the link and must notify the user that the
application/website is not within the carrier's control and may not
follow the same accessibility policies as the primary website. The
Department anticipates that each covered U.S. and foreign carrier will
incur costs associated with identifying all links on their websites
that may require a disclaimer such as developing and reviewing the
design and language for the disclaimer notice, as well as developing,
testing, and deploying the code to the appropriate web pages.
The incremental labor hours associated with providing the required
disclaimer may vary depending on the number of links on the website to
which this requirement applies. The FRA estimated that it will take an
average of 6 labor hours per carrier to identify the links and then
develop, test, and deploy the disclaimer notice on the website. We also
estimate that it will take less than 30 minutes per year for a carrier
to associate the notice with any new links to external websites or
third-party software added to their websites.
There are no recordkeeping or reporting requirements associated
with this information collection.
Respondents: Certificated U.S. and foreign air carriers operating
to, from, and within the United States that operate at least one
aircraft having a seating capacity of more than 60 passengers and own
or control a primary website that markets air transportation to the
general public in the U.S.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 165 U.S. and foreign carriers, of
which the Department expects all to have achieved compliance with the
requirement in a prior year. The Department estimates that each year
there will be 3 new respondent carriers.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 6 hours for 3 new carrier
respondents to create, test, and deploy the disclaimer. 30 minutes for
165 carriers compliant in prior years to associate the notice with new
links and third-party software.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 100.5 hours. This estimate was
calculated by multiplying the total number of labor hours per year that
a carrier is estimated to spend to develop, test, and deploy the
disclaimer notice (6) by the estimated number of new respondent
carriers each year (3). To that total we added the product of the
number of hours that we estimated carriers may spend associating the
notice with new weblinks (.5 hours) and the number of carriers that are
expected to have achieved compliance in a prior year (165).
Frequency: One-time and recurrent requirements.
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 Department's
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department 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.
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 July 18, 2018.
Blane A. Workie,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings.
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