Agency Information Collection: Activity Under OMB Review: Report of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space-BTS Form 250, 85729-85730 [2023-26847]
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the ‘‘primary pipeline operator’’. For
shared D&A programs, the ‘‘primary
operator’’ must be identified to PHMSA
through Safety Program Relationship
(SPR) data before submitting a DAMIS
report. Operators are reminded to
review their D&A program records to
check the SPR status of their D&A
program. If changes are needed to
properly align the SPR data with the
operator’s D&A program, the operator
must make a written notification to
PHMSA.
The PHMSA regulations governing
DAMIS reporting (§§ 199.119 and
199.229) are based on whether the
primary operator is a large operator or
a small operator. Pursuant to
§§ 199.119(a) and 199.229(a), a large
operator is an operator with more than
50 covered employees. Large operators
are required to submit a DAMIS report
each calendar year. Pursuant to
§§ 199.119(a) and 199.229(a), a small
operator is an operator with 50 or fewer
covered employees. Small operators are
only required to submit a DAMIS report
if the operator receives a ‘‘written
notice’’ from PHMSA requesting a
report. PHMSA transmits written
notices as messages in the PHMSA
Portal in late December each calendar
year.
To calculate the number of D&A
covered employees to determine
whether an operator is a large or small
primary operator, include all covered
employees of the primary operator plus
all covered employees of any business
units included in the DAMIS report
under a shared D&A program. If your
covered employees are in a random drug
testing pool managed by a consortium,
count only your own covered
employees. If you have any covered
employees subject to D&A testing under
more than one DOT agency, count only
those employees who were D&A tested
under PHMSA, which is the agency
selected on the Federal Drug Testing
Custody and Control Form (CCF) or on
the Alcohol Testing Form. While
contractor employees are covered
employees requiring D&A testing,
contractor employees are not used to
calculate whether a ‘‘primary pipeline
operator’’ is a large or small operator.
Therefore, do not include contractor
employees in the above calculations.
Pipeline operators are no longer
required to ‘‘accept’’ contractor reports.
Instead, an operator will simply list the
contractor and the contractor’s DAMIS
report automatically becomes part of the
operator’s report once the contractor has
submitted its report to DAMIS.
Furthermore, operators will not be able
to view contractor data reports through
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DAMIS, but can get the report directly
from the contractor, if they so desire.
For each contractor listed by a
primary operator, DAMIS will show if a
Login.gov invitation has been generated
for the contractor. If no Login.gov
invitation has been created for the
contractor or if the Login.gov invitation
was created for the wrong email
address, the primary operator can
generate a new Login.gov invitation by
entering a new email address for the
contractor. This email address cannot
already be in use to access DAMIS for
a primary operator or a different
contractor.
Primary Operator MFA Login: In
September 2023, PHMSA
communicated by email with primary
operators to confirm the email address
of the person who will submit the
primary operator’s DAMIS report. These
confirmed email addresses will be
loaded into DAMIS by the end of
calendar year 2023. In early January
2024, DAMIS will generate a one-time/
one-use Login.gov invitation for the
confirmed email addresses. PHMSA will
also make Login.gov invitations
available in the PHMSA Portal.
Contractor DAMIS Reporting
Because contractors do not have
OPIDs, PHMSA uses a Business Tax
Identification Number (BTIN) to track
contractors in the DAMIS database.
A contractor may perform D&A
covered functions for one pipeline
operator or multiple operators.
Additionally, a contractor may be local,
regional, or nationwide, and/or may
operate from a single location or from
multiple locations. Regardless, the clear
intent is for PHMSA and DOT to collect
contractor D&A test data that is
complete, accurate, and nonrepetitive.
Accordingly, each contractor must
prepare a single, complete, and accurate
DAMIS report that includes all its D&A
covered employees and all their DOT
D&A test data. A contractor does not
prepare or submit a separate and
distinct DAMIS report for each pipeline
operator or for a contractor’s separate
offices or locations unless those offices
are distinct and separate under their
own BTIN. Moreover, a contractor must
not report the same covered employees
and the same D&A tests in more than
one BTIN. If a contractor has more than
one BTIN, the contractor must allocate
individual employees and their D&A
tests results among the BTINs for which
they actually worked, or report all the
contractor’s employees and test results
under one BTIN.
PHMSA does not need or require a
DAMIS report from each BTIN. PHMSA
requires a valid set of contractor D&A
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test data that reflects the complete and
accurate picture of who the contractor
D&A tested and what the results of those
tests were. PHMSA does not want
covered employees or D&A tests to be
reported more than once. If test results
can be reported under one BTIN, that is
acceptable.
PHMSA also recognizes that some
pipeline operators perform D&A covered
functions for other PHMSA regulated
pipeline operators. While this may take
place under a contract, pipeline
operators with an OPID must never be
listed as a contractor by any other
pipeline operator in a DAMIS report.
Contractor MFA Login: MFA will
allow access for contractors to enter
their D&A testing data directly into
DAMIS. In September 2023, PHMSA
communicated by email with
contractors to confirm the email address
of the person who will submit the
contractor DAMIS report. These
confirmed email addresses will be
loaded into DAMIS by the end of
calendar year 2023. In early January
2024, DAMIS will generate a one-time/
one-use Login.gov invitation for the
confirmed email address. Contractors
can also request a new Login.gov
invitation for a new email address by
sending a request to
PHMSAPipelineDAMIS@dot.gov.
Any primary operator can generate a
new Login.gov invitation for a contractor
by entering an email address that is not
already established with Login.gov
access to DAMIS.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 1,
2023, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2023–27037 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am]
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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 250
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, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
SUMMARY:
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of Management and Budget (OMB) for
an extension of a previously approved
collection. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on September 5, 2023. There were no
comments. As the September 5, 2023,
Notice solicits comments from the
public on whether it is appropriate for
the Department to continue to collect
information on oversales from airlines,
the issues raised by these comments are
beyond the scope of this Notice and will
not be addressed here. Specifically,
having obsolete regulations that allow
three legacy carriers and one discount
carrier to control 80% of the domestic
aviation market, while banning foreign
competitors from offering U.S. domestic
flights, and allowing airlines to book to
100% capacity or overbook to increase
their revenue stream. With respect to
the overbooking comment, the FAA has
no jurisdiction in this matter, however,
the Department does. And although it is
not the Department’s policy or purpose
to dictate how airlines internally
manage their business; this ended with
deregulation of the aviation industry in
1979, it is the Department’s policy and
purpose to protect and standardize how
the airlines treat their passengers.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by January 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, OST–R, BTS,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 893–0515, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or email
cecelia.robinson@dot.gov.
Comments: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, part
250, addresses how airlines are to
conduct their overbooking processes
and compensate passengers in the event
of an overbooking.
OMB Approval No.: 2138–0018.
Title: Report of Passengers Denied
Confirmed Space.
Form No.: BTS Form 250.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
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U.S. Air Carriers for Flights They
Operate
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Number of Quarterly Responses: 60.
Number of Hours per Response: 10.
Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.
U.S. Air Carriers for Codeshare Flights
They Market
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 4.
Number of Responses: 16.
Number of Hours per Response: 6.
Total Annual Burden: 96 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS Form 250 is a
one-page report 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 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 half of one percent of
domestic scheduled-service passenger
revenues who must report all operations
with 30 seat or larger aircraft that depart
a U.S. airport.
Carriers do not report data from
inbound international flights 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 deniedboarding rate has decreased from 4.38
per 10,000 passengers in 1980 to 0.24
per 10,000 passengers in 2019. The
publishing of the carriers’ individual
denied boarding rates has negated 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 denied boardings.
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. Without
Form 250, determining the effectiveness
of the Department’s oversales rule
would be impossible.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
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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 December 4,
2023.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
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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 250
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, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office
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of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of a previously
approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection
of information was published on September 5, 2023. There were no
comments. As the September 5, 2023, Notice solicits comments from the
public on whether it is appropriate for the Department to continue to
collect information on oversales from airlines, the issues raised by
these comments are beyond the scope of this Notice and will not be
addressed here. Specifically, having obsolete regulations that allow
three legacy carriers and one discount carrier to control 80% of the
domestic aviation market, while banning foreign competitors from
offering U.S. domestic flights, and allowing airlines to book to 100%
capacity or overbook to increase their revenue stream. With respect to
the overbooking comment, the FAA has no jurisdiction in this matter,
however, the Department does. And although it is not the Department's
policy or purpose to dictate how airlines internally manage their
business; this ended with deregulation of the aviation industry in
1979, it is the Department's policy and purpose to protect and
standardize how the airlines treat their passengers.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 893-0515, Fax Number (202) 366-
3383 or email [email protected].
Comments: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
part 250, addresses how airlines are to conduct their overbooking
processes and compensate passengers in the event of an overbooking.
OMB Approval No.: 2138-0018.
Title: Report of Passengers Denied Confirmed Space.
Form No.: BTS Form 250.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
U.S. Air Carriers for Flights They Operate
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Number of Quarterly Responses: 60.
Number of Hours per Response: 10.
Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.
U.S. Air Carriers for Codeshare Flights They Market
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 4.
Number of Responses: 16.
Number of Hours per Response: 6.
Total Annual Burden: 96 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS Form 250 is a one-page report 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 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 half
of one percent of domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues who
must report all operations with 30 seat or larger aircraft that depart
a U.S. airport.
Carriers do not report data from inbound international flights
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 0.24 per 10,000 passengers in
2019. The publishing of the carriers' individual denied boarding rates
has negated 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 denied boardings. 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.
Without Form 250, determining the effectiveness of the Department's
oversales rule would be impossible.
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 December 4, 2023.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, U.S. Department of
Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2023-26847 Filed 12-7-23; 8:45 am]
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