Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application, 83757-83758 [2024-23928]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 201 / Thursday, October 17, 2024 / Notices response period. A reply to a response must be submitted using USTR’s online portal at https://comments.USTR.gov. Replies to responses will be publicly available. 2025’’ or other Chinese industrial programs. In addressing each factor, the requester should provide support for their assertions. Requesters also may provide any other information or data that they consider relevant to an evaluation of the request. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 D. Responses To Requests for Exclusions After a request for exclusion of a particular product is posted on USTR’s online portal, interested persons will have 30 days to respond to the request, indicating support or opposition and providing reasons for their view. A response to a product exclusion request must be submitted using USTR’s online portal at https://comments.USTR.gov. 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[FR Doc. 2024–23880 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3390–F4–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No. FAA–2024–1228] Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on April 26, 2024. The collection involves the FAA’s administration of the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) program. The information to be collected will be used to authorize public agencies to impose PFCs and use PFC revenue on airport-related projects and to ensure compliance with PFC program requirements. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 18, 2024. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 83758 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 201 / Thursday, October 17, 2024 / Notices 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda J. Shotto by email at: amanda.j.shotto@faa.gov; phone: 202– 267–8744. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 FAA’s performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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. OMB Control Number: 2120–0557. Title: Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application. Form Numbers: FAA Form 5500–1, 5500–2, 5500–3, 5500–4. Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection. Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on April 26, 2024 (89 FR 32521). The DOT/FAA will use any information submitted in response to this collection to carry out the intent of 49 U.S.C. 40117. This statute authorizes public agencies controlling airports to impose PFCs and use PFC revenues. The information collected enables the FAA to approve the collection of PFC revenue for projects which preserve or enhance safety, security, or capacity of the national air transportation system, or which reduce noise or mitigate noise impacts resulting from an airport, or which furnish opportunities for enhanced competition between or among air carriers, and to provide oversight of the PFC program, as required by statute. Respondents: Approximately 615 respondents annually. Frequency: On occasion. Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2 Hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 33,015 Hours. Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2024. David F. Cushing, Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division, APP–500. [FR Doc. 2024–23928 Filed 10–16–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:31 Oct 16, 2024 Jkt 265001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA–2024–0026] Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. AGENCY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the information collection and its expected burden. On July 30, 2024, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICR. FRA received no comments in response to the notice. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before November 18, 2024. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the particular ICR by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Arlette Mussington, Information Collection Clearance Officer, at email: arlette.mussington@dot.gov or telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. Joanne Swafford, Information Collection Clearance Officer, at email: joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: (757) 897–9908. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 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. See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. On July 30, 2024, FRA published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting public comment on the ICR for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 89 FR 61230. FRA has received no comments related to the proposed collection of information. Before OMB decides whether to approve this proposed collection of information, it must provide 30 days’ SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 notice for public comment. 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 1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. The 30-day notice informs the regulated community of its opportunity to file relevant comments and affords the agency adequate time to consider public comments before it renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, each respondent should submit their comments to OMB within 30 days of publication to best ensure having their full effect. Comments are invited on the following ICR regarding: (1) whether the information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly execute its functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the burden of the information collection activities, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates; (3) ways for FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of information collection activities on the public, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. The summary below describes the ICR that FRA will submit for OMB clearance as the PRA requires: Title: Uniform Report of Small Business (SB) Commitments/Awards and Payments. OMB Control Number: 2130–New. Abstract: The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is statutorily mandated and intended to assist small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals compete fairly in the Department of Transportation’s transportation funding programs for certain highway, transit, and aviation programs. The DBE program is implemented by recipients of DOT financial assistance. The DOT DBE directive does not include rail assistance programs and FRA does not have a mandated DBE program. Rather, FRA issues and manages rail assistance programs in compliance with the DOT regulations for implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 found at 49 CFR part 21 and the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards found at 2 CFR part 200. Specifically, 2 CFR 200.321 (a) through (b)(6) provides affirmative steps a non-Federal entity must take to assure that minority businesses, women’s E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83757-83758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23928]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2024-1228]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Passenger 
Facility Charge (PFC) Application

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on April 26, 2024. The collection involves the FAA's 
administration of the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) program. The 
information to be collected will be used to authorize public agencies 
to impose PFCs and use PFC revenue on airport-related projects and to 
ensure compliance with PFC program requirements.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda J. Shotto by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-8744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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 FAA's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0557.
    Title: Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Application.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 5500-1, 5500-2, 5500-3, 5500-4.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on April 26, 2024 (89 FR 32521). The DOT/FAA will use any 
information submitted in response to this collection to carry out the 
intent of 49 U.S.C. 40117. This statute authorizes public agencies 
controlling airports to impose PFCs and use PFC revenues. The 
information collected enables the FAA to approve the collection of PFC 
revenue for projects which preserve or enhance safety, security, or 
capacity of the national air transportation system, or which reduce 
noise or mitigate noise impacts resulting from an airport, or which 
furnish opportunities for enhanced competition between or among air 
carriers, and to provide oversight of the PFC program, as required by 
statute.
    Respondents: Approximately 615 respondents annually.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 33,015 Hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2024.
David F. Cushing,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance Division, APP-500.
[FR Doc. 2024-23928 Filed 10-16-24; 8:45 am]
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