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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 25, 2021 / Notices

notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. 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 March 11, 2021 (86 FR
page 13964). No comments were
received.
Written comments should be
submitted by June 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34–414, OST–R, BTS,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4406, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or email
jeff.gorham@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:
OMB Approval No.: 2138–0006.
Title: Preservation of Air carrier
Records—14 CFR part 249.
Form No.: None.
Type Of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Certificated air carriers
and charter operators.
Number of Respondents: 90
certificated air carriers and 300 charter
operators.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours
per certificated air carrier; 1 hour per
charter operator.
Total Annual Burden: 570 hours.
Needs and Uses: Part 249 requires the
retention of records such as: General
and subsidiary ledgers, journals and
journal vouchers, voucher distribution
registers, accounts receivable and
payable journals and legers, subsidy
records documenting underlying
financial and statistical reports to DOT,
funds reports, consumer records, sales
reports, auditors’ and flight coupons, air
waybills, etc. Depending on the nature
of the document, the carrier may be
required to retain the document for a
period of 30 days to 3 years. Public
charter operators and overseas military
personnel charter operators must retain
documents which evidence or reflect
deposits made by each charter

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participant and commissions received
by, paid to, or deducted by travel agents,
and all statements, invoices, bills and
receipts from suppliers or furnishers of
goods and services in connection with
the tour or charter. These records are
retained for 6 months after completion
of the charter program.
Not only is it imperative that carriers
and charter operators retain source
documentation, but it is critical that we
ensure that DOT has access to these
records. Given DOT’s established
information needs for such reports, the
underlying support documentation must
be retained for a reasonable period of
time. Absent the retention requirements,
the support for such reports may or may
not exist for audit/validation purposes
and the relevance and usefulness of the
carrier submissions would be impaired,
since the data could not be verified to
the source on a test basis.
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.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed record retention
requirements are necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the Department. Comments should
address whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 20,
2021.
William Chadwick Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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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; Reporting
Required for International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on March 11, 2021 (86 FR 13966). No
comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 24, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, Telephone Number (202)
366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383
or Email jeff.gorham@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:
OMB Approval No.: 2138–0039.
Title: Reporting Required for
International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
Form No.: BTS Form EF.
Type Of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 35.
Number of Responses: 35.
Total Burden per Response: 1.5 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 53 hours.
Needs and Uses: As a party to the
Convention on International Civil
SUMMARY:

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Aviation (Treaty), the United States is
obligated to provide ICAO with
financial and statistical data on
operations of U.S. air carriers. Over 99%
of the data filed with ICAO is extracted
from the air carriers’ Form 41
submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the
means by which BTS supplies the
remaining 1% of the air carrier data to
ICAO.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), 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, and submission of
the information to agencies outside BTS
for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department
concerning consumer protection.
Comments should address whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 20,
2021.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2021–11035 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0056]

Request for Information on
Transportation Equity Data
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for information.
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AGENCY:

On January 20, 2021,
President Biden signed the Executive
Order, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and
Support for Underserved Communities
Through the Federal Government’’
(Equity E.O.). Through the

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implementation of this Administration
priority, the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT or Department)
will assess whether, and to what extent,
its programs and policies perpetuate
systemic barriers to opportunities and
benefits for people of color and other
underserved groups. These assessments
will better equip the Department to
develop policies and programs that
deliver resources and benefits equitably
to all. The Department solicits input
from the public regarding available or
potential data and assessment tools that
could assist in the ongoing and
continuous evaluation of Federal
policies and programs concerning
equitable services and safety in the
transportation sector.
DATES: Comments are requested by June
24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
the docket number above and submitted
by one of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Instructions: For detailed instructions
on submitting comments, see the Public
Participation heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Except as provided
below, all comments received into the
docket will be made public in their
entirety. The comments will be
searchable 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 should not include
information in your comment that you
do not want to be made public. You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78) or at https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.

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For
policy issues, please email
TransportationDataEquity@dot.gov or
contact Maya Sarna at 202–366–5811.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
EDT, Monday through Friday, except for
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
this Request for Information (RFI), the
Department requests information on the
data and assessment tools to measure
transportation equity. Specifically, the
Department seeks responses to the
questions outlined below.
On January 20, 2021, President Biden
signed Executive Order 13985 on
Advancing Racial Equity and Support
for Underserved Communities Through
the Federal Government (Equity E.O.).1
The Equity E.O. directs the Federal
Government to pursue a comprehensive
approach to advance equity, civil rights,
racial justice, and equal opportunity to
strengthen communities that have been
historically underserved, marginalized,
and adversely affected by persistent
poverty and inequality.
The Department is entrusted with
maintaining and improving our Nation’s
transportation system. Equitable and
safe access to transportation is a civil
right. Transportation touches every part
of American lives and makes the
American Dream possible, getting
people and goods to where they need to
be, directly and indirectly creating
good-paying jobs and helping improve
quality of life, especially after the
COVID–19 pandemic. However,
misguided policies and missed
opportunities can reinforce racial,
ethnic, geographic, and disability
disparities, dividing or isolating
neighborhoods and undermining the
government’s essential role of
empowering Americans to thrive.
The Department is committed to
advancing equity, civil rights, racial
justice, environmental justice, and equal
opportunity and has the responsibility
to ensure that all Americans have
equitable access to safe, affordable, and
sensible transportation options, no
matter who they are or where they live.
This means that all communities should
have meaningful access to the
Department’s programs and activities.
The Equity E.O. defines the following
terms noted under (a) and (b) below and
hence are used as definitions for
purposes of this RFI:
(a) The term ‘‘equity’’ means the
consistent and systematic fair, just, and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

1 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
presidential-actions/2021/01/20/executive-orderadvancing-racial-equity-and-support-forunderserved-communities-through-the-federalgovernment/.

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