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OMB Control No: 2105-0566	ICR Reference No: 201204-2105-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOT/OST	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Tarmac Delays Report Filing and Posting to Websites
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 05/11/2012
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/02/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/24/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2012	6 Months From Approved
Responses	858	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	201	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	36,587	0	0

Abstract: The FAA Modernization and Reform Act requires US carriers that operate scheduled passenger service or public charter service using any aircraft with a design capacity of 30 or more seats, and operators of large hub, medium hub, small hub, or non-hub US airports, to submit contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays to the Secretary of Transportation for review and approval no later than May 14, 2012. The Act also requires each covered carrier and airport to ensure public access to its plan after DOT approval by posting the plan on its website. The Department is seeking OMB approval for the submission and posting of these plans under the PRA emergency clearance process because use of the normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to cause the May 14 statutory deadline for submission of plans to be missed.

Emergency Justfication: The Department is seeking OMB approval for the submission and posting of these plans under the PRA emergency clearance process because use of the normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to cause the May 14 statutory deadline for submission of plans to be missed. Once OMB approves of this request, the Department will issue a notice with a web address for the filing of the plans to enable covered U.S. airlines and airports to easily submit their required plans through the World Wide Web. Although we are requesting emergency clearance, the Department believes that the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) does not apply to situations like this one, in which a collection of information is directly required by a self-executing statute. The Department is not adding to the statutorily-required action nor exercising any discretion with respect to the collection. The Department is merely acting, as directed by Congress, as a passive recipient of the information. Under these circumstances, the Department is not conducting or sponsoring a collection of information within the meaning of the PRA. Nevertheless, in the interest of cooperation with your office, and given the very short time available to meet the statutory deadline involved, we are issuing a Federal Register notice providing a description of the respondents and an estimate of the annual record keeping and periodic reporting burden for the statutorily-mandated information collections and request emergency processing at this time. Thank you, in advance, for your assistance in this matter

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 423 Name of Law: FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Filing of Tarmac Plans
Posting of Tarmac Plans

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	858	858
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	201	201
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	36,587	36,587

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The FAA Modernization and Reform Act requires US carriers that operate scheduled passenger service or public charter service using any aircraft with a design capacity of 30 or more seats, and operators of large hub, medium hub, small hub, or non-hub US airports, to submit contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays to the Secretary of Transportation for review and approval no later than May 14, 2012. The Act also requires each covered carrier and airport to ensure public access to its plan after DOT approval by posting the plan on its website.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $15,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Blane Workie 2023669349 Blane.Workie@dot.gov

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