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OMB Control No: 2105-0576	ICR Reference No: 202312-2105-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202012-2105-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/OST	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Reporting Requirements for Traveling by Air with Service Animals
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 12/27/2023
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/26/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/21/2023
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this emergency information collection is approved as the agency continues to go through the regular ICR approval process.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2024	6 Months From Approved	12/31/2023
Responses	334,950	0	334,950
Time Burden (Hours)	83,738	0	83,738
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA, 49 U.S.C. § 41705) prohibits discriminatory treatment of persons with disabilities in air transportation. On December 2, 2020, the Department issued a final rule to amend the its ACAA regulation on the transport of service animals to ensure that our air transportation system is safe for the traveling public and accessible to individuals with disabilities. The information collection requirements in this rule allow airlines to collect from passengers traveling with service animals a U.S. Department of Transportation Service Animal Air Transportation Form and, if applicable, a U.S. Department of Transportation Service Animal Relief Attestation. The Department believes that it is important and appropriate to allow airlines to require passengers to provide documentation to affirm that their service animal is in good health, is well behaved, and has been trained to do work or perform tasks to assist individuals with disabilities as a condition of transport.

Emergency Justfication: The Department of Transportation’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) seeks emergency clearance to extend information collection request (ICR) under OMB Control Number 2105-2576 related to the forms that airlines are permitted to require from passengers with disabilities traveling by air with a service animal; the ICR will expire on December 31, 2023. If the ICR were to expire, airlines would not be legally permitted to collect the DOT Behavior and Health Attestation Form from passengers traveling with service animals on aircraft, which would cause significant public harm. Service animals are transported in the aircraft cabin and airlines are not permitted to require service animals to be transported in a pet carrier. The health and behavior safety information in the DOT Behavior and Health Attestation is vital for airlines to verify that a service animal is safe to transport in the cabin and that the animal does not pose a threat to the health and safety of passengers, crew, and other during air transportation. We are seeking emergency clearance to temporarily extend the ICR to ensure that airlines may continue to collect service animal forms from passengers with disabilities, which provide assurances to the airline that the service animal do not pose a safety threat to passengers and crew onboard aircraft, while OACP completes the regular ICR renewal process.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 41705 Name of Law: The Air Carrier Access Act

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
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 88217	12/20/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	334,950	334,950
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	83,738	83,738
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $88,738

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Maegan Johnson 202 366-9283 maegan.johnson@dot.gov

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