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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0211]
RIN No. 2105-AE07
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB
Agency Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection
Request: Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and request
for comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and DOT Order
1351.29A, this notice confirms DOT’s intention to reinstate the previously approved information
collection request (ICR) Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 2105–0552,
“Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport.”
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by [INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
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 this
particular ICR by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review - Open for Public Comments” or by
using the search function.
PRIVACY ACT: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received in any
of DOT’s dockets 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 may review
DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000.1
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vinh Q. Nguyen, Senior Trial Attorney,
Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, 20590, 202-366-9342 (Voice), 202-366-7152 (Fax),
or vinh.nguyen@dot.gov (E-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On January 24, 2024, DOT published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the reinstatement of the previously approved ICR OMB control number 2105–0552, “Reports
by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport.”2 DOT received one
comment on the 60-day notice, which is summarized below.
Title: Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport
OMB Control Number: 2105-0552
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved ICR
Background: The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century or
“AIR–21” (Pub. L. 106-181), which was signed into law on April 5, 2000, includes section 710,
“Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport.” This provision was
codified as 49 U.S.C. 41721. The statute requires air carriers that provide scheduled passenger
air transportation to submit monthly to the Secretary of Transportation a report on any incidents
involving the loss, injury, or death of an animal (as defined by the Secretary of Transportation)
during air transport provided by the air carrier.
On August 11, 2003, DOT, through its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), issued a
final rule implementing section 710 of AIR–21.3 The rule required air carriers that provide

65 FR 19477-78

89 FR 4657.
Reporting Directive Regarding Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport, 68 FR 47798 (August 11, 2003).

scheduled passenger air transportation to submit a report to APHIS on any incident involving the
loss, injury, or death of an animal during air transportation provided by the air carrier. Due to
issues regarding whether APHIS had the capability to accept such information directly from the
carriers, DOT made a technical change in the rule on February 14, 2005, to require air carriers to
submit the required information directly to DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division
(ACPD) rather than APHIS and to make the rule part of DOT’s economic regulations.4
On July 3, 2014, DOT published a final rule amending the requirement that air carriers
file reports with DOT on the loss, injury, or death of animals during air transport.5 The rule (1)
expanded the reporting requirement from the largest U.S. carriers (i.e., U.S. carriers that account
for at least 1 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue) to U.S. carriers that operate
scheduled service with at least one aircraft with a design capacity of more than 60 seats; (2)
expanded the definition of “animal” from only a pet in a family household to include all cats and
dogs transported by covered carriers, regardless of whether the cat or dog is transported as a pet
by its owner or as part of a commercial shipment (e.g., shipped by a breeder); (3) required
covered carriers to file a calendar-year report in December, even if the carrier did not have any
reportable incidents during the calendar year; (4) required covered carriers to provide in their
December reports the total number of animals that were lost, injured, or died during air transport
in the calendar year; and (5) required covered carriers to provide in their December reports the
total number of animals transported in the calendar year.
The ICR, “Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air
Transport,” OMB Control Number 2105–0552, was renewed twice: on August 25, 2015, OMB
approved the reinstatement of the ICR through August 31, 2018, and on October 11, 2018, OMB
approved the reinstatement of the ICR through October 31, 2021.

Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport, 70 FR 7392 (February 14, 2005).

Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport, 79 FR 37938 (July 3, 2014) (codified
at 14 CFR part 235).
The PRA 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. A Federal agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a
collection of information, and the public is generally not required to respond to an information
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall
generally be subject to monetary penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if
the collection of information does not display a valid OMB Control Number.
As noted above, on January 24, 2024, DOT published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comment on the reinstatement of this previously approved ICR. DOT
received one comments in response to the notice. However, this comment is outside the scope of
the ICR and does not discuss the proposed collection of information and the estimated burden.
DOT announces that this ICR has been re-evaluated and certified under 5 CFR 1320.5(a)
and forwarded to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12(c). Before OMB
decides whether to approve these proposed collections of information, it must provide 30 days
for public comment.6 Federal law requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages
between 30 and 60 days after the 30-day notice is published.7 The 30-day notice informs the
regulated community to file relevant comments and affords the agency adequate time to digest
public comments before it renders a decision.8 Therefore, respondents should submit their
respective comments to OMB within 30 days of publication to best ensure their full
consideration. The summaries below describe the nature of the ICR and the expected burden.
The unchanged requirements are being submitted for clearance by OMB as required by the PRA.

44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d).

44 U.S.C. 3507(b)-(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d).

60 FR 44978, 44983 (August 29, 1995).

Respondents: U.S. carriers that operate scheduled passenger service with at least one aircraft
having a designed seating capacity of more than 60 seats.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
Frequency: For each respondent, one information set for the month of December, plus one
information set during some other months (1 to 12).
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: (1) Monthly reports of incidents involving the loss,
injury, or death of animals during air transport: 0 to 360 hours (Respondents [30] x Time to
Prepare One Monthly Report [1 hour] x Frequency [0 to 12 per year]). (2) December report
containing the total number of animals that were lost, injured, or died during air transport in the
calendar year and the total number of animals that were transported in the calendar year: 15
hours (Respondents [30] x Time to Prepare One December Report [0.5 hour] x Frequency [1 per
year]).
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 the Department’s performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department 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.
All comments will become a matter of public record.

AUTHORITY: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.27(n).

Issued in Washington, D.C.
Kimberly Graber,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel,
Office of Aviation Consumer Protection.

[FR Doc. 2024-13498 Filed: 6/18/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/20/2024]