Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport

OST-2005-20331

February 4, 2005

Final Rule | Final Rule - as published in the Federal Register for February 14, 2005

The Department of Transportation is making a technical change to the August 11, 2003, final rule implementing section 710 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21St Century to require the reporting airlines to submit the required information on the loss, injury, or death of an animal during air transport to DOT's Aviation Consumer Protection Division rather than the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and, accordingly, is making the rule part of DOT's economic regulations.

By: Norman Mineta

February 24, 2005

Reporting Directive - Draft | As Published in Federal Register for February 25th

The purpose of this order is to adopt a reporting directive to provide guidance to all U.S. air carriers that provide scheduled passenger air transportation regarding the new reporting requirements that are contained in the final rule on "Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport" and to answer questions that have been raised about the requirements in the rule.

By: Rosalind Knapp

Published in Federal Register April 11, 2005

Notice of Information Collection Approval

This notice announces the Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection request OMB No. 21050552, "Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport" and provides a specific compliance date of Wednesday, June 15, 2005, for carriers to begin submitting monthly reports to the Department of Transportation's Aviation Consumer Protection Division on incidents involving the loss, injury, or death of an animal during air transport.

By: Michael Robinson

June 9, 2005

Continental Airlines Response to the Department's Reporting Directive

Continental Airlines, Inc. moves the Department under Rule 11 of the Department's Rules of Practice, 14 CFR Part 302, for leave to submit the following comments in response to the Department's Reporting Directive Regarding Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transit issued February 15, 2005, and published February 25, 2005 (70 Fed.Reg. 9217), in preparing its first report under the Department's final rule, Continental believes certain changes to the directive would improve the reporting process substantially and enhance the public benefits of the reporting requirements

By: Continental Airlines, Lisa Schoppa

Published in Federal Register October 10, 2007

Notice of Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Collection

The requested extension of the approved control number covers the information collection request OMB No. 2105–0552, ‘‘Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport,’’ which the Department of Transportation codified at 14 CFR 234.13. Section 234.13, which implements Section 710 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century [i.e., Public Law 106–810], requires U.S. air carriers that provide scheduled service to submit a monthly report on any incidents involving the loss, injury or death of an animal during air transport to the Department’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division.

The current information collection request approved by OMB expires on March 31, 2008.

By: Samuel Podberesky

Published in Federal Register March 31, 2008

Request for Public Comments and OMB Approval of an Existing Information Collection

The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on October 10, 2007 (72 FR 57631). The purpose of this notice is to allow the public an additional 30 days from the date of this notice to submit comments on our application to renew ICR 2105–0552, Reports by Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals During Air Transport. The current information collection request approved by OMB expires on March 31, 2008.

Comments on this notice must be received by April 30, 2008.

Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.

By: Samuel Podberesky

April 29, 2008

Re: Comments of Action Pet Express

I strongly feel that the Incident reports regarding animals be retained. These serve a VERY real and important function. If possible, I feel foreign carriers should also be required to report.

Every day, we receive inquires from pet owners about the 'horror stories' they hear regarding pet travel by air. These reports go a long way towards dispelling these rumors.

By: Gerald Mishler