Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Use of Certain Personal Oxygen Concentrator (POC) Devices on Board Aircraft, 44486 [2014-18062]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Use of Certain
Personal Oxygen Concentrator (POC)
Devices on Board Aircraft
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. A Special Federal Aviation
Regulation requires passengers who
intend to use an approved POC to
present a physician statement before
boarding. The flight crew must then
inform the pilot-in-command that a POC
is on board.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by September 29, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by
email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0702.
Title: Use of Certain Personal Oxygen
Concentrator (POC) Devices on Board
Aircraft.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA
forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: A pilot in command is
required to be apprised when a
passenger brings a POC on board the
aircraft, and passengers who have a
medical need to use a POC during flight
are required to possess a signed
physician statement describing the
oxygen therapy needed, to determine
whether an inflight diversion to an
airport may be needed in the event the
passenger’s POC fails to operate or the
aircraft experiences cabin pressurization
difficulties, and to verify the need for
the device, the oxygen therapy needed
to be provided by use of the POC, and
the oxygen needs of the passenger in
case of emergency.
Respondents: Approximately
1,690,555 passengers.
Frequency: Information is collected as
needed.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 6 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
169,046 hours.
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Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Ms. Kathy
DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation
Administration, ASP–110, 6500 S.
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK
73169.
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 FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
ADDRESSES:
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 28,
2014.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, ASP–110.
[FR Doc. 2014–18062 Filed 7–30–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition,
DP12–003
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
AGENCY:
Denial of petition for a defect
investigation.
ACTION:
This document denies a
petition from Mr. Peter J. Gonzalez (the
petitioner) of Fuquay Varina, NC,
requesting that the agency open an
investigation into headlamp failures on
the model year (MY) 2008 Saturn
Outlook and similar vehicles. After
reviewing the petition and other
information, NHTSA has concluded that
further investigation of MY 2007–2009
Saturn Outlook vehicles and the similar
GMC Acadia vehicles (subject vehicles)
is unlikely to result in a determination
that a safety-related defect exists. The
agency accordingly denies the petition.
SUMMARY:
Mr.
Steve Chan, Defects Assessment
Division, Office of Defects Investigation,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366–8537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Alleged Problem
The petitioner alleges that his MY
2008 Saturn Outlook vehicle had
experienced a loss of low beam
headlamp illumination. The petitioner
found that the headlamp harness mating
to the headlamp had melted. He also
noted that there were other complaints
on NHTSA’s Web site related to the
same melting of the headlamp harness.
Loss of Headlamp Illumination
The United States Code for Motor
Vehicle Safety (Title 49, Chapter 301)
defines motor vehicle safety as ‘‘the
performance of a motor vehicle or motor
vehicle equipment in a way that
protects the public against unreasonable
risk of accidents occurring because of
the design, construction, or performance
of a motor vehicle, and against
unreasonable risk of death or injury in
an accident, and includes
nonoperational safety of a motor
vehicle.’’
Over the last 25 years, ODI has
opened numerous defect investigations
of the loss of headlamp illumination.
Investigations that resulted in safety
recalls involved simultaneous loss of
illumination from both headlamps.
NHTSA does not consider the loss of a
single headlamp as presenting an
unreasonable safety risk—such failures
are readily detectable by the driver
while allowing the vehicle to retain
forward visibility and conspicuity from
the remaining headlamp. There is
typically enough time between the
failure of the first headlamp and the
second during which the vehicle
operator can obtain the needed repairs.
Subject Vehicle Complaints
As of July 16, 2014, out of a
population of 248,453 subject vehicles,
NHTSA identified 473 consumer
complaints of inoperative headlamp(s).
Many of these complaints indicated that
the headlamp harness suffered damage
from overheating. After reviewing the
complaints, ODI found:
—69% (328) Alleged that a single
headlamp was inoperative.
—18% (86) alleged that both headlamps
were inoperative but not at the same
time.
—9% (41) alleged that both headlamps
were inoperative but the complaints
did not indicate whether the failures
had occurred at the same time.
—4% (17) alleged that both headlamps
were inoperative at the same time.
—One additional complaint cited wire
harness damage to both sides but did
not specify an outage.
—No crashes or loss of vehicle control
were reported.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Use of Certain
Personal Oxygen Concentrator (POC) Devices on Board Aircraft
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information
collection. A Special Federal Aviation Regulation requires passengers
who intend to use an approved POC to present a physician statement
before boarding. The flight crew must then inform the pilot-in-command
that a POC is on board.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 29, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by
email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0702.
Title: Use of Certain Personal Oxygen Concentrator (POC) Devices on
Board Aircraft.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this
collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: A pilot in command is required to be apprised when a
passenger brings a POC on board the aircraft, and passengers who have a
medical need to use a POC during flight are required to possess a
signed physician statement describing the oxygen therapy needed, to
determine whether an inflight diversion to an airport may be needed in
the event the passenger's POC fails to operate or the aircraft
experiences cabin pressurization difficulties, and to verify the need
for the device, the oxygen therapy needed to be provided by use of the
POC, and the oxygen needs of the passenger in case of emergency.
Respondents: Approximately 1,690,555 passengers.
Frequency: Information is collected as needed.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 169,046 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Kathy
DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 6500 S.
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169.
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 FAA's performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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. The agency will summarize and/or include
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 28, 2014.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises
Business Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2014-18062 Filed 7-30-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
