Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of Management and Budget of a New Information Collection Activity, Request for Comments; 2008 Newly Certificated Airframe and/or Powerplant Mechanics: Assessment of the Mechanic's Practical Test Program, 37305 [07-3314]

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 130 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3314]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of 
Management and Budget of a New Information Collection Activity, Request 
for Comments; 2008 Newly Certificated Airframe and/or Powerplant 
Mechanics: Assessment of the Mechanic's Practical Test Program

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new information 
collection. This project involves collecting data from individual 
applicants who have recently taken, for the first time, and passed an 
oral and/or practical Airframe and/or Powerplant (A and/or P) Mechanic 
Certification test.

DATES: Please submit comments by September 7, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Mauney on (202) 267-9895, or by 
e-mail at: Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    Title: 2008 Newly Certificated Airframe and/or Powerplant 
Mechanics: Assessment of the Mechanic's Practical Test Program.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2121-XXXX.
    Form(s): There are no FAA forms associated with this collection.
    Affected Public: A total of 2,200 Respondents.
    Frequency: The information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 1 hour per 
response.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 2,200 hours annually.
    Abstract: This project involves collecting data from individual 
applicants who have recently taken, for the first time, and passed an 
oral and/or practical Airframe and/or Powerplant (A and/or P) Mechanic 
Certification test. The goal of this effort is ``to reduce the number 
of fatal accidents in general aviation'' by identifying areas of 
concern so that the FAA may affect corrections in FAA policy, guidance 
material, and FAA-sponsored programs in order to improve the overall 
quality of the designated mechanic examiner oral and/or practical test 
program.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Carla 
Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation Administration, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591.
    Comments Are Invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 07-3314 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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