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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a New Approval of
Information Collection: Helicopter Air
Ambulance Operator Reports
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 for a new information
collection. The FAA Modernization and
Reform Act of 2012 included a mandate
to begin collection of operational data
from Air Ambulance operators. FAA is
to summarize the data and report to
Congress no later than February 14,
2014, and annually thereafter.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by
email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX.
Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance
Operator Reports.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA
forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Clearance of a new
information collection.
Background: The FAA Modernization
and Reform Act of 2012 mandates that
all helicopter air ambulance operators
must begin reporting the number of
flights and hours flown, along with
other specified information, during
which helicopters operated by the
certificate holder were providing
helicopter air ambulance services. The
helicopter air ambulance operational
data provided to the FAA will be used
by the agency as background
information useful in the development
of risk mitigation strategies to reduce
the currently unacceptably high
helicopter air ambulance accident rate,
and to meet the mandates set by
Congress.
Respondents: 73 helicopter air
ambulance certificate holders.
Frequency: Information is collected
quarterly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 6 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,352 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Ms. Kathy
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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 24,
2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a New Approval of
Information Collection: Information
Regarding Ferry Flights in On-Demand
Operations
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 for a new information
collection. The collection involves an
assessment of the number of ferry flights
typically conducted by on-demand air
carriers and the costs associated with
those flights. The information to be
collected will be used to conduct a
benefit cost analysis in connection with
rulemaking as required by Congress.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martin Zhu at (202) 267–4110 or by
email at: martin.zhu@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX.
Title: Information Regarding Ferry
Flights in On-Demand Operations.
SUMMARY:
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Form Numbers: There are no FAA
forms associated with this specific
collection of information.
Type of Review: Clearance of a new
information collection.
Background: In response to the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
(Pub. L. 112–95), the FAA will initiate
a rulemaking to change part 91 tail-end
ferry flight limitations and rest
requirements. The rule would apply
part 135 flight limitations and rest
requirements to today’s part 91 tail-end
ferry flights (a part 91 flight following
the last part 135 flight in a duty period).
The FAA will use the results of this
collection of information as the basis for
the cost and benefit estimate of the
proposed rule. The FAA requests your
comments on the proposed questions
below in order to help assess costs.
Survey Questions
1. How many total part 135 operations
do you have annually?
2. For comparative purposes, how
many airplanes are flown in your part
135 services?
3. How many tail-end ferry flights
flown under part 91 would be curtailed
if pilots need to fly under part 135 of
rest and duty requirements?
4. What percentage of these tail-end
ferry flights would be accounted as
single-pilot flights?
5. Would another crewmember fly the
airplane to its destination?
6. What would be the average cost of
tail-end ferries flown under part 91
rules?
7. What would be the average cost of
tail-end ferries flown under part 135 rest
and duty rules?
8. Please itemize key cost-drivers to
comply with the proposed rule.
Respondents: Part 135 operators
conducting part 91 tail-end ferry flight.
We estimate 2,155 of part 135 operators
have such operations.
Frequency: One time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 60 minutes.
Estimated Total One-Time Burden:
2,155 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send electronic or written
comments to the FAA at the following
address: Mr. Martin Zhu
(martin.zhu@faa.gov), Room 935,
Federal Aviation Administration, APO–
300, 800 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20591.
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
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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 24,
2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0313]
Parts and Accessories Necessary for
Safe Operation; Application for an
Exemption From Help, Inc.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application for
exemption; request for comments.
AGENCY:
FMCSA requests public
comment on an application for
exemption from Help, Inc. to allow its
transponder systems to be mounted on
commercial motor vehicles lower in the
windshield than is currently permitted
by the Agency’s regulations in order to
utilize a mounting location that
maximizes the device’s ability to send
and receive roadside data. The Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
(FMCSRs) currently require antennas,
transponders, and similar devices to be
located not more than 6 inches below
the upper edge of the windshield,
outside the area swept by the
windshield wipers, and outside the
driver’s sight lines to the road and
highway signs and signals. Help, Inc.
believes that mounting the transponder
lower in the windshield will maximize
a driver’s external view of the roadway.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
FMCSA–2013–0313 by any of the
following methods:
• Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on the Federal electronic docket site.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
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• Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number for this notice. For detailed
instructions on submitting comments
and additional information on the
exemption process, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading below. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading for
further information.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or to Room W12–
140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our 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 (65 FR
19476) or you may visit https://
www.regulations.gov.
Public participation: The https://
www.regulations.gov Web site is
generally available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. You can get
electronic submission and retrieval help
and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section
of the https://www.regulations.gov Web
site and also at the DOT’s https://
docketsinfo.dot.gov Web site. If you
want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a self
addressed, stamped envelope or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brian J. Routhier, Vehicle and Roadside
Operations Division, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, MC–
PSV, (202) 366–1225; Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 4007 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA–
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Stat. 401] amended 49 U.S.C. 31315 and
31136(e) to provide authority to grant
exemptions from the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs).
On August 20, 2004, FMCSA published
a final rule (69 FR 51589) implementing
section 4007. Under this rule, FMCSA
must publish a notice of each exemption
request in the Federal Register (49 CFR
381.315(a)). The Agency must provide
the public with an opportunity to
inspect the information relevant to the
application, including any safety
analyses that have been conducted. The
Agency must also provide an
opportunity for public comment on the
request.
The Agency reviews the safety
analyses and the public comments and
determines whether granting the
exemption would likely achieve a level
of safety equivalent to or greater than
the level that would be achieved by the
current regulation (49 CFR 381.305).
The decision of the Agency must be
published in the Federal Register (49
CFR 381.315(b)). If the Agency denies
the request, it must state the reason for
doing so. If the decision is to grant the
exemption, the notice must specify the
person or class of persons receiving the
exemption and the regulatory provision
or provisions from which an exemption
is granted. The notice must also specify
the effective period of the exemption
(up to 2 years) and explain the terms
and conditions of the exemption. The
exemption may be renewed (49 CFR
381.315(c) and 49 CFR 381.300(b)).
Help, Inc. Application for Exemption
Help, Inc. applied for an exemption
from 49 CFR 393.60(e)(1) to allow the
installation of transponders on its
customer’s commercial motor vehicles
in a location that is lower than currently
allowed under the regulation. Section
393.60(e)(1) of the FMCSRs prohibits
the obstruction of the driver’s field of
view by devices mounted on the
windshield. Antennas, transponders
and similar devices must not be
mounted more than 152 mm (6 inches)
below the upper edge of the windshield.
These devices must be located outside
the area swept by the windshield wipers
and outside the driver’s sight lines to
the road, highway signs and signals.
In its application, Help Inc. states:
Help, Inc. is making this request because
we are coordinating device development and
installation of PrePass transponder in up to
430,000 commercial motor vehicles. The 5.9
and toll transponder equipment installed is
located at the bottom of the windshield, but
within the swept area of windshield because
the safety equipment must have a clear
forward facing view of the road, and low
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Information
Regarding Ferry Flights in On-Demand Operations
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 for a new information collection.
The collection involves an assessment of the number of ferry flights
typically conducted by on-demand air carriers and the costs associated
with those flights. The information to be collected will be used to
conduct a benefit cost analysis in connection with rulemaking as
required by Congress.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Zhu at (202) 267-4110 or by
email at: martin.zhu@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-XXXX.
Title: Information Regarding Ferry Flights in On-Demand Operations.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this specific
collection of information.
Type of Review: Clearance of a new information collection.
Background: In response to the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of
2012 (Pub. L. 112-95), the FAA will initiate a rulemaking to change
part 91 tail-end ferry flight limitations and rest requirements. The
rule would apply part 135 flight limitations and rest requirements to
today's part 91 tail-end ferry flights (a part 91 flight following the
last part 135 flight in a duty period). The FAA will use the results of
this collection of information as the basis for the cost and benefit
estimate of the proposed rule. The FAA requests your comments on the
proposed questions below in order to help assess costs.
Survey Questions
1. How many total part 135 operations do you have annually?
2. For comparative purposes, how many airplanes are flown in your
part 135 services?
3. How many tail-end ferry flights flown under part 91 would be
curtailed if pilots need to fly under part 135 of rest and duty
requirements?
4. What percentage of these tail-end ferry flights would be
accounted as single-pilot flights?
5. Would another crewmember fly the airplane to its destination?
6. What would be the average cost of tail-end ferries flown under
part 91 rules?
7. What would be the average cost of tail-end ferries flown under
part 135 rest and duty rules?
8. Please itemize key cost-drivers to comply with the proposed
rule.
Respondents: Part 135 operators conducting part 91 tail-end ferry
flight. We estimate 2,155 of part 135 operators have such operations.
Frequency: One time.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 60 minutes.
Estimated Total One-Time Burden: 2,155 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send electronic or written comments to the FAA at the
following address: Mr. Martin Zhu (martin.zhu@faa.gov), Room 935,
Federal Aviation Administration, APO-300, 800 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20591.
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
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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 24, 2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2013-18292 Filed 7-30-13; 8:45 am]
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