Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization, 56983-56984 [2013-22501]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 179 / Monday, September 16, 2013 / Notices mitigate radioactive levels at the site through the use of soil cover or caps of various materials. • If it becomes necessary through the proposed use of the phosphate slag storage area for subsurface infrastructure enhancements (e.g., buried pipeline), TVA would conduct further radiological measurement and monitoring to determine a worker’s potential exposure to ensure safety. • No subsurface disturbance or other excavation of buried materials would be allowed within the low-level radioactive waste burial site. • TVA would not allow removal of groundwater for drinking water (i.e., potable use purposes) from anywhere on the MSR study area. • TVA would adhere to the stipulations in the final executed Memorandum of Agreement between TVA and the Alabama State Historic Preservation Officer to mitigate for the loss of properties eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. Such mitigation includes imposition of architectural controls and design guidelines on new owners and consideration of these properties in the comprehensive master plan. TVA would adhere to required measures through inclusion of requirements in the transfer deed. • Site 1CT495, the remnants of Wilson Power Plant foundations, shall be avoided during any construction in the utility corridor to the Tennessee River. • In the event of construction within the utility corridor, TVA would take into account the location of the Rockpile Hiking Trail and the paved trail complex on the north side of Reservation Road and, to the extent practicable, avoid trail closure or reduce effects of trail usage through planning or other design features. • An approximate 900-foot section of paved National Recreation Trail Complex, including a protective corridor, on the Multipurpose Building parcel would be (a) retained by TVA, (b) preserved and managed for public recreation use under an agreement (e.g., easement) between TVA and a new landowner, or (c) relocated to skirt the boundaries of the Multipurpose Building parcel. • Prior to any TVA land or buildings being transferred from federal ownership under any of the Action Alternatives, TVA would assure that any required environmental due diligence assessments are completed. The final EIS identified routine and nonroutine measures to which future landowners could implement voluntarily or be required by agencies to VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:46 Sep 13, 2013 Jkt 229001 comply with other federal, state, or local regulations. These measures along with the above mitigation measures would be taken into consideration in the development of the comprehensive master plan, which would be completed and finalized by the Northwest Alabama Cooperative District and TVA prior to the sale of the MSR property. Dated: September 5, 2013. John J. Bradley, Senior Vice President, Economic Development. Bruce S. Schofield, Vice President, Property and Natural Resources. [FR Doc. 2013–22499 Filed 9–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8120–08–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary [Docket: DOT–OST–2013–0074] Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST). ACTION: Notice and request for comments; Request OMB Clearance for extension of a currently approved information collection, Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. AGENCY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget for extension of approval of currently approved ICR– 2106–0036, Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was published (78 FR 25781, May 2, 2013). The agency did not receive any comments to its previous notice. SUMMARY: Written comments should be submitted by October 16, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Jaffe, (202) 366–2512, Office of International Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W86–441, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Comments: Comments should be sent to OMB at the address that appears DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56983 below and should identify the associated OMB Approval Number 2106–0035 and Docket DOT–OST– 2013–0074. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Approval No. 2106–0035. Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization. Form No.: Form OST 4540. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers. Number of Respondents: Approximately 100. Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours per application. Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours. Abstract: Applicants use Form OST 4540 to request statements of authorization to conduct numerous types of operations authorized under Title 14, CFR Part 212. The form requires basic information regarding the carrier(s) conducting the operation, the party filing the form, the operations being conducted, the number of thirdand fourth-freedom flights conducted in the last twelve-month period, and certification of reciprocity from the carrier’s homeland government. DOT analysts will use the information collected to determine if applications for fifth-freedom operations meet the public interest requirements necessary to authorize such applications. Burden Statement: We estimate that the industry-wide total hour burden for this collection to be approximately 1,000 hours or approximately 2.25 hours per application. Conservatively, we estimate the compilation of background information will require 1.75 hours, and the completion and submission of OST Form 4540 will require thirty (30) minutes. Reporting the number of thirdand fourth-freedom operations conducted by an applicant carrier will require collection of flight data, and detailed analysis to determine which flights conducted by the carrier are third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants should be able to use data collected for the Department’s T–100 program to provide this information (under this program, carriers are required periodically to compile and report certain traffic data to the Department, as more fully described in the Docket referenced in footnote 1 below). The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provide carriers with a computer program that allows them to compile and monitor, among other things, flight origin and destination data, to be used in making the carriers’ T–100 E:\FR\FM\16SEN1.SGM 16SEN1 56984 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 179 / Monday, September 16, 2013 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES submissions.1 We estimated that carriers will require 1.25 hours per application2 to compile and analyze the data necessary to disclose the number of third- and fourth-freedom flights conducted within the twelve-month period preceding the filing of an application. Foreign carriers will also have to provide evidence that their homeland government will afford reciprocity to U.S. carriers seeking authority for the similar fifth-, sixth- and seventhfreedom operations. Carriers may cite certifications submitted by carriers from the same homeland if that homeland issued such certification within the preceding six-month period. Approximately 100 carriers from roughly 30 distinct homelands use OST Form 4540 to apply for statements of authorization annually. We estimate that one foreign carrier from any given homeland will expend roughly 4 hours every six-months to obtain certification from its homeland governments.3 We have apportioned 30 minutes to each application to account for the time required to obtain certifications from homeland governments. We have no empirical data to indicate how much time is required for a person to complete OST Form 4540; however, anecdotal evidence reveals that respondents spend thirty (30) minutes or less completing the form and brief justification. In some cases, respondents spend a limited amount of time, less than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the form before sending it via facsimile or email to the Department. In the interest of providing a conservative estimate so as to not understate the burden hours, we estimate the hour burden for completing OST Form 4540 as thirty (30) minutes. 1 The rule-making associated with the T–100 program can be found on the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at https:// www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT–OST–1998– 4043. Information regarding burden hours is on file in the Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50). 2 The Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50) estimated that small-carriers would require 1 burden hour per report, and large carriers would require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and report T–100 program data. Considering that the data required in this information collection can be derived from data already collected, we have taken an average of the estimated time required, and conservatively shortened the time by 45 minutes because no new data entry will be required. 3 Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) × (30 foreign homelands) × (2 requests per year) = 240 annual burden hours. Apportioning 240 annual burden hours equally among an average of 430 applications annually = approximately 30 burden minutes per application. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:46 Sep 13, 2013 Jkt 229001 Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2013. Patricia Lawton, DOT PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0108] [FR Doc. 2013–22501 Filed 9–13–13; 8:45 am] Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure Disorders BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending August 17, 2013 The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation’s Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et. seq.). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings. Docket Number: DOT–OST–2012– 0047. Date Filed: August 15, 2013. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: September 5, 2013. Description: Application of Joint Stock Company Aircompany ‘‘Yakutia’’ requesting an amended foreign air carrier permit adding authority for Yakutia to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the Russian Federation and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), via intermediate points, and beyond. Barbara J. Hairston, Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. 2013–22346 Filed 9–13–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of applications for exemption, request for comments. AGENCY: FMCSA announces receipt of applications from 6 individuals for an exemption from the prohibition against persons with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other condition which is likely to cause a loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) from operating CMVs in interstate commerce. The regulation and the associated advisory criteria published in the Code of Federal Regulations as the ‘‘Instructions for Performing and Recording Physical Examinations’’ have resulted in numerous drivers being prohibited from operating CMVs in interstate commerce based on the fact that they have had one or more seizures and are taking anti-seizure medication, rather than an individual analysis of their circumstances by a qualified medical examiner. If granted, the exemptions would enable these individuals who have had one or more seizures and are taking anti-seizure medication to operate CMVs for 2 years in interstate commerce. DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 16, 2013. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 2013–0108 using any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket ID for this Notice. 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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket: DOT-OST-2013-0074]


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review: Foreign 
Air Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary 
(OST).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments; Request OMB Clearance for 
extension of a currently approved information collection, Foreign Air 
Carrier Application for Statement of Authorization.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13, this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request, abstracted below, is being forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget for extension of approval of currently approved 
ICR-2106-0036, Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of 
Authorization. Earlier, a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period was published (78 FR 25781, May 2, 2013). The agency did not 
receive any comments to its previous notice.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 16, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Jaffe, (202) 366-2512, Office 
of International Aviation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Room W86-441, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    Comments: Comments should be sent to OMB at the address that 
appears below and should identify the associated OMB Approval Number 
2106-0035 and Docket DOT-OST-2013-0074.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Approval No. 2106-0035.
    Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application for Statement of 
Authorization.
    Form No.: Form OST 4540.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 100.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2.25 hours per application.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
    Abstract: Applicants use Form OST 4540 to request statements of 
authorization to conduct numerous types of operations authorized under 
Title 14, CFR Part 212. The form requires basic information regarding 
the carrier(s) conducting the operation, the party filing the form, the 
operations being conducted, the number of third- and fourth-freedom 
flights conducted in the last twelve-month period, and certification of 
reciprocity from the carrier's homeland government. DOT analysts will 
use the information collected to determine if applications for fifth-
freedom operations meet the public interest requirements necessary to 
authorize such applications.
    Burden Statement: We estimate that the industry-wide total hour 
burden for this collection to be approximately 1,000 hours or 
approximately 2.25 hours per application. Conservatively, we estimate 
the compilation of background information will require 1.75 hours, and 
the completion and submission of OST Form 4540 will require thirty (30) 
minutes. Reporting the number of third- and fourth-freedom operations 
conducted by an applicant carrier will require collection of flight 
data, and detailed analysis to determine which flights conducted by the 
carrier are third- and fourth-freedom. Applicants should be able to use 
data collected for the Department's T-100 program to provide this 
information (under this program, carriers are required periodically to 
compile and report certain traffic data to the Department, as more 
fully described in the Docket referenced in footnote 1 below). The 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) provide carriers with a 
computer program that allows them to compile and monitor, among other 
things, flight origin and destination data, to be used in making the 
carriers' T-100

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submissions.\1\ We estimated that carriers will require 1.25 hours per 
application\2\ to compile and analyze the data necessary to disclose 
the number of third- and fourth-freedom flights conducted within the 
twelve-month period preceding the filing of an application.
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    \1\ The rule-making associated with the T-100 program can be 
found on the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at https://www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT-OST-1998-4043. Information 
regarding burden hours is on file in the Office of Aviation Analysis 
(X-50).
    \2\ The Office of Aviation Analysis (X-50) estimated that small-
carriers would require 1 burden hour per report, and large carriers 
would require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and report T-100 
program data. Considering that the data required in this information 
collection can be derived from data already collected, we have taken 
an average of the estimated time required, and conservatively 
shortened the time by 45 minutes because no new data entry will be 
required.
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    Foreign carriers will also have to provide evidence that their 
homeland government will afford reciprocity to U.S. carriers seeking 
authority for the similar fifth-, sixth- and seventh-freedom 
operations. Carriers may cite certifications submitted by carriers from 
the same homeland if that homeland issued such certification within the 
preceding six-month period. Approximately 100 carriers from roughly 30 
distinct homelands use OST Form 4540 to apply for statements of 
authorization annually. We estimate that one foreign carrier from any 
given homeland will expend roughly 4 hours every six-months to obtain 
certification from its homeland governments.\3\ We have apportioned 30 
minutes to each application to account for the time required to obtain 
certifications from homeland governments.
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    \3\ Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) x (30 foreign 
homelands) x (2 requests per year) = 240 annual burden hours. 
Apportioning 240 annual burden hours equally among an average of 430 
applications annually = approximately 30 burden minutes per 
application.
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    We have no empirical data to indicate how much time is required for 
a person to complete OST Form 4540; however, anecdotal evidence reveals 
that respondents spend thirty (30) minutes or less completing the form 
and brief justification. In some cases, respondents spend a limited 
amount of time, less than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the form before 
sending it via facsimile or email to the Department. In the interest of 
providing a conservative estimate so as to not understate the burden 
hours, we estimate the hour burden for completing OST Form 4540 as 
thirty (30) minutes.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2013.
Patricia Lawton,
DOT PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-22501 Filed 9-13-13; 8:45 am]
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