Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: General Operating and Flight Rules, 4083 [2016-01312]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2016 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: General
Operating and Flight Rules
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 revise a previously
approved information collection. Part A
of subtitle VII of the Revised title 49
U.S.C. authorizes the issuance of
regulations governing the use of
navigable airspace. Information is
collected to determine compliance with
Federal regulations. This revision
addresses requirements from the
Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS)
Rule, RIN 2120–AJ94.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by March 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Ronda
Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation
Administration, ASP–110, 950 L’Enfant
Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronda Thompson by email at:
Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0005.
Title: General Operating and Flight
Rules.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Revision of an
information collection.
Background: The reporting and
recordkeeping requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulation (FAR) part 91,
General Operating and Flight Rules, are
authorized by part A of subtitle VII of
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the Revised title 49 U.S.C. FAR part 91
prescribes rules governing the operation
of aircraft (other than moored balloons,
kites, rockets and unmanned free
balloons) within the United States. The
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements prescribed by various
sections of FAR part 91 are necessary for
FAA to assure compliance with these
provisions.
Respondents: Approximately 21,200
airmen, state or local governments, and
businesses.
Frequency: Information is collected
on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: .5 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
235,183 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14,
2016.
Ronda Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
Management Branch, ASP–110.
[FR Doc. 2016–01312 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
National Standards for Traffic Control
Devices; the Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control Devices for Streets and
Highways; Notice of Termination of
Interim Approval IA–5
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices for Streets and
Highways (MUTCD) is incorporated in
our regulations, approved by FHWA,
and recognized as the national standard
for traffic control devices used on all
streets, highways, bikeways, and private
roads open to public travel. This notice
terminates the Interim Approval for Use
of Clearview Font for Positive Contrast
Legends on Guide Signs (IA–5), issued
September 2, 2004, as authorized by
Section 1A.10 of the MUTCD, and
discontinues the provisional use of an
alternative lettering style in traffic
control device applications. The result
of this termination rescinds the use of
letter styles other than the FHWA
Standard Alphabets on traffic control
devices, except as provided otherwise in
the MUTCD. Existing signs that use the
provisional letter style and comply with
the Interim Approval are unaffected by
this action and may remain as long as
they are in serviceable condition. This
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action does not create a mandate for the
removal or installation of any sign. This
action does not amend any provision of
the MUTCD.
DATES: Effective 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about this notice, contact Mr.
Kevin Sylvester, MUTCD Team Leader,
FHWA Office of Transportation
Operations, (202) 366–2161, or via email
at Kevin.Sylvester@dot.gov . For legal
questions, please contact Mr. William
Winne, Office of the Chief Counsel,
(202) 366–1397, or via email at
William.Winne@dot.gov. Office hours
are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Numerous research efforts have taken
place over the last 15 years with the goal
of improving the legibility of highway
signs. One area of focus has been on
guide signs. As a result of some early
studies,1 FHWA issued an Interim
Approval allowing provisional use of an
alternative lettering style known as
ClearviewTM for signs in positive
contrast color orientations (lighter
legend on darker background).2
Although the research supported only
one series of this lettering style, the
Interim Approval was written in a way
that would authorize narrower letter
forms, to correspond to the system of
the FHWA Standard Alphabets, in
anticipation of successful future
research evaluations. However,
subsequent evaluations showed no
benefit to the narrower letter forms and
degraded sign legibility when compared
to the corresponding FHWA Standard
Alphabet series.3 Additionally, tests of
alternative lettering in negative contrast
color orientations (dark legend on
lighter background, such as for
regulatory and warning signs) showed
no improvement and significantly
degraded legibility of the sign.4
1 Carlson, P.J., Evaluation of Clearview Alphabet
with Microprismatic Retroreflective Sheetings,
Report No. FHWA/TX–02/4049–1. Texas
Transportation Institute, August 2001, resubmitted
October 2001.
2 Interim Approval 5 can be accessed at the
following Web address: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
res-ia_clearview_font.htm.
3 Chrysler, S.T., P.J. Carlson, and H.G. Hawkins.
Nighttime Legibility of Ground-Mounted Traffic
Signs as a Function of Font, Color, and
Retroreflective Sheeting Type, Report No. FHWA/
TX–03/1796–2. Texas Transportation Institute,
September 2002.
4 Holick, A., S.T. Chrysler, E. Park, and P.J.
Carlson. Evaluation of the ClearviewTM Font for
Negative Contrast Traffic Signs, Report No. FHWA/
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: General
Operating and Flight Rules
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 revise a previously approved
information collection. Part A of subtitle VII of the Revised title 49
U.S.C. authorizes the issuance of regulations governing the use of
navigable airspace. Information is collected to determine compliance
with Federal regulations. This revision addresses requirements from the
Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) Rule, RIN 2120-AJ94.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ronda
Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 950
L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronda Thompson by email at:
Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0005.
Title: General Operating and Flight Rules.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Revision of an information collection.
Background: The reporting and recordkeeping requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulation (FAR) part 91, General Operating and Flight Rules,
are authorized by part A of subtitle VII of the Revised title 49 U.S.C.
FAR part 91 prescribes rules governing the operation of aircraft (other
than moored balloons, kites, rockets and unmanned free balloons) within
the United States. The reporting and recordkeeping requirements
prescribed by various sections of FAR part 91 are necessary for FAA to
assure compliance with these provisions.
Respondents: Approximately 21,200 airmen, state or local
governments, and businesses.
Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: .5 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 235,183 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2016.
Ronda Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2016-01312 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am]
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