Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Helicopter Air Ambulance Operator Reports, 2865-2866 [2018-00826]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2018 / Notices
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elliot Chiu in the Office of the Legal
Adviser, U.S. Department of State
(telephone: 202–632–6471; email:
section2459@state.gov). The mailing
address is U.S. Department of State, L/
PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, DC
20522–0505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
foregoing determinations were made
pursuant to the authority vested in me
by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat.
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of
March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998
(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501
note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority
No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation
of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28,
2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257–1 of December 11,
2015). I have ordered that Public Notice
of these determinations be published in
the Federal Register.
Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2018–00911 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710–05–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36162]
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Soo Line Railroad Company—
Trackage Rights Exemption—BNSF
Railway Company
Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo
Line), a Class I rail carrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1180.2(d)(7) to renew overhead
trackage rights over approximately 137
miles of rail line owned and operated by
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF)
between Minneapolis, Minn., and
Superior, Wis. (the Line).
Soo Line states that the purpose of the
transaction is to renew the overhead
trackage rights agreement governing Soo
Line’s continued freight service between
Minneapolis, Minn., and Superior, Wis.
The agreement provides trackage rights
to Soo Line over two separate routes
from Minneapolis that converge on
BNSF’s Staples Subdivision. The first
route is from milepost 11.4+/¥ on
BNSF’s Staples Subdivision at or near
University Avenue in Minneapolis,
Minn. to the connection at milepost
21.0+/¥ with BNSF’s Hinckley
Subdivision near Coon Creek, Minn.
(Hinckley Subdivision milepost 136.9
+/¥). The second route is over the
North Runner Lead from BNSF’s
Northtown Yard to Soo Line’s Shoreham
Yard at milepost 11.66+/¥ on BNSF’s
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:05 Jan 18, 2018
Jkt 244001
St. Paul Subdivision to the connection
at milepost 16.25+/¥ on BNSF’s Staples
Subdivision and thence to the
connection with BNSF’s Hinckley
Subdivision near Coon Creek, Minn.
From there, Soo Line’s trackage rights
continue to the connection at Hinckley
Subdivision milepost 11.8+/¥ with
BNSF’s Lakes Subdivision in Boylston,
Wis. (Lakes Subdivision milepost
12.6+/¥), and thence to Lakes
Subdivision milepost 9.4+/¥ at M&J
Junction in Superior, Wis., including
the BNSF-owned turnout at milepost
10.44+/¥ to the Saunders Connecting
Track. Soo Line acquired the trackage
rights in its 1985 acquisition of the
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Company’s assets.
According to Soo Line, the parties
intend to enter into a written agreement
renewing the overhead trackage rights,
and a redacted copy of the draft
agreement has been submitted as an
exhibit with its verified notice.1
As a condition to this exemption, any
employees affected by the trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions imposed in Norfolk &
Western Railway—Trackage Rights—
Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605
(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast
Railway—Lease & Operate—California
Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
The transaction may be consummated
on or after February 4, 2018, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the verified notice was filed).
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Petitions for stay must
be filed no later than January 26, 2018
(at least seven days before the
exemption before effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No.
36162, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each pleading
must be served on W. Karl Hansen,
Stinson Leonard Street LLP, 50 South
Sixth St., Suite 2600, Minneapolis, MN
55402.
According to Soo Line, this action is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1 With the verified notice, Soo Line filed a motion
for a protective order to protect the confidential and
commercially sensitive information contained in
the agreement, which Soo Line submitted under
seal. That motion will be addressed in a separate
decision.
PO 00000
Frm 00099
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
2865
1105.6(c) and from historic reporting
under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
Board decisions and notices are
available on our website at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Decided: January 16, 2018.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2018–00927 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed 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 to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on
November 3, 2017 (82 FR 51331).
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 are
providing helicopter air ambulance
services. The helicopter air ambulance
operational data provided to the FAA is
used by the agency as background
information useful in the development
of risk mitigation strategies to reduce
the helicopter air ambulance accident
rate, and to meet the mandates set by
Congress.
In response to the November 3, 2017
notice and request for comments, the
FAA received two comments. One
comment from an individual and one
comment from the Air Medical
Operators Association (AMOA). The
individual commented that the hourly
burden per average response estimate
has increased since the last notice was
published on July 29, 2014 (79 FR
44083) and asked for the reason for the
change in estimated burden. In
response, the FAA clarifies that none of
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM
19JAN1
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
2866
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 13 / Friday, January 19, 2018 / Notices
the requirements have changed, but
operator data have changed. The overall
number of operators has decreased.
Additionally, the number of large
operators (to which we attribute a
higher hourly burden) has increased and
the number of small operators (to which
we attribute a lower hourly burden) has
decreased. Therefore, in the aggregate,
the average hourly burden increased
from six (6) hours to eleven (11) hours
per operator.
The AMOA commented that they
strongly supported the intent of the data
collection requirement, but also noted
that the original collection requirement
should have been the subject of notice
and comment rulemaking. The FAA
notes, as indicated in the August 12,
2013 Requests for Comments; Clearance
of a New Approval of Information
Collection: Helicopter Air Ambulance
Operator Reports (78 FR 48925), that
prior to issuance of the first information
collection notice, representatives from
the Flight Standards Service, Office of
Accident Investigation and Prevention,
and the Office of the Chief Counsel met
with representatives from AMOA to
discuss the FAA’s approach to this data
collection. Meetings were held on
October 15, 2012 and May 17, 2013. On
June 28, 2013 AMOA submitted a
response to the FAA discussing its view
of the method to collect the data being
pursued by the FAA. A copy of that
letter was placed in the docket (FAA–
2013–0684) and was considered by the
agency.
AMOA also commented that the FAA
has underestimated the hourly burden
for both large and small operators.
Although AMOA did not provide any
specific data to support its comment, in
response the FAA has increased the
estimates of hourly burden for both
large and small operators in this notice
and request for comments.
AMOA also requested information
from the FAA’s Office of Accident
Investigation and Prevention and
commented on the FAA’s
implementation of certain provisions of
the FAA Modernization and Reform Act
of 2012, which are both beyond the
scope of this clearance of a renewed
approval of information collection.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by February 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the attention of the Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to oira_
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:05 Jan 18, 2018
Jkt 244001
submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to
(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
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:
Barbara Hall at (940) 594–5913, or by
email at: Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0761.
Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance
Operator Reports.
Form Numbers: Helicopter Air
Ambulance Mandatory Flight
Information Report.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on November 3, 2017 (82 FR 51331).
The FAA Modernization and Reform
Act of 2012 (The Act) 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. See Public Law
112–95, Sec. 306, 49 U.S.C. 44731. The
FAA Administrator had 180 days to
develop a methodology to collect and
store those data. The Act further
mandates that not later than 2 years
after the date of enactment, and
annually thereafter, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, a report
containing a summary of the data
collected.
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 helicopter air
ambulance accident rate, and to meet
PO 00000
Frm 00100
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
the mandates set by Congress. The
information requested is limited to the
minimum necessary to fulfill these
reporting requirements mandated by the
Act and as developed by FAA. The
amount of data required to be submitted
is proportional to the size of the
operation.
Respondents: 65 helicopter air
ambulance certificate holders.
Frequency: The information is
collected annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 13.4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 870
hours.
Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on January 8,
2018.
Barbara Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services
Division, ASP–110.
[FR Doc. 2018–00826 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Renewal,
Rotorcraft External Load Operator
Certificate Application
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. The collection involves the
submission of application FAA Form
8710–4 for the certification process. The
information to be collected will be used
to and/or is necessary to evaluate the
operators request to become certified as
a Rotorcraft External-Load Operator.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by March 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Barbara Hall,
Federal Aviation Administration, ASP–
110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177.
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
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\19JAN1.SGM
19JAN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2865-2866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00826]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Helicopter
Air Ambulance Operator Reports
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was
published on November 3, 2017 (82 FR 51331).
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 are providing
helicopter air ambulance services. The helicopter air ambulance
operational data provided to the FAA is used by the agency as
background information useful in the development of risk mitigation
strategies to reduce the helicopter air ambulance accident rate, and to
meet the mandates set by Congress.
In response to the November 3, 2017 notice and request for
comments, the FAA received two comments. One comment from an individual
and one comment from the Air Medical Operators Association (AMOA). The
individual commented that the hourly burden per average response
estimate has increased since the last notice was published on July 29,
2014 (79 FR 44083) and asked for the reason for the change in estimated
burden. In response, the FAA clarifies that none of
[[Page 2866]]
the requirements have changed, but operator data have changed. The
overall number of operators has decreased. Additionally, the number of
large operators (to which we attribute a higher hourly burden) has
increased and the number of small operators (to which we attribute a
lower hourly burden) has decreased. Therefore, in the aggregate, the
average hourly burden increased from six (6) hours to eleven (11) hours
per operator.
The AMOA commented that they strongly supported the intent of the
data collection requirement, but also noted that the original
collection requirement should have been the subject of notice and
comment rulemaking. The FAA notes, as indicated in the August 12, 2013
Requests for Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information
Collection: Helicopter Air Ambulance Operator Reports (78 FR 48925),
that prior to issuance of the first information collection notice,
representatives from the Flight Standards Service, Office of Accident
Investigation and Prevention, and the Office of the Chief Counsel met
with representatives from AMOA to discuss the FAA's approach to this
data collection. Meetings were held on October 15, 2012 and May 17,
2013. On June 28, 2013 AMOA submitted a response to the FAA discussing
its view of the method to collect the data being pursued by the FAA. A
copy of that letter was placed in the docket (FAA-2013-0684) and was
considered by the agency.
AMOA also commented that the FAA has underestimated the hourly
burden for both large and small operators. Although AMOA did not
provide any specific data to support its comment, in response the FAA
has increased the estimates of hourly burden for both large and small
operators in this notice and request for comments.
AMOA also requested information from the FAA's Office of Accident
Investigation and Prevention and commented on the FAA's implementation
of certain provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012,
which are both beyond the scope of this clearance of a renewed approval
of information collection.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be
addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20503.
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: Barbara Hall at (940) 594-5913, or by
email at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0761.
Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance Operator Reports.
Form Numbers: Helicopter Air Ambulance Mandatory Flight Information
Report.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information
was published on November 3, 2017 (82 FR 51331). The FAA Modernization
and Reform Act of 2012 (The Act) 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. See Public Law 112-95, Sec. 306, 49
U.S.C. 44731. The FAA Administrator had 180 days to develop a
methodology to collect and store those data. The Act further mandates
that not later than 2 years after the date of enactment, and annually
thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, a
report containing a summary of the data collected.
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 helicopter air
ambulance accident rate, and to meet the mandates set by Congress. The
information requested is limited to the minimum necessary to fulfill
these reporting requirements mandated by the Act and as developed by
FAA. The amount of data required to be submitted is proportional to the
size of the operation.
Respondents: 65 helicopter air ambulance certificate holders.
Frequency: The information is collected annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 13.4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 870 hours.
Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on January 8, 2018.
Barbara Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-00826 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
