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final rule, § 61.159(c) allows pilots to
log SIC time in part 135 operations in
a single engine turbine-powered
airplane or a multi-engine airplane that
otherwise does not require an SIC. This
will require the pilot to obtain a logbook
endorsement from the pilot in command
for each individual flight to log this time
as SIC. The FAA estimates that of the
76,957 Commercial Pilots with airplane
and instrument privileges that
approximately 10% (7,696) may actively
pursue a SIC position with a Part 135
operator that is approved for logging SIC
time as described for this provision. But,
because of the limited number of
operators (approximately 457 operators
as of September 28, 2017) that would
qualify or actually pursue this
authorization, the FAA estimates that
only 15% (1,154 pilots) might actually
become qualified annually to log SIC
time under this provision. This
additional record keeping requirement
will be reflected in Section 61.159,
Aeronautical experience. The FAA
estimates this SIC training program
burden increase is 1,154 hours annually.
Respondents: The total number of
respondents in the airman certification
program is estimated to be
approximately 25 percent of the
population of active certificated pilots
and instructors. Given a population of
825,000, the result is approximately
206,250 respondents providing data on
an annual basis. The total number of
applicants for a remote pilot certificate
with a small UAS rating is estimated to
be 39,229 annually.
Frequency: As needed.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: For the hour burdens
resulting from the application
requirements of the collection of
information other than remote pilots
with small UAS ratings, the FAA
estimates that forms are submitted for
these certificates and ratings at an
average preparation time of 15 minutes
(0.25 hrs) each. The average time
estimate of 0.25 hours assumes that
many individual applicants will submit
an 8710–1 form more than once for
various reasons, and that most of the
information provided on the form likely
will not have changed. For Part 107 we
estimate that an average of 39,229 forms
are submitted annually that require an
average preparation time of 0.25 hours
to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
total number of annual responses for the
airman certification program is
estimated to be 1,196,653. The FAA
estimates the total reporting burden
hours to be 43,157 hours. The FAA
estimates the total recordkeeping
burden hours to be 282,329 hours. The
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FAA estimates the burden for the
collection of information to be 325,486
hours annually. This is a burden
reduction of 5,015 annual burden hours
from the currently approved
information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30,
2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
Management Branch, ASP–110.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Revision to an Approval
of an Existing Information Collection:
Operating Requirements: Commuter
and On-Demand Operation
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 revision of this
collection involves the amendment of
current regulations, which allows a
certificate holder’s pilots to log secondin-command (SIC) time in operations
conducted under part 135 in an airplane
or operation that does not otherwise
require a SIC. This revision also
removes the burden for initial
certification under current regulations,
as that is already counted under ICR
2120–0593 (Part 119).
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 13, 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
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
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will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Hall by email at:
Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940–
594–5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0039.
Title: Operating Requirements:
Commuter and On-Demand Operation.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: This is a revision of
an existing information collection.
Background: The FAA is publishing
the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation
Training devices; Pilot Certification,
Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other
Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No.
FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA
is amending § 135.99 by adding
paragraph (c) to allow a certificate
holder to receive approval of a secondin-command (SIC) professional
development program (SIC PDP) via
operations specifications (Ops Specs) to
allow the certificate holder’s pilots to
log SIC time in operations conducted
under part 135 in an airplane or
operation that does not otherwise
require a SIC. As explained in the rule,
the FAA believes that a comprehensive
SIC PDP will provide opportunities for
beneficial flight experience that may not
otherwise exist and also provide
increased safety in operations for those
flights conducted in a multicrew
environment. The FAA is establishing
requirements in § 135.99(c) for
certificate holders, airplanes, and
flightcrew members during operations
conducted under an approved SIC PDP.
Those changes are reflected in this
information collection.
The FAA is also changing certain
logging requirements to enable the
logging of SIC time obtained under a SIC
PDP. Those changes are reflected in a
revision to information collection 2120–
0021.
Respondents: Operators who
currently possess an FAA approved PIC
or SIC training program could revise
and utilize those existing programs to
qualify their pilots seeking approval to
log SIC time. Those operators that do
not already possess an approved PIC/
SIC training program (that must include
crew resource management training)
would be required to submit a proposed
new SIC training program for FAA
approval. This would be amending an
existing part 119 certificate. As of
September 28, 2017 the FAA estimates
that there were approximately 457 part
135 operators with single engine
turbine-powered airplanes or
multiengine airplanes that would
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qualify or actually pursue the
authorization to conduct a SIC
professional development program.
The FAA estimates that
approximately 20 operators would be
required to submit a newly developed
SIC Professional Development Training
Program for approval in the first year
that the program is available. The FAA
estimates that 50 operators will request
an amendment to their existing PIC/SIC
training program. This time burden is
reflected in § 135.325, Training program
and revision.
Frequency: As needed.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Section 135.99(c) permits a
certificate holder to seek approval of an
SIC professional development program
via issuance of operations specifications
(Ops Specs) to allow the certificate
holder’s pilots to log SIC time. Under an
approved SIC professional development
program, pilots may log SIC time in part
135 operations conducted in
multiengine airplanes and single engine
turbine-powered airplanes that do not
otherwise require an SIC, if those pilots:
(1) Meet certification, training, and
qualification requirements for pilots in
part 135 operations, and (2) serve under
the supervision of a part 135 PIC who
meets certain experience requirements.
The FAA estimates that 20 operators
will take approximately 40 hours each
to develop and submit an acceptable
new SIC training program. This program
change will result in a burden increase
of 800 hours in the first year of
information collection only.
The FAA estimates that 50 operators
will take approximately 20 hours each
to revise and submit an acceptable SIC
training program. This program change
will result in a burden increase of 1000
hours.
The new or revised SIC training
program will result in a burden of 1800
total hours in the first year of
information collection.
In addition, the FAA has revised the
burden in section 135.325 to remove the
calculation of the burden for new
applicants (for initial approval of
training programs); this burden should
not be reflected in this collection as it
is already addressed in a previously
approved collection (2120–0593
Certification: Air Carriers and
Commercial Operators—FAR Part 119).
This change is necessary to avoid
double-counting the burden.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
overall burden for part 135 was
previously estimated at 1,154,674 hours.
With the removal of the initial
certification burden already accounted
for in the part 119 statement, addition
of the SIC training program
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development and approval burden, the
total new annual reduced burden
estimate is 1,146,938.6 hours. This is a
reduction of 7,735.4 hours from the
previous estimate.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30,
2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
Management Branch, ASP–110.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation
[DOT–OST–2018–0081]
Solving for Safety Visualization
Challenge Solver Solicitation
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT) is launching
the Solving for Safety Visualization
Challenge to incentivize the use of
safety data in the development of
innovative analytical visualization tools
that will reveal insights into serious
crashes and improve understanding of
transportation safety. The Challenge
serves as a platform to capture the
imaginations of technology and data
firms, transportation stakeholders, and
state and local agencies to unlock their
creativity, and empower them to
develop innovative new data
visualization tools that can help
improve road and rail user safety, to
benefit all transportation users.
The Challenge is open to individuals
and teams (Solvers) from the business
and research communities, including
technology companies, analytics firms,
transportation carriers, industry
associations, research institutions,
universities, mapping and visualization
providers. Solvers will compete for cash
prizes that will be awarded throughout
the multi-stage Challenge. The
Challenge prize purse is $350,000, with
four semi-finalists competing for a
portion of the $100,000 interim prize
and two final-stage Solvers competing
for a portion of the $250,000 final prize.
DATES: The Challenge will begin on June
14, 2018. After the launch, USDOT will
accept Stage I submissions up to 11:59
p.m. EDT on July 31, 2018. A panel of
judges will review team submissions
and announce Stage I finalists in August
2018.
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For
more information, and to register your
intent to compete individually or as part
of a team, visit www.transportation.gov/
Solve4Safety, email Solve4Safety@
dot.gov or contact Ed Strocko at 202–
366–8189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Problem
In 2017, motor vehicle traffic crashes
resulted in an estimated 37,150
fatalities.1 Comprehensively, crashes are
a societal harm that cost the Nation over
$800 billion annually in lives lost or
injured, as well as lost work
productivity and property damage.2
When the cost of serious crashes is put
into context, the weight of this issue
becomes much more grave and the need
for an innovative, non-traditional
approach becomes apparent. Safety is
USDOT’s number one priority, and we
are committed to reducing the incidence
of serious and fatal injuries on our
roadways.
The USDOT’s transportation safety
programs have decades of research and
design behind them and have proven
effective in reducing injuries and
fatalities by 40% between 1990 and
2011. In recent years, these advances
have leveled off, and new insights and
strategies are required to make further
advances.
Traditional factors do not fully
explain the causes of the recent
significant increase in traffic fatalities.
Increases in driving are one factor;
however, the rate of fatalities per 100
million vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
also increased from 1.08 fatalities per
100 million VMT in 2014 to an
estimated 1.17 in 2017.1 Economic
conditions, gasoline prices, weather and
other factors are also correlated with
increased traffic fatalities.
USDOT seeks to reverse the current
trend, rapidly detect changes that
indicate unsafe conditions, and reduce
transportation-related fatalities and
serious injuries across the transportation
system. The Department is pursuing
data-informed decision-making to help
strategically prioritize and address
transportation safety risks. One pillar of
this approach is data visualization.
USDOT seeks clear, compelling data
visualization tools that make data
analysis and insights accessible to
policy-makers, transportation providers
and the public who make safety choices
every day.
1 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/
ViewPublication/812542.
2 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/
ViewPublication/812451.
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[FR Doc No: 2018-12798]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Revision to an Approval of an Existing Information
Collection: Operating Requirements: Commuter and On-Demand Operation
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 renew an information
collection. The revision of this collection involves the amendment of
current regulations, which allows a certificate holder's pilots to log
second-in-command (SIC) time in operations conducted under part 135 in
an airplane or operation that does not otherwise require a SIC. This
revision also removes the burden for initial certification under
current regulations, as that is already counted under ICR 2120-0593
(Part 119).
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 13, 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 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 by email at:
[email protected]; phone: 940-594-5913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0039.
Title: Operating Requirements: Commuter and On-Demand Operation.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: This is a revision of an existing information
collection.
Background: The FAA is publishing the final rule Regulatory Relief,
Aviation Training devices; Pilot Certification, Training, and Pilot
Schools; and Other Provisions (RIN 2120-AK28; Docket No. FAA-2016-
6142). In that rule, the FAA is amending Sec. 135.99 by adding
paragraph (c) to allow a certificate holder to receive approval of a
second-in-command (SIC) professional development program (SIC PDP) via
operations specifications (Ops Specs) to allow the certificate holder's
pilots to log SIC time in operations conducted under part 135 in an
airplane or operation that does not otherwise require a SIC. As
explained in the rule, the FAA believes that a comprehensive SIC PDP
will provide opportunities for beneficial flight experience that may
not otherwise exist and also provide increased safety in operations for
those flights conducted in a multicrew environment. The FAA is
establishing requirements in Sec. 135.99(c) for certificate holders,
airplanes, and flightcrew members during operations conducted under an
approved SIC PDP. Those changes are reflected in this information
collection.
The FAA is also changing certain logging requirements to enable the
logging of SIC time obtained under a SIC PDP. Those changes are
reflected in a revision to information collection 2120-0021.
Respondents: Operators who currently possess an FAA approved PIC or
SIC training program could revise and utilize those existing programs
to qualify their pilots seeking approval to log SIC time. Those
operators that do not already possess an approved PIC/SIC training
program (that must include crew resource management training) would be
required to submit a proposed new SIC training program for FAA
approval. This would be amending an existing part 119 certificate. As
of September 28, 2017 the FAA estimates that there were approximately
457 part 135 operators with single engine turbine-powered airplanes or
multiengine airplanes that would
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qualify or actually pursue the authorization to conduct a SIC
professional development program.
The FAA estimates that approximately 20 operators would be required
to submit a newly developed SIC Professional Development Training
Program for approval in the first year that the program is available.
The FAA estimates that 50 operators will request an amendment to their
existing PIC/SIC training program. This time burden is reflected in
Sec. 135.325, Training program and revision.
Frequency: As needed.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Section 135.99(c) permits a
certificate holder to seek approval of an SIC professional development
program via issuance of operations specifications (Ops Specs) to allow
the certificate holder's pilots to log SIC time. Under an approved SIC
professional development program, pilots may log SIC time in part 135
operations conducted in multiengine airplanes and single engine
turbine-powered airplanes that do not otherwise require an SIC, if
those pilots: (1) Meet certification, training, and qualification
requirements for pilots in part 135 operations, and (2) serve under the
supervision of a part 135 PIC who meets certain experience
requirements.
The FAA estimates that 20 operators will take approximately 40
hours each to develop and submit an acceptable new SIC training
program. This program change will result in a burden increase of 800
hours in the first year of information collection only.
The FAA estimates that 50 operators will take approximately 20
hours each to revise and submit an acceptable SIC training program.
This program change will result in a burden increase of 1000 hours.
The new or revised SIC training program will result in a burden of
1800 total hours in the first year of information collection.
In addition, the FAA has revised the burden in section 135.325 to
remove the calculation of the burden for new applicants (for initial
approval of training programs); this burden should not be reflected in
this collection as it is already addressed in a previously approved
collection (2120-0593 Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial
Operators--FAR Part 119). This change is necessary to avoid double-
counting the burden.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The overall burden for part 135 was
previously estimated at 1,154,674 hours. With the removal of the
initial certification burden already accounted for in the part 119
statement, addition of the SIC training program development and
approval burden, the total new annual reduced burden estimate is
1,146,938.6 hours. This is a reduction of 7,735.4 hours from the
previous estimate.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-12798 Filed 6-13-18; 8:45 am]
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