Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey, 47704-47705 [2021-18412]
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Notice.
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in,
FAA’s exemption process. Neither
publication of this notice nor the
inclusion nor omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before
September 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2019–0652
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at (202) 493–2251.
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its rulemaking
process. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
https://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia
Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
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This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Angela O. Anderson,
Director, Regulatory Support Division, Office
of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2019–0652.
Petitioner: UPS Flight Forward, Inc.
Sections of 14 CFR Affected:
91.205(c)(2) and (3).
Description of Relief Sought: UPS
Flight Forward, Inc. (UPS FF) seeks an
amendment to its current exemption
from Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations to include an exemption
from § 91.205(c)(2) and (3), equipment
requirements for visual flight rules night
operations with regard to position
lights. UPS Flight Forward asserts that
during operations between periods of
civil twilight the aircraft will utilize
lighted anti-collision lighting visible for
at least 3 statute miles having a flash
rate sufficient to avoid a collision and
that these lights are sufficient to provide
the same or greater level of safety for
flights under 400 ft.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2020–0993]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: General
Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey
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 renewal information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on Feb 2,
2021. The collection involves FAA’s
primary requirement for annual hours
flown, optimal determination of sample
size is based on flight time variation by
state and aircraft type, and a sampling
fraction is determined for each cell with
a no-zero population. Sample units are
selected randomly within each stratum.
Respondents to this survey are owners
of general aviation aircraft. This
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information is used by FAA, NTSB, and
other government agencies, the aviation
industry, and others for safety
assessment, planning, forecasting, cost/
benefit analysis, and to target areas for
research.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by Sep 22, 2021.
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_
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Parasha Vincent Flowers by email at:
Parasha.flowers@faa.gov; phone: 202–
267–8757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
OMB Control Number: 2120–6160.
Title: General Aviation and Part 135
Activity Survey.
Form Numbers: 1800–54.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on Feb 2, 2021 (85 FR 71710). Title 49,
United States Code, empowers the
Secretary of Transportation to collect
and disseminate information relative to
civil aeronautics, to study the
possibilities for development of air
commerce and the aeronautical
industries, and to make long-range plans
for, and formulate policy with respect
to, the orderly development and use of
the navigable airspace, radar
installations and all other aids for air
navigation. These data are necessary to
assess performance of the Department of
Transportation in meeting the strategic
goal for General Aviation safety as
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described in the Destination 2025
Strategic Plan.
The agency and the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) use
the exposure data, both by itself and in
conjunction with aircraft age, to
calculate accident rates, which are used
to compare safety over time and safety
performance among different aircraft
types and configurations.
The agency and the NTSB will use the
exposure data for public use aircraft to
calculate accident rates for those
aircraft. The NTSB is now required to
investigate accidents involving public
use aircraft. This is a responsibility
assigned by Public Law 103–411.
Respondents: Owners of General
Aviation Aircraft.
Frequency: Annual.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
(36,000 × 20/60) = 12,000 hours.
Issued in Washnigton, DC, on August, 23,
2021.
Parasha Vincent Flowers,
Program Manager, Program Management &
Development Branch, AVP–220, Office of
Accident Investigation & Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2020–0010]
Re-Designation of the Primary
Highway Freight System (PHFS)
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for information
(RFI).
AGENCY:
The FHWA is re-designating
the PHFS to meet the statutory
requirements of the authorizing law.
The Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation (FAST) Act designated
the PHFS and provided for an update to
the PHFS every 5 years. Beginning five
years after the date of the enactment of
the FAST Act, and every 5 years
thereafter, using the designation factors
described in FAST Act, the FHWA
Administrator shall re-designate the
primary highway freight system. Each
re-designation may increase the mileage
on the PHFS by not more than 3 percent
of the total mileage of the system. The
current PHFS consists of 41,518
centerline miles of roadway and is a
component of the National Highway
Freight Network (NHFN). The redesignation initiated through this RFI
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may add up to 1,246 miles of additional
mileage to the current PHFS. State
Freight Advisory Committees,
represented by their States, are invited
to submit comments. Other entities are
encouraged to engage directly with their
State Freight Advisory Committee or the
State department of transportation (State
DOT). Comments submitted by entities
other than a State Freight Advisory
Committee will be considered for
general input into the process.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 25, 2021. Late
comments will be considered to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
invited to submit comments identified
by DOT Docket ID FHWA–2020–0010
by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions may be addressed to Birat
Pandey, birat.pandey@dot.gov, 202–
366–2842, Office of Freight Management
& Operations (HOFM–1), Office of
Operations, FHWA, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Congress established a National
Highway Freight Program (NHFP) in 23
U.S.C. 167 to improve the efficient
movement of freight on the NHFN and
support several goals. The NHFP
required the FHWA Administrator to
establish a NHFN to strategically direct
Federal resources and policies toward
improved performance of the network.
The definition of the NHFN is
established under 23 U.S.C. 167(c) and
consists of four separate highway
network components: The PHFS;
Critical Rural Freight Corridors (CRFCs);
Critical Urban Freight Corridors
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(CUFCs); and those portions of the
Interstate System that are not part of the
PHFS. The initial designation of the
PHFS was identified during the
designation process for the primary
freight network under section 23 U.S.C.
167(d), as in effect on the day before the
date of enactment of the FAST Act.
The FHWA Administrator is required
to re-designate the PHFS every 5 years.
Each re-designation is limited to a
maximum 3 percent increase in total
mileage of the system per 23 U.S.C.
167(d)(2)(B).
PHFS
Congress established the PHFS as a
network of highways intended to reflect
the most critical highway portions of the
U.S. freight transportation system,
determined by measurable and objective
national data. The network consists of
41,518 centerline miles, including
37,436 centerline miles of Interstate and
4,082 centerline miles of non-Interstate
roads. Maps and tables exhibiting roads
currently included in the PHFS of the
NHFN are available by State here:
https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/
infrastructure/ismt/nhfn_states_list.htm.
PHFS and Use of NHFP Funds
Congress established a NHFP in 23
U.S.C. 167 to improve the efficient
movement of freight on the NHFN and
support several goals. Additional details
on the NHFP are available at: https://
www.fhwa.dot.gov/fastact/factsheets/
nhfpfs.cfm. A State shall obligate funds
apportioned to the State under section
104(b)(5) to improve the movement of
freight on the NHFN pursuant to 23
U.S.C. 167. A State with PHFS mileage
of less than 2 percent of the national
total PHFS mileage may obligate NHFP
funds for projects on all portions of the
NHFN. A State with PHFS mileage
greater than or equal to 2 percent of the
national PHFS total may use its NHFP
funds for projects on the PHFS, CRFCs,
and CUFCs.
PHFS and Use of INFRA Grants
Congress established 23 U.S.C. 117,
the Nationally Significant Freight and
Highway Projects program, currently
known as Infrastructure for Rebuilding
America (INFRA). This discretionary
grant program provides Federal
financial assistance to highway and
freight projects of national or regional
significance. Eligibility for INFRA grant
funding for highway projects is limited
to those existing or planned roads that
are or will become part of the NHFN or
the National Highway System (NHS).
Additional details on INFRA Grants are
available at: https://
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2020-0993]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: General
Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey
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 renewal information collection.
The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of information was published on
Feb 2, 2021. The collection involves FAA's primary requirement for
annual hours flown, optimal determination of sample size is based on
flight time variation by state and aircraft type, and a sampling
fraction is determined for each cell with a no-zero population. Sample
units are selected randomly within each stratum. Respondents to this
survey are owners of general aviation aircraft. This information is
used by FAA, NTSB, and other government agencies, the aviation
industry, and others for safety assessment, planning, forecasting,
cost/benefit analysis, and to target areas for research.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by Sep 22, 2021.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parasha Vincent Flowers by email at:
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-8757.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
OMB Control Number: 2120-6160.
Title: General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey.
Form Numbers: 1800-54.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information
was published on Feb 2, 2021 (85 FR 71710). Title 49, United States
Code, empowers the Secretary of Transportation to collect and
disseminate information relative to civil aeronautics, to study the
possibilities for development of air commerce and the aeronautical
industries, and to make long-range plans for, and formulate policy with
respect to, the orderly development and use of the navigable airspace,
radar installations and all other aids for air navigation. These data
are necessary to assess performance of the Department of Transportation
in meeting the strategic goal for General Aviation safety as
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described in the Destination 2025 Strategic Plan.
The agency and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) use
the exposure data, both by itself and in conjunction with aircraft age,
to calculate accident rates, which are used to compare safety over time
and safety performance among different aircraft types and
configurations.
The agency and the NTSB will use the exposure data for public use
aircraft to calculate accident rates for those aircraft. The NTSB is
now required to investigate accidents involving public use aircraft.
This is a responsibility assigned by Public Law 103-411.
Respondents: Owners of General Aviation Aircraft.
Frequency: Annual.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: (36,000 x 20/60) = 12,000 hours.
Issued in Washnigton, DC, on August, 23, 2021.
Parasha Vincent Flowers,
Program Manager, Program Management & Development Branch, AVP-220,
Office of Accident Investigation & Prevention.
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