Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR

describes the nature of the information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following collection of information was

published on April 9, 1997 [62 FR 17277].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judith Street, Federal Aviation

Administration, Corporate Information Division, ABC-100, 800

Independence Ave., SW., (202) 267-9895, Washington, DC 20591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Title: Part 161--Notice and Approval of Airport Noise and Access

Restrictions.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2120-0563.

Affected Public: Airport Operators proposing voluntary agreements

and/or mandatory restrictions on Stage 2 and Stage 3 aircraft

operations and aircraft operators that request reevaluation of a

restriction.

Abstract: The Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990, Public Law

101-508, mandates the formulation of a national noise policy. One part

of that mandate is the development of a national program to review

noise and access restrictions on the operation of Stage 2 and Stage 3

aircraft.

Estimated Annual Burden Hour: 31,905.

Number of Respondents: 18.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the Department, including whether the information will have practical

utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility

and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize

the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 1, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States, Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-17723 Filed 7-7-97; 8:45 am]

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