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 and request for comments.

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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 (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describes

the nature of the information collection and their expected burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

May 15, 1997 (62 FR 26845-26846).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Street, ABC-100; Federal

Aviation Administration; 800 Independence Avenue, SW.; Washington, DC

20591; Telephone number (202) 267-9895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Title: FAA Commercial Tour Overflights Study.

OMB Control Number: 2120-0610.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Individuals (a maximum of 500 visitors at the

selected national park).

Abstract: The proposed research is the civilian counterpart of a

study, mandated by Pub. L. 100-91, to determine the most appropriate

allocation and uses of airspace for commercial tour overflights on

National Parks. The FAA seeks to identify and reduce any problems or

adverse impacts associated with commercial tour overflights on national

parks. The results of this study will further the FAA's understanding

of the issue by including the effects attributable to sound produced by

commercial tour overflights.

Need: This data is necessary for the FAA to develop a national rule

that evaluates noise impacts of commercial tour overflights on national

parks.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 83 hours.

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

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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 August 12, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-21741 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]

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