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 Record (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 September 30, 1997 (62 FR 51175-51176).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 1998.

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: Special Federal Aviation Regulation--Special Flight

Authorization for Noise Restricted Aircraft.

OMB Control Number: 2120-0573.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.

Abstract: Regulation was effective on June 3, 1993, and permitted

certain operations of noise-restricted aircraft without a formal grant

of exemption under 14 CFR part 11. Absent this SFAR, there is no

regulatory basis for approval of limited special flight authorization

for noncomplying aircraft under 14 CFR part 91, Subpart I. Operators of

these aircraft would need to petition for and receive a grant of

exemption under 14 CFR part 11, which is costly and time consuming for

both the petitioner and the FAA. The FAA believes that it is in the

public interest to allow limited operations of certain airplanes that

do not meet the noise standards of 14 CFR part 91, subpart I, for the

purpose of delivering the airplane to a foreign purchaser or flying it

to the site of a modifier in the United States who will bring it into

compliance with 14 CFR 91.805. Under this SFAR, operators would be able

to apply for a special flight authorization to allow limited nonrevenue

operations at specific U.S. airports. The information will be used by

the FAA to issue special flight authorizations for operations of Stage

1 or Stage 2 airplanes at U.S. airports.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 38 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 FAA 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, D.C. on March 3, 1998.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-6216 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]

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