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 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

December 7, 1998, [63 FR 67504].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 26, 1999.

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: General Operating and Flight Rules--FAR 91.

OMB Control Number: 2120-0005.

Type of Request: Extension of currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Individual airmen, state or local governments and

businesses.

Abstract: Part A of Subtitle VII of the Revised Title 49 USC

authorizes the

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issuance of regulations governing the use of navigable airspace. The

reporting and recordkeeping requirements of 14 CFR Part 91 prescribes

rules governing the operation of aircraft (other than moored balloons,

kites, rockets and unmanned free balloons) within the United States.

The reporting and recordkeeping requirements prescribed by various

sections of Part 91 are necessary for FAA to ensure compliance with

these provisions.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 231,064.

Addressee: 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.

A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30

days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 16, 1999.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 99-4547 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]

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