Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2011 / Notices 81009 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 19, 

2011. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33054 Filed 12–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: General 

Aviation and Air Taxi Activity and 

Avionics Survey 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on October 

26, 2011, vol. 76, no. 207, page 66346– 

66347. 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 January 26, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by 

email at: Kathy A. DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 2120–0060. 

Title: General Aviation and Air Taxi 

Activity and Avionics Survey. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: 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. 

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. 

Respondents: Approximately 83,500 

owners of general aviation aircraft. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 20 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

13,000 hours. 

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. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 19, 

2011. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33043 Filed 12–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee—New Task 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment 

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) a new task to 

develop a comprehensive program of 

voluntary accreditation for commercial 

air tour operators that are not required 

under parts 91 and 135 of Title 14 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to 

maintain their aircraft under a 

continuous airworthiness maintenance 

program (CAMP). This task addresses, 

in part, the ARAC recommendation 

developed by the Commercial Air Tours 

Maintenance (CATM) Working Group, 

which the FAA accepted on February 1, 

2011. This notice informs the public of 

a new ARAC activity and solicits 

membership for the new Commercial 

Air Tour Voluntary Accreditation 

Program Working Group. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Haley, Office of Rulemaking, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 

493–5708, facsimile: (202) 267–5075; 

email: Katherine.L.Haley@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The FAA established ARAC to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s 

rulemaking activities. ARAC’s objectives 

are to improve the development of the 

FAA’s regulations by providing 

information, advice, and 

recommendations related to aviation 

issues. 

On July 15, 2009, the FAA tasked 

ARAC (74 FR 34390) to provide advice 

and recommendations on a maintenance 

quality assurance system, a maintenance 

training program and a required 

inspection program for operators and air 

carriers that conduct air tours and who 

operate under parts 91 and 135 (aircraft 

type certificated for a passenger seating 

configuration, excluding any pilot seat, 

of 9 or fewer seats). That tasking was in 

response to two recommendations from 

the National Transportation Safety 

Board (NTSB) (A–08–32 and A–08–33) 

and an FAA recommendation on air 

tour accidents. The CATM Working 

Group formed and met between 

November 2009 and December 2010 to 

address the ARAC tasking. On 

December 16, 2010, the CATM working 

group presented the findings and 

recommendations to the ARAC 

Executive Committee. One of the 

recommendations was to develop an 

Advisory Circular (AC) to create a 

voluntary accreditation program 


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modeled after the AC 00–56A, 

Voluntary Industry Distributor 

Accreditation Program. The FAA 

accepted the recommendations on 

February 1, 2011. 

This tasking is the FAA’s response to 

one of the CATM recommendations. 

The FAA is tasking ARAC to make 

recommendations on a program for 

voluntary accreditation in the form of an 

AC. The objective of the accreditation 

program is to raise the level of safety of 

commercial air tour operators not 

required by regulation to maintain their 

aircraft under a continuous 

airworthiness maintenance program. 

In December 2011, the ARAC 

Executive Committee met and discussed 

the solicited ideas and proposed actions 

for the tasking. This notice advises the 

public that the FAA has assigned, and 

the Executive Committee has accepted, 

a task to develop a recommendation 

report on a voluntary accreditation 

program in the form of an AC. 

The Task 

The FAA has tasked the ARAC 

working group to provide advice and 

recommendations on a program for 

voluntary accreditation in the form of an 

AC. The objective of the accreditation 

program is to raise the level of safety of 

commercial air tour operators not 

required by regulation to maintain their 

aircraft under a CAMP. 

The working group is expected to 

develop a report containing 

recommendations on the tasking 

elements listed below. This report 

should document both majority and 

minority positions on the findings and 

the rationale for each position. Any 

disagreements should be documented, 

including the rationale for each position 

and the reasons for the disagreement. In 

developing its recommendations, the 

working group shall: 

1. Familiarize itself with AC 00–56A 

to use as a model for developing the 

subject AC. 

2. Establish quality system elements 

for a maintenance accreditation 

program. 

3. Determine acceptable quality 

system standards. 

4. Establish accreditation organization 

responsibilities. 

5. Establish audit procedures. 

6. Establish accreditation procedures. 

7. Draft an advisory circular that 

addresses the elements of 1–6 above. 

Schedule: The recommendations must 

be forwarded to the ARAC Executive 

Committee for review and approval no 

later than December 2012. 

ARAC Acceptance of Task 

The ARAC Executive Committee has 

accepted the task and assigned it to the 

Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group. 

The working group serves as staff to 

ARAC and assists in the analysis of the 

assigned task. ARAC must review and 

approve the working group’s 

recommendations. If ARAC accepts the 

working group’s recommendations, it 

will send them to the FAA. 

Working Group Activity 

The Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group 

must comply with the procedures 

adopted by ARAC. As part of the 

procedures, the working group must: 

1. Recommend a work plan for 

completion of the task, including the 

rationale supporting such a plan, for 

consideration at the next ARAC 

Executive Committee meeting held 

following publication of this notice. 

2. Provide a status report at each 

meeting of the ARAC Executive 

Committee. 

3. Draft the recommendation report 

and required analyses and/or any other 

related materials or documents. 

4. Present the final recommendations 

to the ARAC Executive Committee for 

review and approval. 

Participation in the Working Group 

The Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group 

will be comprised of air tour industry 

organizations and technical experts 

having an interest in the assigned task. 

A working group member need not be 

a representative or a member of the 

committee. The FAA would like a wide 

range of members to ensure all aspects 

of rulemaking are considered in 

development of the recommendations. 

If you wish to become a member of 

the Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group, 

write the person listed under the 

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire. Describe 

your interest in the task and state the 

expertise you would bring to the 

working group. We must receive all 

requests by January 26, 2012. The ARAC 

Executive Committee and the FAA will 

review the requests and advise you 

whether or not your request is 

approved. 

If you are chosen for membership on 

the working group, you must actively 

participate in the working group by 

attending all meetings, and providing 

written comments when requested to do 

so. You must devote the resources 

necessary to support the working group 

in meeting any assigned deadlines. You 

must keep your management chain and 

those you may represent advised of 

working group activities and decisions 

to ensure the proposed technical 

solutions do not conflict with your 

sponsoring organization’s position when 

the subject is presented to ARAC for 

approval. Once the working group has 

begun deliberations, members will not 

be added or substituted without the 

approval of the FAA and the working 

group chair. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. However, ARAC Commercial Air 

Tour Voluntary Accreditation Program 

Working Group meetings are not open to 

the public, except to the extent 

individuals with an interest and 

expertise are selected to participate. The 

FAA will make no public 

announcement of working group 

meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

19, 2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33097 Filed 12–23–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2011–54] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of title 14 

CFR. The purpose of this notice is to 

improve the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before January 

17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2011–1044 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 


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