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provisions of Section 47506 of the Act. 

These functions are inseparable from 

the ultimate land use control and 

planning responsibilities of local 

government. These local responsibilities 

are not changed in any way under Part 

150 or through FAA’s review of Noise 

Exposure Maps. Therefore, the 

responsibility for the detailed 

overlaying of noise exposure contours 

onto the map depicting properties on 

the surface rests exclusively with the 

airport operator that submitted those 

maps, or those public agencies and 

planning agencies with which 

consultation is required under Section 

47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on 

the certification by the airport operator, 

under Section 150.21 of part 150, that 

the statutorily required consultation has 

been accomplished. 

Copies of the full Noise Exposure Map 

documentation are available for 

examination at the following locations: 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Authority, Helena Airports District 

Office, FAA Building, Ste. 2, 2725 

Skyway Drive, Helena, MT 59602. 

Great Falls International Airport, 2800 

Terminal Drive, Great Falls, MT 59404. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on January 

27, 2016. 

Randall Fiertz, 

Manager, Airports Division, Northwest 

Mountain Region. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02020 Filed 2–3–16; 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: Aviation 

Maintenance Technical Schools 

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 a previously 

approved information collection. The 

information collected is needed to 

determine applicant eligibility and 

compliance for certification of Civil 

Aviation mechanics and operation of 

aviation mechanic schools. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by April 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ronda 

Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation 

Administration, ASP–110, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronda Thompson by email at: 

Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0040. 

Title: Aviation Maintenance 

Technical Schools. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8310–6. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The collection of 

information is necessary to ensure that 

Aviation Maintenance Technician 

Schools meet the minimum 

requirements for procedures and 

curriculum set forth by the FAA in FAR 

Part 147. Applicants submit FAA Form 

8310–6, Aviation Maintenance 

Technician School certificate and 

Ratings Application, to the appropriate 

FAA district office for review. If the 

application (including supporting 

documentation) is satisfactory, an onsite inspection is conducted. When all 

FAR Part 147 requirements have been 

met, an aviation maintenance technician 

school certificate with appropriate 

ratings is issued. 

Respondents: Approximately 174 

representatives of aviation maintenance 

technical schools. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 3.17 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

66,134 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27, 

2016. 

Ronda Thompson, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02163 Filed 2–3–16; 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 continuing a task 

assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee (ARAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) a continuation of a 

task to provide recommendations 

regarding standards, training guidance, 

test management, and reference 

materials for airman certification 

purposes. The FAA added the Aircraft 

Mechanic Certificate with Airframe and/ 

or Powerplant ratings to the existing list 

of certificates and ratings for which the 

ARAC will provide recommendations. 

This notice informs the public of the 

continuing ARAC activity and solicits 

additional membership for the existing 

Airman Certification System Working 

Group (ACS WG). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van 

L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory Support 

Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, 

AFS 600, FAA Mike Monroney 

Aeronautical Center, P.O. Box 25082, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone 

(405) 954–4431, email van.l.kerns@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

ARAC Acceptance of Task 

As a result of the December 17, 2015 

ARAC meeting, the FAA assigned and 

ARAC accepted and designated this 

continuation of task to the ACS WG. 

The ACS WG continues to serve as staff 

to the ARAC and continues to provide 

advice and recommendations on the 

continued assigned task. The ARAC will 

review and accept the recommendation 

report and will submit it to the FAA. 

Background 

The FAA established the ARAC to 

provide information, advice, and 

recommendations on aviation related 

issues that could result in rulemaking to 

the FAA Administrator, through the 

Associate Administrator of Aviation 

Safety. 


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On December 19, 2013, ARAC 

accepted the FAA’s assignment of a new 

task to establish an Airman Certification 

System Working Group (ACS WG) to 

assist in the development of standards, 

training guidance, test management, and 

reference materials for airman 

certification testing. The FAA 

announced the ARAC’s acceptance of 

this task through a Federal Register 

Notice published on January 29, 2014 

[79 FR 4800]. The original task focused 

on the Private Pilot, Commercial Pilot, 

Airline Transport Pilot, and Authorized 

Instructor certificates and the 

Instrument Rating. The ACS WG has 

made significant progress toward 

completion of this work. The FAA is 

now assigning ARAC to continue and 

expand the ACS WG’s task to include 

development of recommended 

standards, training guidance, test 

management, and reference materials for 

the Aircraft Mechanic Certificate (AMC) 

with Airframe and/or Powerplant 

ratings and to add members with 

expertise in 14 CFR parts 65 and 147 to 

assist in this work. The addition of the 

AMC task arises from FAA and aviation 

industry recognition that the integrated 

Airman Certification Standards 

approach will address the compelling 

need to improve and update aircraft 

mechanic testing and training materials. 

The Task 

The ACS WG will provide advice and 

recommendations to the ARAC on the 

development of standards, training 

guidance, test management, and 

reference materials for the AMC with 

Airframe and/or Powerplant ratings. 

1. In developing this report, the ACS 

WG, including its new members, shall 

familiarize itself with: 

a. A report to the FAA from the 

Airman Testing Standards and Training 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee: 

Recommendations to Enhance Airman 

Knowledge Test Content and Its 

Processes and Methodologies for 

Training and Testing (www.faa.gov/

aircraft/draft_docs/arc); 

b. A report from the Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working Group 

to the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee; 

c. Aeronautical knowledge and 

proficiency standards set forth in 14 

CFR part 61, Certification: Pilots, Flight 

Instructors, and Ground Instructors; 14 

CFR part 65 Certification: Airman Other 

Than Flight Crewmembers, subpart D, 

Mechanics, and Subpart E, Repairmen; 

d. FAA Airman Knowledge Test 

Guides (FAA–G–8082–17E, FAA–G– 

8082–3A, FAA–G–8082–11C, FAA–G– 

8082–19); 

e. Current Practical Test Standards 

documents for Private Pilot Airplane 

(FAA–S–8081–14B); Flight Instructor 

Airplane (FAA–S–8081–6C); Instrument 

Rating for Airplane, Helicopter, and 

Powered Lift (FAA–S–8081–4E); 

f. Current Practical Test Standards 

documents for Aviation Mechanic 

General (FAA–S–8081–26A); Aviation 

Mechanic Airframe Practical Test 

Standards (FAA–S–8081–27A); and 

Aviation Mechanic Powerplant Practical 

Test Standards (FAA–S–8081–28A); 

g. Current FAA guidance materials, to 

include the Pilot’s Handbook of 

Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA–H– 

8083–25A); the Airplane Flying 

Handbook (FAA–H–8083–3A); the 

Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA– 

H–8083–9A); the Instrument Flying 

Handbook (FAA–H–8083–15A); the 

Instrument Procedures Handbook 

(FAA–H–8083–1A); the Aviation 

Maintenance Technician HandbookGeneral (FAA–H–8083–30), the 

Aviation Maintenance Technician 

Handbook Airframe (FAA–H–8083–31) 

Volumes 1 and 2; the Aviation 

Maintenance Technician Handbook 

Powerplant (FAA–H–8083–32) Volumes 

1 and 2; the Aircraft Weight and Balance 

Handbook (FAA–H–8083–1A); and the 

appropriate FAA Airman Knowledge 

Testing Supplements (FAA–CT–8080 

series documents). 

2. FAA has specifically tasked the 

ACS WG to support the FAA’s goal to 

enhance aviation safety by providing a 

means for the aviation industry to 

provide expert assistance and industry 

views to the FAA’s Flight Standards 

Service (AFS) on the development, 

modification, and continued alignment 

of the major components of the airman 

certification system, which include: 

a. The ACS for airman certificates and 

ratings (i.e. 8081-series documents); 

b. Associated training guidance 

material (e.g., H-series handbooks); 

c. Test management (e.g., test question 

development, test question boarding, 

test composition/test ‘‘mapping,’’ and 

CT–8080-series figures); and 

d. Reference materials, to include AFS 

directives and Aviation Safety Inspector 

guidance; FAA Orders, Advisory 

Circulars (ACs), and other documents 

pertaining to the airman certification 

system. 

3. Develop a report containing 

recommendations on the findings and 

results of the tasks explained above. 

a. The recommendation report should 

document both majority and dissenting 

positions on the findings and the 

rationale for each position. 

b. Any disagreements should be 

documented, including the rationale for 

each position and the reasons for the 

disagreement. 

4. After the FAA accepts the 

recommendation report, the FAA may 

task the ARAC ACS WG to complete the 

following additional tasks: 

a. Provide recommendations for 

regular industry review of standards, 

guidance, and test management for each 

airman certificate or rating included in 

this task; 

b. Provide prioritized 

recommendations for applying the 

Airman Certification Standards 

framework to other airman certifications 

and ratings; 

5. The ACS WG may be reinstated to 

assist the ARAC by responding to the 

FAA’s questions or concerns after the 

recommendation report has been 

submitted. 

Schedule 

The recommendation report should be 

submitted to the FAA for review and 

acceptance no later than 30 months 

from the publication date in the Federal 

Register. 

This tasking notice requires two 

recommendation reports. 

• As tasked on December 19, 2013, 

published on January 29, 2014 [79 FR 

4800], and amended at the ARAC’s 

September 17, 2015 meeting, the ACS 

WG must submit an initial 

recommendation report covering the 

ARAC ACS Working Group’s initial 

tasking for the Private Pilot, Commercial 

Pilot, Airline Transport Pilot, and 

Instructor certificates and the 

Instrument Rating to the FAA for review 

and acceptance no later than December, 

2016. 

• The addendum recommendation 

report on the new AMC task must be 

submitted to the FAA for review and 

acceptance no later than December, 

2017. 

Working Group Activity 

The ACS WG must comply with the 

procedures adopted by the ARAC and 

are as follows: 

1. Conduct a review and analysis of 

the assigned tasks and any other related 

materials or documents. 

2. Draft and submit a work plan for 

completion of the task, including the 

rationale supporting such a plan, for 

consideration by the ARAC. 

3. Provide a status report at each 

ARAC meeting. 

4. Draft and submit the 

recommendation report based on the 

review and analysis of the assigned 

tasks. 

5. Present the recommendation 

reports at the ARAC meeting. 


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Continued Participation in the Working 

Group/Addition of New Members 

The existing ACS WG continues to be 

comprised of technical experts having 

an interest in the assigned task, and the 

FAA is now soliciting up to five new 

members with expertise in the aviation 

maintenance training and testing fields, 

specifically involving 14 CFR parts 65 

and 147. The provisions of the August 

13, 2014, Office of Management and 

Budget guidance, ‘‘Revised Guidance on 

Appointment of Lobbyists to Federal 

Advisory Committees, Boards, and 

Commissions’’ (79 FR 47482), continues 

the ban on registered lobbyists 

participating on Agency Boards and 

Commissions if participating in their 

‘‘individual capacity.’’ The revised 

guidance now allows registered 

lobbyists to participate on Agency 

Boards and Commissions in a 

‘‘representative capacity’’ for the 

‘‘express purpose of providing a 

committee with the views of a 

nongovernmental entity, a recognizable 

group of persons or nongovernmental 

entities (an industry, sector, labor 

unions, or environmental groups, etc.) 

or state or local government.’’ (For 

further information see Lobbying 

Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) as 

amended, 2 U.S.C. 1603, 1604, and 

1605.) 

If you wish to become a member of 

the ACS WG for the purpose of assisting 

with the new AMT task, 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. The FAA must receive 

all requests by March 7, 2016. The 

ARAC and the FAA will review the 

requests and advise you whether or not 

your request is approved. 

The members of the Airman 

Certification System Working Group 

must actively participate, attend all 

meetings, and provide written 

comments when requested. The 

members must devote the resources 

necessary to support the working group 

in meeting any assigned deadlines. The 

members must keep management and 

those represented advised of the 

working group activities and decisions 

to ensure the proposed technical 

solutions do not conflict with the 

position of those represented. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of the 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

The ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. However, meetings of the ACS 

WG 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 January 28, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02046 Filed 2–3–16; 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: Pilot Schools— 

FAR 141 

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. 49 U.S.C. Section 44707 

empowers the Administrator of the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

to provide for the examination and 

rating of civilian schools giving 

instruction in flying. This CFR 

prescribes the requirements for issuing 

pilot school certificates, provisional 

pilot school certificates and associated 

ratings to qualified applicants. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 7, 2016. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronda Thompson at (202) 267–1416, or 

by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0009. 

Title: Pilot Schools—FAR 141. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8420–8. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on November 25, 2015 (80 FR 73268). 

The information on FAA Form 8420–8, 

Application for Pilot School Certificates, 

is required from applicants who wish to 

be issued pilot school certificates and 

associated ratings. Pilot schools train 

private, commercial, flight instructor, 

and airline transport pilots, along with 

training for associated ratings in various 

types of aircraft. The form is also 

necessary to assure continuing 

compliance with Part 141, renewal of 

certificates every 24 months, and for any 

amendments to pilot school certificates, 

FAA approval of pilot school certificate 

amendments enables schools to provide 

new training courses not previously 

approved. 

Respondents: Approximately 546 

applicants. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 27 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

29,770 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27, 

2016. 

Ronda Thompson. 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy & Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02170 Filed 2–3–16; 8:45 am] 

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