69742 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 224 / Wednesday, November 20, 2013 / Notices 

Background: 14 CFR Part 437 

established requirements for the FAA’s 

authority to issue experimental permits 

for reusable suborbital rockets to 

authorize launches for the purpose of 

research and development, crew 

training and showing compliance with 

the regulations. The information 

collected includes data required for 

performing a safety review, which 

includes a technical assessment to 

determine if the applicant can launch a 

reusable suborbital rocket without 

jeopardizing public health and safety 

and the safety of property. The 

applicant is required to submit 

information that enables FAA to 

determine, before issuing a permit, if 

issuance of the experimental permit 

would jeopardize the foreign policy or 

national security interests of the U.S. 

Respondents: Approximately 10 

applicants for experimental permits. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 18.6 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: An 

estimated 2,567 hours annually. 

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 November 

13, 2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27690 Filed 11–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

meeting will take place on Tuesday, 

December 10, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, December 

11, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the 

National Housing Center, 1201 15th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20005. This 

will be the 58th meeting of the 

COMSTAC. 

The proposed schedule for the 

COMSTAC working group meetings on 

December 10 is below: 

—Business/Legal (8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.) 

—Systems (10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.) 

—Operations (1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.) 

—International Space Policy—(3:00 

p.m.–5:00 p.m.) 

The full Committee will meet on 

December 11. The meeting will address 

general issues relevant to the 

commercial space transportation 

industry, as well as reports and 

recommendations from the working 

groups. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written statements for 

the COMSTAC members to consider 

under the advisory process. Statements 

may concern the issues and agenda 

items mentioned above and/or 

additional issues that may be relevant 

for the U.S. commercial space 

transportation industry. Interested 

parties wishing to submit written 

statements should contact Larry Scott, 

(the Contact Person listed below) in 

writing (mail or email) by November 26, 

2013, so that the information can be 

made available to COMSTAC members 

for their review and consideration 

before the December 10 and 11 

meetings. Written statements should be 

supplied in the following formats: One 

hard copy with original signature and/ 

or one electronic copy (no macros in 

Microsoft Word doc) via email. 

Subject to approval, a portion of the 

December 11th meeting will be closed to 

the public (starting at approximately 

2:00 p.m.). 

An agenda will be posted on the FAA 

Web site at www.faa.gov/go/ast. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

inform the Contact Persons listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Scott, telephone (202) 267–7982; 

email larry.scott@faa.gov, FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation 

(AST–3), 800 Independence Avenue 

SW., Room 331, Washington, DC 20591. 

Complete information regarding 

COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web 

site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/ 

advisory_committee/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, November 8, 

2013. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27691 Filed 11–19–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2013–0055] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on June 

21, 2013. We are required to publish 

this notice in the Federal Register by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 20, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention DOT Desk Officer. You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 


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