7524 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2015 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Report of 

Inspections Required by Airworthiness 

Directives 

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 December 

4, 2014. Airworthiness Directives (ADs) 

are regulations issued to require correct 

corrective action to correct unsafe 

conditions in aircraft, engines, 

propellers, and appliances. Reports of 

inspections are often needed when 

emergency corrective action is taken to 

determine if the action was adequate to 

correct the unsafe condition. The 

respondents are aircraft owners and 

operators. 

Currently, FAA has blanket 

Paperwork Reduction Act approval from 

OMB for all ADs with information 

collection requirements. Per OMB’s 

request, this collection is being 

converted to a generic information 

collection request, which will require 

FAA to submit individual ADs with 

reporting requirements to OMB for 

approval prior to their release. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 12, 2015. 

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: 

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

email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0056. 

Title: Report of Inspections Required 

by Airworthiness Directives. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection; conversion to 

generic information collection request. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on December 4, 2014 (79 FR 72054). 

Title 14 CFR part 39, Airworthiness 

Directives (AD), authorized by 

§§ 40113(a), 44701, and 44702 of Title 

49 United States Code, prescribes how 

the FAA issues ADs. The FAA issues 

ADs when an unsafe condition is 

discovered on a specific aircraft type. If 

the condition is serious enough and 

more information is needed to develop 

corrective action, specific information 

may be required from aircraft owners/

operators. If it is necessary for the 

aircraft manufacturer or airworthiness 

authority to evaluate the information, 

owners/operators will be instructed to 

send the information to them. 

Respondents: Approximately 1,120 

aircraft owners/operators. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,080 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4, 

2015. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02647 Filed 2–9–15; 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: Fractional 

Aircraft Ownership Programs 

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 December 

4, 2014. Fractional Ownership offers 

increased flexibility in aircraft 

ownership. Owners purchase shares of 

an aircraft and agree to share their 

aircraft with others having an 

ownership share in that same aircraft. 

Owners agree to put their aircraft into a 

‘‘pool’’ of other shared aircraft and to 

lease their aircraft to another owner in 

that pool. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 12, 2015. 

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. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2015 / Notices 7525 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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

email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0684. 

Title: Fractional Aircraft Ownership 

Programs. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change 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 December 4, 2014 (79 FR 72056). 

Each fractional ownership program 

manager and each fractional owner must 

comply with the requirements of 14 CFR 

part 91, subpart K. Information is used 

to determine if these entities are 

operating in accordance with the 

minimum safety standards of these 

regulations. The FAA will use the 

information it reviews and collects to 

evaluate the effectiveness of the 

program and make improvements as 

needed, and ensure compliance and 

adherence to regulations. 

Respondents: 11 fractional aircraft 

program managers/operators. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 46 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

19,609 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4, 

2015. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02651 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] 

Confidential Business Information 

Reporting Requirements 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Department’s 

regulations, certain air carriers are 

required to file BTS Schedule B–7 

(Airframe and Aircraft Engine 

Acquisitions and Retirements) and 

Schedule B–43 (Inventory of Airframes 

and Aircraft Engines). Under the 

Department’s regulations, the 

Department can withhold confidential 

business information if release of the 

confidential information is likely to 

cause substantial competitive harm to 

the entity that submitted the 

information to the Department. The BTS 

routinely grants, based on the sensitive 

nature of this cost data, a ten-year 

confidentiality period. After receiving 

notification that, upon the expiration of 

the ten-year confidentiality period, the 

BTS intended to release the cost data, 

the United Parcel Service Co. (UPS) and 

United Air Lines, Inc. (United) filed 

objections to the pending release. Both 

UPS and United claimed that the cost 

data, although ten years old, remained 

sensitive and its release would result in 

competitive harm. The cost data is now 

20 years old. 

BTS is seeking public comments on 

the merits of the UPS and United 

positions and views on whether the BTS 

should increase the confidentiality 

period for certain airframe and aircraft 

engine cost data. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

April 13, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gorham, Office of Airline Information, 

RTS–42, Room E34, BTS, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590–0001, Telephone Number (202) 

366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383 

or EMAIL jeff.gorham@dot.gov 

Request for Public Comments 

We are inviting public comments on 

the UPS and United requests and views 

on whether BTS’ confidentiality period 

should be retained or amended. Based 

on the public comments and a review of 

the requests to extend the 

confidentiality period, BTS will 

consider retaining or amending its 

confidentiality period. 

We are posing a series of questions in 

the hope that the public comments will 

address several issues in particular: 

(1) Do you use the airframe and 

aircraft engine cost data required under 

Part 241 and, if so, how do you use the 

data elements? 

(2) Should BTS amend or retain its 

confidentiality period for airframe and 

aircraft engine cost data? 

(3) Should BTS change the manner in 

which it collects these data elements? 

(4) Would it be in the public interest 

for BTS to grant the confidentiality 

extension requests? 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

DOT–OST–2014–0031 by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Services: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–366–3383. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning 

of your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http://

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Electronic Access: You may access 

comments received for this notice at 

http://www.regulations.gov, by 

searching docket DOT–OST–2014–0031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 14 CFR part 241, certain air carriers 

are required to file BTS Schedule B–7 

(Airframe and Aircraft Engine 

Acquisitions and Retirements) and 

Schedule B–43 (Inventory of Airframes 

and Aircraft Engines). These schedules 

contain cost data concerning airframes 

and aircraft engines. In previous 

confidentiality requests, UPS and 

United requested and the Department 

granted a ten-year period of 

confidentiality for the cost data reported 

on the Form 41, Schedules B–7 and B– 

43. 

Prior to the expiration of the ten-year 

period, BTS informed twelve air carriers 

that, at the close of the ten-year period 

(October 1, 2004), the agency intended 

to release the information. In a 

September 14, 2004 letter, UPS filed 

objections to the release and, in a 

September 23, 2004 letter, United also 

filed objections to the release (see BTS 


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