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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 140 (Thursday, July 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47489-47490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17300]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Operations 
Specifications, Part 129 Application

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 FAA assesses the information collected and issues 
operations specifications to foreign air carriers. These operations 
specifications assure the foreign air carrier's ability to navigate and 
communicate safely within the U.S. National Airspace System.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 22, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronda Thompson at (202) 267-1416, or 
by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0749.
    Title: Operations Specifications, Part 129 Application.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    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 May 3, 2016 (81 FR 26610). There were no comments. The 
final rule published in 2013, clarified and standardized the rules for 
applications by foreign air carriers and foreign persons for operations 
specifications issued under 14 CFR part 129 and established standards 
for amendment, suspension and termination of those operations 
specifications. The final rule also applied to foreign air carriers and 
foreign persons operating U.S.-registered aircraft in common carriage 
solely outside the United States. This action was necessary to update 
the process for issuing operations

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specifications, and it established a regulatory basis for current 
practices, such as amending, terminating, and suspending operations 
specifications.
    Respondents: Approximately 25 new applicants annually.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 75 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 13, 2016.
Ronda Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy & 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2016-17300 Filed 7-20-16; 8:45 am]
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