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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Vincent Chirasello, Federal Aviation 

Administration, AFS–400 Flight 

Technologies and Procedures Division, 

470 L’Enfant Plaza, Suite 4102, 

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 385–4586 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RNP 

SAAAR procedures provide an 

opportunity to improve safety, 

efficiency and capacity. Safety is 

improved when RNP approaches 

replace visual or non-precision 

approaches, and efficiency is improved 

through more repeatable and optimum 

flight paths. Capacity can be improved 

by de-conflicting traffic during 

instrument conditions. RNP SAAAR 

procedures provide an unprecedented 

flexibility in construction of approach 

procedures. RNP SAAAR procedures 

build upon the performance based 

National Airspace System (NAS) 

concept. The performance requirements 

to conduct an approach are defined, and 

aircraft are qualified against these 

performance requirements. RNP 

approaches include unique 

characteristics that require special 

aircraft and aircrew capabilities and 

authorization similar to Category (CAT) 

II/III ILS operations. 

The AC 90–101 RNP SAAAR approval 

process is complex and the success of 

the process depends on the quality of 

the application. Although the FAA is 

committed to providing approval 

services, a reduced budget and increase 

in attrition leaves fewer resources 

available to assist new entrants in the 

approval process. In an effort to address 

this new RNP SAAAR entrant need, the 

FAA will develop and maintain a list of 

qualified AC 90–101 RNP SAAAR 

Approval Consultants to assist in the 

approval process. This process will 

benefit the general public by helping 

expedite new entrant applications. 

(a) Eligibility Requirements: To be 

identified as an FAA-qualified RNP 

SAAAR Approval Consultant, the 

following qualifications must be met: 

(1) Have understanding of AC 90–101, 

as revised, to include the individual 

appendices. This includes a thorough 

understanding of the approval process. 

(2) At least 2 years experience 

working with RNP SAAAR or 

equivalent procedures. 

(3) Upon selection for the program, 

successfully complete an RNP SAAAR 

Approval Process Seminar. 

(4) Have operations and airworthiness 

personnel qualified through training, 

experience, and expertise in 14 CFR part 

91,121,125,129 and/or 135 operations, 

or equivalent experience. 

(b) Required Documentation: An 

applicant to become an RNP SAAAR 

Approval Consultant must submit a 

formal letter of request in addition to 

the following documents: 

(1) Statement substantiating that the 

RNP SAAAR Approval Consultant 

applicant meets eligibility requirements 

as stated in item (a) above. 

(2) Supplemental statement including 

the names, signatures, and titles of those 

persons who will perform the 

authorized functions, and substantiating 

that they meet the eligibility 

requirements. 

(3) RNP SAAAR Approval Consultant 

Operations Manual. 

(4) References. 

(5) Certification that, to the best of its 

knowledge and belief, the persons 

serving as management of the 

organization have not been convicted of, 

or had a civil or administrative finding 

rendered against, them for: Commission 

of fraud, embezzlement, theft, forgery, 

bribery, falsification or destruction of 

records, making false statements, or 

receiving stolen property. 

(c) How to Apply: An RNP SAAAR 

Consultant applicant must submit all 

required documents for consideration 

before being identified as an FAAqualified RNP SAAAR Approval 

Consultant to: Mr. Vincent Chirasello, 

Federal Aviation Administration, AFS–

400 Flight Technologies and Procedures 

Division, 470 L’Enfant Plaza, Suite 

4102, Washington, DC 20240. 

(d) Application Process: Upon receipt 

of the application, AFS–400, will: 

(1) Ensure the RNP SAAAR Approval 

Consultant application package contains 

all the required documents as listed in 

item (b) above. 

(2) Evaluate documents for accuracy. 

(3) Ensure the RNP SAAAR 

consultant application package contains 

all the eligibility requirements as listed 

in item (a) above. 

(4) Contact the applicant’s personal 

references. 

(5) Conduct a personal interview with 

the applicant; including those persons 

within organizations, if any, who will 

perform authorized functions. 

(e) See the following Web site for 

additional information, http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/ 

afs400/afs410/rnp/. 

Authority: The FAA is authorized to enter 

into this Agreement by 49 U.S.C. 106(1), (6) 

and (m). 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 17, 

2007. 

John M. Allen 

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service, 

AFS–2G 

[FR Doc. 07–2568 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am1 

BILLlNG CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–27510] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comment; 

Revision of an Information Collection: 

Driver Qualification Files 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests 

approval to revise an ICR entitled, 

‘‘Driver Qualification Files,’’ which is 

used to promote safety in the operations 

of motor carriers of property and 

passengers by promoting the hiring and 

retention of responsible drivers of 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by any of the following 

methods. Please identify your comments 

by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–

2007–27510. 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow instructions for submitting 

comments to the Docket. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Management 

Facility, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Plaza 

level, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the 

Nassif, Building, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the Docket 

Management System (DMS) to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any 

time or to the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 

Washington DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The DMS is 

available electronically 24 hours each 

day, 365 days each year. If you want 

notification of receipt of your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 


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29032 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 99 / Wednesday, May 23, 2007 / Notices 

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 on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC–

PSD, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Telephone: 202–366–4009. E-mail: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Motor Carrier Safety 

Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98–554, Title II, 98 

Stat 2834 (October 30, 1984)) requires 

the Secretary of Transportation 

(Secretary) to issue regulations 

pertaining to CMV safety. The 

regulations require motor carriers to 

maintain specified information in a 

driver qualification (DQ) file for each 

CMV driver it employs. The DQ file 

contains the minimum information 

necessary to document the 

qualifications of a driver to operate a 

CMV in interstate commerce and in 

intrastate commerce under compatible 

State laws and regulations. The 

authority to require carriers to maintain 

DQ files is 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136, 

and 31502, and 49 CFR 1.73 and 391.51. 

This information is available to 

FMCSA investigators to substantiate the 

qualifications of each driver to operate 

a CMV in interstate commerce safely. A 

qualified driver means fewer crashes. 

Title: Driver Qualification Files. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0004. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Motor Carriers; and 

Drivers who are also Motor Carriers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 7 

million. 

Estimated Time per Response: An 

average of 28 minutes. 

Expiration Date: June 30, 2007. 

Frequency of Response: Many of these 

obligations concern activities involving 

the hiring of a driver. They also include 

the obligations of all entities that have 

employed this applicant-driver in the 

past 3 years in a safety-sensitive 

position; usually these are other motor 

carriers. These obligations occur 

irregularly because they are associated 

with the variable needs of motor carriers 

for new drivers. In addition, this 

collection imposes obligations that 

pertain to motor carriers and their 

employee-drivers. Most of these 

obligations must be met annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,254,580 hours. FMCSA arrives at this 

estimate through calculation of the time 

involved with each of the following 

requirements of the driver qualification 

regulations: 

(A) General Requirements for the 

Hiring of a Driver by a Motor Carrier are 

as follows: 

(1) Application for employment of the 

applicant-driver; and 

(2) Driving record of the applicantdriver. 

(B) Safety Performance History of the 

Applicant-Driver involves the following: 

(1) Investigation by the hiring motor 

carrier; 

(2) Former employer submitting to the 

hiring motor carrier a copy of its safety 

performance history on the applicantdriver; 

(3) Request of the applicant-driver for 

a copy of the history; and 

(4) Rebuttal of the history by the 

applicant-driver. 

(C) Other Driver Qualification 

Requirements are as follows: 

(1) Employee-driver’s certificate of 

violations; 

(2) Motor carrier’s review of 

employee-driver’s driving record(s); and 

(3) Drivers for more than one motor 

carrier. 

The medical certificate is also 

required to be included in the Driver’s 

Qualification File. However, the Agency 

has a separate OMB approval for the 

medical certificate component of the 

Driver Qualification Files. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FMCSA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) 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 on: May 17, 2007. 

D. Marlene Thomas, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–9947 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–27924] 

Notice of Request for Information 

(RFI): Training Certification for EntryLevel Commercial Motor Vehicle 

Operators 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests 

approval to revise an ICR entitled, 

‘‘Training Certification for Entry-Level 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,’’

that relates to the training requirements 

for drivers applying for a commercial 

drivers license. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before July 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by any of the following 

methods. Please identify your comments 

by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–

2007–27924. 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow instructions for submitting 

comments to the Docket. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Management 

Facility, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Plaza 

level, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the 

Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., e.t. Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the Docket 

Management System (DMS) to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any 

time or to the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., e.t. Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The DMS is 

available electronically 24 hours each 

day, 365 days each year. If you want 

notification of receipt of your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 


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