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contains the criteria developed in task 3

(a) or (b) above.

The FAA expects ARAC to complete

these tasks within 12 months and

submit a report through ARAC to the

FAA and to the JAA.

ARAC Acceptance of Tasks

ARAC has accepted the tasks and has

chosen to establish a new Licensing

Harmonization Working Group. The

working group will serve as staff to

ARAC to assist ARAC in the analysis of

the assigned task. Working group

recommendations must be reviewed and

approved by ARAC. If ARAC accepts the

working group’s recommendations, it

forwards them to the FAA as ARAC

recommendations.

Working Group Activity

As is the case with all harmonization

working groups, meetings of the

Licensing Harmonization Working

Group will be held alternately between

the United States and Europe.

Tentatively, the next two meetings will

be held in Washington, DC, in January

1998 and in Hoofddorp, The

Netherlands, in February 1998.

The Licensing Harmonization

Working Group is expected to comply

with the procedures adopted by ARAC.

As part of the procedures, the working

group is expected to:

1. Recommend to ARAC a work plan

for completion of the tasks, including

the rationale supporting such a plan, for

consideration at the meeting of ARAC to

consider Training and Qualifications

Issues held following publication of this

notice.

2. Give a detailed conceptual

presentation to ARAC of the proposed

recommendations, prior to proceeding

with the work stated in item 3 below.

3. Provide a status report at each

meeting of ARAC held to consider

Training and Qualifications Issues.

Participation in the Working Group

The Licensing Harmonization

Working Group is composed of experts

having an interest in the assigned task.

A working group member need not be

a representative of a member of the full

committee.

The Secretary of Transportation has

determined that the formation and use

of ARAC are necessary and in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

FAA by law.

Meetings of ARAC will be open to the

public. Meetings of the Licensing

Harmonization Working Group will not

be open to the public, except to the

extent that individuals with an interest

and expertise are selected to participate.

No public announcement of working

group meetings will be made.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December

12, 1997.

Thomas K. Toula,

Assistant Executive Director for Training and

Qualifications Issues, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. 97–3199]

Notice of Request for Extension of

Currently Approved Information

Collection; Nationwide Survey of

Public Roads Readers

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement in section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

this notice announces the intention of

the FHWA to request the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

renew the information collection that

measures the manner and extent to

which the FHWA’s magazine, Public

Roads, is achieving its objectives and

meeting the needs of its readers/

customers.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: All signed, written

comments should refer to the docket

number that appears in the heading of

this document and must be submitted to

the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets,

Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001. All

comments received will be available for

examination at the above address

between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., E.T.,

Monday through Friday except Federal

holidays. Those desiring notification of

receipt of comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard/envelope.

Interested parties are invited to send

comments regarding any aspect of this

information collection, including, but

not limited to: (1) The necessity and

utility of the information collection for

the proper performance of the functions

of the FHWA; (2) the accuracy of the

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

collected information; and (4) ways to

minimize the collection burden without

reducing the quality of the collected

information. Comments submitted in

response to this notice will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB renewal of this

information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Anne Barsanti, Office of Research and

Development, Federal Highway

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 6300 Georgetown Pike,

McLean, VA 22101–2296, (703) 285–

2102 or (703) 285–2443. Office hours are

from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., E.T.,

Monday thru Friday, except Federal

holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Nationwide Survey of Public

Roads Readers.

OMB Number: 2125–0562.

Background: This study is pursuant to

President Clinton’s Executive Order

12862, which requires all agencies to

identify their customers, survey their

satisfaction with current services, set

standards for service and measure

results against them. In addition, a

nationwide census of readers was

conducted in 1995 to gauge the overall

satisfaction of readers and to measure,

in particular, reader satisfaction with

significant changes that had been made

in the magazine’s design and content,

subject scope, and audience. Now, it is

time to survey a sample of the

readership and compare the results to

the benchmark established in 1995.

Also, the results of this survey will form

the basis of a major, direct-mail

campaign to increase the number of

paid subscribers.

Respondents: Paid and

complementary subscribers to Public

Roads magazine.

Average Burden Per Response: The

average burden per response is 0.25

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The

estimated total annual burden is 375

hours.

Frequency: FHWA intends to use

biennial followup surveys, starting in

1998, to track any changes in the

baseline data collected in 1995, as well

as to measure satisfaction with resulting

improvements in the product and

services.

Authority: Presidential Executive Order

12862.

Issued on: December 10, 1997.

George Moore,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

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