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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: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0009. 

Title: Pilot Schools—FAR 141. 

Form Numbers: 8420–8. 

Type of Review: This is a renewal of 

an existing information collection. 

Background: The FAA is publishing 

the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation 

Training devices; Pilot Certification, 

Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other 

Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No. 

FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA 

is amending § 141.5(d) to allow part 141 

pilot schools that hold training course 

approvals for special curricula courses 

to renew their certificates based on their 

students’ successful completion of an 

end-of-course test for these FAA 

approved courses. In that rule, the FAA 

further adjusts the number of pilot 

schools based on population changes, 

and to account for the change in burden 

associated with these new courses. 

We estimate that of the 31 new 

applications for pilot school certificates, 

25% will have special curricula courses 

that will need to be accounted for in the 

passage rate required for issuance of a 

certificate in § 141.5(d). Of the 291 

applications for renewal of pilot school 

certificates, approximately 25% would 

include special curricula courses that 

must now be accounted for in the 

passage rate for renewal of a certificate 

under § 141.5(d). We estimate that it 

would take .1 hours to add this special 

curricula course information to both 

initial and renewal applications. 

8 new applications at .1 hours each = .8 

hours. 

73 applications at .1 hours each (adding 

special curr.) = 7.3 hours. 

171.0 hours + 8.1 hours = 181.6 total 

burden hours. 

The FAA is also making a burden 

adjustment to the number of pilot 

schools, increasing the population from 

546 pilot schools to 581 pilot schools. 

Respondents: 581 Pilot schools. 

Frequency: As needed for new 

applications; Every 24 months for 

renewals of existing pilot schools. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 0.5 hours, + 0.1 hours for 

special curriculum course information 

(when applicable). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

31,639.6 total burden hours. 2,589.6 

total annual reporting burden hours, 

and 29,050 total annual recordkeeping 

burden hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 

2018. 

Barbara L. Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12797 Filed 6–13–18; 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: Certification: 

Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground 

Instructors 

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 revision of this 

collection involves the logging of 

training time in aviation training 

devices under the provisions of current 

regulations, and the logging of flight 

time as a second in command (SIC) 

under the provisions of current 

regulations. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Barbara Hall, 

Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– 

110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

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: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0021. 

Title: Certification: Pilots and Flight 

Instructors. 

Form Numbers: 8710–1, 8710–13. 

Type of Review: This is a revision of 

an existing information collection. 

Background: The FAA is publishing 

the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation 

Training devices; Pilot Certification, 

Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other 

Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No. 

FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA 

is reducing the burden for instrument 

currency requirements under § 61.57 for 

those pilots that use aviation training 

devices. Prior to that final rule, 

§ 61.57(c)(3) required persons using an 

aviation training device to establish 

instrument experience to complete the 

required tasks within the preceding 2 

calendar months. Persons using an 

aircraft, full flight simulator, flighttraining device, or a combination, 

however, were required to establish 

instrument experience within the 

preceding 6 calendar months. 14 CFR 

61.57(c)(1)–(2). The final rule amends 

§ 61.57(c) to allow pilots to accomplish 

instrument experience in aviation 

training devices by performing the same 

tasks required for flight simulation 

training devices and aircraft, and at the 

same 6-month interval allowed for flight 

simulation training devices and aircraft. 

The FAA estimates that, of the 

102,811 active pilots with an instrument 

rating, that approximately 50% are 

maintaining currency. It is likely that 

only 15% of those pilots (approximately 

15,422 pilots) are using an aviation 

training device exclusively to maintain 

their instrument currency. For those 

pilots, this change will reduce the 

recordkeeping requirements of logging 

time from 6 times a year to two times 

a year, when logging instrument 

currency exclusively in an aviation 

training device. The FAA estimates this 

burden reduction to be 6168.8 hours 

annually. 

Additionally, the final rule amends 

§ 135.99 by adding paragraph (c) to 

allow a certificate holder to receive 

approval of a second in command (SIC) 

professional development program (SIC 

PDP) via operations specifications (Ops 

Specs) to allow the certificate holder’s 

pilots to log SIC time in operations 

conducted under part 135 in an airplane 

or operation that does not otherwise 

require a SIC. Specifically, with this 


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final rule, § 61.159(c) allows pilots to 

log SIC time in part 135 operations in 

a single engine turbine-powered 

airplane or a multi-engine airplane that 

otherwise does not require an SIC. This 

will require the pilot to obtain a logbook 

endorsement from the pilot in command 

for each individual flight to log this time 

as SIC. The FAA estimates that of the 

76,957 Commercial Pilots with airplane 

and instrument privileges that 

approximately 10% (7,696) may actively 

pursue a SIC position with a Part 135 

operator that is approved for logging SIC 

time as described for this provision. But, 

because of the limited number of 

operators (approximately 457 operators 

as of September 28, 2017) that would 

qualify or actually pursue this 

authorization, the FAA estimates that 

only 15% (1,154 pilots) might actually 

become qualified annually to log SIC 

time under this provision. This 

additional record keeping requirement 

will be reflected in Section 61.159, 

Aeronautical experience. The FAA 

estimates this SIC training program 

burden increase is 1,154 hours annually. 

Respondents: The total number of 

respondents in the airman certification 

program is estimated to be 

approximately 25 percent of the 

population of active certificated pilots 

and instructors. Given a population of 

825,000, the result is approximately 

206,250 respondents providing data on 

an annual basis. The total number of 

applicants for a remote pilot certificate 

with a small UAS rating is estimated to 

be 39,229 annually. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: For the hour burdens 

resulting from the application 

requirements of the collection of 

information other than remote pilots 

with small UAS ratings, the FAA 

estimates that forms are submitted for 

these certificates and ratings at an 

average preparation time of 15 minutes 

(0.25 hrs) each. The average time 

estimate of 0.25 hours assumes that 

many individual applicants will submit 

an 8710–1 form more than once for 

various reasons, and that most of the 

information provided on the form likely 

will not have changed. For Part 107 we 

estimate that an average of 39,229 forms 

are submitted annually that require an 

average preparation time of 0.25 hours 

to complete. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

total number of annual responses for the 

airman certification program is 

estimated to be 1,196,653. The FAA 

estimates the total reporting burden 

hours to be 43,157 hours. The FAA 

estimates the total recordkeeping 

burden hours to be 282,329 hours. The 

FAA estimates the burden for the 

collection of information to be 325,486 

hours annually. This is a burden 

reduction of 5,015 annual burden hours 

from the currently approved 

information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 

2018. 

Barbara L. Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12796 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Revision to an Approval 

of an Existing Information Collection: 

Operating Requirements: Commuter 

and On-Demand Operation 

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 revision of this 

collection involves the amendment of 

current regulations, which allows a 

certificate holder’s pilots to log secondin-command (SIC) time in operations 

conducted under part 135 in an airplane 

or operation that does not otherwise 

require a SIC. This revision also 

removes the burden for initial 

certification under current regulations, 

as that is already counted under ICR 

2120–0593 (Part 119). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Barbara Hall, 

Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– 

110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

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: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0039. 

Title: Operating Requirements: 

Commuter and On-Demand Operation. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Type of Review: This is a revision of 

an existing information collection. 

Background: The FAA is publishing 

the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation 

Training devices; Pilot Certification, 

Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other 

Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No. 

FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA 

is amending § 135.99 by adding 

paragraph (c) to allow a certificate 

holder to receive approval of a secondin-command (SIC) professional 

development program (SIC PDP) via 

operations specifications (Ops Specs) to 

allow the certificate holder’s pilots to 

log SIC time in operations conducted 

under part 135 in an airplane or 

operation that does not otherwise 

require a SIC. As explained in the rule, 

the FAA believes that a comprehensive 

SIC PDP will provide opportunities for 

beneficial flight experience that may not 

otherwise exist and also provide 

increased safety in operations for those 

flights conducted in a multicrew 

environment. The FAA is establishing 

requirements in § 135.99(c) for 

certificate holders, airplanes, and 

flightcrew members during operations 

conducted under an approved SIC PDP. 

Those changes are reflected in this 

information collection. 

The FAA is also changing certain 

logging requirements to enable the 

logging of SIC time obtained under a SIC 

PDP. Those changes are reflected in a 

revision to information collection 2120– 

0021. 

Respondents: Operators who 

currently possess an FAA approved PIC 

or SIC training program could revise 

and utilize those existing programs to 

qualify their pilots seeking approval to 

log SIC time. Those operators that do 

not already possess an approved PIC/ 

SIC training program (that must include 

crew resource management training) 

would be required to submit a proposed 

new SIC training program for FAA 

approval. This would be amending an 

existing part 119 certificate. As of 

September 28, 2017 the FAA estimates 

that there were approximately 457 part 

135 operators with single engine 

turbine-powered airplanes or 

multiengine airplanes that would 


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