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information is used by the Board to 

forecast labor costs and measure the 

efficiency of the reporting railroads. The 

information is also used by the Board to 

evaluate proposed regulated 

transactions that may impact rail 

employees, including mergers and 

consolidations, acquisitions of control, 

purchases, and abandonments. Other 

Federal agencies and industry groups, 

including the Railroad Retirement Board 

(RRB), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 

and Association of American Railroads 

(AAR), use the information contained in 

the reports to monitor railroad 

operations. Certain information from 

these reports is compiled and published 

on the Board’s website, https://

www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_

reports.html. The information contained 

in these reports is not available from 

any other source. 

Description of Collection 4 

Title: Monthly Report of Number of 

Employees of Class I Railroads (Wage 

Form C). 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0007. 

Form Number: STB Form C. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Seven. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Monthly. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 105 hours 

annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ 

Cost: None identified. Filings are 

submitted electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

shows, for each reporting carrier, the 

average number of employees at midmonth in the six job-classification 

groups that encompass all railroad 

employees. See 49 CFR 1246. The 

information is used by the Board to 

forecast labor costs and measure the 

efficiency of the reporting railroads. The 

information is also used by the Board to 

evaluate the impact on rail employees of 

proposed regulated transactions, 

including mergers and consolidations, 

acquisitions of control, purchases, and 

abandonments. Other Federal agencies 

and industry groups, including the RRB, 

BLS, and AAR, use the information 

contained in these reports to monitor 

railroad operations. Certain information 

from these reports is compiled and 

published on the Board’s website, 

https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_

reports.html. The information contained 

in these reports is not available from 

any other source. 

Description of Collection 5 

Title: Annual Report of Cars Loaded 

and Cars Terminated. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0011. 

Form Number: Form STB–54. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Seven. 

Estimated Time per Response: Four 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 28 hours 

annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ 

Cost: None identified. Filings are 

submitted electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

reports the number of cars loaded and 

cars terminated on the reporting 

carrier’s line. See 49 CFR 1247. 

Information in this report is entered into 

the Board’s Uniform Rail Costing 

System (URCS), which is a cost 

measurement methodology. URCS, 

which was developed by the Board 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11161, is used as 

a tool in rail rate proceedings, in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 10707(d), to 

calculate the variable costs associated 

with providing a particular service. The 

Board also uses URCS to carry out more 

effectively other of its regulatory 

responsibilities, including: acting on 

railroad requests for authority to engage 

in Board-regulated financial 

transactions such as mergers, 

acquisitions of control, and 

consolidations, see 49 U.S.C. 11323– 

11324; analyzing the information that 

the Board obtains through the annual 

railroad industry waybill sample, see 49 

CFR 1244; measuring off-branch costs in 

railroad abandonment proceedings, in 

accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n); 

developing the ‘‘rail cost adjustment 

factors,’’ in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

10708; and conducting investigations 

and rulemakings. This collection is 

compiled and published on the Board’s 

website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/ 

industry/econ_reports.html. There is no 

other source for the information 

contained in this report. 

Description of Collection 6 

Title: Quarterly Report of Freight 

Commodity Statistics (Form QCS). 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0001. 

Form Number: Form QCS. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Seven. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly, 

with an annual summation. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 8.75 

hours annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ 

Cost: None identified. Filings are 

submitted electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: This collection, 

which is based on information 

contained in carload waybills used by 

railroads in the ordinary course of 

business, reports car loadings and total 

revenues by commodity code for each 

commodity that moved on the railroad 

during the reporting period. See 49 CFR 

1248. Information in this report is 

entered into the Board’s URCS, the uses 

of which are explained under Collection 

Number 5. This collection is compiled 

and published on the Board’s website, 

https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_

reports.html. There is no other source 

for the information contained in this 

report. 

The Board makes this submission 

because, under the PRA, a federal 

agency that conducts or sponsors a 

collection of information must display a 

currently valid OMB control number. A 

collection of information, which is 

defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c), includes agency requirements 

that persons submit reports, keep 

records, or provide information to the 

agency, third parties, or the public. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal 

agencies are required to provide, prior 

to an agency’s submitting a collection to 

OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: July 6, 2018. 

Jeff Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14810 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2018–0025] 

Procedures To Consider Requests for 

Exclusion of Particular Products From 

the Determination of Action Pursuant 

to Section 301: China’s Acts, Policies, 

and Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 

Innovation 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In a notice published on June 

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(Trade Representative) determined that 

appropriate action to obtain the 

elimination of China’s acts, policies, 

and practices related to technology 

transfer, intellectual property, and 

innovation includes the imposition of 

an additional ad valorem duty of 25 

percent on products from China 

classified in certain enumerated 

subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

See 83 FR 28710. The June 20 notice 

also announced that the Trade 

Representative would establish a 

process by which U.S. stakeholders may 

request that particular products 

classified within a covered tariff 

subheading be excluded from the 

additional duties. Today’s notice sets 

out the specific procedures and criteria 

related to requests for product 

exclusions, and opens up a docket for 

the receipt of exclusion requests. 

DATES: USTR must receive requests to 

exclude a particular product by October 

9, 2018. Responses to a request for 

exclusion of a particular product are 

due 14 days after the request is posted 

in docket number USTR–2018–0025 on 

www.regulations.gov. Any replies to 

responses to an exclusion request are 

due 7 days after the close of the 14 day 

response period. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting requests for 

exclusion and responses to requests in 

section B below. The docket number is 

USTR–2018–0025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the product exclusion 

process, contact USTR Assistant General 

Counsel Arthur Tsao or Director of 

Industrial Goods Justin Hoffmann at 

(202) 395–5725. For questions on 

customs classification or 

implementation of additional duties, 

contact Traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

On August 18, 2017, the Trade 

Representative initiated an investigation 

of the government of China’s acts, 

policies, and practices related to 

technology transfer, intellectual 

property, and innovation. See 82 FR 

40213. The proceedings in the 

investigation up through the Trade 

Representative’s determination that 

China’s acts, policies, and practices are 

actionable under section 301(b) of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411(b)) 

are set out in the notice published at 83 

FR 14906 (April 6, 2018). 

The April 6, 2018 notice invited 

public comment on a proposed action in 

the investigation: The imposition of an 

additional ad valorem duty of 25 

percent on products from China 

classified in a list of 1,333 tariff 

subheadings. As explained in the notice, 

the value of the products on the list was 

approximately $50 billion in terms of 

estimated annual trade value for 

calendar year 2018, and the level was 

appropriate both in light of the 

estimated harm to the U.S. economy, 

and to obtain elimination of China’s 

harmful acts, policies, and practices. 

USTR invited interested persons to 

provide comments and participate in a 

hearing. The public submissions and a 

transcript of the hearing are available on 

www.regulations.gov in docket number 

USTR–2018–0005. 

USTR and the interagency Section 

301 Committee carefully reviewed the 

public comments and the testimony 

from the three day public hearing. USTR 

and the Section 301 Committee also 

carefully reviewed the extent to which 

the tariff subheadings in the April 6, 

2018 notice included products 

containing industrially significant 

technology, including technologies and 

products related to the ‘‘Made in China 

2025’’ program. Based on this review 

process, on June 20, 2018, the Trade 

Representative determined that 

appropriate action in this investigation 

includes the imposition of an additional 

ad valorem duty of 25 percent on 

products from China classified in the 

818 subheadings of the HTSUS set out 

in Annex A of the notice published at 

83 FR 28710 (June 20, 2018). The 

additional duties on these products took 

effect on July 6, 2018. 

During the notice and comment 

process, a number of interested persons 

asserted that specific products within a 

particular tariff subheading only were 

available from China, that imposition of 

additional duties on the specific 

products would cause severe economic 

harm to a U.S. interest, and that the 

specific products were not strategically 

important or related to the ‘‘Made in 

China 2025’’ program. In light of such 

concerns, the Trade Representative 

determined to establish a process by 

which U.S. stakeholders may request 

that particular products classified 

within a covered HTSUS subheading be 

excluded from the additional duties. 

That process is set out in the remainder 

of this notice. 

B. Procedures To Request the Exclusion 

of Additional Particular Products 

USTR invites interested persons, 

including trade associations, to submit 

requests for exclusion from the 

additional duties of a particular product 

classified within a HTSUS subheading 

set out in Annex A of the notice 

published at 83 FR 28710 (June 20, 

2018). As explained in more detail 

below, each request must specifically 

identify a particular product, and 

provide supporting data and the 

rationale for the requested exclusion. 

USTR will evaluate each request on a 

case-by-case basis, taking into account 

whether the exclusion would 

undermine the objective of the Section 

301 investigation. Any exclusion will be 

effective starting from the July 6, 2018 

effective date of the additional duties, 

and extend for one year after the 

publication of the exclusion 

determination in the Federal Register. 

In other words, an exclusion, if granted, 

will apply retroactively to the July 6 

date of the imposition of the additional 

duties. USTR periodically will 

announce decisions on pending 

requests. 

1. Requests for Exclusion of Particular 

Products 

With regard to product identification, 

any request for exclusion must include 

the following information: 

• Identification of the particular 

product in terms of the physical 

characteristics (e.g., dimensions, 

material composition, or other 

characteristics) that distinguish it from 

other products within the covered 8- 

digit subheading. USTR will not 

consider requests that identify the 

product at issue in terms of the identity 

of the producer, importer, ultimate 

consumer, actual use or chief use, or 

trademarks or tradenames. USTR will 

not consider requests that identify the 

product using criteria that cannot be 

made available to the public. 

• The 10 digit subheading of the 

HTSUS most applicable to the particular 

product requested for exclusion. 

• Requestors also may submit 

information on the ability of U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

administer the exclusion. 

• Requestors must provide the annual 

quantity and value of the Chinese-origin 

product that the requestor purchased in 

each of the last three years. For trade 

association requestors, please provide 

such information based on your 

members’ data. If precise annual 

quantity and value information is not 

available, please provide an estimate 

and explain the basis for the estimation. 

With regard to the rationale for the 

requested exclusion, each request for 

exclusion should address the following 

factors: 

• Whether the particular product is 

available only from China. In addressing 


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this factor, requestors should address 

specifically whether the particular 

product and/or a comparable product is 

available from sources in the United 

States and/or in third countries. 

• Whether the imposition of 

additional duties on the particular 

product would cause severe economic 

harm to the requestor or other U.S. 

interests. 

• Whether the particular product is 

strategically important or related to 

‘‘Made in China 2025’’ or other Chinese 

industrial programs. 

Requestors may also provide any 

other information or data that they 

consider relevant to an evaluation of the 

request. 

Any request that contains business 

confidential information (BCI) must be 

accompanied by a public version. The 

public version will be posted on 

regulations.gov. 

2. Responses to Requests for Exclusions 

After a request for exclusion of a 

particular product is posted on docket 

number USTR 2018–0025, interested 

persons will have 14 days to respond to 

the request, indicating support or 

opposition and providing reasons for 

their view. All responses must clearly 

identify the specific request for 

exclusion being addressed. You can 

view requests for exclusions on 

www.regulations.gov by entering docket 

number USTR–2018–0025 in the search 

field on the home page. 

3. Replies to Responses to Requests for 

Exclusions 

After a response is posted on docket 

number USTR 2018–0025, interested 

persons will have the opportunity to 

reply to the response. Any reply must be 

posted within 7 days after the close of 

the 14 day response period. All replies 

clearly must identify the specific 

responses being addressed. 

4. Submission Instructions 

As noted above, interested persons 

must submit requests for exclusions by 

October 9, 2018; any responses to those 

requests must be submitted within 14 

days after the requests are posted; and 

any reply to a response must be 

submitted within 7 days after the close 

of the 14 day response period. Interested 

persons seeking to exclude two or more 

products must submit a separate request 

for each product, i.e., one product per 

request. 

All submissions must include a 

statement that the submitter certifies 

that the information provided is 

complete and correct to the best of his 

or her knowledge. 

To assist in review of requests for 

exclusion, USTR has prepared a request 

form that will be posted on the USTR 

website under ‘‘Enforcement/Section 

301 investigations’’ and on the 

www.regulations.gov docket in the 

‘‘supporting documents’’ section. USTR 

strongly encourages interested persons 

to use the form to submit requests. All 

submissions must be in English and sent 

electronically via www.regulations.gov. 

5. Submitting a Product Exclusion 

Request 

To submit requests via 

www.regulations.gov, enter document ID 

number USTR–2018–0025–0001 on the 

home page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site 

will provide a search-results page listing 

the Federal Register Notice associated 

with this docket. Find a reference to this 

notice and click on the link titled 

‘‘comment now!’’. Once posted on the 

electronic docket, the exclusion request 

will be viewable in the ‘‘primary 

documents’’ section. 

File names for requests for exclusions 

should include the 10 digit subheading 

of the HTSUS most applicable to the 

particular product and the name of the 

person or entity submitting the 

comments (e.g., 1234567890 Initech). If 

the request includes BCI, then two files 

must be submitted—the business 

confidential version and a pubic 

version. The file names should indicate 

the version, e.g., 1234567890 Initech BC 

and 1234567890 Initech P. Additional 

instructions on business confidential 

submissions can be found below. 

6. Submitting a Response to a Product 

Exclusion Request 

To respond to a request for exclusion, 

please find the request in the ‘‘primary 

documents’’ section of the docket and 

click on the link titled ‘‘comment now!’’ 

associated with that specific request. 

Responses made on requests for 

exclusion will appear in the 

‘‘comments’’ section of the docket. 

File names for responses to requests 

should include the document ID of the 

request and the name of the person or 

entity submitting the response (e.g., 

USTR–2018–0025–0005 Initrode). If the 

response includes BCI, then two files 

must be submitted—the BCI version and 

a public version. The file names should 

indicate the version, e.g., USTR–2018– 

0025–0001 Initrode BC and USTR– 

2018–0025–0001 Initrode P. 

7. Submitting a Reply to a Response on 

a Product Exclusion Request 

To reply to a response made to an 

exclusion request, please find the 

exclusion request that is the subject of 

the response in the ‘‘primary 

documents’’ section of the docket and 

click on the link titled ‘‘comment 

now!’’. Replies will appear in the 

‘‘comments’’ section of the docket. 

File names for replies should include 

the document ID of the response and the 

name of the person or entity submitting 

the reply (e.g., USTR–2018–0025–0020 

Initech). If the reply includes BCI, then 

two files must be submitted—the BCI 

version and a public version. The file 

names should indicate the version, e.g., 

USTR–2018–0025–0020 Initech BC and 

USTR–2018–0025–0020 Initech P. 

For further information on using the 

www.regulations.gov website, please 

consult the resources provided on the 

website by clicking on ‘‘How to Use 

Regulations.gov’’ on the bottom of the 

home page. 

8. Document Format Instructions 

USTR prefers that you submit 

requests for product exclusions in an 

attached document. If you attach a 

document, it is sufficient to type ‘‘see 

attached’’ in the ‘‘comment’’ field. 

USTR strongly prefers that you make 

submissions using the request form that 

will be posted on the USTR website 

under ‘‘Enforcement/Section 301 

investigations’’ and on the 

www.regulations.gov docket in the 

‘‘supporting documents’’ section saved 

as a searchable Adobe Acrobat file 

(.pdf). If you do not use the USTR form, 

USTR prefers submissions made in 

Microsoft Word (.doc) or searchable 

Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If you use an 

application other than those two, please 

indicate the name of the application in 

the ‘‘comment’’ field. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the comment itself, rather 

than submitting them as separate files. 

For any documents submitted 

electronically containing BCI, the file 

name of the business confidential 

version should end with the characters 

‘‘BC’’. Any page containing BCI must be 

clearly marked ‘‘BUSINESS 

CONFIDENTIAL’’ on the top of that 

page and the submission should clearly 

indicate, via brackets, highlighting, or 

other means, the specific information 

that is business confidential. If you 

request business confidential treatment, 

you must certify in writing that 

disclosure of the information would 

endanger trade secrets or profitability, 

and that the information would not 

customarily be released to the public. 

Filers of submissions containing BCI 


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also must submit a public version of 

their submissions. The file name of the 

public version should end with the 

character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ 

should follow the rest of the file name. 

If these procedures are not sufficient to 

protect BCI or otherwise protect 

business interests, please contact the 

USTR Section 301 line at (202) 395– 

5725 to discuss whether alternative 

arrangements are possible. 

USTR will post submissions in the 

docket for public inspection, except 

BCI. You can view submissions on the 

https://www.regulations.gov website by 

entering docket number USTR–2018– 

0025 in the search field on the home 

page. 

Robert E. Lighthizer, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14820 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Request To Release Airport 

Property at Charleston International 

Airport, Charleston, South Carolina 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is considering a 

request to release and authorize the sale 

of 19.098 acres of airport property 

located at the Charleston International 

Airport, Charleston, South Carolina, and 

invites public comment on this notice. 

The airport property is planned to be 

sold by the Charleston County Aviation 

Authority (CCAA) for the proposed use 

of aircraft manufacturing. Currently, 

ownership of the property provides for 

protection of FAR Part 77 surfaces and 

compatible land use which would 

continue to be protected with deed 

restrictions required in the transfer of 

land ownership. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Aimee McCormick, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Atlanta Airports 

District Office, 1701 Columbia Ave., Ste. 

220, College Park, GA 30337. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to: Hernan Pena, 

Deputy Director, Charleston County 

Aviation Authority, 5500 International 

Blvd., #101, North Charleston, SC 

29418. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aimee McCormick, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Atlanta Airports 

District Office, 1701 Columbia Ave., Ste. 

220, College Park, GA 30337, 

aimee.mccormick@faa.gov. The request 

to release property may be reviewed, by 

appointment, in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 9, 2017, CCAA requested the 

FAA to release 19.089 acres of airport 

property. The request will allow CCAA 

to transfer ownership to the South 

Carolina Department of Commerce for 

the use of aircraft manufacturing. In 

return, the Department of Commerce 

will transfer 33.715 acres of property to 

CCAA. The fair market value of the two 

properties involved are of equal value. 

The use of the 33.715 acres will allow 

CCAA to construct a public parking 

facility. The FAA may approve the 

request, in whole or in part, no sooner 

than thirty days after the publication of 

this notice. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 

addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

determined by the FAA to be related to 

the application in person at the 

Charleston International Airport. 

Issued in Atlanta, GA, on July 3, 2018, 

Larry F. Clark, 

Manager, Atlanta Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14785 Filed 7–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of New Approval of 

Information Collection: Safety 

Assurance System (SAS) External 

Portal 

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 for a new information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on February 

23, 2018. The collection involves an 

internet-based tool, Safety Assurance 

System (SAS) External Portal. SAS 

External Portal is used by the FAA’s 

Office of Flight Standards to conduct 

initial certification, routine surveillance, 

and certificate management for 

applicants and certificate holders. The 

information to be collected will be used 

to better facilitate efficient certification, 

surveillance and certificate management 

activities. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 10, 2018. 

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: 

Barbara Hall at (940) 594–5913, or by 

email at: Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX. 

Title: Safety Assurance System 

External Portal. 

Form Numbers: (Pending) Initial 

Certification Data Collection Tool (14 

CFR 121 and 135) and Initial 

Certification Data Collection Tool (14 

CFR 145). 

Type of Review: This is a new 

information collection. 

Background: Safety Assurance System 

(SAS) External Portal is a tool used by 

aviation industry applicants and 

certificate holders to provide 

information to the FAA, primarily with 

Principal Inspectors and Certification 

Project Managers. SAS External Portal 


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