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safety reporting; preparation and 

retention of manuals; maintenance of 

current aircraft and pilot records; flight 

scheduling; pilot-in-command 

designation; passenger safety briefings 

(oral and on information cards); 

preparation of proving-test programs; 

provision of drug and alcohol misuse 

education; and various personnel, 

maintenance, and minimum equipment 

list documentation. These requirements 

help ensure that these operators have 

procedures in place to facilitate 

compliance with the requirements of the 

rule. 

Information is collected electronically 

to the extent practicable, and the FAA 

likewise encourages and facilitates 

electronic recordkeeping. The FAA uses 

an automated Operations Specifications 

subsystem to issue management 

specifications to fractional ownership 

program managers. This system allows 

management companies to 

electronically generate and 

electronically sign the management 

specifications. Use of this automated 

system is required for the fractional 

ownership programs. While legal 

contractual documents, passenger 

briefing cards, and certain manuals 

must be kept in paper form for legal and 

safety reasons, all other records and 

reports mandated by 91K can be created, 

transmitted and retained electronically. 

The FAA will use the information it 

reviews and collects to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the program and make 

improvements as needed, and ensure 

compliance and adherence to the 

minimum safety standards of these 

regulations. 

Respondents: 8 fractional aircraft 

program managers/operators. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour, 20 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

13,736 hours, or 1,717 hours per 

respondent. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 

2018. 

Karen Shutt, 

Manager, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15728 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2018–0649] 

Notice of Proposal To Discontinue 

Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory 

Service (HIWAS) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is requesting public 

comment on the agency’s proposal to 

discontinue the Hazardous Inflight 

Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS). 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 22, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2018–0649 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–001. 

• Hand Deliver or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140, West Building Ground 

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

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instruction for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building, Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeff Black, Flight Service, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, Telephone (202) 267–6500; 

email jeff.black@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 16, 

2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Hazardous Inflight 

Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) is a 

continuous broadcast of weather 

advisories over a limited nationwide 

network of VORs that provide pilots 

with meteorological information relating 

to hazardous weather. Since the early 

1980s, the broadcast, available in 

various locations of the contiguous 

United States (CONUS) allows pilots to 

access hazardous weather while inflight 

without going through a Flight Service 

specialist. HIWAS was conceived when 

there was a large demand for inflight 

briefings from specialists and wait times 

could be extremely long. HIWAS 

alleviated the workload of the 

specialists and helped to reduce wait 

times for pilots. At that time, pilots had 

no other choice but to contact Flight 

Service to obtain hazardous weather 

updates for the route of flight. Originally 

created by specialists using scripts, 

HIWAS is now produced using text to 

voice technology. 

With the advent of the internet and 

other technology, the demand for 

inflight services from Flight Service 

specialists has declined. Staffing was 

3,000+ specialists in more than 300 

facilities during the early 1980s and 

now consists of three hub facilities. In 

2018, radio contacts dropped to less 

than 900 per day from an average of 

10,000 radio contacts per day. 

Demand for inflight services has 

diminished since the inception of 

HIWAS while access has never been 

greater, which indicates that pilots are 

migrating to other means of obtaining 

inflight weather advisories. Currently, 

multiple sources are available that 

provide access to weather and 

aeronautical information to pilots in the 

cockpit, often presented in a graphical 

format, making it easier to visualize 

what is going on along the route of 

flight. Pilots no longer need to contact 

a Flight Service specialist to adhere to 

14 CFR 91.103 and maintain awareness 

of hazardous weather advisories along 

their route of flight. 

As part of FAA efforts to modernize 

and streamline service delivery, the 

agency is interested in receiving 

comments on elimination of the 


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Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory 

Service. 

Dates: Comments must be received by 

August 22, 2018. 

Steven Villanueva, 

Director of Flight Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15632 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket Number DOT–NHTSA–2018–0075] 

Notice and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection. Before a Federal 

agency can collect certain information 

from the public, it must receive 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). Under procedures 

established by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, before seeking OMB 

approval, Federal agencies must solicit 

public comment on proposed 

collections of information, including 

extensions and reinstatement of 

previously approved collections. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 21, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. DOT– 

NHTSA–2018–0075] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruby Li, Office of Traffic Records and 

Analysis, Mathematical Analysis 

Division, (NSA–210), W55–208, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Ms. Li’s telephone number is 

(202) 366–6736. Please identify the 

relevant collection of information by 

referring to its OMB Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: The National Survey of the Use 

of Booster Seats. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0644. 

Type of Request: Collection of 

observed child restraint use data. 

Abstract: The National Survey of the 

Use of Booster Seats is conducted to 

respond to Section 14(i) of the 

Transportation Recall Enhancement, 

Accountability, and Documentation 

(TREAD) Act of 2000. The Act directs 

the Department of Transportation to 

reduce deaths and injuries (among 

children in the 4- to 8-year old age 

group that are caused by failure to use 

a booster seat) by twenty-five percent. 

Conducting the National Survey of the 

Use of Booster Seats provides the 

Department with invaluable information 

on use and non-use of booster seats, 

helping the Department to improve its 

outreach programs to ensure that 

children are protected to the greatest 

extent possible when they ride in motor 

vehicles. The OMB approval for this 

survey is scheduled to expire on 5/31/ 

19. NHTSA seeks an extension to this 

approval to obtain this important survey 

data, save more children, and help to 

comply with the TREAD Act 

requirement. 

Affected Public: Motorists in 

passenger vehicles at gas stations, fast 

food restaurants, and other types of sites 

frequented by children during the time 

in which the survey is conducted. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 4,800 adult motorists in 

passenger vehicles at gas stations, fast 

food restaurants, and other types of sites 

frequented by children during the time 

in which the survey is conducted. 

Frequency: Every other year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 340 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$8,276. 

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 the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Terry T. Shelton, 

Associate Administrator, National Center for 

Statistics and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15694 Filed 7–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket Number NHTSA–2018–0034] 

Extension of Comment Period on a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments; Extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA is extending the 

comment period for the proposed 

collection of information titled ‘‘State 

Data Transfer for Vehicle Crash Data.’’ 

NHTSA published a 60-day notice 

requesting comment on this proposed 

collection on September 14, 2018. 

DATES: The comment period for this 

collection is extended: written 

comments must be received on or before 

September 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. NHTSA–2018– 

0034 through one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Frenchik, Office of Data 

Acquisition, Safety Systems 

Management Division (NSA–0130), 

Room W53–303, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. 

Frenchik’s telephone number is (202) 

366–0641. Please identify the relevant 

collection of information by referring to 

its OMB Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

30, 2018, NHTSA published a 60-day 

Paperwork Reduction Act notice 

requesting commenton the proposed 

information collection titled ‘‘State Data 


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