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Vol. 83, No. 150 

Friday, August 3, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Helicopter Pilot 

Qualifications and Approval Record 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection, Helicopter Pilot 

Qualifications and Approval Record. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before October 2, 2018 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to: USDA 

Forest Service, Assistant Director 

Aviation, Fire and Aviation 

Management, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Mailstop 1107, Washington 

DC 20250–1107. Comments also may be 

submitted via facsimile to 202–205– 

1401, phone 202–205–1483 or by email 

to: jmpower@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at USDA Forest Service, Fire 

and Aviation Management, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington 

DC 20250, during normal business 

hours. Visitors are encouraged to call 

ahead to 202–205–1483 to facilitate 

entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Power, Assistant Director Aviation, 

202–205–1483. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Helicopter Pilot Qualifications 

and Approval Record 

OMB Number: 0596–0015. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 12/31/ 

2018. 

Type of Request: Renewal with 

Revision. 

Abstract: The Forest Service contracts 

with approximately 400 vendors a year 

for commercial aviation services 

utilized in resource protection and 

project management. In recent years, the 

total annual use of contract aircraft and 

pilots has exceeded 80,000 hours. In 

order to maintain an acceptable level of 

safety, preparedness, and costeffectiveness in aviation operations, 

Forest Service contracts include 

rigorous qualifications for pilots and 

specific condition, equipment, and 

performance requirements for aircraft as 

aviation operations are conducted under 

extremely adverse conditions of 

weather, terrain, turbulence, smoke 

reduced visibility, minimally improved 

landing areas, and congested airspace 

around wildfires. To ensure agency 

contracting officers that pilots and 

aircraft used for aviation operations 

meet specific Forest Service 

qualifications and requirements for 

aviation operations, prospective 

contract pilots fill out one of the 

following Forest Service forms: 

• FS–5700–20—Airplane Pilot 

Qualifications and Approval Record 

• FS–5700–20a—Helicopter Pilot 

Qualifications and Approval Record 

Contract Officers’ Technical 

Representatives use forms: 

• FS–5700–21—Airplane Data Record 

• FS–5700–21a—Helicopter Data 

Record 

When inspecting the aircraft for 

contract compliance. Based upon the 

approval(s) documented on the form(s), 

each contractor pilot and aircraft 

receives an approval card. The Forest 

Service personnel verify possession of 

properly approved cards before using 

contracted pilots and aircraft. 

Information collected on these forms 

includes: 

• Name. 

• Address. 

• Certification numbers. 

• Employment history. 

• Medical Certification. 

• Airplane/helicopter certifications 

and specifications. 

• Accident/violation history. 

Without the collected information, 

Forest Service Contracting Officers, as 

well as Forest Service pilot and aircraft 

inspections, cannot determine if 

contracted pilots and aircraft meet the 

detailed qualification, equipment, and 

condition requirements essential to safe 

and effective accomplishment of Forest 

Service specified flying missions. 

Without a reasonable basis to determine 

pilot qualifications and aircraft 

capability, Forest Service employees 

would be exposed to hazardous 

conditions. The data collected 

documents the approval of contract 

pilots and aircraft for specific Forest 

Service aviation missions. Information 

will be collected and reviewed by 

Contracting Officers or their designated 

representatives, including aircraft 

inspectors, to determine whether the 

aircraft and/or pilot(s) meet all contract 

specifications in accordance with Forest 

Service Handbook (FSH) 5709.16, 

chapter 10, sections 15 and 16. Forest 

Service pilot and aircraft inspectors 

maintain the collected information in 

Forest Service regional offices. The 

Forest Service, at times, shares the 

information with the Department of the 

Interior, Aviation Management 

Directorate, as each organization accepts 

contract inspections conducted by the 

other. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 60 

minutes. 

Type of Respondents: Vendors/ 

Contractors. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 2100. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2100 hours. 

Comment is Invited Comment is 

invited on: (1) Whether this collection of 

information is necessary for the stated 

purposes and the proper performance of 

the functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical or scientific utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 


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addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: July 20, 2018. 

Patti Hirami, 

Acting Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16663 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Snow King Mountain Resort Onmountain Improvements Project 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Bridger-Teton National Forest, 

Jackson Ranger District, Teton 

County, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service has 

accepted a master development plan 

from Snow King Mountain Resort. The 

master development plan is a multi-year 

plan for improvement and expansion of 

facilities at the resort, which operates in 

part under special use permit with the 

Forest Service. The proposed action is 

to update existing facilities and develop 

new winter and summer recreation 

opportunities. The Forest Service is 

considering the authorization of a 

permit boundary expansion, building a 

multi-function guest services building 

on the summit of Snow King Mountain, 

adding additional ski lifts and lift 

upgrades, building new ski runs and 

improving existing runs, expanding and 

improving snowmaking and nightlighting coverage, building a mountain 

bike park and trail system, adding 

hiking trails, and building additional 

service facilities. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

within 30 days from date of publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected February 2019 

and the final environmental impact 

statement is expected July 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic comments are 

encouraged. Please address any form of 

comments as ‘‘Attention: SKMR Onmountain Improvement Projects.’’ 

Electronic comments should be 

submitted in rich text format (.rtf) or 

Word (.doc) to comments-intermtnbridger-teton-jackson@fs.fed.us. Written 

comments should be submitted to: 

Bridger-Teton National Forest—Jackson 

Ranger District, P.O. Box 1689, Jackson, 

WY 83001—attention Mary Moore. 

Comments may be hand-delivered to 

340 N. Cache St. between 8:00 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Moore, Jackson District Ranger, 

marymoore@fs.fed.us or (307) 739–5410. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 

a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Snow 

King Mountain Resort’s multi-year 

master development plan proposes 

improvements and expansion of 

facilities at the resort, which operates in 

part under special use permit with the 

Forest Service. This Notice of Intent 

initiates the scoping period for this 

project and allows the Forest Service to 

provide background information, the 

project’s purpose and need, the 

proposed actions, preliminary issues, 

the scoping process, cooperating 

agencies, the responsible official, and 

the decision to be made. These details 

are outlined below. 

Background 

Snow King Mountain Resort was one 

of the original ski areas to be permitted 

on National Forest Land and has been 

in operation for more than seventy 

years. The resort is adjacent to the 

southern boundary of the town of 

Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, and is 

known locally as the ‘‘Town Hill.’’ 

Roughly the lower quarter of the resort 

is private land where base-area facilities 

(e.g. Snow King Resort Hotel, rental 

condominiums, ticket sales, equipment 

rental, food service, and parking), the 

bottom terminals and lower portions of 

the resort’s three chairlifts and 

associated ski terrain, and summer 

recreational infrastructure (e.g. alpine 

slide, mountain coaster, and ropes 

course) are located. The upper threequarters of the resort are on National 

Forest System land (338 acres in the 

permit area) that comprises the three 

chairlift top terminals, ski terrain, and 

service roads. 

The resort’s ski terrain totals about 

400 acres, including about 135 acres of 

developed ski runs and 265 acres of 

natural openings and tree skiing areas, 

between and around the developed 

runs. The resort’s snowmaking system 

includes much of the ski terrain on both 

private and public land, and night 

lighting covers roughly the lower half of 

the existing slopes. 

Purpose and Need 

Two emerging developments in the 

mountain resort industry underlie the 

purpose and need for the proposed 

action. First, extensive customer surveys 

conducted by the ski industry indicate 

that visitors are increasingly seeking a 

more diverse range of recreational 

activities, particularly for families, that 

includes year-round opportunities and 

activities that are more adventurous. 

The Forest Service response to this 

trend includes our 2012 introduction of 

the Framework for Sustainable 

Recreation, which sets goals for 

providing a diverse array of recreational 

opportunities aimed at connecting 

people with the outdoors and promoting 

healthy lifestyles, in partnership with 

other public and private recreation 

providers. 

Second, passage of the Ski Area 

Recreational Opportunity Enhancement 

Act of 2011 provides direction on the 

types of summer activities the Forest 

Service should consider authorizing to 

round out the range of opportunities 

provided to the public at permitted 

mountain resorts. 

Reflecting these considerations, the 

purposes to be achieved through the 

proposed action are: 

• To maintain and improve the 

winter sport infrastructure on National 

Forest System lands at Snow King 

Mountain Resort. 

• To provide new and innovative 

forms of year-round outdoor recreation 

for residents and visitors to Jackson 

Hole, using the existing resort 

infrastructure as the hub. 

• To capitalize on the established 

relationship between the Bridger-Teton 

National Forest and Snow King 

Mountain Resort that connects visitors 

with the natural environment and 

supports the quality of life and the 

economy of the local community. 

The needs that must be resolved in 

order to achieve these purposes include: 

• Improve and increase beginner and 

intermediate ski terrain, lifts, and 

facilities to serve as the primary ski 

resort in Jackson, WY to introduce and 

recruit new skiers to the sport. 

• Expand snowmaking on the 

mountain to enable an early November 

opening for ski race training, provide 

coverage to the upper mountain, and aid 

in fire prevention. 

• Introduce high-quality guest service 

facilities to attract and retain local and 

destination skiers, serve as an event 

venue, and provide an outdoor 

education center for Jackson residents 

and visitors. 

• Provide access to a wide range of 

year-round activities catering to a 


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