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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a New Approval of 

Information Collection: Helicopter Air 

Ambulance Operator Reports 

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 FAA Modernization and 

Reform Act of 2012 included a mandate 

to begin collection of operational data 

from Air Ambulance operators. FAA is 

to summarize the data and report to 

Congress no later than February 14, 

2014, and annually thereafter. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by September 30, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by 

email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX. 

Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance 

Operator Reports. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Clearance of a new 

information collection. 

Background: The FAA Modernization 

and Reform Act of 2012 mandates that 

all helicopter air ambulance operators 

must begin reporting the number of 

flights and hours flown, along with 

other specified information, during 

which helicopters operated by the 

certificate holder were providing 

helicopter air ambulance services. The 

helicopter air ambulance operational 

data provided to the FAA will be used 

by the agency as background 

information useful in the development 

of risk mitigation strategies to reduce 

the currently unacceptably high 

helicopter air ambulance accident rate, 

and to meet the mandates set by 

Congress. 

Respondents: 73 helicopter air 

ambulance certificate holders. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

quarterly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 6 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,352 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ms. Kathy 

DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation 

Administration, AES–200, 6500 S. 

MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 

73169. 

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 24, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a New Approval of 

Information Collection: Information 

Regarding Ferry Flights in On-Demand 

Operations 

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 collection involves an 

assessment of the number of ferry flights 

typically conducted by on-demand air 

carriers and the costs associated with 

those flights. The information to be 

collected will be used to conduct a 

benefit cost analysis in connection with 

rulemaking as required by Congress. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by September 30, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Zhu at (202) 267–4110 or by 

email at: martin.zhu@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX. 

Title: Information Regarding Ferry 

Flights in On-Demand Operations. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this specific 

collection of information. 

Type of Review: Clearance of a new 

information collection. 

Background: In response to the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–95), the FAA will initiate 

a rulemaking to change part 91 tail-end 

ferry flight limitations and rest 

requirements. The rule would apply 

part 135 flight limitations and rest 

requirements to today’s part 91 tail-end 

ferry flights (a part 91 flight following 

the last part 135 flight in a duty period). 

The FAA will use the results of this 

collection of information as the basis for 

the cost and benefit estimate of the 

proposed rule. The FAA requests your 

comments on the proposed questions 

below in order to help assess costs. 

Survey Questions 

1. How many total part 135 operations 

do you have annually? 

2. For comparative purposes, how 

many airplanes are flown in your part 

135 services? 

3. How many tail-end ferry flights 

flown under part 91 would be curtailed 

if pilots need to fly under part 135 of 

rest and duty requirements? 

4. What percentage of these tail-end 

ferry flights would be accounted as 

single-pilot flights? 

5. Would another crewmember fly the 

airplane to its destination? 

6. What would be the average cost of 

tail-end ferries flown under part 91 

rules? 

7. What would be the average cost of 

tail-end ferries flown under part 135 rest 

and duty rules? 

8. Please itemize key cost-drivers to 

comply with the proposed rule. 

Respondents: Part 135 operators 

conducting part 91 tail-end ferry flight. 

We estimate 2,155 of part 135 operators 

have such operations. 

Frequency: One time. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 60 minutes. 

Estimated Total One-Time Burden: 

2,155 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send electronic or written 

comments to the FAA at the following 

address: Mr. Martin Zhu 

(martin.zhu@faa.gov), Room 935, 

Federal Aviation Administration, APO– 

300, 800 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

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 

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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 24, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18292 Filed 7–30–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0313] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Application for an 

Exemption From Help, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA requests public 

comment on an application for 

exemption from Help, Inc. to allow its 

transponder systems to be mounted on 

commercial motor vehicles lower in the 

windshield than is currently permitted 

by the Agency’s regulations in order to 

utilize a mounting location that 

maximizes the device’s ability to send 

and receive roadside data. The Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 

(FMCSRs) currently require antennas, 

transponders, and similar devices to be 

located not more than 6 inches below 

the upper edge of the windshield, 

outside the area swept by the 

windshield wipers, and outside the 

driver’s sight lines to the road and 

highway signs and signals. Help, Inc. 

believes that mounting the transponder 

lower in the windshield will maximize 

a driver’s external view of the roadway. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FMCSA–2013–0313 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the Federal electronic docket site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number for this notice. For detailed 

instructions on submitting comments 

and additional information on the 

exemption process, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading below. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to Room W12– 

140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19476) or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Public participation: The http:// 

www.regulations.gov Web site is 

generally available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. You can get 

electronic submission and retrieval help 

and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section 

of the http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site and also at the DOT’s http:// 

docketsinfo.dot.gov Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a self 

addressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Brian J. Routhier, Vehicle and Roadside 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC– 

PSV, (202) 366–1225; Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4007 of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA– 

21) [Pub. L. 105–178, June 9, 1998, 112 

Stat. 401] amended 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 

31136(e) to provide authority to grant 

exemptions from the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). 

On August 20, 2004, FMCSA published 

a final rule (69 FR 51589) implementing 

section 4007. Under this rule, FMCSA 

must publish a notice of each exemption 

request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 

381.315(a)). The Agency must provide 

the public with an opportunity to 

inspect the information relevant to the 

application, including any safety 

analyses that have been conducted. The 

Agency must also provide an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

request. 

The Agency reviews the safety 

analyses and the public comments and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to or greater than 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulation (49 CFR 381.305). 

The decision of the Agency must be 

published in the Federal Register (49 

CFR 381.315(b)). If the Agency denies 

the request, it must state the reason for 

doing so. If the decision is to grant the 

exemption, the notice must specify the 

person or class of persons receiving the 

exemption and the regulatory provision 

or provisions from which an exemption 

is granted. The notice must also specify 

the effective period of the exemption 

(up to 2 years) and explain the terms 

and conditions of the exemption. The 

exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 

381.315(c) and 49 CFR 381.300(b)). 

Help, Inc. Application for Exemption 

Help, Inc. applied for an exemption 

from 49 CFR 393.60(e)(1) to allow the 

installation of transponders on its 

customer’s commercial motor vehicles 

in a location that is lower than currently 

allowed under the regulation. Section 

393.60(e)(1) of the FMCSRs prohibits 

the obstruction of the driver’s field of 

view by devices mounted on the 

windshield. Antennas, transponders 

and similar devices must not be 

mounted more than 152 mm (6 inches) 

below the upper edge of the windshield. 

These devices must be located outside 

the area swept by the windshield wipers 

and outside the driver’s sight lines to 

the road, highway signs and signals. 

In its application, Help Inc. states: 

Help, Inc. is making this request because 

we are coordinating device development and 

installation of PrePass transponder in up to 

430,000 commercial motor vehicles. The 5.9 

and toll transponder equipment installed is 

located at the bottom of the windshield, but 

within the swept area of windshield because 

the safety equipment must have a clear 

forward facing view of the road, and low 

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