22834 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 17, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0043] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection. Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the 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 

reinstatements of previously approved 

collections. The collection involves 

recruitment material, participants’ 

eligibility, and debriefing 

questionnaires. The information to be 

collected will be used to describe the 

study sample and gather information 

about participant experience with 

experiments related to the Pedestrian 

Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 

(PSEA). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by June 18, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. NHTSA–2012– 

0043 through one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the electronic docket site by clicking 

on ‘‘Help’’ or ‘‘FAQ.’’ 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit 

comments, you should mention the 

docket number of this document. 

You may call the Docket Management 

Facility at 202–366–9826. 

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 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lisandra Garay-Vega, 202–366–1412, 

Vehicle Safety Research, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an 

agency must ask for public comment on 

the following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB: 

OMB Control Number: Not assigned. 

Title: Recruitment and debriefing of 

human subjects for observational 

experiments to test auditory perception 

of vehicle sounds. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: New Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The Pedestrian Safety 

Enhancement Act of 2010 (PSEA) 

requires NHTSA to conduct a 

rulemaking to establish a Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

requiring an alert sound for pedestrians 

to be emitted by electric vehicles or 

hybrid vehicles (EVs and HVs). The goal 

is to establish performance requirements 

for an alert sound that allows blind and 

other pedestrians to reasonably detect a 

nearby EV or HV. 

Human factors observational 

experiments in a laboratory setting are 

proposed to examine participants’ 

response to different sound 

characteristics. The Volpe National 

Transportation Systems Center (Volpe 

Center), which is an element of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (U.S. 

DOT), Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration (RITA), 

would conduct this research under an 

Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) with the 

NHTSA. The collection of information 

consists of: (1) Recruitment material and 

eligibility questionnaire, and (2) 

debriefing questionnaire. Information 

would be used to verify eligibility, to 

describe the study sample, and to gather 

information about participant 

experience with the experiment. 

Information to be collected includes, for 

example; age, gender, whether 

participant considers him/herself an 

independent traveler and travels 

regularly; whether the participant is 

legally blind or sighted; whether the 

participant self-reported to have normal 

hearing in both ears without hearing 

aids; whether they have normal manual 

dexterity in both hands (for prompt 

button pressing); and overall experience 

while participating in the experiment. 

Respondents: Legally blind and 

sighted volunteers to be recruited in the 

Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts. 

Researchers would reach out to local 

organizations that provide services to 

the local blind community such as the 

Carroll Center for the Blind, the Perkins 

School for the Blind, and the Bay State 

Council of the Blind. Participants would 

also be recruited among federal 

employees at the Volpe Center in 

Cambridge, MA. Participants who are 

not Volpe Center employees or members 

of the blind community may also be 

recruited from the general population 

within the Greater Boston Area through 

for example, university bulletin boards 

and flyers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

90. 

Estimated Number of Responses: One 

response per person to each of 10–15 

questions total. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1 

minute per question per respondent (15 

to 22.5 hours total). 

Estimated Frequency: One time. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 74 / Tuesday, April 17, 2012 / Notices 22835 

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. 

Tim Johnson, 

Chief, Electronic Systems Safety Division, 

Vehicle Safety Research. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9159 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Second Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 227, Standards of 

Navigation Performance 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 227, Standards of Navigation 

Performance. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the second 

meeting of RTCA Special Committee 

227, Standards of Navigation 

Performance. 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

7–11, 2012, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http:// 

www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 227. The agenda will include 

the following: 

May 7–11, 2012 

• Welcome/Introductions/ 

Administrative Remarks 

• Agenda Overview 

• Review of SC–227 Workspace 

Changes/Process, and MASPS/ 

MOPS Workgroup Leadership 

• Review Minutes and Action Items 

• Update/approve minutes 

• Review of NextGen PBN Integrated 

Portfolio and Strategy Activities 

• Review/Discussion/Approval of 

MASPS Action Items and Proposed 

Updates 

• Subgroup breakouts to finalize 

updates/changes to proposal 

• Plenary discussion/update of 

updates/changes 

• Review of What’s Applicable to 

MOPS 

• Other Business 

• Establish Agenda for Next Meeting. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 

2012. 

John Raper, 

Manager, Business Operations Branch, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9193 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Passenger Facility Charge 

(PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC 

Approvals and Disapprovals. In March 

2012, there were four applications 

approved. This notice also includes 

information on three applications, 

approved in February 2012, 

inadvertently left off the February 2012 

notice. Additionally, four approved 

amendments to previously approved 

applications are listed. 

SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly 

notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals 

and disapprovals under the provisions 

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity 

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of 

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 

CFR Part 158). This notice is published 

pursuant to paragraph d of § 158.29. 

PFC Applications Approved 

Public Agency: Pitt County—City of 

Greenville Airport Authority, 

Greenville, North Carolina. 

Application Number: 12–05–U–00– 

PGV. 

Application Type: Use PFC revenue. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved for Use 

in this Decision: $36,538. 

Charge Effective Date: February 1, 

2009. 

Charge Expiration Date: September 1, 

2010. 

Class of Air Carriers Not Required To 

Collect PFC’s: No change from previous 

decision. 

Brief Description of Project Approved 

for Use: Jetway loading bridge. 

Decision Date: February 7, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Rau, Atlanta Airports District 

Office, (404) 305–7005. 

Public Agency: City of Bangor, Maine. 

Kevin Application Number: 12–03–C– 

00–BGR. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in this 

Decision: $2,576,497. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: May 1, 

2012. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

June 1, 2015. 

Class of Air Carriers Not Required to 

Collect PFC’s: On demand air taxi 

commercial operators. 

Determination: Approved. Based on 

information contained in the public 

agency’s application, the FAA has 

determined that the approved class 

accounts for less than 1 percent of the 

total annual enplanements at Bangor 

International Airport. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and USE: 

Electrical improvement. 

Terminal building renovations, phase I. 

PFC application costs. 

Decision Date: February 27, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Priscilla Scott, New England Region 

Airports Division, (781) 238–7614. 

Public Agency: City of Rock Springs/ 

County of Sweetwater, Rock Springs, 

Wyoming. 

Application Number: 12–04–C–00– 

RKS. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in this 

Decision: $461,933. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: 

September 1, 2012. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

December 1, 2017. 


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