5858 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 18 / Monday, January 28, 2013 / Notices 

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 to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on October 

2, 2012, vol. 77, no. 191, pages 60165– 

60166. The FAA requires certificate 

holders who voluntarily establish 

approved Flight Operational Quality 

Assurance (FOQA) programs to 

periodically provide aggregate trend 

analysis information from such 

programs to the FAA. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 27, 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: 2120–0660. 

Title: Flight Operational Quality 

Assurance (FOQA) Program. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The purpose of 

collecting, analyzing, aggregating, and 

reporting this information is to identify 

potential threats to safety, and to enable 

early corrective action before such 

threats lead to accidents. Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), 

Subpart 13.401, stipulates that the FAA 

does not use FOQA information in 

punitive enforcement action against an 

air carrier or its employees, when that 

air carrier has an FAA approved FOQA 

program. There are no legal or 

administrative requirements that 

necessitate this rule. The rule is 

intended to encourage the voluntary 

implementation of FOQA programs in 

the interest of safety enhancement. 

Respondents: 60 airline operators. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

monthly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 720 

hours. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01716 Filed 1–25–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Operations 

Specifications 

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 to renew an information 

collection. The FAA assesses the 

information collected and issues 

operations specifications to foreign air 

carriers. These operations specifications 

assure the foreign air carrier’s ability to 

navigate and communicate safely within 

the U.S. National Airspace System. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 29, 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: 2120–0749 

Title: Operations Specifications. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: This rule clarifies and 

standardizes the rules for applications 

by foreign air carriers and foreign 

persons for operations specifications 

issued under 14 CFR part 129 and 

establishes new standards for 

amendment, suspension and 

termination of those operations 

specifications. This final rule also 

applies to foreign air carriers and 

foreign persons operating U.S.- 

registered aircraft in common carriage 

solely outside the United States. This 

action was necessary to update the 

process for issuing operations 

specifications, and it establishes a 

regulatory basis for current practices, 

such as amending, terminating, and 

suspending operations specifications. 

Respondents: Approximately 25 new 

applicants for operations specifications 

annually 

Frequency: Five FSDOs will receive 

approximately five applications per 

year. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 3 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 75 

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 January 22, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01704 Filed 1–25–13; 8:45 am] 

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