Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 146 / Friday, July 29, 2011 / Notices 45647 

Dated: July 22, 2011. 

J. Adam Ereli, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19252 Filed 7–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Special 

Awareness Training for the 

Washington DC Metropolitan Area 

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 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 May 26, 

2011, vol. 76, no. 102, page 30753. This 

collection of information is required of 

persons who must receive training and 

testing under 14 CFR 91.161 in order to 

fly within 60 nautical miles (NM) of the 

Washington, DC omni-directional range/ 

distance measuring equipment (DCA 

VOR/DME). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 29, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Scott on (202) 385–4293, or by email at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 2120–0734. 

Title: Special Awareness Training for 

the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The final rule containing 

this information collection requirement 

was published on August 12, 2008 (73 

FR 46797). The collection of 

information is solicited by the FAA in 

order to maintain a National database 

registry for those persons who are 

required to receive training and be 

tested for flying in the airspace that is 

within 60 NM of the DCA VOR/DME. 

This National database registry provides 

the FAA with information on how many 

persons and the names of those who 

have completed this training. 

Respondents: Approximately 366 

pilots. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 122 

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 July 25, 2011. 

Carla Scott, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–300. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19167 Filed 7–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Consensus Standards, Light-Sport 

Aircraft 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of one new and two revised 

consensus standards to previously 

accepted consensus standards relating 

to the provisions of the Sport Pilot and 

Light-Sport Aircraft rule issued July 16, 

2004, and effective September 1, 2004. 

ASTM International Committee F37 on 

Light Sport Aircraft developed the 

revised standards with Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) participation. By 

this notice, the FAA finds the new and 

revised standards acceptable for 

certification of the specified aircraft 

under the provisions of the Sport Pilot 

and Light-Sport Aircraft rule. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed 

to: Federal Aviation Administration, 

Small Airplane Directorate, Programs 

and Procedures Branch, ACE–114, 

Attention: Terry Chasteen, Room 301, 

901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 

64106. Comments may also be e-mailed 

to: 9-ACE-AVR-LSA-Comments@faa.gov. 

All comments must be marked: 

Consensus Standards Comments, and 

must specify the standard being 

addressed by ASTM designation and 

title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Chasteen, Light-Sport Aircraft 

Program Manager, Programs and 

Procedures Branch (ACE–114), Small 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 901 Locust, Room 301, 

Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone 

(816) 329–4147; e-mail: 

terry.chasteen@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the availability of one 

new and two revised consensus 

standards to previously accepted 

consensus standards relating to the 

provisions of the Sport Pilot and LightSport Aircraft rule. ASTM International 

Committee F37 on Light Sport Aircraft 

developed the new and revised 

standards. The FAA expects a suitable 

consensus standard to be reviewed at 

least every two years. The two-year 

review cycle will result in a standard 

revision or reapproval. A standard is 

issued under a fixed designation (i.e., 

F2244); the number immediately 

following the designation indicates the 

year of original adoption or, in the case 

of revision, the year of last revision. A 

number in parentheses indicates the 

year of last reapproval. A reapproval 

indicates a two-year review cycle 

completed with no technical changes. A 

superscript epsilon (e) indicates an 

editorial change since the last revision 

or reapproval. A notice of availability 

(NOA) will only be issued for new or 

revised standards. Reapproved 

standards issued with no technical 

changes or standards issued with 

editorial changes only (i.e., superscript 

epsilon (e)) are considered accepted by 

the FAA without need for a NOA. 

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45648 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 146 / Friday, July 29, 2011 / Notices 

Comments Invited: Interested persons 

are invited to submit such written data, 

views, or arguments, as they may desire. 

Communications should identify the 

consensus standard number and be 

submitted to the address specified 

above. All communications received on 

or before the closing date for comments 

will be forwarded to ASTM 

International Committee F37 for 

consideration. The standard may be 

changed in light of the comments 

received. The FAA will address all 

comments received during the recurring 

review of the consensus standard and 

will participate in the consensus 

standard revision process. 

Background: Under the provisions of 

the Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft 

rule, 69 FR 44772 (July 27, 2004), and 

revised Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Circular A–119, ‘‘Federal 

Participation in the Development and 

Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards 

and in Conformity Assessment 

Activities,’’ dated February 10, 1998, 

industry and the FAA have been 

working with ASTM International to 

develop consensus standards for lightsport aircraft. These consensus 

standards satisfy the FAA’s goal for 

airworthiness certification and a 

verifiable minimum safety level for 

light-sport aircraft. Instead of 

developing airworthiness standards 

through the rulemaking process, the 

FAA participates as a member of 

Committee F37 in developing these 

standards. The use of the consensus 

standard process assures government 

and industry discussion and agreement 

on appropriate standards for the 

required level of safety. 

Comments on Previous Notices of 

Availability 

In the Notice of Availability (NOA) 

issued on November 11, 2010, and 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 18, 2011 the FAA asked for 

public comments on the new and 

revised consensus standards accepted 

by that NOA. The comment period 

closed on January 18, 2011. No public 

comments were received regarding the 

standards accepted by this NOA. 

Consensus Standards in This Notice of 

Availability 

The FAA has reviewed the standards 

presented in this NOA for compliance 

with the regulatory requirements of the 

rule. Any light-sport aircraft issued a 

special light-sport airworthiness 

certificate, which has been designed, 

manufactured, operated and 

maintained, in accordance with this and 

previously accepted ASTM consensus 

standards provides the public with the 

appropriate level of safety established 

under the regulations. Manufacturers 

who choose to produce these aircraft 

and certificate these aircraft under 14 

CFR part 21, §§ 21.190 or 21.191 are 

subject to the applicable consensus 

standard requirements. The FAA 

maintains a listing of all accepted 

standards on the FAA Web site. 

The Revised Consensus Standard and 

Effective Period of Use 

The following previously accepted 

consensus standards have been revised, 

and this NOA is accepting the later 

revision. Either the previous revision or 

the later revision may be used for the 

initial certification of special light-sport 

aircraft until November 12, 2011. This 

overlapping period of time will allow 

aircraft that have started the initial 

certification process using the previous 

revision level to complete that process. 

After November 12, 2011, manufacturers 

must use the later revision and must 

identify the later revision in the 

Statement of Compliance for initial 

certification of special light-sport 

aircraft unless the FAA publishes a 

specific notification otherwise. The 

following Consensus Standards may not 

be used after November 12, 2011: 

ASTM Designation F2245–09, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance of a Light Sport Airplane 

ASTM Designation F2506–07, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Testing of Fixed-Pitch or Ground 

Adjustable Light Sport Aircraft 

Propellers. 

The Consensus Standards 

The FAA finds the following new and 

revised consensus standards acceptable 

for certification of the specified aircraft 

under the provisions of the Sport Pilot 

and Light-Sport Aircraft rule. The 

following consensus standards become 

effective May 12, 2011 and may be used 

unless the FAA publishes a specific 

notification otherwise: 

ASTM Designation F2245–10c, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Performance of a Light Sport Airplane 

ASTM Designation F2506–10, titled: 

Standard Specification for Design and 

Testing of Fixed-Pitch or Ground 

Adjustable Light Sport Aircraft 

Propellers 

ASTM Designation F2746–09, titled: 

Standard Specification for Pilot’s 

Operating Handbook (POH) for Light 

Sport Airplane. 

Availability 

These consensus standards are 

copyrighted by ASTM International, 100 

Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West 

Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959. 

Individual reprints of a standard (single 

or multiple copies, or special 

compilations and other related technical 

information) may be obtained by 

contacting ASTM at this address, or at 

(610) 832–9585 (phone), (610) 832–9555 

(fax), through service@astm.org (e-mail), 

or through the ASTM Web site at http:// 

www.astm.org. To inquire about 

standard content and/or membership or 

about ASTM International Offices 

abroad, contact Christine DeJong, Staff 

Manager for Committee F37 on Light 

Sport Aircraft: (610) 832–9736, 

cdejong@astm.org. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on July 20, 

2011. 

Earl Lawrence, 

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19163 Filed 7–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2011–33] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before August 

18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2011–0686 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

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