Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 31, 2013 / Notices 46405 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18290 Filed 7–30–13; 8:45 am] 

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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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