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Authority 234, dated October 1, 1999, 

which remains in effect. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: July 15, 2013. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17802 Filed 7–23–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No: FAA–2013–0649] 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working 

Group (ATSTWG) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Comment 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of additional draft Airman 

Certification Standards (ACS) 

documents developed by the ATSTWG 

for the authorized instructor certificate, 

the private pilot certificate and the 

instrument rating. These documents are 

available for public review, download, 

and comment. 

DATES: Send comments on or before 

August 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2013–0649 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Van 

L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory Support 

Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, 

AFS 600, FAA Mike Monroney 

Aeronautical Center, P.O. Box 25082, 

Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone 

(405) 954–4431, email 

van.l.kerns@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

On August 30, 2012, the ARAC 

Executive Committee accepted the 

FAA’s assignment of a new task arising 

from recommendations of the Airman 

Testing Standards and Training 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

The ARC recommended ways to ensure 

that the FAA’s airman testing and 

training materials better support 

reduction of fatal general aviation 

accidents. The new task instructed the 

ARAC to integrate aeronautical 

knowledge and flight proficiency 

requirements for the private pilot and 

flight instructor certificates and the 

instrument rating into a single ACS 

document for each type of certificate 

and rating; to develop a detailed 

proposal to realign FAA training 

handbooks with the ACS documents; 

and to propose knowledge test item 

bank questions consistent with the 

integrated ACS documents and the 

principles set forth in the ARC’s 

recommendations. 

The FAA announced the ARAC’s 

acceptance of this task through a 

Federal Register Notice published on 

September 12, 2012 [77 FR 56251]. This 

Notice described the task elements and 

solicited participants for the ATSTWG, 

which subsequently formed and began 

its work in November 2012. 

Consistent with the first part of this 

tasking, the ATSTWG developed draft 

ACS documents that align the 

aeronautical knowledge testing 

standards with the flight proficiency 

standards set out in the existing 

Practical Test Standards (PTS). In 

addition to supporting the FAA’s effort 

to improve the relevance, reliability, 

validity, and effectiveness of 

aeronautical testing and training 

materials, the draft ACS documents 

support the FAA’s goal of reducing fatal 

general aviation accidents by 

incorporating task-specific risk 

management considerations into each 

Area of Operation. 

The ATSTWG completed its initial 

work on the ACS for the private pilot 

certificate and the instrument rating in 

April, 2013. At the request of the 

ATSTWG, the FAA made these 

documents available for public 

comment through docket number FAA– 

2013–0316. The comment period for the 

notice published on April 24, 2013 (78 

FR 24289) closed May 24, 2013. Also at 

the request of the ATSTWG, the FAA 

reopened the comment period until July 

8, 2013. 

During these periods, the ATSTWG 

received more than 300 comments and 

questions on the draft ACS for the 

private pilot certificate and the 

instrument rating. The ATSTWG has 

used these comments to inform and 

refine its continuing work on this 

project, and has consequently asked the 

FAA to make the revised versions of 

these documents available for on 

additional period of public review and 

comment before it completes its work in 

September, 2013. 

In addition, the ATSTWG has 

completed its initial draft of the 

authorized instructor ACS document. 

The purpose of the authorized instructor 

ACS is to define the acceptable 

performance standards for instructional 

knowledge and skill, including the 

Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) 

concepts listed in 14 CFR part 61. 

Consistent with its desire for comments 

to help refine its work, the ATSTWG 

has asked the FAA to make this 

document available for public comment 

as well. 

In making this document available, 

the ATSTWG wishes to note that while 

the draft authorized instructor ACS 

follows the overall conceptual 

framework developed for the private 

pilot ACS and the instrument rating 

ACS, its construction reflects 

fundamental differences between the 

family of pilot certificates/ratings and 

the instructor certificate. The core of the 

authorized instructor ACS addresses 

practical application of the instructional 

concepts and techniques presented in 

the traditional FOI. The authorized 

instructor ACS uses appendices to 

define the acceptable standards for 

knowledge, skill, and risk management 

in the aeronautical proficiency tasks 

unique to a particular instructor 

certificate or rating. 


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The ATSTWG also wishes to 

emphasize that the authorized instructor 

ACS is not intended to be a stand-alone 

document. Rather, it is intended to be 

used in conjunction with the pilot 

certificate level or rating ACS for which 

the instructor-applicant seeks 

authorization to provide instruction. 

Therefore, in addition to mastery of the 

knowledge and skills defined in the 

authorized instructor ACS, the 

instructor-applicant must demonstrate 

instructional competence for Tasks in 

the ACS for the appropriate certificate 

level or rating, to include analyzing and 

correcting common learner errors. 

The ATSTWG continues work to 

complete its remaining assignments. 

These include developing a detailed 

proposal to realign and, as appropriate, 

streamline and consolidate existing 

FAA guidance material (e.g., 

handbooks) with each integrated ACS 

document; and to propose 

methodologies to ensure that knowledge 

test item bank questions are consistent 

with both the ACS documents and the 

test question development principles set 

forth in the ARC’s recommendations. 

The ACS documents are designed as 

the foundation for transitioning to a 

more integrated and systematic 

approach to airman certification testing 

and training. To accomplish this 

objective and achieve its overall safety 

goals, the ACS documents support the 

safety management system (SMS) 

framework. SMS methodology provides 

a systematic approach to achieving 

acceptable levels of safety risk. The 

ATSTWG is constructing ACS, 

associated guidance, and test item bank 

question components of the airman 

certification system around the four 

functional components of SMS: 

• Safety Policy that demonstrates 

FAA senior management commitment to 

continually improve safety through 

enhancements to the airman 

certification testing and training system; 

specifically, better integration of the 

aeronautical knowledge, flight 

proficiency, and risk management 

components of the airman certification 

system; 

• Safety Risk Management processes 

that create a structured means of safety 

risk management decision making to 

identify, assess, and determine 

acceptable level of risk associated with 

regulatory changes, safety 

recommendations, or other factors 

requiring modification of airman testing 

and training materials; 

• Safety Assurance processes which 

allow increased confidence on the part 

of industry and FAA stakeholders in 

risk controls through a continual review 

of FAA products and the systematic, 

prompt and appropriate incorporation 

of changes arising from new regulations, 

data analysis, and safety 

recommendations; and 

• Safety Promotion framework to 

support a positive safety culture in the 

form of training and ongoing 

engagement with both external 

stakeholders (e.g., the aviation training 

industry) and FAA policy divisions. 

Time permitting, and given the 

foundational nature of the ACS 

documents and their importance in the 

ongoing evolution of the FAA’s airman 

certification testing and training system, 

the ATSTWG wishes to make 

subsequent revised draft ACS 

documents for the private pilot 

certificate and the instrument rating, 

and of its current initial draft of the 

authorized instructor ACS, available to 

the public for one additional period of 

review and comment before it completes 

its work in September 2013. The 

ATSTWG would use the comments it 

receives to complete its work on this 

project and to develop its final report 

and recommendations. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 19, 2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17782 Filed 7–23–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0045] 

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below will be forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on April 18, 2013 

(78 FR 23330). No comments were 

received. 

Comments: Comments should be 

directed to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard forms. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 23, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Piazza, National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Office of the Chief 

Counsel (NCC–111), (202) 366–9511, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: Criminal Penalty Safe Harbor 

Provision. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0609. 

Frequency: We believe that there will 

be very few criminal prosecutions under 

49 U.S.C. 30170, given the lack of 

prosecutions under the statute to date. 

Accordingly, it is not likely to be a 

substantial motivating force for a 

submission of a corrected report in 

response to an agency request for 

information. See Summary of the 

Collection of Information below. Based 

on our experience to date, we estimate 

that no more than one (1) person per 

year would be subject to this collection 

of information, and we do not anticipate 

receiving more than one report a year 

from any particular person. 

Affected Public: This collection of 

information would apply to any person 

who seeks a ‘‘safe harbor’’ from 

potential criminal liability under 49 

U.S.C. 30170. Thus, the collection of 

information could apply to the 

manufacturers, any officers or 

employees thereof, and other persons 

who respond or have a duty to respond 

to an information provision requirement 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30166 or a 

regulation, requirement, request or order 

issued thereunder. 

Abstract: NHTSA has published a 

final rule related to ‘‘reasonable time’’ 

and sufficient manner of ‘‘correction,’’ 

as they apply to the safe harbor from 

criminal penalties, as required by 

Section 5 of the Transportation Recall 

Enhancement, Accountability, and 

Documentation (TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 

106–414), which was enacted on 

November 1, 2000. 65 FR 38380 (July 

24, 2001). 

Estimated Annual Burden: Using the 

above estimate of one (1) affected person 

a year, with an estimated two (2) hours 

of preparation to collect and provide the 

information, at an assumed rate of 

$26.70 an hour, the annual, estimated 

cost of collecting and preparing the 


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