Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 9, 2012 / Notices 27269 

Issued This 2nd Day of May 2012, at 

Washington, DC. 

Blane A. Workie, 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel for 

Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11105 Filed 5–8–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0183] 

Access to Aircraft Situation Display to 

Industry (ASDI) and National Airspace 

System Status Information (NASSI) 

Data 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed process for 

limiting aircraft data displayed via 

ASDI; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: On December 16, 2011, the 

FAA published a notice of an interim 

policy, instructing aircraft owners and 

operators on how they can limit the 

FAA’s dissemination of their aircraft 

data via the FAA’s ASDI program. The 

notice indicated that the FAA would 

later propose specific procedures by 

which aircraft owners and operators can 

in the future express their preference on 

the FAA’s release of their aircraft data 

to the public via ASDI. This document 

is the FAA’s proposal and the FAA’s 

invitation to the public to comment on 

any aspect of it. Until the FAA 

publishes a document that sets forth the 

FAA’s final decision on the ASDI 

blocking process, the FAA will continue 

to operate under the interim policy that 

the FAA described in the notice 

published in December 2011. 

DATES: Any written information that 

responds to the FAA’s proposed 

procedures must be submitted by June 

8, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

information, identified by docket 

number FAA–2011–0183, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to 

Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, M–30, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Persons 

wishing to receive confirmation of 

receipt of their written submission 

should include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments to 

Docket Operations in Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the West Building 

at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Facsimile: Fax comments to the 

docket operations personnel at 202– 

493–2251. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

that we receive, without change, at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information that you 

provide. Using the search function of 

the docket Web site, anyone can find 

and read the electronic form of all 

comments in any of our dockets, 

including the name of the individual 

sending the comment or signing the 

comment on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, or other entity or 

organization. You may review the DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register at 65 FR 19477–78 

(April 11, 2000), or you may find it at 

http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

Reviewing the docket: To read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time and 

follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket, or go to Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building at 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may direct any questions on adding 

aircraft to and removing aircraft from 

the ASDI block list to the FAA’s ASDI 

program staff by telephone at (540) 422– 

4649 or by electronic mail at 

ASDIBlock@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 18, 2011, the President 

signed into law H.R. 2112, the 

‘‘Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2012,’’ which 

provides the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s appropriation for the 

balance of fiscal year 2012. Section 

119A of that statute provides that: 

[n]otwithstanding any other provision of law, 

none of the funds made available under this 

Act or any prior Act may be used to 

implement or to continue to implement any 

limitation on the ability of any owner or 

operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon 

a request to the Administrator of the [FAA], 

a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s 

aircraft registration number from any display 

of the [FAA’s ASDI] data that is made 

available to the public, except data made 

available to a Government agency, for the 

noncommercial flights of that owner or 

operator. 

Public Law 112–55, § 119A, 125 Stat. 

552, 649. 

In light of this appropriation 

language, the FAA withdrew a prior 

policy that it published on June 3, 2011, 

which required owners or operators to 

submit a Certified Security Concern in 

order to have their aircraft blocked from 

the public’s view on displays of ASDI 

information. In connection with its 

withdrawal of the June 3 policy, the 

FAA published interim procedures 

under which aircraft owners and 

operators can request that the FAA 

block their aircraft from release to the 

public via the FAA’s ASDI data feed. 78 

FR 78,328 (Dec. 16, 2011). At that time, 

the FAA noted that it would propose 

more detailed procedures for the ASDI 

blocking program and solicit public 

comment on the proposal. This notice is 

the FAA’s proposal, and the FAA 

invites the public to comment on any 

aspect of it in any of the manners 

described in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. After the FAA publishes its 

final procedures with respect to 

blocking aircraft data from the public 

ASDI data feed, the FAA may amend its 

memoranda of agreement with the 

subscribers who receive the information 

to clarify the subscriber responsibilities. 

Substance of Aircraft Owner or 

Operator Requests 

Consistent with Congress’ recent 

appropriations directive, the FAA 

proposes to continue to honor all 

aircraft owner or operator requests that 

the FAA block their aircraft from 

appearing in the FAA’s public ASDI 

data feed. Aircraft owners and operators 

can submit requests on their own behalf 

or may do so through their legally 

authorized agent. The FAA does not 

view associations to be agents on behalf 

of their members for this purpose. 

To assist the FAA in accurately and 

efficiently processing the number of 

requests that the FAA expects, the FAA 

intends to ask that all requests for ASDI 

blocking include specific information. 

The receipt of this information could 

influence whether the FAA can add or 

delete aircraft from the ASDI block list 

in a timely way. In particular, the FAA 

expects that its program staff will need: 

• The name of the requestor; 

• The registration number(s) of the 

aircraft to be blocked or unblocked; 

• A certification that the requestor is 

the owner or operator of the specified 

aircraft; 

• A telephone number and electronic 

mail address to which the FAA can 

direct questions about the request; and 

• For a request to block one or more 

aircraft, a statement indicating whether 

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the requestor desires ASDI blocking at 

the FAA source or at the industry level. 

The distinction between blocking 

ASDI data at the FAA source and 

blocking it at the industry level warrants 

clarification. Blocking ASDI information 

at the FAA source results in the FAA 

filtering the blocked data before release 

to the public, although the FAA 

supplies unfiltered data to other 

Government agencies. If the owner or 

operator selects this level of blocking, 

however, the aircraft owner or operator 

who wants to track the aircraft or to 

grant that ability to anyone else will be 

unable to do so. Blocking ASDI 

information at the industry level allows 

owners or operators to contract with an 

ASDI data subscriber to reveal their 

aircraft whereabouts to those with 

whom the owner or operator wishes to 

share that information. Under this 

procedure, owners and operators should 

be aware that the FAA will provide 

unfiltered information to all subscribers 

who receive ASDI data directly from the 

FAA (direct subscribers), with the 

instruction that those subscribers are to 

block the designated aircraft unless the 

subscriber reaches a contrary agreement 

with a blocked aircraft’s owner or 

operator. Furthermore, the direct 

subscribers may contract to share the 

FAA data with an additional level of 

subscribers (indirect subscribers). All 

subscriber use of the information is 

limited in that they must agree to shield 

the blocked aircraft data from further 

release, unless the subscriber enters into 

an agreement with the owner or 

operator that allows for the 

information’s further use. If a requestor 

fails to specify whether the request is for 

blocking at the FAA source or at the 

industry level, the FAA will construe 

the request as seeking to block the 

information at the FAA source. 

FAA Implementation of Requests 

The FAA intends to continue its 

current practice of implementing ASDI 

block list revisions on the first Thursday 

of each month. As a practical matter, 

requests that the FAA receives on or 

before the 15th of the preceding month 

are likely to be processed in time to take 

effect the following month. However, it 

is possible that the volume of requests 

in a given month, a requestor’s 

timeliness, or the completeness and 

accuracy of the information that the 

FAA receives could preclude the FAA 

from processing some requests in time 

for them to take effect in the month 

following their submission. In that 

event, the FAA will process all requests 

in the order in which the FAA receives 

them to the extent that it is possible. 

Process for Aircraft That Are Currently 

Blocked 

A number of aircraft are currently on 

the FAA’s ASDI block lists, some of 

which are based on a certified security 

concern submitted after June 3, 2011, 

and some of which are based on 

requests under the FAA’s interim policy 

of accepting all aircraft owner or 

operator requests to block their aircraft 

data from public display of ASDI and 

NASSI information. The FAA has 

tentatively determined that it is not 

necessary to require the owners or 

operators of these aircraft to submit 

their initial requests again, unless they 

wish to change the status of their 

aircraft or the level at which an aircraft 

is blocked. 

Block Request Addresses 

Because the nature of the FAA’s ASDI 

blocking program is changing, the FAA 

proposes to change the principal 

addresses where aircraft owners and 

operators can submit any information 

that the program requires. The FAA will 

still receive and accept information 

submitted at the previous addresses for 

this program. However, the FAA has 

established a new primary electronic 

mailbox for all aircraft blocking and 

unblocking requests and inquiries at 

ASDIBlock@faa.gov. The FAA also will 

accept information submitted by regular 

mail at: FAA ASDI Blocking Request; 

ATO System Operations Services, AJR– 

0; Wilbur Wright Building, Room 

3E1500; 600 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20597. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This proposal contains the following 

new information collection 

requirements. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. section 3507(d)), the FAA has 

submitted the information requirements 

associated with this proposal to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for its review. 

Title: ASDI Block Requests. 

Summary: The FAA makes air traffic 

flow management data available to 

aviation and other industries, consisting 

of near real-time position and other 

relevant flight data for civil aircraft 

receiving radar services within the 

National Air Space. Through a Policy 

Notice published in the Federal 

Register on June 3, 2011, the FAA 

undertook to formalize a process 

through which aircraft owners and 

operators could ask the FAA to block 

their aircraft identification information 

from appearing in the FAA’s ASDI data 

feed. Section 119A of H.R. 2112, the 

‘‘Consolidated and Further Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2012’’ and the 

FAA’s resulting policy adjustments 

expanded the aircraft blocking program 

to allow any interested aircraft owner or 

operator to simply opt out of the public 

ASDI data feed by submitting a written 

request to the FAA’s ASDI Program 

Office. The FAA’s implementation of 

the ASDI blocking program necessitates 

a paperwork burden related to the 

collection and processing of those block 

requests. 

Use of: The collected information will 

be used by the National Air Space Data 

Release Office to block aircraft flight 

data as requested by any interested 

aircraft owner or operator. 

Respondents (including number of): 

The FAA estimates that approximately 

6,000 owners and operators will request 

ASDI blocks. 

Frequency: The information collection 

would occur one time per requesting 

owner/operator. 

Annual Burden Estimate: The burden 

estimate is approximately 500 hours. 

The agency is soliciting comments 

related to: (1) Evaluating whether the 

proposed information requirement is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) evaluating the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden; (3) enhancing the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) minimizing the 

burden of collecting information on 

those who are to respond, including by 

using appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Individuals and organizations may 

send comments on the information 

collection requirement to the address 

listed in the ADDRESS section in this 

notice. Comments also should be 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk 

Officer for FAA, New Executive 

Building, Room 10202, 725 17th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20053. 

According to the 1995 amendments to 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (5 CFR 

section 1320.8(b)(2)(vi)), an agency may 

not collect or sponsor the collection of 

information, nor may it impose an 

information collection requirement 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

number for this information collection 

will be published in the Federal 

Register, after OMB approves it. 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2012. 

Nancy B. Kalinowski, 

Vice President, ATO System Operations 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11251 Filed 5–8–12; 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: Suspected 

Unapproved Parts Notification 

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 information collected on 

the FAA Form 8120–11 is used by those 

who wish to report suspected 

unapproved parts to the FAA for review. 

The information is used to determine if 

an unapproved, part investigation is 

warranted. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 9, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by 

email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0552. 

Title: Suspected Unapproved Parts 

Notification. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8120–11. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: 49 U.S.C. 44701 

empowers the Administrator of the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

to provide reasonable rules and 

regulations for minimum standards 

governing the design, materials, 

construction, and performance of 

aircraft, engines, and propellers as may 

be required to ensure safety in air 

transportation. Submission of the 

Suspected Unapproved Parts Report, 

FAA Form 8120–11, is necessary to 

ensure that only FAA-approved parts 

are installed on type certificated aircraft, 

and that continued airworthiness is 

maintained. The information collected 

on the FAA Form 8120–11 will be 

reported voluntarily by manufacturers, 

repair stations, aircraft owner/operators, 

air carriers, and the general public who 

wish to report suspected unapproved 

parts to the FAA for review. 

Respondents: Approximately 150 

manufacturers, repair stations, aircraft 

owner/operators, and air carriers. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 30 minutes. 

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 May 3, 2012. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11225 Filed 5–8–12; 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: Commercial Air 

Tour 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 to renew for full clearance an 

information collection that has been 

granted emergency clearance. The 

commercial air tour operational data 

provided to the FAA and NPS will be 

used by the agencies as background 

information useful in the development 

of air tour management plans and 

voluntary agreements for purposes of 

meeting the mandate of the National 

Parks Air Tour Management Act 

(NPATMA) of 2000. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 9, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by 

email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0750 

Title: Commercial Air Tour Operator 

Reports 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Request for full 

clearance of an information collection 

that has been granted short-term 

emergency clearance. 

Background: The FAA Modernization 

and Reform Act of 2012 included 

amendments to the National Parks Air 

Tour Management Act (NPATMA) of 

2000. One of these amendments requires 

commercial air tour operators 

conducting tours over national park 

units to begin reporting on the number 

of operations they conduct and any such 

other information prescribed by the 

FAA Administrator and the Director of 

the National Park Service (NPS). The 

Administrator and Director have 90 

days from date of enactment of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(enacted February 14, 2012) to jointly 

issue an initial request for reports and 

the specified frequency and format of 

these reports. OMB granted emergency 

clearance of this information collection 

on April 25, 2012, expiring on October 

31, 2012. 

Respondents: Approximately 75 air 

tour operators. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

quarterly, or annually for park units 

with fewer than 50 tours per year. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 11.66 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,300 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 

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