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the requirements have changed, but 

operator data have changed. The overall 

number of operators has decreased. 

Additionally, the number of large 

operators (to which we attribute a 

higher hourly burden) has increased and 

the number of small operators (to which 

we attribute a lower hourly burden) has 

decreased. Therefore, in the aggregate, 

the average hourly burden increased 

from six (6) hours to eleven (11) hours 

per operator. 

The AMOA commented that they 

strongly supported the intent of the data 

collection requirement, but also noted 

that the original collection requirement 

should have been the subject of notice 

and comment rulemaking. The FAA 

notes, as indicated in the August 12, 

2013 Requests for Comments; Clearance 

of a New Approval of Information 

Collection: Helicopter Air Ambulance 

Operator Reports (78 FR 48925), that 

prior to issuance of the first information 

collection notice, representatives from 

the Flight Standards Service, Office of 

Accident Investigation and Prevention, 

and the Office of the Chief Counsel met 

with representatives from AMOA to 

discuss the FAA’s approach to this data 

collection. Meetings were held on 

October 15, 2012 and May 17, 2013. On 

June 28, 2013 AMOA submitted a 

response to the FAA discussing its view 

of the method to collect the data being 

pursued by the FAA. A copy of that 

letter was placed in the docket (FAA– 

2013–0684) and was considered by the 

agency. 

AMOA also commented that the FAA 

has underestimated the hourly burden 

for both large and small operators. 

Although AMOA did not provide any 

specific data to support its comment, in 

response the FAA has increased the 

estimates of hourly burden for both 

large and small operators in this notice 

and request for comments. 

AMOA also requested information 

from the FAA’s Office of Accident 

Investigation and Prevention and 

commented on the FAA’s 

implementation of certain provisions of 

the FAA Modernization and Reform Act 

of 2012, which are both beyond the 

scope of this clearance of a renewed 

approval of information collection. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 20, 2018. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall at (940) 594–5913, or by 

email at: Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0761. 

Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance 

Operator Reports. 

Form Numbers: Helicopter Air 

Ambulance Mandatory Flight 

Information Report. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on November 3, 2017 (82 FR 51331). 

The FAA Modernization and Reform 

Act of 2012 (The Act) 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. See Public Law 

112–95, Sec. 306, 49 U.S.C. 44731. The 

FAA Administrator had 180 days to 

develop a methodology to collect and 

store those data. The Act further 

mandates that not later than 2 years 

after the date of enactment, and 

annually thereafter, the Administrator 

shall submit to the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation of the Senate, a report 

containing a summary of the data 

collected. 

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 helicopter air 

ambulance accident rate, and to meet 

the mandates set by Congress. The 

information requested is limited to the 

minimum necessary to fulfill these 

reporting requirements mandated by the 

Act and as developed by FAA. The 

amount of data required to be submitted 

is proportional to the size of the 

operation. 

Respondents: 65 helicopter air 

ambulance certificate holders. 

Frequency: The information is 

collected annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 13.4 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 870 

hours. 

Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on January 8, 

2018. 

Barbara Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00826 Filed 1–18–18; 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: Renewal, 

Rotorcraft External Load Operator 

Certificate Application 

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 collection involves the 

submission of application FAA Form 

8710–4 for the certification process. The 

information to be collected will be used 

to and/or is necessary to evaluate the 

operators request to become certified as 

a Rotorcraft External-Load Operator. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Barbara Hall, 

Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– 

110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

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 


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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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0044. 

Title: Rotorcraft External Load 

Operator Certificate Application. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710–4. 

Type of Review: This is a renewal of 

an information collection. 

Background: Application for 

certificate issuance or renewal of a 14 

CFR part 133 Rotorcraft External Load 

Operator Certificate. Application for an 

original certificate or renewal of a 

certificate issued under 14 CFR part 133 

is made on a form, and in a manner, 

prescribed by the Administrator. The 

FAA form 8710–4 may be obtained from 

an FAA Flight Standards District Office. 

The completed application is sent to the 

district office that has jurisdiction over 

the area in which the applicant’s home 

base of operation is located. 

The information collected includes: 

Type of application, Operators name/ 

DBAs, telephone number, mailing 

address, physical address of the 

principal base of operations, Chief pilot/ 

designee name, airman certificate grade 

and number, rotorcraft make/model 

registration numbers to be used and 

load combinations requested. 

Respondents: 358 active 14 CFR part 

133 Certificate Holders. 

Frequency: New applications as 

industry dictates, however, current 14 

CFR part 133 certificate holders must 

renew every 24 months. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 30 minutes 

per application. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 89.5 

hours per year for 14 CFR part 133 

renewals. 

Issued in Fort Worth, TX on January 8, 

2018. 

Barbara L. Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway Project in 

Rhode Island 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by 

FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final 

pursuant to the statute. The actions 

relate to a proposed highway project, 

Toll Locations 1 and 2 in the Towns of 

Hopkinton, Richmond, and Exeter in the 

State of Rhode Island, FHWA Project 

Number T0LL002, Rhode Island 

Department of Transportation (RIDOT) 

Contract Number 2017–OT–002. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before June 18, 2018. If the 

Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 150 days for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FHWA: Mr. Carlos E. Padilla-Fresse, 

MSCE, Program Delivery Supervisor, 

Federal Highway Administration Rhode 

Island Division, 380 Westminster Mall, 

Suite 601, Providence, Rhode Island 

02903: telephone: (401) 528–4577; 

email: Carlos.Padilla@dot.gov. The 

FHWA Rhode Island Division Office’s 

normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. For RIDOT: Mr. David Fish, 

P.E., Administrator of Project 

Management, Rhode Island Department 

of Transportation, Two Capitol Hill, 

Providence, Rhode Island 02903–1124, 

telephone: (401) 222–2023, email: 

david.fish@dot.ri.gov. RIDOT normal 

business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

(Eastern Standard Time), Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

December 20, 2017, the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

assumed environmental responsibilities 

for this project pursuant to 23 U.S.C 

327. Notice is hereby given that the 

FHWA has taken final agency actions 

subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing 

a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the following highway 

project in the State of Rhode Island: Toll 

Locations 1 and 2 in the Towns of 

Hopkinton, Richmond, and Exeter. 

RIDOT proposes to construct and 

operate electronic toll systems at two 

locations (Toll Location 1—between 

Exits 2 and 3, and Location 2—between 

Exits 4 and 5) along Interstate 95 in the 

southwestern part of Rhode Island 

(Proposed Action). Revenue from Toll 

Locations 1 and 2 would be generated 

and used in accordance with The Rhode 

Island Bridge Replacement, 

Reconstruction and Maintenance Fund 

Act of 2016. The proposed toll systems 

would be used to collect toll revenue 

from a tractor or truck tractor as defined 

in 23 CFR 658.5, pulling a trailer or 

trailers traveling across select bridges 

associated with the toll locations. Each 

toll system would be comprised of one 

or more gantries with communication 

and electrical connections, a roadside 

cabinet on a concrete pad, and 

additional safety guardrail. 

The actions by the FHWA, and the 

laws under which such actions were 

taken, are described in the 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 

project approved on December 15, 2017, 

and a Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) issued on December 20, 2017. 

The EA, FONSI, and other project 

records are available by contacting the 

FHWA or the Rhode Island Department 

of Transportation at the addresses 

provided above. The EA and FONSI can 

be viewed and downloaded from the 

project website at http://www.dot.ri.gov/ 

rhodeworks/. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–4370h]; 

Federal-Aid Highway Act [Title 23] and 

associated regulations [CFR part 23]. 

2. Hazardous Materials: Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation, 

and Liability Act [42 U.S.C. 9601–9675]; 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 [Pub. L. 99– 

499]; Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act [42 U.S.C. 6901–6992(k)]. 

3. Air: Clean Air Act, [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)](transportation conformity); 

Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991, Congestion 

Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement 

Program (Sec 1008 U.S.C. 149). 

4. Noise: 23 U.S.C. 109(i) (Pub. L. 91–605) 

(Pub. L. 93–87). 

5. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16 

U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661–667(e)]; 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 

703–712]. Plant Protection Act [7 U.S.C. 

7701 et seq.]. 


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