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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending April 30, 2009 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 412 

and 414. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0102. 

Date Filed: April 29, 2009. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: Mail Vote 599—Resolution 

010c TC3 Special Passenger Amending 

Resolution between Japan, Korea (Rep. 

of) and China (excluding Hong Kong 

SAR and Macao SAR), and between 

Japan and Korea (Rep. of) (Memo 1293). 

Intended effective date: 15 May 2009. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E9–11269 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0096] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements: Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatements of previously approved 

collections. This document describes 

one collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Refer to the docket notice 

number cited at the beginning of this 

notice and send your comments by any 

of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charlene Doyle, Contracting Officer’s 

Technical Representative, Office of 

Regulatory Analysis and Evaluation, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., NVS–431, Washington, DC 20590. 

Ms. Doyle’s phone number is 202–366– 

1276 and her e-mail address is 

charlene.doyle@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must publish a document in 

the Federal Register providing a 60-day 

comment period and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information. The OMB has 

promulgated regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulations (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: (i) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (iii) How to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (iv) 

How to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses. In 

compliance with these requirements, 

NHTSA asks public comment on the 

following proposed collection of 

information: 

Title: Tire Pressure Monitoring 

System—Special Study. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection requirement. 

OMB Clearance Number: None. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard forms. 

Required Expiration Date of 

Approval: Three years from the date of 

approval by OMB (i.e., estimated date of 

September 2012). 

Abstract: Improperly inflated tires 

pose a safety risk, increasing the chance 

of skidding, hydroplaning, longer 

stopping distances, and crashes due to 

flat tires and blowouts. Congress passed 

the Transportation Recall Enhancement, 

Accountability, and Documentation 

(TREAD) Act on November 1, 2000, as 

a direct consequence of hearings before 

the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce on the safety of Firestone 

tires and related matters. Section 13 of 

the TREAD Act directs NHTSA to 

conduct rulemaking actions to revise 

and update the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards for tires, to improve 

labeling on tires, and to require a system 

in new motor vehicles that warns the 

operator when a tire is significantly 

underinflated. 

In response to Section 13 of the 

TREAD Act, NHTSA’s National Center 

for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) 

conducted the Tire Pressure Special 

Study (TPSS) in February 2001. The 

TPSS was designed to assess to what 

extent passenger vehicle operators are 

aware of the recommended tire 

pressures for their vehicles, the 

frequency and the means they use to 

measure their tire pressure, and how 

significantly the actual measured tire 

pressure differed from the 

manufacturer’s recommended tire 

pressure. The TPSS found that 26 

percent of the cars and 29 percent of 

LTVs had at least one tire more than 25 

percent below the pressure 

recommended by the manufacturer, as 

specified on the placard located on the 

inside of the driver side door. 

In an effort to decrease the number of 

vehicles with improperly inflated tires, 

Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems 

(TPMS) were mandated in Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 138, so that drivers are warned 

when the pressure in one or more of the 

vehicle’s tires has fallen to 25 percent or 

more below the placard pressure, or a 

minimum level of pressure specified in 

the standard, whichever pressure is 

higher. To meet FMVSS No. 138, TPMS 

must indicate which of the four tires is 

underinflated. As of September 1, 2007, 

TPMS was required on all new light 

vehicles (i.e., passenger cars, trucks, 

multipurpose passenger vehicles, and 

buses with a gross vehicle weight rating 

of 10,000 pounds or less, except those 


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vehicles with dual wheels on an axle). 

A phase-in period began on October 5, 

2005, requiring that 20 percent of MY 

2006 light vehicles be equipped with 

TPMS. This phase-in was stepped up to 

70 percent for MY 2007, leading to 100 

percent for MY 2008. 

Executive Order 12866 requires 

Federal agencies to evaluate their 

existing regulations and programs and 

measure their effectiveness in achieving 

their objectives. However, since the 

phase-in of TPMS, there has not been 

any evaluation of TPMS. The purpose of 

this survey, Tire Pressure Monitoring 

System—Special Study (TPMS–SS), is 

to evaluate whether the frequency of 

underinflated tires has decreased in 

vehicles with TPMS in comparison to 

vehicles of the same age without TPMS. 

In addition, the survey will collect data 

on the drivers’ familiarity with the type 

of warning given by their TPMS and the 

action(s) that they have taken after the 

warning has been given. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information): To minimize 

the survey start-up cost and to provide 

a trained cadre of data collectors, field 

data collection will be conducted 

through the infrastructure of the 

National Automotive Sampling System 

(NASS) Crashworthiness Data System 

(CDS). The NASS CDS consists of 24 

Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) that are 

a probability sample selected from a 

sample frame of 1,195 PSUs. The 

sample was selected based on the 

number of fatal and injury motor vehicle 

crashes occurring in the PSUs. 

Within each of NASS CDS 24 PSUs, 

3 eligible gas stations (i.e., gas stations 

with more than one gas island) will be 

selected from each of seven randomly 

eligible Zip codes (i.e., Zip codes with 

at least 3 gas stations with more than 

one gas island) for a total of 21 gas 

stations per PSU. The 21 selected gas 

stations will be assigned to one of the 

21 days of the data collection period. 

The universe under study in the 

National Automotive Sampling System 

(NASS) Tire Pressure Monitoring 

System—Special Study (TPMS–SS) 

consists of passenger vehicles equipped 

with tire pressure monitoring systems 

(TPMS) and a set of peer vehicles that 

are not equipped with TPMS in the 

continental United States for the model 

years 2004 and newer. Data to be 

collected shall include in-person 

collection of vehicle profile data, tire 

data, and driver profile data for at least 

10,000 passenger vehicles, as well as 

supplemental data on TPMS use for 600 

of these vehicles. For an additional 450 

passenger vehicles, supplemental data 

on TPMS use will be collected from the 

driver via one of the following 3 

methods: (1) Filling out a hard copy 

survey form; (2) Completing the form 

on-line; or (3) Being called back by the 

field researcher at a later date. 

Additionally, each respondent will 

receive a card on which the NASS Data 

Collectors will have recorded the 

Manufacturers Recommended Tire 

Pressure and the Tire Pressure the Data 

Collectors read for each of the vehicle’s 

tires. Consequently, the respondent is 

receiving benefit in return for his/her 

participation. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden 

Resulting From the Collection of 

Information: NHTSA estimates that the 

average time to collect vehicle, tire, and 

driver data will be slightly over 10 

minutes for each interview (or a total of 

1750 hours) for the 10,000 respondents 

plus an additional 10 minutes each (or 

a total of 175 hours) for the 1,050 

respondents who will be asked 

supplemental questions on TPMS use. 

Consequently, the total respondent 

burden hours is estimated to be 1,925 

hours. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

James F. Simons, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Analysis and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. E9–11204 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Forty-Eighth Meeting, RTCA Special 

Committee 186: Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 186 Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Special Committee 186 

Automatic Dependent SurveillanceBroadcast (ADS–B). 

DATES: The meeting will be held June 

2—5, 2009, at 9 a.m. on June 2–4 and 

on June 5th starting at 8 a.m. at RTCA 

and 2 p.m. in Europe (WebEx and Phone 

Bridge information to be provided). 

ADDRESSES: RTCA Conference Rooms at 

1828 L Street, NW., Suite 805, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Note: Any meeting day(s) for the 

Requirements Focus Group (RFG), RAD 

FRAC, will be announced at a later date 

* * * as required * * * based on the FRAC 

comments received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington DC, 20036, (202) 

833–9339; fax (202) 833–9434; Web site 

http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is 

hereby given for a Special Committee 

186 meeting. The agenda will include: 

June 2, Specific Working Group 

Sessions: 

• RTCA—All Day, WG–1—ATSA 

SURF 1A, ARINC Room. 

June 3, Specific Working Group 

Sessions: 

• RTCA—All Day, WG–1—ATSA 

SURF 1A, ARINC Room. 

• RTCA—All Day, WG–5, UAT 

MOPS, MacIntosh–NBAA Room & 

Hilton–ATA Room. 

Feb. 4, Specific Working Group 

Sessions: 

• RTCA—All Day, WG–1—ATSA 

SURF 1A, ARINC Room . 

• RTCA—All Day, WG–5, UAT 

MOPS, MacIntosh–NBAA Room & 

Hilton–ATA Room. 

June 5, Joint RTCA SC–186/ 

EUROCAE WG–51: (Starting at 2 p.m. in 

Europe and 8 a.m. at RTCA) 

• Opening Plenary (Chairman’s 

Introductory Remarks, Review of 

Meeting Agenda. 

• Review/Approval of the FortySeventh Meeting Summary, RTCA Paper 

No. 110–09/SC186–281. 

• Consider for Approval—New 

Document—Safety and Performance 

Requirements (SPR) Standard for ADS– 

B–RAD, RTCA Paper No. 106–09/ 

SC186–279. 

• Discussion—1090 Extended 

Squitter MOPS—Revision. 

• Review of EUROCAE WG–51 

Activities. 

• FAA Surveillance and Broadcast 

Services (SBS) Program—Status. 

• Date, Place and Time of Next 

Meeting. 

• Working Group Reports. 

• WG–1—Operations and 

Implementation. 

• WG–2—TIS–B MASPS. 

• WG–3—1090 MHz MOPS. 

• WG–4—Application Technical 

Requirements. 

• WG–5—UAT MOPS. 

• RFG—Requirements Focus Group. 

• Wake vortex ad-hoc group report 

and recommended action plan. 

• ADS–B ITP coordination with SC– 

214 for data link requirements. 

• New Business. 


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