Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 212 / Friday, November 3, 2017 / Notices 51331 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed 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 to renew an information 

collection. 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 are 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 helicopter air 

ambulance accident rate, and to meet 

the mandates set by Congress. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by January 2, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0761. 

Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance 

Operator Reports. 

Form Numbers: Helicopter Air 

Ambulance Flight Information Report. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: 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 new 

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: 11 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 580 

hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26, 

2017. 

Barbara L. Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Registration 

System (sUAS) 

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. Aircraft registration is 

necessary to ensure personal 

accountability among all users of the 

national airspace system. Aircraft 

registration also allows the FAA and 

law enforcement agencies to address 

non-compliance by providing the means 

by which to identify an aircraft’s owner 

and operator. This collection also 

permits individuals to amend their 

record in the registration database. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by January 2, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–7396 

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 the FAA at 

the following address: Barbara Hall, 

Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– 

110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claire Barrett by email at: pra@dot.gov; 

202–366–8135; Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0765. 


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