Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0278
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Extended Operations of Multi-Engine Airplanes
Posted Date: 2013-12-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73916-73917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29228]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Extended 
Operations (ETOPS) of Multi-Engine Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on September 24, 2013, vol. 78, no. 185, pages 58598-58599. 
The FAA collects information to ensure that aircraft for long range 
flights are equipped to minimize diversions, to preclude and prevent 
diversions in remote areas, and to ensure that all personnel are 
trained to minimize any adverse impacts of a diversion.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 8, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by 
email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0718.
    Title: Extended Operations (ETOPS) of Multi-Engine Airplanes.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.

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    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: A final rule published on January 16, 2007 (72 FR 1807) 
codified previous practices that permitted certificated air carriers to 
operate two-engine airplanes over long-range routes and extended the 
procedures for extended operations to all passenger-carrying operations 
on routes beyond 180 minutes from an alternate airport. This option is 
voluntary for operators and manufacturers. The FAA uses this 
information collection to ensure that aircraft for long range flights 
are equipped to minimize diversions, to preclude and prevent diversions 
in remote areas, and to ensure that all personnel are trained to 
minimize any adverse impacts of a diversion.
    Respondents: 18 operators and manufacturers.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 7 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 253,384 hours.

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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2013-29228 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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