Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0331
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Certification; Pilots and Flight Instructors
Posted Date: 2014-02-04T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02326]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Certification: 
Pilots and Flight Instructors

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 November 27, 2013, vol. 78, no. 229, page 71023-71024. 14 
CFR part 61 prescribes certification standards for pilots, flight 
instructors, and ground instructors. The information collected is used 
to determine compliance with applicant eligibility.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 6, 2014.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0021.
    Title: Certification: Pilots and Flight Instructors.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710-1.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations part 61 (14 
CFR part 61) Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground 
Instructors prescribes minimum standards and requirements for the 
issuance of airman certificates, and establishes procedures for 
applying for airman certificates. The Airman Certificate and/or Rating 
Application form and the required records, logbooks and statements 
required by the federal regulations are submitted to Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) Flight Standards District Offices or its 
representatives to determine qualifications of the applicant for 
issuance of a pilot or instructor certificate, or rating or 
authorization.
    Respondents: Approximately 175,000 certificated pilots.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 2.15 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 301,344 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 January 29, 2014.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2014-02326 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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