Document ID: FAA-2012-0090-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Commercial Air Tour Limitations in the Grand Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules Area
Posted Date: 2012-01-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 4393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1841]

[[Page 4393]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Commercial Air 
Tour Limitations in the Grand Canyon National Park Special Flight Rules 
Area

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 22, 2011, vol. 76, no. 225, page 72239-72240. The 
FAA uses the information gathered from Grand Canyon National Park air 
tour operators to monitor their compliance with the Federal 
regulations.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 27, 2012.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0653.
    Title: Commercial Air Tour Limitations in the Grand Canyon National 
Park Special Flight Rules Area.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: Each operator seeking to obtain or in possession of an 
air carrier operating certificate must comply with the requirements of 
14 CFR part 135 or part 121, as appropriate. Each of these operators 
conducting air tours in the Grand Canyon National Park must 
additionally comply with the collection requirements for that airspace. 
The FAA will use the information it collects and reviews to monitor 
compliance with the regulations and, if necessary, take enforcement 
action against violators of the regulations.
    Respondents: Approximately 13 air operators.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 44 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 38 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 19, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2012-1841 Filed 1-26-12; 8:45 am]
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