Document ID: FAA-2012-0523-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Commercial Air Tour Operator Reports
Posted Date: 2012-07-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 42548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17612]

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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 Operator Reports

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 for three-year clearance 
an information collection that has been granted emergency clearance. 
The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
May 9, 2012, vol. 77, no. 90, page 27271-27272. The commercial air tour 
operational data provided to the FAA and NPS will be used by the 
agencies as background information useful in the development of air 
tour management plans and voluntary agreements for purposes of meeting 
the mandate of the National Parks Air Tour Management Act (NPATMA) of 
2000.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 20, 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: 2120-0750.
    Title: Commercial Air Tour Operator Reports.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Request for three-year clearance of an information 
collection that has been granted short-term emergency clearance.
    Background: The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 included 
amendments to the National Parks Air Tour Management Act (NPATMA) of 
2000. One of these amendments requires commercial air tour operators 
conducting tours over national park units to begin reporting on the 
number of operations they conduct and any such other information 
prescribed by the FAA Administrator and the Director of the National 
Park Service (NPS). The Administrator and Director have 90 days from 
date of enactment of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
(enacted February 14, 2012) to jointly issue an initial request for 
reports and the specified frequency and format of these reports. OMB 
granted emergency clearance of this information collection on April 25, 
2012, expiring on October 31, 2012.
    Respondents: Approximately 75 air tour operators.
    Frequency: Information is collected quarterly, or annually for park 
units with fewer than 50 tours per year.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 11.66 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,300 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 July 12, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2012-17612 Filed 7-18-12; 8:45 am]
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