Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0063
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Operations Specifications
Posted Date: 2013-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25337-25338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10155]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Operations 
Specifications

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 for 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 January 28, 2013, vol. 74, no. 172, page 5858. The FAA 
assesses the information collected and issues operations specifications 
to foreign air carriers. These operations specifications assure

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the foreign air carrier's ability to navigate and communicate safely 
within the U.S. National Airspace System.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 30, 2013.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0749.
    Title: Operations Specifications.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: This rule clarifies and standardizes the rules for 
applications by foreign air carriers and foreign persons for operations 
specifications issued under 14 CFR part 129 and establishes new 
standards for amendment, suspension and termination of those operations 
specifications. This final rule also applies to foreign air carriers 
and foreign persons operating U.S.-registered aircraft in common 
carriage solely outside the United States. This action was necessary to 
update the process for issuing operations specifications, and it 
establishes a regulatory basis for current practices, such as amending, 
terminating, and suspending operations specifications.
    Respondents: Approximately 25 new applicants for operations 
specifications annually.
    Frequency: Five FSDOs will receive approximately five applications 
per year.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 75 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 April 25, 2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2013-10155 Filed 4-29-13; 8:45 am]
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