Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-1461
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Helicopter Air Ambulance, Commercial Helicopter, and Part 91 Helicopter Operations
Posted Date: 2016-12-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 90406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29996]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Helicopter Air 
Ambulance, Commercial Helicopter, and Part 91 Helicopter Operations

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 a previously approved 
information collection. On February 21, 2014, the FAA published a final 
rule entitled, ``Helicopter Air Start Printed Page 58673 Ambulance, 
Commercial Helicopter, and part 91 Helicopter Operations'', to address 
helicopter air ambulance operations and all commercial helicopter 
operations conducted under part 135. The FAA also established new 
weather minimums for helicopters operating under part 91 in Class G 
airspace.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ronda 
Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 950 
L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronda Thompson by email at: 
Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0756.
    Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance, Commercial Helicopter, and Part 91 
Helicopter Operations.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The final rule, ``Helicopter Air Start Printed Page 
58673 Ambulance, Commercial Helicopter, and part 91 Helicopter 
Operations'', addressed helicopter air ambulance operations and all 
commercial helicopter operations conducted under part 135. The FAA also 
established new weather minimums for helicopters operating under part 
91 in Class G airspace. The final rule also added Sec.  [thinsp]135.613 
to Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. Section 135.613, Approach/
departure IFR transitions, describes the required weather minimums to 
transition into and out of the IFR environment, aiding in the 
transition from the minimum descent altitude on an instrument approach 
procedure, to the point of intended landing.
    Respondents: Approximately 1,791 operators.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 81 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 145,404 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 8, 2016.
Ronda L. Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2016-29996 Filed 12-13-16; 8:45 am]
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