Document ID: FAA-2021-0167-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Rotorcraft External Load Operator Certificate Application
Posted Date: 2021-02-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11821-11822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04037]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2021-0167]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Rotorcraft 
External Load Operator Certificate Application

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 Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The collection involves the submission of FAA Form 8710-4 
for the certification process of rotorcraft external-load operators. 
The information to be collected is necessary to evaluate the 
applicants' eligibility for certification.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 27, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:

By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field)
By mail: Dwayne C. Morris, 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 
20591
By email: chris.morris@faa.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond Plessinger by email at: 
raymond.plessinger@faa.gov; phone: 717-443-7296.

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: 2120-0044.
    Title: Rotorcraft External Load Operator Certificate Application.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710-4.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: This collection involves the application for issuance 
or renewal

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of a 14 CFR part 133 Rotorcraft External Load Operator Certificate. 
Application for an original certificate or renewal of a certificate 
issued under 14 CFR part 133 is made on a form, and in a manner 
prescribed by the Administrator. The FAA form 8710-4 may be obtained 
from an FAA Flight Standards District Office, or online at https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/form/faa8710-4.pdf. The completed 
application is sent to the district office that has jurisdiction over 
the area in which the applicant's home base of operation is located.
    The information collected includes: type of application, operator's 
name/DBA, telephone number, mailing address, physical address of the 
principal base of operations, chief pilot/designee name, airman 
certificate grade and number, rotorcraft make, model and registration 
numbers to be used, and load combinations requested.
    Respondents: 357 active part 133 certificate-holders.
    Frequency: New applications when needed; current 14 CFR part 133 
certificate-holders must renew every 24 months.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes per application.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 89 total hours per year.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2021.
Dwayne C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-04037 Filed 2-25-21; 8:45 am]
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