Document ID: FAA-2012-1080-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions,and Approvals: Damage Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Composite Rotorcraft Structures
Posted Date: 2012-10-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 60167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24187]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Damage 
Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Composite Rotorcraft Structures

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 July 19, 2012, vol. 77, no. 139, page 42547-42548. To 
obtain type certification of a rotorcraft, applicants must submit 
substantiating data to show that the rotorcraft complies with specific 
certification requirements.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 1, 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: 2120-0753.
    Title: Damage Tolerance and Fatigue Evaluation of Composite 
Rotorcraft Structures.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: A final rule (76 FR 74655) revised parts 27 and 29 of 
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations to add new certification 
standards for normal and transport category rotorcraft to address 
advances in structural damage tolerance and fatigue substantiation 
technology for composite rotorcraft structures. In order to show 
compliance and obtain type certification, applicants must submit 
substantiating data which is reviewed by the FAA to determine if the 
rotorcraft complies with the applicable minimum safety requirements for 
damage tolerance and fatigue evaluation of composite structures and 
that the rotorcraft has no unsafe features in the composite structures.
    Respondents: 10.5 applicants for part 27 rotorcraft and 6 
applicants for part 29 rotorcraft over 27 years.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 178 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 109 hours annually over a 27 year 
period.

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 September 25, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2012-24187 Filed 10-1-12; 8:45 am]
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