Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-1934
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Rotorcraft External Load Operator Certificate Application
Posted Date: 2018-01-19T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2866-2867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00827]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Renewal, 
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 the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The collection involves the submission of application FAA 
Form 8710-4 for the certification process. The information to be 
collected will be used to and/or is necessary to evaluate the operators 
request to become certified as a Rotorcraft External-Load Operator.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Barbara 
Hall, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, 
Fort Worth, TX 76177.
    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

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hall by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 940-594-5913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0044.
    Title: Rotorcraft External Load Operator Certificate Application.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710-4.
    Type of Review: This is a renewal of an information collection.
    Background: Application for certificate issuance or renewal 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. 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, Operators 
name/DBAs, telephone number, mailing address, physical address of the 
principal base of operations, Chief pilot/designee name, airman 
certificate grade and number, rotorcraft make/model registration 
numbers to be used and load combinations requested.
    Respondents: 358 active 14 CFR part 133 Certificate Holders.
    Frequency: New applications as industry dictates, however, current 
14 CFR part 133 certificate holders must renew every 24 months.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 30 minutes per 
application.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 89.5 hours per year for 14 CFR part 
133 renewals.

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX on January 8, 2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-00827 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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