Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-1521
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: 2017-04-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16659-16660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06744]

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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 58673Ambulance, 
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 May 5, 2017.

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.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

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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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on December 14, 2016 (81 FR 90406). There were no 
comments. 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: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 81 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 145,404 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2017.
Ronda L. Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy & 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2017-06744 Filed 4-4-17; 8:45 am]
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