Document ID: FAA-2011-0950-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Protection of Voluntarily Submitted Information
Posted Date: 2011-08-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21768]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Protection of 
Voluntarily Submitted Information

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 for 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 June 21, 2011, vol. 76, no. 119, pages 36168-36169. One of 
the ways to have an information program designated as protected under 
Section 40123 is for an air carrier or other person to submit an 
application for an individual program. The FAA evaluates the 
application and either publishes a designation based on the application 
for public comment or denies the application.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 26, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Scott on (202) 385-4293, or by 
e-mail at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0646.
    Title: Protection of Voluntarily Submitted Information.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: To encourage people to voluntarily submit desired 
information, Sec.  40123 was added to Title 49, United States Code, in 
the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996. Section 40123 allows 
the Administrator, through FAA regulations, to protect from disclosure 
voluntarily provided information relating to safety and security 
issues. This rule imposes a negligible paperwork burden for air 
carriers that choose to participate in this program. The air carrier 
submits a letter notifying the Administrator that they wish to 
participate in a current program.
    Respondents: Approximately 5 applicants.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5 hours.

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 August 19, 2011.
Carla Scott,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2011-21768 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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