Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-0220
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Air Tour Safety Standards
Posted Date: 2013-09-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 58597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23225]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: National Air 
Tour Safety Standards

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. A final rule published on February 13, 2007 (72 FR 6883) 
set safety and oversight rules for a broad variety of sightseeing and 
commercial air tour flights. This final rule improved the overall 
safety of commercial air tours by requiring all air tour operators to 
abide by the safety provisions found in 14 CFR part 136.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 25, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by 
email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0717
    Title: National Air Tour Safety Standards
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: This final rule set safety and oversight rules for a 
broad variety of sightseeing and commercial air tour flights. The FAA 
uses the information it collects and reviews to ensure compliance and 
adherence to regulations and, if necessary, take enforcement action on 
violators of the regulations.
    Respondents: 3,480 pilots and air tour operators.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 30,321 hours.
    Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Kathy 
DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation Administration, AES-200, 6500 S. 
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169.
    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 18, 2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2013-23225 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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