Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-3053
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Aircraft Noise Complaint and Inquiry System (Noise Portal)
Posted Date: 2021-02-08T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 24 (Monday, February 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8676-8677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02560]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2013-0259-2245]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: FAA Aircraft 
Noise Complaint and Inquiry System (Noise Portal)

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 FAA Regional Administrators' Offices and the FAA Noise 
Ombudsman will use the information voluntarily reported, on the 
occasion of a complaint, by the public in the FAA Noise Portal to 
prepare responses to their noise complaints or inquiries. The required 
FAA Noise Portal fields represent the minimum amount of information the 
FAA needs to address the public's noise complaint or question and 
includes: name, email, address or cross street and a description of the 
noise complaint or inquiry. It is important to know the person's name 
and email address to respond and track the complaint. The FAA will not 
respond to the same complaint from the same person more than once. The 
address or cross street is needed for the FAA to determine potential 
sources of the aircraft noise issues as most people complain about 
aircraft in the vicinity of their residence. The description is used to 
provide additional details for the FAA to better address the complaint 
or question.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 9, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Idurre L. Isasa-Cowan, Federal Aviation Administration, 
AEE, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Suite 900W, Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Idurre L. Isasa-Cowan, Email: 9-APL-NCI-FRN-Comments@faa.gov, Phone: 202-267-0965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0773.
    Title: FAA Aircraft Noise Complaint and Inquiry System (Noise 
Portal).
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: Although the FAA already receives aircraft noise 
complaints and inquiries from the public, the FAA's voluntary 
collection of the information from the public invokes the PRA process. 
The FAA must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to collect the information in the Noise Portal. The FAA will 
summarize the public comments from the 60-day

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comment period (March 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021), and address these in 
a 30-day Federal Register notice inviting further comments. OMB has 60-
days from the date of the 30-day notice to approve the FAA's voluntary 
collection of information in the Noise Portal. We expect the entire 
process will be completed by July 2021.
    Respondents: The public.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 11,250 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 3, 2021.
Idurre L. Isasa-Cowan,
Noise Complaint Initiative (NCI), Team Lead, Federal Aviation 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-02560 Filed 2-5-21; 8:45 am]
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