[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43767-43768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21590]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration 
(DOT/FAA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
this notice announces that the information collection request described 
below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and comment. The FAA issued a final rule on Commercial 
Passenger-Carrying Operations in Single Engine Aircraft under 
Instrument Flight Rules on July 31, 1997. This notice describes the 
paperwork burden associated with that rule and allows for a 60-day 
comment period while the paperwork package is being reviewed by OMB. 
The following information describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden.
    With respect to the following collection of information, FAA 
invites comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of FAA's functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.


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DATES: Submit any comments to OMB and FAA by October 14, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: Commercial Passenger-Carrying Operations in Single Engine 
Aircraft under Instrument Flight Rules.
    Need: The information collection associated with Part 135 is 
necessary to ensure the continued airworthiness of the affected single 
engine aircraft used in air transportation. The recordkeeping 
requirements reflect the continued airworthiness of the affected 
operators, inasmuch as these amendments required maintenance for the 
newly-required, redundant electrical and vacuum systems.
    Respondents: 1800 operators.
    Frequency: (Recordkeeping) Approximately five times annually for 
engine trend monitoring recordkeeping, i.e., oil analysis processing 
and recordkeeping; one time recording of the maintenance procedures 
required for the redundant electrical and vacuum systems.
    Burden: The FAA conservatively estimates that, on average, the rule 
would require six additional work hours per year during the first year 
for each of the approximately 1800 affected carriers, for an estimated 
10,800 on-demand operators potentially affected by this rule. However, 
the FAA does not know how many operators will take the necessary steps 
to comply with the regulation and gain the benefits of so doing. 
Therefore, the FAA considers this estimate to be overstated, and seeks 
comments on this estimate.
    For Further Information: or to obtain a copy of the request for 
clearance submitted to OMB, you may contact Ms. Judy Street at the 
Federal Aviation Administration, Corporate Information Division, ABC-
100, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    Comments may be submitted to the FAA at the address above and to 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Room 10202, Attention FAA Desk Officer, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8, 1997.
Steve Hopkins,
Manager, Corporate Information Division, ABC-100.
[FR Doc. 97-21590 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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