[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 24447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11395]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Request Renewal From the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) of Current Public Collections of Information

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), the FAA invites public comment on 7 currently approved public 
information collections which will be submitted to OMB for renewal.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments on any of these collections may be mailed or 
delivered to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Judith Street, Room 
612, Federal Aviation Administration, Standards and Information 
Division, APF-100, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judith Street at the above address 
or on (202) 267-9895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA solicits comments on any of the 
current collections of information in order to evaluate the necessity 
of the collection, the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden, 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, 
and possible ways to minimize the burden of the collection.
    Following are short synopses of the 7 currently approved public 
information collection activities, which will be submitted to OMB for 
review and renewal:
    1. 2120-0008, Certification and Operations: Air Carriers and 
Operations of Large Aircraft--FAR 121. The respondents are an estimated 
140 air carriers and commercial operators certificated under FAR 121. 
The estimated total annual burden is 850,000 hours annually. Abstract: 
Each operation which seeks to obtain, or is in possession of an air 
carrier operating certificate must comply with the requirements of FAR 
Part 121 in order to maintain data which is used to determine if the 
air carrier is operating in accordance with minimum safety standards.
    2. 2120-505, Indirect Air Carrier Security, 14 CFR Part 109. The 
respondents are an estimated 2500 indirect air carriers with security 
programs. The estimated total annual burden is 650 hours. Abstract: 
part 109 sets forth procedures to be used by indirect air carriers in 
carrying out their responsibilities involving the protection of persons 
and property against acts of criminal violence, aircraft piracy, and 
terrorist activities in the forwarding of package cargo by passenger 
aircraft.
    3. 2120-0536, Security Programs for Foreign Air Carriers. The 
respondents are an estimated 170 foreign air carriers/governments. The 
estimated total annual burden is 28,000 hours. Abstract: Each foreign 
air carrier landing or taking off in the United States is to submit a 
security program for the Administrator's acceptance to ensure adequate 
security measures are being implemented by those foreign air carriers.
    4. 2120-0587, Aviator Safety Studies. The respondents are an 
estimated 4000 certified pilots. The burden is an estimated total of 
8000 hours. Abstract: In order to conduct effective research on the 
contribution of pilots to aircraft accidents, data are required on the 
normative distribution of various pilot attributes and their 
association with accident involvement.
    5. 2120-0597, Application for Employment with the Federal Aviation 
Administration. The respondents are an estimated 75,000 people who may 
apply for employment with the Federal Aviation Administration. The 
estimated burden hours is 75,000 hours annually. Abstract: Under the 
provisions of Pub. L. 104-50, the FAA has been given the authority to 
develop and implement its own personnel system. This application will 
be used in our efforts to automate and centralize the application, 
evaluation and referral of applicants for employment.
    6. 2120-0600, Training and Qualification Requirements for Check 
Airmen and Flight Instructors. The respondents are an estimated 3000 
experienced pilots who would otherwise qualify as flight instructors or 
check airmen, but who are not medically eligible to hold the requisite 
medical certificate to perform flight instructor or check airmen 
functions in a simulator. The estimated annual burden is 15 hours. 
Abstract: This rule established separate requirements for check airmen 
who check only in flight simulators and flight instructors who instruct 
only in flight simulators. This information will be used by the FAA to 
determine and assure check airmen and instructors maintain the high 
qualification standards required to perform their safety functions.
    7. 2120-0601, Financial Responsibility for Licensed Launch 
Activities. Respondents are an estimated 7 licensees authorized to 
conduct licensed launch activities. The estimated annual burden is 1800 
hours. Abstract: The required information will be used to determine if 
licensees have complied with financial responsibility requirements, 
including maximum probable loss determination, as set forth in 
regulations and in license orders issued by the Office of the Associate 
Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 3, 1999.
Steve Hopkins,
Manager, Standards and Information Division, APF-100.
[FR Doc. 99-11395 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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