[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18408]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted below have been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently 
approved collections. The ICR describes the nature of each of the 
information collections and the expected burdens. The Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following collections of information was published on May 9, 2000, [FR 
65, pages 26871-26872].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 21, 2000. A 
comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Street on (202) 267-9895.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    1. Title: Revised Standards for Cargo or Baggage Compartments in 
Transport Category Airplanes.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0614.
    Forms(s): None.
    Affected Public: 90 respondents (Affected operators under 14 CFR 
part 121).
    Abstract: The information collection from part 121 and 135 carriers 
is necessary to ensure the operators's compliance to the upgrade of the 
fire safety standards for cargo or baggage compartments in certain 
transport category airplanes by eliminating Class D compartments.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 720 burden hours annually.

    2. Title: Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorders.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0616.
    Forms(s): None.
    Affected Public: 2960.
    Abstract: This rule requires that certain airplanes be equipped to 
accommodate additional digital flight data recorder parameters. The 
revisions require additional information to be collected to enable more 
thorough accident or incident investigations and to enable industry to 
predict certain trends and make necessary modifications before an 
accident or incident happens.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1 burden hour.

    3. Title: Bird/Other Wildlife Strike.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0045.
    Forms(s): FAA Form 5200-7.
    Affected Public: 5,000 pilots, air traffic control operators, or 
other individuals who are involved in or see a bird/wildlife strike.
    Abstract: Wildlife strike data are collected to develop standards 
and monitor hazards to aviation. Data identify wildlife strike control 
requirements and provide in-service data on aircraft component failure. 
The respondents would include the pilot-in command of an aircraft 
involved in an aircraft wildlife collision, or ATCT personnel, or other 
airport or airline personnel who have knowledge of the incident.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 400 burden hours annually.
    Address: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FAA Desk Officer.
    Comments Are Invited On: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2000.
Steve Hopkins,
Manager, Standards and Information Division, APF-100.
[FR Doc. 00-18408 Filed 7-19-00; 8:45 am]
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