[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 250 (Thursday, December 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82453-82454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33183]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for a New Public Collection of Information 
for Data Collection To Be Used for the Update of Two Advisory Circulars

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 a new public information 
collection which will be submitted to OMB for approval.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to FAA, at the following 
address: Ms. Judith Street, Room 613, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Standards and Information Division, APF-100, 800 Independence Avenue, 
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 the following 
new collection of information in order to evaluate the necessity of the 
collection, the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden, the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and 
possible ways to minimize the burden of collection. The following is a 
synopsis of the information collection activity which will be submitted 
to OMB for review and approval:

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    The FAA published Advisory Circulars (AC) 36-1G, Noise Levels for 
U.S. Certificated and Foreign Aircraft,'' and 36-3G, Estimated Airplane 
Noise Levels in A-Weighted Decibels in August 1997 and April 1996 
respectively. AC 36-1G contains a list of the aircraft noise 
certification levels. As this AC represents the only publicly available 
compilation of certificated aircraft noise levels, AC 36-1G is widely 
used within the aviation industry for various purposes, including 
determination of compliance with local airport noise restrictions and 
for various aircraft noise related studies. AC 36-3G contains a list of 
estimated airplane noise levels in units of a-weighted sound level in 
decibels (dBA). The users of AC 36-3G include several airport 
authorities, e.g., Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the 
utilize the noise level information in AC 36-3G to determine compliance 
with local airport noise restrictions.
    The FAA proposes to collect current data from aircraft 
manufacturer's (or modifiers) to update the two AC's. The following 
will be the method used. First, a draft revision to AC 36-1G and AC 36-
3G containing information that resides within the FAA will be produced. 
The draft AC's will then be sent to each aircraft manufacturer and 
modifier advising them that the Advisory Circulars are being updated 
and asking them to (1) review the draft AC's for consistency with the 
aircraft manufacturer's (or modifier's) records, and (2) provide any 
additions or corrections to the information in the draft AC's.
    If the collection were not conducted, the revised Advisory 
Circulars would be published using only the noise level information 
that the FAA has on hand. This would leave the possibility that a 
manufacturer(s) may find inconsistencies (including additional aircraft 
not in the revised AC's) between its data and the published revisions 
to AC 36-1G and AC 36-3G.
    The respondents and burden estimate are as follows: We estimate 50 
respondents including U.S. and non-U.S. aircraft manufacturers/
modifiers. Out of the 50, 5 respondents will take approximately 40 
hours each to provide the information. The remaining 45 respondents 
will take approximately 15 hours. The difference in burden is due to 
the different number of airplane models manufactured by the various 
respondents. Our estimated total burden is 875 hours.
    It is also noted that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a 
person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. When assigned 
by OMB, the respondents will be notified of the control number.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 21, 2000.
Steve Hopkins,
Manager, Standards and Information Division, APF-100.
[FR Doc. 00-33183 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]
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