[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20848-20849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10241]


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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 National Airspace System (NAS) Data

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

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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 June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to FAA, at the following 
address: Ms. Judy Street, Room 613, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Standards and Information Division, APF-100, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judy 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:
    The FAA is collecting basic vendor information such as name, 
address, phone number, point of contact, purpose of request, type of 
data requested, and method of acquiring FAA NAS data. The FAA is 
collecting this information in order to assess the validity of the data 
requestor. This is a standardized collection vehicle that will 
eliminate confusion among the nine FAA regions, and allow electronic 
tracking of the standard data requested for trend analysis.
    The requestors are primarily vendors in private industry who have 
been contracted by airport authorities to conduct various studies such 
as noise abatement pollution reduction. Other requestors could be 
private airport operators who may have a need to study various radar 
tracks to ascertain aircraft position within their particular airspace.
    Typically, the requestor will need an hour and a half to three 
hours to fill out the form, depending upon the amount of supporting 
documentation required.
    The data requestor is obligated to respond with the information 
requested in order for the FAA to objectively evaluate the validity of 
the request. With growing information security concerns, all interested 
parties who desire access to FAA NAS data must be able to satisfy the 
FAA that their need for the data will not violate current information 
security practices.
    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 April 19, 2001.
Steve Hopkins,
Manager, Standards and Information Division, APF-100.
[FR Doc. 01-10241 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 am]
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