[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 19066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-9511]


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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 Six 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 six currently approved 
public information collections which will be submitted to OMB for 
renewal.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 16, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to the FAA at the 
following address: Ms. Ann Hoffer, Room 612, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Standards and Information Division, APF-3, 800 
Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ann Hoffer at the above address, 
on (202) 267-3856, or by e-mail at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, 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. Therefore, the FAA solicits 
comments on the following current collections of information. Comments 
should 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.
    1. 2120-0559, Aviation Research Grants Program. The FAA Aviation 
Research and Development Grants Program establishes uniform policies 
and procedures for the award and administration of research grants to 
colleges, universities, profit and not for profit organizations for 
security research., The current estimated annual reporting burden is 
1,400 hours.
    2. 2120-0657, Type Certification Procedures for Changed Products. 
14 CFR part 21 with certain exceptions requires that all certification 
applications for aviation product changes comply with the airworthiness 
standards outlined in the latest regulations in determining the 
certification basis for the design changes. This rule requires 
applicants to comply with the latest regulations in effect on the date 
of application for amended Type Certificates (TCs) or supplemental TCs 
for aeronautical products. The current estimated annual reporting 
burden is 18,815 hours.
    3. 2120-0659, Noise Certification Standards for Jet Airplanes and 
Subsonic Transport Category Large Airplanes. The FAA requires operators 
of jet and subsonic transport category large airplanes to submit a 
noise certification compliance report. The noise compliance report is 
used by the FAA to determine that the aircraft is in compliance with 14 
CFR part 36. The current estimated annual reporting burden is 1,350 
hours.
    4. 2120-0660, Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) Program. 
FOQA is a voluntary program for the routine collection and analysis of 
digital flight data from airplane operations. The purpose is to enable 
early corrective action for potential threats to safety. The program 
codifies protection from punitive enforcement action based on FOQA 
information, and requires participating air carriers to provide 
aggregate FOQA data to the FAA. The current estimated annual reporting 
burden is 360 hours.
    5. 2120-0661, Competition Plans, Passenger Facility Charges. This 
information is needed to implement a passenger facility charge as 
required by section 155 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and 
Reform Act for the 21st Century. The affected public includes public 
agencies controlling medium or large hub airports at which one or two 
air carriers control more than 50 percent of the passenger boardings. 
The current estimated annual reporting burden is 5,945 hours.
    6. 2120-0662, Laser operations, Airspace Requests, Miscellaneous 
Procedures. The FAA requires this information in the interest of 
aviation safety to protect aircraft operations from the potential 
hazardous effect of laser emissions. The FAA reviews the information 
collected for its impact on aviation near the laser activity. On 
completion of the review of the information the FAA issues a letter of 
determination to the respondent about their request. The current 
estimated annual reporting burden is 2,200 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 10, 2003.
Ann P. Hoffer,
Office of Cost and Performance Management, Special Projects Officer, 
APF-3.
[FR Doc. 03-9511 Filed 4-16-03; 8:45 am]
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