[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 62 (Friday, March 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13810-13811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06404]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Reduced 
Vertical Separation Minimum

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. Aircraft Operators seeking operational approval to conduct 
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) operations must submit 
application to the FAA.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 29, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Barbara 
Hall, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, 
Fort Worth, TX 76177.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) 
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include 
your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hall by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 940-594-5913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0679.
    Title: Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: The authority to collect data from aircraft operators 
seeking operational approval to conduct Reduced Vertical Separation 
Minimum (RVSM) operations is contained in Part 91, Section 91.180, as 
established by a final rule published in the Federal Register on 
October 27, 2003 (68 FR 61304). Aircraft operators seeking operational 
approval to conduct RVSM operations within the 48 contiguous

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States of the United States (U.S.), Alaska and that portion of the Gulf 
of Mexico where the FAA provides air traffic services must submit their 
application to the Certificate Holding District Office (CHDO). The CHDO 
registers RVSM approved airframes in the FAA RVSM Approvals Database to 
track the approval status for operator airframes. Application 
information includes evidence of aircraft equipment and RVSM 
qualification information along with operational training and program 
elements.
    Respondents: Operators wishing to operate in RVSM airspace are 
required to submit application to the FAA. The FAA estimates processing 
1,426 initial applications annually and 3,330 updates to existing 
approvals.
    Frequency: An operator must make application for initial approval 
to operate in RVSM airspace, or whenever requesting an update to an 
existing approval.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 4.00 hours for updates to 
exisiting applications and 6.8 hours for application for initial 
approvals.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 23,017 hours [(3330 x 4.00) + (1426 
x 6.8)].

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX on March 22, 2018.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-06404 Filed 3-29-18; 8:45 am]
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