[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16168-16169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07662]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Neighborhood 
Environmental Survey

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 for to renew an information 
collection. It is not a new collection, but an extension to the 
Neighborhood Environmental Survey initially publish in Federal 
Register/Thursday, June 12, 2014/Notices. The Federal Register Notice 
with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following 
collection of information was published on November 30, 2017. The 
purpose of this research is to conduct a nation-wide survey to update 
the scientific evidence of relationship between aircraft noise exposure 
and its effects on communities around airports.
    There were four responses to the 60-day Federal Register Notice. 
The notice received comments from Airport Noise Report, Old Naples 
Association, a community-based organization at Naples Florida, and two 
Massachusetts residents.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of 
Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

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Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
    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 at (940) 594-5913, or by 
email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0762.
    Title: Neighborhood Environmental Survey.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on November 30, 2017 (74 FR 46292). This Neighborhood 
Environmental Survey is necessary to update the relationship between 
aircraft noise exposure and its effect on communities around United 
States civilian airports. This survey will collect data on residents' 
annoyance from a representative sample of households surrounding 
airports chosen from a representative sample, and relate the annoyance 
level to the noise exposure for that address. The FAA will use the 
information from this collection to derive the empirical data to 
support potential updates to or validation of the national aviation 
noise policy.
    Respondents: 12,656 respondents affected by airport noise.
    Frequency: One time per respondent.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Five minutes for a mail 
survey, twenty minutes for a telephone.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,637 hours.

    Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on April 4, 2018.
Barbara Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2018-07662 Filed 4-12-18; 8:45 am]
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