[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71710-71711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24874]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0993]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed; Approval of Information Collection: General 
Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA's primary requirement is for annual hours flown, 
optimal determination of sample size is based on flight time variation 
by state and aircraft type, and a sampling fraction is determined for 
each cell with a no-zero population. Sample units are selected randomly 
within each stratum. Respondents to this survey are owners of general 
aviation aircraft.
    This information is used by FAA, NTSB, and other government 
agencies, the aviation industry, and others for safety assessment, 
planning, forecasting, cost/benefit analysis, and to target areas for 
research.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 11, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:

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    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: N/A.
    By fax: N/A.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [Shane Bertish] by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: N/A.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-6160.
    Title: General Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey.
    Form Numbers: 1800-54.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: Title 49, United States Code, empowers the Secretary of 
Transportation to collect and disseminate information relative to civil 
aeronautics, to study the possibilities for development of air commerce 
and the aeronautical industries, and to make long-range plans for, and 
formulate policy with respect to, the orderly development and use of 
the navigable airspace, radar installations and all other aids for air 
navigation. These data are necessary to assess performance of the 
Department of Transportation in meeting the strategic goal for General 
Aviation safety as described in the Destination 2025 Strategic Plan.
    The agency and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) use 
the exposure data, both by itself and in conjunction with aircraft age, 
to calculate accident rates, which are used to compare safety over time 
and safety performance among different aircraft types and 
configurations.
    The agency and the NTSB will use the exposure data for public use 
aircraft to calculate accident rates for those aircraft. The NTSB is 
now required to investigate accidents involving public use aircraft. 
This is a responsibility assigned by Public Law 103-411.
    Respondents: Owners of general aviation aircraft.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 20 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 39,000 responses; 13,000 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2020.
Parasha Vincent Flowers,
Program Manager, Program Management & Development Branch, AVP-220, 
Office of Accident Investigation & Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-24874 Filed 11-9-20; 8:45 am]
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