[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 163 (Thursday, August 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47704-47705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18412]


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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: 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 renewal information collection. 
The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
Feb 2, 2021. The collection involves FAA's primary requirement 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 Sep 22, 2021.

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, Office of Management 
and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Parasha Vincent Flowers by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-8757.

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: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on Feb 2, 2021 (85 FR 71710). 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

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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: (36,000 x 20/60) = 12,000 hours.

    Issued in Washnigton, DC, on August, 23, 2021.
Parasha Vincent Flowers,
Program Manager, Program Management & Development Branch, AVP-220, 
Office of Accident Investigation & Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2021-18412 Filed 8-25-21; 8:45 am]
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