
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54774-54775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21795]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of New 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 to undertake an information 
collection.
    The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
June 12, 2014, vol. 79, no. 113, pages 33797-33798. The purpose of this 
research is to conduct a nation-wide survey to update the scientific 
evidence of the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and its 
effects on communities around airports.
    There were seven responses to the 60-day Federal Register Notice. 
The notice received comments from the Airlines for America (A4A), 
Village of Schaumburg, Illinois residents, City of Wood Dale Illinois 
residents, and several other private citizens representing themselves.
    The notice received several positive comments stating that this 
survey is ``absolutely necessary to update relationship between 
aircraft noise exposure and its effect on communities around United 
State airports.'' There were clarifying questions on survey background 
in general, questionnaire content, method of airport selection and 
participants' selection.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 14, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by 
email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-XXXX (to be determined).
    Title: Neighborhood Environmental Survey.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection of information.
    Type of Review: Clearance of a new information collection.
    Background: 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: 12,147 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 survey for selected respondents.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,544 hours.

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

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Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention of the Desk 
Officer, Department of Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail 
to oirasubmission@omb.eop.gov, 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.
    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2014.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2014-21795 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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