
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6157-6158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02171]


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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. Federal Register Notices with 60-day and 30-day comment 
periods soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
were published on November 6, 2014 (79 FR 66828) and January 12, 2015 
(80 FR 1579), respectively. This notice serves as a correction to those 
prior notices, to clarify that the information collection request has 
been revised to report an increase in current burden estimates. 
Aircraft operators seeking operational approval to conduct Reduced 
Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) operations within the 48 contiguous 
United States (U.S.), Alaska and a portion of the Gulf of Mexico must 
submit an application to the Certificate Holding District Office.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 6, 2015.

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 
oira_submission@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

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will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0679.
    Title: Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Background: The authority to collect data from aircraft operators 
seeking operational approval to conduct RVSM operations is contained in 
Part 91, Section 91.180. Aircraft operators seeking operational 
approval to conduct RVSM operations within the 48 contiguous 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).
    Respondents: Approximately 1,560 operators.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 46,800 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2015.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2015-02171 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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