[Federal Register: January 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 7)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Agency Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request 
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) revision of a current 
information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of 
information was published on October 24, 2008, vol. 73, no. 207, page 
63541. The rule allows experienced pilots who would otherwise qualify 
as flight instructors or check airmen, but who are not eligible to hold 
the requisite medical certificate, to perform flight instructor or 
check airmen functions in a simulator.

DATES: Please submit comments by February 11, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    Title: Training and Qualification Requirements for Check Airmen and 
Flight Instructors.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0600.

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    Forms(s): There are no FAA forms associated with this collection.
    Affected Public: An estimated 3,000 respondents.
    Frequency: This information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 15 seconds per 
response.
    Estimated Annual Burden hours: An estimated 13 hours annually.
    Abstract: The rule allows experienced pilots who would otherwise 
qualify as flight instructors or check airmen, but who are not eligible 
to hold the requisite medical certificate, to perform flight instructor 
or check airmen functions in a simulator.

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 
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.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on Jan. 5, 2009.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. E9-342 Filed 1-9-09; 8:45 am]

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