83_FR_24946 83 FR 24842 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Approval for Renewal and Revision of Information Collection: High Density Traffic Airports: Slot Allocation and Transfer Methods

83 FR 24842 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Approval for Renewal and Revision of Information Collection: High Density Traffic Airports: Slot Allocation and Transfer Methods

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 104 (May 30, 2018)

Page Range24842-24842
FR Document2018-11569

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 for renewal and revision to an information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on March 30, 2018. This information collection is used to allocate airport landing and takeoff slots and maintain accurate records of slot transfers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) under the High Density Rule. The FAA is requesting a renewal for the DCA information collection and a revision to include six additional airports managed under similar FAA programs to manage congestion and delay: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), O'Hare International Airport (ORD), and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The information collection is required from carriers and other operators at the airports to assist the FAA in reducing delays at congested airports.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 30, 2018)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Approval for Renewal and Revision of Information 
Collection: High Density Traffic Airports: Slot Allocation and Transfer 
Methods

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 for renewal and revision to an 
information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of 
information was published on March 30, 2018. This information 
collection is used to allocate airport landing and takeoff slots and 
maintain accurate records of slot transfers at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport (DCA) under the High Density Rule. The FAA is 
requesting a renewal for the DCA information collection and a revision 
to include six additional airports managed under similar FAA programs 
to manage congestion and delay: John F. Kennedy International Airport 
(JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Los Angeles International Airport 
(LAX), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), O'Hare International 
Airport (ORD), and San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The 
information collection is required from carriers and other operators at 
the airports to assist the FAA in reducing delays at congested 
airports.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 29, 2018.

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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hall at (940) 594-5913, or by 
email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0524.
    Title: High Density Traffic Airports: Slot Allocation and Transfer 
Methods.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
information collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal and revision of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on March 30, 2018 (83 FR 13809). Information is reported 
to the FAA by air carriers or other persons holding slots at DCA in 
accordance with 14 CFR part 93, subparts K and S. The respondents must 
notify the FAA of: (1) Requests for confirmation of transferred slots; 
(2) slots required to be returned or slots voluntarily returned; (3) 
requests to be included in a lottery for available slots; (4) usage of 
slots on a bi-monthly basis; and (5) requests for off-peak hour slots. 
The FAA uses this information to allocate and withdraw takeoff and 
landing slots at DCA, and to confirm transfers of slots made among the 
operators, thus maintaining an accurate slot base at DCA. Information 
also is reported by persons conducting unscheduled operations at DCA. 
Those respondents must obtain a reservation from the FAA prior to 
operating at the airport.
    The revision to the existing information collection approval would 
include information from carriers holding a slot at JFK or LGA and by 
unscheduled operators at LGA as required under FAA Orders establishing 
limits on operations at those airports.\1\ Information would also be 
provided by carriers operating scheduled flights at EWR, LAX, ORD, and 
SFO where the FAA has established a voluntary process to review flight 
schedules consistent with international, industry practices. At JFK, 
carriers must notify the FAA of: (1) Requests for confirmation of 
transferred slots; (2) requests for seasonal allocation of historic and 
additional available slots consistent with Worldwide Slot Guidelines; 
(3) usage of slots on a seasonal basis; (4) the return of slots; and 
(5) changes to allocated slots. At LGA, carriers must notify the FAA 
of: (1) Requests for confirmation of transferred slots; (2) compulsory 
or voluntary slot returns; (3) requests to be included in a lottery for 
available slots; and (4) usage of slots on a bi-monthly basis. At LGA, 
unscheduled operators must request and obtain a reservation from the 
FAA prior to conducting an operation. At EWR, LAX, ORD and SFO, 
carriers are asked to notify the FAA of their intended operating 
schedules during peak hours for each summer and winter scheduling 
season and when there are significant schedule changes.
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    \1\ Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International 
Airport, 73 FR 3510 (Jan. 18, 2008), as most recently amended 81 FR 
40167 (Jun. 21, 2016). Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia 
Airport, 71 FR 77854 (Dec. 27, 2006), as most recently amended 81 FR 
33126 (May 25, 2016).
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    Respondents: 140 carriers at various airports; unknown number of 
operators with unscheduled flights at DCA and LGA.
    Frequency: Schedule requests are collected semiannually and 
additionally as needed due to carrier changes; slot usage information 
is reported four to six times per year depending on the airport; other 
slot and schedule data are collected as needed.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6 minutes per slot transfer; 
6 minutes per slot return; 6 minutes per schedule update; 6 minutes per 
request for inclusion in a lottery; 2 minutes per unscheduled slot 
request; 1.5 hours per schedule submission; and 1 hour per slot usage 
report.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,367 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2018.
Jonathan Haupt,
Acting Manager, IT Strategy and Investment Portfolio Branch, ASP-120.
[FR Doc. 2018-11569 Filed 5-29-18; 8:45 am]
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24842 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 30, 2018 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Whether the proposed collection of to review flight schedules consistent information is necessary for FAA’s with international, industry practices. Federal Aviation Administration performance; (b) the accuracy of the At JFK, carriers must notify the FAA of: estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to (1) Requests for confirmation of Agency Information Collection enhance the quality, utility and clarity transferred slots; (2) requests for Activities: Requests for Comments; of the information collection; and (d) seasonal allocation of historic and Clearance of Approval for Renewal and ways that the burden could be additional available slots consistent Revision of Information Collection: minimized without reducing the quality with Worldwide Slot Guidelines; (3) High Density Traffic Airports: Slot of the collected information. The agency usage of slots on a seasonal basis; (4) the Allocation and Transfer Methods will summarize and/or include your return of slots; and (5) changes to AGENCY: Federal Aviation comments in the request for OMB’s allocated slots. At LGA, carriers must Administration (FAA), DOT. clearance of this information collection. notify the FAA of: (1) Requests for ACTION: Notice and request for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: confirmation of transferred slots; (2) comments. Barbara Hall at (940) 594–5913, or by compulsory or voluntary slot returns; (3) email at: Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov. requests to be included in a lottery for SUMMARY: In accordance with the available slots; and (4) usage of slots on SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA a bi-monthly basis. At LGA, OMB Control Number: 2120–0524. invites public comments about our unscheduled operators must request and Title: High Density Traffic Airports: intention to request the Office of obtain a reservation from the FAA prior Slot Allocation and Transfer Methods. Management and Budget (OMB) to conducting an operation. At EWR, Form Numbers: There are no FAA approval for renewal and revision to an LAX, ORD and SFO, carriers are asked forms associated with this information information collection. The Federal to notify the FAA of their intended collection. Register Notice with a 60-day comment Type of Review: Renewal and revision operating schedules during peak hours period soliciting comments on the of an information collection. for each summer and winter scheduling following collection of information was Background: The Federal Register season and when there are significant published on March 30, 2018. This Notice with a 60-day comment period schedule changes. information collection is used to soliciting comments on the following Respondents: 140 carriers at various allocate airport landing and takeoff slots collection of information was published airports; unknown number of operators and maintain accurate records of slot on March 30, 2018 (83 FR 13809). with unscheduled flights at DCA and transfers at Ronald Reagan Washington Information is reported to the FAA by LGA. National Airport (DCA) under the High air carriers or other persons holding Frequency: Schedule requests are Density Rule. The FAA is requesting a slots at DCA in accordance with 14 CFR collected semiannually and additionally renewal for the DCA information part 93, subparts K and S. The as needed due to carrier changes; slot collection and a revision to include six respondents must notify the FAA of: (1) usage information is reported four to six additional airports managed under Requests for confirmation of transferred times per year depending on the airport; similar FAA programs to manage slots; (2) slots required to be returned or other slot and schedule data are congestion and delay: John F. Kennedy slots voluntarily returned; (3) requests collected as needed. International Airport (JFK), LaGuardia to be included in a lottery for available Estimated Average Burden per Airport (LGA), Los Angeles slots; (4) usage of slots on a bi-monthly Response: 6 minutes per slot transfer; 6 International Airport (LAX), Newark basis; and (5) requests for off-peak hour minutes per slot return; 6 minutes per Liberty International Airport (EWR), slots. The FAA uses this information to schedule update; 6 minutes per request O’Hare International Airport (ORD), and allocate and withdraw takeoff and for inclusion in a lottery; 2 minutes per San Francisco International Airport landing slots at DCA, and to confirm unscheduled slot request; 1.5 hours per (SFO). The information collection is transfers of slots made among the schedule submission; and 1 hour per required from carriers and other operators, thus maintaining an accurate slot usage report. operators at the airports to assist the slot base at DCA. Information also is Estimated Total Annual Burden: FAA in reducing delays at congested reported by persons conducting 5,367 hours. airports. unscheduled operations at DCA. Those Issued in Washington, DC, on May 23, DATES: Written comments should be respondents must obtain a reservation 2018. submitted by June 29, 2018. from the FAA prior to operating at the Jonathan Haupt, ADDRESSES: Interested persons are airport. Acting Manager, IT Strategy and Investment invited to submit written comments on The revision to the existing Portfolio Branch, ASP–120. the proposed information collection to information collection approval would [FR Doc. 2018–11569 Filed 5–29–18; 8:45 am] the Office of Information and Regulatory include information from carriers BILLING CODE 4910–13–P Affairs, Office of Management and holding a slot at JFK or LGA and by Budget. Comments should be addressed unscheduled operators at LGA as to the attention of the Desk Officer, required under FAA Orders establishing Department of Transportation/FAA, and limits on operations at those airports.1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY sent via electronic mail to oira_ Information would also be provided by submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to carriers operating scheduled flights at Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office EWR, LAX, ORD, and SFO where the of Information and Regulatory Affairs, FAA has established a voluntary process [Docket No. TTB–2018–0001] Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 1 Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy Proposed Information Collections; Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. International Airport, 73 FR 3510 (Jan. 18, 2008), as most recently amended 81 FR 40167 (Jun. 21, 2016). Comment Request (No. 69) Public Comments Invited: You are Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia asked to comment on any aspect of this Airport, 71 FR 77854 (Dec. 27, 2006), as most AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and information collection, including (a) recently amended 81 FR 33126 (May 25, 2016). Trade Bureau, Treasury. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:04 May 29, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1


Document Created: 2018-05-30 01:02:04
Document Modified: 2018-05-30 01:02:04
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted by June 29, 2018.
ContactBarbara Hall at (940) 594-5913, or by email at: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 24842 
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