83_FR_38266 83 FR 38116 - Information Collection; Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record

83 FR 38116 - Information Collection; Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 150 (August 3, 2018)

Page Range38116-38117
FR Document2018-16663

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the revision of a currently approved information collection, Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 150 (Friday, August 3, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38116-38117]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16663]


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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 150 / Friday, August 3, 2018 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Information Collection; Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and 
Approval Record

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and 
organizations on the revision of a currently approved information 
collection, Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before October 2, 
2018 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date 
will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to: USDA 
Forest Service, Assistant Director Aviation, Fire and Aviation 
Management, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 1107, Washington DC 
20250-1107. Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 202-205-
1401, phone 202-205-1483 or by email to: [email protected].
    The public may inspect comments received at USDA Forest Service, 
Fire and Aviation Management, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington 
DC 20250, during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged to call 
ahead to 202-205-1483 to facilitate entry to the building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Power, Assistant Director 
Aviation, 202-205-1483. Individuals who use telecommunication devices 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
877-8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval Record
    OMB Number: 0596-0015.
    Expiration Date of Approval: 12/31/2018.
    Type of Request: Renewal with Revision.
    Abstract: The Forest Service contracts with approximately 400 
vendors a year for commercial aviation services utilized in resource 
protection and project management. In recent years, the total annual 
use of contract aircraft and pilots has exceeded 80,000 hours. In order 
to maintain an acceptable level of safety, preparedness, and cost-
effectiveness in aviation operations, Forest Service contracts include 
rigorous qualifications for pilots and specific condition, equipment, 
and performance requirements for aircraft as aviation operations are 
conducted under extremely adverse conditions of weather, terrain, 
turbulence, smoke reduced visibility, minimally improved landing areas, 
and congested airspace around wildfires. To ensure agency contracting 
officers that pilots and aircraft used for aviation operations meet 
specific Forest Service qualifications and requirements for aviation 
operations, prospective contract pilots fill out one of the following 
Forest Service forms:
     FS-5700-20--Airplane Pilot Qualifications and Approval 
Record
     FS-5700-20a--Helicopter Pilot Qualifications and Approval 
Record
    Contract Officers' Technical Representatives use forms:
     FS-5700-21--Airplane Data Record
     FS-5700-21a--Helicopter Data Record
    When inspecting the aircraft for contract compliance. Based upon 
the approval(s) documented on the form(s), each contractor pilot and 
aircraft receives an approval card. The Forest Service personnel verify 
possession of properly approved cards before using contracted pilots 
and aircraft.
    Information collected on these forms includes:
     Name.
     Address.
     Certification numbers.
     Employment history.
     Medical Certification.
     Airplane/helicopter certifications and specifications.
     Accident/violation history.
    Without the collected information, Forest Service Contracting 
Officers, as well as Forest Service pilot and aircraft inspections, 
cannot determine if contracted pilots and aircraft meet the detailed 
qualification, equipment, and condition requirements essential to safe 
and effective accomplishment of Forest Service specified flying 
missions. Without a reasonable basis to determine pilot qualifications 
and aircraft capability, Forest Service employees would be exposed to 
hazardous conditions. The data collected documents the approval of 
contract pilots and aircraft for specific Forest Service aviation 
missions. Information will be collected and reviewed by Contracting 
Officers or their designated representatives, including aircraft 
inspectors, to determine whether the aircraft and/or pilot(s) meet all 
contract specifications in accordance with Forest Service Handbook 
(FSH) 5709.16, chapter 10, sections 15 and 16. Forest Service pilot and 
aircraft inspectors maintain the collected information in Forest 
Service regional offices. The Forest Service, at times, shares the 
information with the Department of the Interior, Aviation Management 
Directorate, as each organization accepts contract inspections 
conducted by the other.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: 60 minutes.
    Type of Respondents: Vendors/Contractors.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 2100.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2100 hours.
    Comment is Invited Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the 
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether 
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including the use of 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and

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addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. Comments 
will be summarized and included in the submission request toward Office 
of Management and Budget approval.

    Dated: July 20, 2018.
Patti Hirami,
Acting Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry.
[FR Doc. 2018-16663 Filed 8-2-18; 8:45 am]
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38116 Notices Federal Register Vol. 83, No. 150 Friday, August 3, 2018 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER OMB Number: 0596–0015. inspections, cannot determine if contains documents other than rules or Expiration Date of Approval: 12/31/ contracted pilots and aircraft meet the proposed rules that are applicable to the 2018. detailed qualification, equipment, and public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Type of Request: Renewal with condition requirements essential to safe committee meetings, agency decisions and Revision. and effective accomplishment of Forest rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Abstract: The Forest Service contracts Service specified flying missions. petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are with approximately 400 vendors a year Without a reasonable basis to determine examples of documents appearing in this for commercial aviation services pilot qualifications and aircraft section. utilized in resource protection and capability, Forest Service employees project management. In recent years, the would be exposed to hazardous total annual use of contract aircraft and conditions. The data collected DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE pilots has exceeded 80,000 hours. In documents the approval of contract order to maintain an acceptable level of pilots and aircraft for specific Forest Forest Service safety, preparedness, and cost- Service aviation missions. Information effectiveness in aviation operations, will be collected and reviewed by Information Collection; Helicopter Pilot Forest Service contracts include Contracting Officers or their designated Qualifications and Approval Record rigorous qualifications for pilots and representatives, including aircraft AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. specific condition, equipment, and inspectors, to determine whether the ACTION: Notice; request for comment. performance requirements for aircraft as aircraft and/or pilot(s) meet all contract aviation operations are conducted under specifications in accordance with Forest SUMMARY: In accordance with the extremely adverse conditions of Service Handbook (FSH) 5709.16, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the weather, terrain, turbulence, smoke chapter 10, sections 15 and 16. Forest Forest Service is seeking comments reduced visibility, minimally improved Service pilot and aircraft inspectors from all interested individuals and landing areas, and congested airspace maintain the collected information in organizations on the revision of a around wildfires. To ensure agency Forest Service regional offices. The currently approved information contracting officers that pilots and Forest Service, at times, shares the collection, Helicopter Pilot aircraft used for aviation operations information with the Department of the Qualifications and Approval Record. meet specific Forest Service Interior, Aviation Management DATES: Comments must be received in qualifications and requirements for Directorate, as each organization accepts writing on or before October 2, 2018 to aviation operations, prospective contract inspections conducted by the be assured of consideration. Comments contract pilots fill out one of the other. received after that date will be following Forest Service forms: Estimate of Annual Burden: 60 considered to the extent practicable. • FS–5700–20—Airplane Pilot minutes. ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this Type of Respondents: Vendors/ Qualifications and Approval Record Contractors. notice should be addressed to: USDA • FS–5700–20a—Helicopter Pilot Estimated Annual Number of Forest Service, Assistant Director Qualifications and Approval Record Respondents: 2100. Aviation, Fire and Aviation Contract Officers’ Technical Estimated Annual Number of Management, 1400 Independence Representatives use forms: Responses per Respondent: 1. Avenue SW, Mailstop 1107, Washington • FS–5700–21—Airplane Data Record Estimated Total Annual Burden on DC 20250–1107. Comments also may be • FS–5700–21a—Helicopter Data Respondents: 2100 hours. submitted via facsimile to 202–205– Record Comment is Invited Comment is 1401, phone 202–205–1483 or by email When inspecting the aircraft for invited on: (1) Whether this collection of to: jmpower@fs.fed.us. contract compliance. Based upon the information is necessary for the stated The public may inspect comments approval(s) documented on the form(s), purposes and the proper performance of received at USDA Forest Service, Fire each contractor pilot and aircraft the functions of the Agency, including and Aviation Management, 1400 receives an approval card. The Forest whether the information will have Independence Avenue SW, Washington Service personnel verify possession of practical or scientific utility; (2) the DC 20250, during normal business properly approved cards before using accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the hours. Visitors are encouraged to call contracted pilots and aircraft. burden of the collection of information, ahead to 202–205–1483 to facilitate Information collected on these forms including the validity of the entry to the building. includes: methodology and assumptions used; (3) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff • Name. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Power, Assistant Director Aviation, • Address. clarity of the information to be 202–205–1483. Individuals who use • Certification numbers. collected; and (4) ways to minimize the telecommunication devices for the deaf • Employment history. burden of the collection of information amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 (TDD) may call the Federal Relay • Medical Certification. on respondents, including the use of Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 • Airplane/helicopter certifications automated, electronic, mechanical, or twenty-four hours a day, every day of and specifications. other technological collection the year, including holidays. • Accident/violation history. techniques or other forms of information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Without the collected information, technology. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 150 / Friday, August 3, 2018 / Notices 38117 addresses when provided, will be a WY 83001—attention Mary Moore. Purpose and Need matter of public record. Comments will Comments may be hand-delivered to Two emerging developments in the be summarized and included in the 340 N. Cache St. between 8:00 a.m. and mountain resort industry underlie the submission request toward Office of 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, purpose and need for the proposed Management and Budget approval. excluding holidays. action. First, extensive customer surveys Dated: July 20, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: conducted by the ski industry indicate Patti Hirami, Mary Moore, Jackson District Ranger, that visitors are increasingly seeking a Acting Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry. marymoore@fs.fed.us or (307) 739–5410. more diverse range of recreational [FR Doc. 2018–16663 Filed 8–2–18; 8:45 am] Individuals who use telecommunication activities, particularly for families, that BILLING CODE 3411–15–P devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the includes year-round opportunities and Federal Information Relay Service activities that are more adventurous. (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 The Forest Service response to this DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, trend includes our 2012 introduction of Monday through Friday. the Framework for Sustainable Forest Service Recreation, which sets goals for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Snow providing a diverse array of recreational Snow King Mountain Resort On- King Mountain Resort’s multi-year opportunities aimed at connecting mountain Improvements Project master development plan proposes people with the outdoors and promoting Environmental Impact Statement, improvements and expansion of healthy lifestyles, in partnership with Bridger-Teton National Forest, facilities at the resort, which operates in other public and private recreation Jackson Ranger District, Teton part under special use permit with the providers. County, Wyoming Forest Service. This Notice of Intent Second, passage of the Ski Area AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. initiates the scoping period for this Recreational Opportunity Enhancement ACTION:Notice of intent to prepare an project and allows the Forest Service to Act of 2011 provides direction on the environmental impact statement. provide background information, the types of summer activities the Forest project’s purpose and need, the Service should consider authorizing to SUMMARY: The Forest Service has proposed actions, preliminary issues, round out the range of opportunities accepted a master development plan the scoping process, cooperating provided to the public at permitted from Snow King Mountain Resort. The agencies, the responsible official, and mountain resorts. master development plan is a multi-year the decision to be made. These details Reflecting these considerations, the plan for improvement and expansion of are outlined below. purposes to be achieved through the facilities at the resort, which operates in proposed action are: part under special use permit with the Background • To maintain and improve the Forest Service. The proposed action is winter sport infrastructure on National Snow King Mountain Resort was one to update existing facilities and develop Forest System lands at Snow King of the original ski areas to be permitted new winter and summer recreation Mountain Resort. on National Forest Land and has been opportunities. The Forest Service is in operation for more than seventy • To provide new and innovative considering the authorization of a forms of year-round outdoor recreation permit boundary expansion, building a years. The resort is adjacent to the southern boundary of the town of for residents and visitors to Jackson multi-function guest services building Hole, using the existing resort on the summit of Snow King Mountain, Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, and is known locally as the ‘‘Town Hill.’’ infrastructure as the hub. adding additional ski lifts and lift • To capitalize on the established upgrades, building new ski runs and Roughly the lower quarter of the resort is private land where base-area facilities relationship between the Bridger-Teton improving existing runs, expanding and National Forest and Snow King improving snowmaking and night- (e.g. Snow King Resort Hotel, rental condominiums, ticket sales, equipment Mountain Resort that connects visitors lighting coverage, building a mountain with the natural environment and bike park and trail system, adding rental, food service, and parking), the supports the quality of life and the hiking trails, and building additional bottom terminals and lower portions of economy of the local community. service facilities. the resort’s three chairlifts and The needs that must be resolved in DATES: Comments concerning the scope associated ski terrain, and summer order to achieve these purposes include: recreational infrastructure (e.g. alpine of the analysis must be received by • Improve and increase beginner and within 30 days from date of publication slide, mountain coaster, and ropes intermediate ski terrain, lifts, and of this notice in the Federal Register. course) are located. The upper three- facilities to serve as the primary ski The draft environmental impact quarters of the resort are on National resort in Jackson, WY to introduce and statement is expected February 2019 Forest System land (338 acres in the recruit new skiers to the sport. and the final environmental impact permit area) that comprises the three • Expand snowmaking on the statement is expected July 2019. chairlift top terminals, ski terrain, and mountain to enable an early November ADDRESSES: Electronic comments are service roads. opening for ski race training, provide encouraged. Please address any form of The resort’s ski terrain totals about coverage to the upper mountain, and aid comments as ‘‘Attention: SKMR On- 400 acres, including about 135 acres of in fire prevention. mountain Improvement Projects.’’ developed ski runs and 265 acres of • Introduce high-quality guest service amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Electronic comments should be natural openings and tree skiing areas, facilities to attract and retain local and submitted in rich text format (.rtf) or between and around the developed destination skiers, serve as an event Word (.doc) to comments-intermtn- runs. The resort’s snowmaking system venue, and provide an outdoor bridger-teton-jackson@fs.fed.us. Written includes much of the ski terrain on both education center for Jackson residents comments should be submitted to: private and public land, and night and visitors. 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Document Created: 2018-11-06 10:34:38
Document Modified: 2018-11-06 10:34:38
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; request for comment.
DatesComments must be received in writing on or before October 2, 2018 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
ContactJeff Power, Assistant Director Aviation, 202-205-1483. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800- 877-8339 twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
FR Citation83 FR 38116 
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