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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 99 / Wednesday, May 23, 2007 / Notices
Mr.
Vincent Chirasello, Federal Aviation
Administration, AFS–400 Flight
Technologies and Procedures Division,
470 L’Enfant Plaza, Suite 4102,
Washington, DC 20024, (202) 385–4586
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RNP
SAAAR procedures provide an
opportunity to improve safety,
efficiency and capacity. Safety is
improved when RNP approaches
replace visual or non-precision
approaches, and efficiency is improved
through more repeatable and optimum
flight paths. Capacity can be improved
by de-conflicting traffic during
instrument conditions. RNP SAAAR
procedures provide an unprecedented
flexibility in construction of approach
procedures. RNP SAAAR procedures
build upon the performance based
National Airspace System (NAS)
concept. The performance requirements
to conduct an approach are defined, and
aircraft are qualified against these
performance requirements. RNP
approaches include unique
characteristics that require special
aircraft and aircrew capabilities and
authorization similar to Category (CAT)
II/III ILS operations.
The AC 90–101 RNP SAAAR approval
process is complex and the success of
the process depends on the quality of
the application. Although the FAA is
committed to providing approval
services, a reduced budget and increase
in attrition leaves fewer resources
available to assist new entrants in the
approval process. In an effort to address
this new RNP SAAAR entrant need, the
FAA will develop and maintain a list of
qualified AC 90–101 RNP SAAAR
Approval Consultants to assist in the
approval process. This process will
benefit the general public by helping
expedite new entrant applications.
(a) Eligibility Requirements: To be
identified as an FAA-qualified RNP
SAAAR Approval Consultant, the
following qualifications must be met:
(1) Have understanding of AC 90–101,
as revised, to include the individual
appendices. This includes a thorough
understanding of the approval process.
(2) At least 2 years experience
working with RNP SAAAR or
equivalent procedures.
(3) Upon selection for the program,
successfully complete an RNP SAAAR
Approval Process Seminar.
(4) Have operations and airworthiness
personnel qualified through training,
experience, and expertise in 14 CFR part
91,121,125,129 and/or 135 operations,
or equivalent experience.
(b) Required Documentation: An
applicant to become an RNP SAAAR

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Approval Consultant must submit a
formal letter of request in addition to
the following documents:
(1) Statement substantiating that the
RNP SAAAR Approval Consultant
applicant meets eligibility requirements
as stated in item (a) above.
(2) Supplemental statement including
the names, signatures, and titles of those
persons who will perform the
authorized functions, and substantiating
that they meet the eligibility
requirements.
(3) RNP SAAAR Approval Consultant
Operations Manual.
(4) References.
(5) Certification that, to the best of its
knowledge and belief, the persons
serving as management of the
organization have not been convicted of,
or had a civil or administrative finding
rendered against, them for: Commission
of fraud, embezzlement, theft, forgery,
bribery, falsification or destruction of
records, making false statements, or
receiving stolen property.
(c) How to Apply: An RNP SAAAR
Consultant applicant must submit all
required documents for consideration
before being identified as an FAAqualified RNP SAAAR Approval
Consultant to: Mr. Vincent Chirasello,
Federal Aviation Administration, AFS–
400 Flight Technologies and Procedures
Division, 470 L’Enfant Plaza, Suite
4102, Washington, DC 20240.
(d) Application Process: Upon receipt
of the application, AFS–400, will:
(1) Ensure the RNP SAAAR Approval
Consultant application package contains
all the required documents as listed in
item (b) above.
(2) Evaluate documents for accuracy.
(3) Ensure the RNP SAAAR
consultant application package contains
all the eligibility requirements as listed
in item (a) above.
(4) Contact the applicant’s personal
references.
(5) Conduct a personal interview with
the applicant; including those persons
within organizations, if any, who will
perform authorized functions.
(e) See the following Web site for
additional information, http://
www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/
afs400/afs410/rnp/.
Authority: The FAA is authorized to enter
into this Agreement by 49 U.S.C. 106(1), (6)
and (m).
Issued in Washington, DC on May 17,
2007.
John M. Allen
Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service,
AFS–2G
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–27510]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comment;
Revision of an Information Collection:
Driver Qualification Files
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval and invites public
comment. The FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Driver Qualification Files,’’ which is
used to promote safety in the operations
of motor carriers of property and
passengers by promoting the hiring and
retention of responsible drivers of
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by any of the following
methods. Please identify your comments
by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–
2007–27510.
• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
Follow instructions for submitting
comments to the Docket.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Management
Facility, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Plaza
level, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the
Nassif, Building, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Docket: For access to the Docket
Management System (DMS) to read
background documents or comments
received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any
time or to the plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,
Washington DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The DMS is
available electronically 24 hours each
day, 365 days each year. If you want
notification of receipt of your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments on-line.

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 99 / Wednesday, May 23, 2007 / Notices

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you
may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, MC–
PSD, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–4009. E-mail:
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: The Motor Carrier Safety
Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98–554, Title II, 98
Stat 2834 (October 30, 1984)) requires
the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) to issue regulations
pertaining to CMV safety. The
regulations require motor carriers to
maintain specified information in a
driver qualification (DQ) file for each
CMV driver it employs. The DQ file
contains the minimum information
necessary to document the
qualifications of a driver to operate a
CMV in interstate commerce and in
intrastate commerce under compatible
State laws and regulations. The
authority to require carriers to maintain
DQ files is 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136,
and 31502, and 49 CFR 1.73 and 391.51.
This information is available to
FMCSA investigators to substantiate the
qualifications of each driver to operate
a CMV in interstate commerce safely. A
qualified driver means fewer crashes.
Title: Driver Qualification Files.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0004.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor Carriers; and
Drivers who are also Motor Carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7
million.
Estimated Time per Response: An
average of 28 minutes.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2007.
Frequency of Response: Many of these
obligations concern activities involving
the hiring of a driver. They also include
the obligations of all entities that have
employed this applicant-driver in the
past 3 years in a safety-sensitive
position; usually these are other motor
carriers. These obligations occur
irregularly because they are associated
with the variable needs of motor carriers
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collection imposes obligations that
pertain to motor carriers and their
employee-drivers. Most of these
obligations must be met annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,254,580 hours. FMCSA arrives at this
estimate through calculation of the time
involved with each of the following
requirements of the driver qualification
regulations:
(A) General Requirements for the
Hiring of a Driver by a Motor Carrier are
as follows:
(1) Application for employment of the
applicant-driver; and
(2) Driving record of the applicantdriver.
(B) Safety Performance History of the
Applicant-Driver involves the following:
(1) Investigation by the hiring motor
carrier;
(2) Former employer submitting to the
hiring motor carrier a copy of its safety
performance history on the applicantdriver;
(3) Request of the applicant-driver for
a copy of the history; and
(4) Rebuttal of the history by the
applicant-driver.
(C) Other Driver Qualification
Requirements are as follows:
(1) Employee-driver’s certificate of
violations;
(2) Motor carrier’s review of
employee-driver’s driving record(s); and
(3) Drivers for more than one motor
carrier.
The medical certificate is also
required to be included in the Driver’s
Qualification File. However, the Agency
has a separate OMB approval for the
medical certificate component of the
Driver Qualification Files.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FMCSA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) 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 on: May 17, 2007.
D. Marlene Thomas,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–27924]

Notice of Request for Information
(RFI): Training Certification for EntryLevel Commercial Motor Vehicle
Operators
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval, and invites public
comment. The FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Training Certification for Entry-Level
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,’’
that relates to the training requirements
for drivers applying for a commercial
drivers license.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before July 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by any of the following
methods. Please identify your comments
by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–
2007–27924.
• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
Follow instructions for submitting
comments to the Docket.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Management
Facility, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Plaza
level, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t. Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Docket: For access to the Docket
Management System (DMS) to read
background documents or comments
received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any
time or to the plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., e.t. Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The DMS is
available electronically 24 hours each
day, 365 days each year. If you want
notification of receipt of your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments on-line.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments

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