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Federal Register
Vol. 83, No. 150
Friday, August 3, 2018

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contains documents other than rules or
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Helicopter Pilot
Qualifications and Approval Record
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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: jmpower@fs.fed.us.
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

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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 costeffectiveness 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
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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.

WY 83001—attention Mary Moore.
Comments may be hand-delivered to
340 N. Cache St. between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding holidays.

Dated: July 20, 2018.
Patti Hirami,
Acting Deputy Chief, State & Private Forestry.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Forest Service has
accepted a master development plan
from Snow King Mountain Resort. The
master development plan is a multi-year
plan for improvement and expansion of
facilities at the resort, which operates in
part under special use permit with the
Forest Service. The proposed action is
to update existing facilities and develop
new winter and summer recreation
opportunities. The Forest Service is
considering the authorization of a
permit boundary expansion, building a
multi-function guest services building
on the summit of Snow King Mountain,
adding additional ski lifts and lift
upgrades, building new ski runs and
improving existing runs, expanding and
improving snowmaking and nightlighting coverage, building a mountain
bike park and trail system, adding
hiking trails, and building additional
service facilities.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
within 30 days from date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register.
The draft environmental impact
statement is expected February 2019
and the final environmental impact
statement is expected July 2019.
ADDRESSES: Electronic comments are
encouraged. Please address any form of
comments as ‘‘Attention: SKMR Onmountain Improvement Projects.’’
Electronic comments should be
submitted in rich text format (.rtf) or
Word (.doc) to comments-intermtnbridger-teton-jackson@fs.fed.us. Written
comments should be submitted to:
Bridger-Teton National Forest—Jackson
Ranger District, P.O. Box 1689, Jackson,

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King Mountain Resort’s multi-year
master development plan proposes
improvements and expansion of
facilities at the resort, which operates in
part under special use permit with the
Forest Service. This Notice of Intent
initiates the scoping period for this
project and allows the Forest Service to
provide background information, the
project’s purpose and need, the
proposed actions, preliminary issues,
the scoping process, cooperating
agencies, the responsible official, and
the decision to be made. These details
are outlined below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Snow King Mountain Resort Onmountain Improvements Project
Environmental Impact Statement,
Bridger-Teton National Forest,
Jackson Ranger District, Teton
County, Wyoming

SUMMARY:

Mary Moore, Jackson District Ranger,
marymoore@fs.fed.us or (307) 739–5410.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday.

Background
Snow King Mountain Resort was one
of the original ski areas to be permitted
on National Forest Land and has been
in operation for more than seventy
years. The resort is adjacent to the
southern boundary of the town of
Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, and is
known locally as the ‘‘Town Hill.’’
Roughly the lower quarter of the resort
is private land where base-area facilities
(e.g. Snow King Resort Hotel, rental
condominiums, ticket sales, equipment
rental, food service, and parking), the
bottom terminals and lower portions of
the resort’s three chairlifts and
associated ski terrain, and summer
recreational infrastructure (e.g. alpine
slide, mountain coaster, and ropes
course) are located. The upper threequarters of the resort are on National
Forest System land (338 acres in the
permit area) that comprises the three
chairlift top terminals, ski terrain, and
service roads.
The resort’s ski terrain totals about
400 acres, including about 135 acres of
developed ski runs and 265 acres of
natural openings and tree skiing areas,
between and around the developed
runs. The resort’s snowmaking system
includes much of the ski terrain on both
private and public land, and night
lighting covers roughly the lower half of
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Purpose and Need
Two emerging developments in the
mountain resort industry underlie the
purpose and need for the proposed
action. First, extensive customer surveys
conducted by the ski industry indicate
that visitors are increasingly seeking a
more diverse range of recreational
activities, particularly for families, that
includes year-round opportunities and
activities that are more adventurous.
The Forest Service response to this
trend includes our 2012 introduction of
the Framework for Sustainable
Recreation, which sets goals for
providing a diverse array of recreational
opportunities aimed at connecting
people with the outdoors and promoting
healthy lifestyles, in partnership with
other public and private recreation
providers.
Second, passage of the Ski Area
Recreational Opportunity Enhancement
Act of 2011 provides direction on the
types of summer activities the Forest
Service should consider authorizing to
round out the range of opportunities
provided to the public at permitted
mountain resorts.
Reflecting these considerations, the
purposes to be achieved through the
proposed action are:
• To maintain and improve the
winter sport infrastructure on National
Forest System lands at Snow King
Mountain Resort.
• To provide new and innovative
forms of year-round outdoor recreation
for residents and visitors to Jackson
Hole, using the existing resort
infrastructure as the hub.
• To capitalize on the established
relationship between the Bridger-Teton
National Forest and Snow King
Mountain Resort that connects visitors
with the natural environment and
supports the quality of life and the
economy of the local community.
The needs that must be resolved in
order to achieve these purposes include:
• Improve and increase beginner and
intermediate ski terrain, lifts, and
facilities to serve as the primary ski
resort in Jackson, WY to introduce and
recruit new skiers to the sport.
• Expand snowmaking on the
mountain to enable an early November
opening for ski race training, provide
coverage to the upper mountain, and aid
in fire prevention.
• Introduce high-quality guest service
facilities to attract and retain local and
destination skiers, serve as an event
venue, and provide an outdoor
education center for Jackson residents
and visitors.
• Provide access to a wide range of
year-round activities catering to a

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