[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72238-72239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30082]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Revisions to
Digital Flight Data Recorders
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 to renew an information
collection. The FAA amended the regulations governing flight data
recorders to increase the number of digital flight data recorder
parameters for certain Boeing airplanes. This requirement affects all
Boeing 737 series airplanes manufactured after August 18, 2000. This
change was based on safety recommendations from the National
Transportation Safety Board following its investigations of two
accidents and several incidents involving 737s.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 23, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by
email at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0616.
Title: Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorders.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this
collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: Section 49 United States Code 40113(a) empowers the
Secretary of Transportation (or the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration) to issue such regulations as he/she shall deem
necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Section 49 United
States Code 44701 empowers the Secretary of Transportation (or the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration) to prescribe
reasonable rules and regulations, or minimum standards necessary for
safety in air commerce. In the case of a B737 airplane accident, when
the flight data recorder is retrieved from the scene, the information
recorded by the aircraft's recorder will be downloaded and analyzed by
accident investigators at the NTSB to determine probable cause. The
data is automatically recorded by the flight data recorder; this is a
passive information collection requiring no
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effort by respondents to collect the information.
Respondents: Approximately 2,960 Boeing 737 aircraft.
Frequency: Data is electronically recorded constantly for a period
of 25 hours of aircraft operation. Old information is overwritten on a
continuing basis.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Not applicable.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1 hour is to be entered into OMB's
inventory as a placeholder figure for this passive information
collection.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Kathy
DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation Administration, AES-200, 6500 S.
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73169.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2011.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2011-30082 Filed 11-21-11; 8:45 am]
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