[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60165-60166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24188]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Flight
Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) Program
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. Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) is a program
for the routine collection and analysis of digital flight data from
airline operations, including but not limited to digital flight data
currently collected pursuant to existing regulatory provisions. The FAA
requires certificate holders who
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voluntarily establish approved FOQA programs to periodically provide
aggregate trend analysis information from such programs to the FAA.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 3, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by
email at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0660.
Title: Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) Program.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this
collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: The purpose of collecting, analyzing, aggregating, and
reporting this information is to identify potential threats to safety,
and to enable early corrective action before such threats lead to
accidents. FOQA can provide an objective source of information for FAA
decision making, including identification of the need for new
rulemaking based on observed trends in FOQA data. Title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations (14 CFR), Subpart 13.401, stipulates that the FAA
does not use FOQA information in punitive enforcement action against an
air carrier or its employees, when that air carrier has an FAA approved
FOQA program. There are no legal or administrative requirements that
necessitate this rule. The rule is intended to encourage the voluntary
implementation of FOQA programs in the interest of safety enhancement.
Respondents: 60 airline operators.
Frequency: Information is collected monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 720 hours.
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 September 25, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2012-24188 Filed 10-1-12; 8:45 am]
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