[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 236 (Friday, December 7, 2012)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 72998-72999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29631]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 125 and 135
[Docket No.: FAA-2012-0953]
Policy Statement on Occupational Safety and Health Standards for
Aircraft Cabin Crewmembers
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a proposed policy
statement regarding the regulation of some occupational safety and
health conditions affecting cabin crewmembers on aircraft by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This policy
statement will enhance occupational safety and health in the aircraft
cabin by establishing the extent to which OSHA requirements may apply
to the working conditions of aircraft cabin crew while they are onboard
aircraft in operation.
DATES: Send comments on or before January 7, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2012-0953
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
Privacy: The FAA will post all comments it receives, without
change, to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information the
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commenter provides. Using the search function of the docket Web site,
anyone can find and read the electronic form of all comments received
into any FAA docket, including the name of the individual sending the
comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor
union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement can be found in the
Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-19478), as
well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning
this proposed policy statement, contact Gene Kirkendall, Part 121 Air
Carrier Operations Branch (AFS-220), Flight Standards Service, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20591; telephone (202) 267-8166; email Gene.Kirkendall@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
The FAA invites interested persons to participate by submitting
written comments, data, or views on the policy statement. The most
helpful comments reference a specific portion of the policy statement,
explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting
data. To ensure the docket does not contain duplicate comments,
commenters should send only one copy of written comments, or if
comments are filed electronically, commenters should submit only one
time.
The FAA will file in the docket all comments it receives, as well
as a report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA
personnel concerning this notice. The FAA will consider comments filed
after the comment period has closed if it is possible to do so without
incurring expense or delay. The proposed policy statement is available
for review in the assigned docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
Background
On July 10, 1975, the FAA published a notice in the Federal
Register setting forth the FAA's determination that its authority to
promote the safety of civil aircraft operations included occupational
safety and health for aircraft crewmembers. The FAA Modernization and
Reform Act of 2012 currently requires the FAA to initiate development
of a policy statement to set forth the circumstances in which the
requirements of the OSHA may be applied to crewmembers while working in
an aircraft. Since this proposed policy statement changes an existing
FAA policy that has been in effect for 37 years, and this new policy
would change the extent of FAA's jurisdiction over cabin crewmembers,
FAA believes that the aviation industry as well as all interested
parties should have the opportunity to comment on the proposed policy
statement before it is implemented.
Therefore, this notice is requesting comment on the proposed policy
statement which is available for review in the assigned docket.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 29, 2012.
John M. Allen,
Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-29631 Filed 12-6-12; 8:45 am]
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