Document ID: FAA-2019-0756-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Aging Aircraft Program (Widespread Fatigue Damage)
Posted Date: 2020-06-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 108 (Thursday, June 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 34486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12020]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0756]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Aging 
Aircraft Program (Widespread Fatigue Damage)

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, the 
FAA invites public comments about our intention to request Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on October 21, 2019. The collection involves submittal of 
limits of validity of engineering data that supports the structural 
maintenance program (hereafter referred to as LOV) for certain airplane 
models. The information to be collected will be used to demonstrate 
compliance with FAA regulations requiring establishment and 
incorporation of LOV into the airplane's structural maintenance 
program.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of 
Transportation/FAA, and sent via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, 
or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, 
Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter M. Sippel by email at: 
Walter.Sippel@faa.gov; phone: (206) 231-3216.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0743.
    Title: Aging Aircraft Program (Widespread Fatigue Damage).
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on October 21, 2019 (84 FR 56281). The FAA did not 
receive any comments.
    The ``Aging Aircraft Program (Widespread Fatigue Damage)'' final 
rule amended FAA regulations pertaining to certification and operation 
of transport category airplanes to preclude widespread fatigue damage 
in those airplanes. This collection requires that design approval 
holders submit LOV to the responsible Aircraft Certification Service 
office for approval to demonstrate compliance with Sec.  26.21 or Sec.  
26.23, as applicable. This collection also requires that operators 
submit the LOV to their Principal Maintenance Inspectors to demonstrate 
compliance with Sec.  121.1115 or Sec.  129.115, as applicable.
    Respondents: Approximately 27 design approval holders and 
operators.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2.72 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 408 hours.

    Issued in Des Moines, WA, on May 29, 2020.
Paul R. Siegmund,
Acting Manager, Transport Standards Branch, Policy and Innovation 
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-12020 Filed 6-3-20; 8:45 am]
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