Document ID: FAA-2019-0896-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Flight Attendant Fatigue Risk Management Plan
Posted Date: 2019-11-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58816-58817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23958]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0896]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of New Approval of Information Collection: Flight Attendant 
Fatigue Risk Management Plan

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 for a new information collection. 
The collection involves submission of Fatigue Risk Management Plans 
(FRMP) for flight attendants of certificate holders operating under 
Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 121. The 
certificate holders will submit the information to be collected to the 
FAA for review and acceptance as required by Section 335(b) of Public 
Law 115-254, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 31, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Sandra Ray, Federal Aviation Administration, Policy 
Integration Branch AFS-270, 1187 Thorn Run Road, Suite 200, Coraopolis, 
PA 15108.
    By fax: 412-239-3063.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Ronneberg by email at: 
Dan.Ronneberg@faa.gov; phone: 202-267-1612.

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-XXXX.
    Title: Flight Attendant Fatigue Risk Management Plan.
    Form Numbers: There are no forms associated with this collection.
    Type of Review: Clearance of a new information collection.
    Background: On October 5, 2018, Congress enacted Public Law 115-
254, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (``the Act''). Section 335(b) 
of the Act required each certificate holder operating under 14 CFR part 
121 to submit to the FAA for review and acceptance a Fatigue Risk 
Management Plan (FRMP) for each certificate holder's flight attendants. 
Section 335(b) contains the required contents of the FRMP, including a 
rest scheme consistent with current flight time and duty period 
limitations and development and use of methodology to continually 
assess the effectiveness of the ability of the plan to improve 
alertness and mitigate performance errors. Section 335(b) requires that 
each certificate holder operating under 14 CFR part 121 shall update 
its FRMP every two years and submit the update to the FAA for review 
and acceptance. Further, section 335(b) of the Act requires each 
certificate holder operating under 14 CFR part 121 to comply with its 
FRMP that is accepted by the FAA.
    Respondents: 70 Part 121 Air Carriers.
    Frequency: Once for initial acceptance of the plan, then every two 
years for submission of an updated plan.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 20 hours for air carriers 
submitting the initial plan for review and acceptance and 5 hours for 
air carriers submitting an updated plan.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20 hours per air carrier submitting 
the initial plan for review and acceptance, 5 hours every two years for 
update and resubmission of the plan.

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 29, 2019.
Sandra L. Ray,
Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, Policy Integration Branch, AFS-270.
[FR Doc. 2019-23958 Filed 10-31-19; 8:45 am]
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