Document ID: FAA-2022-1712-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Flight Attendant Fatigue Risk Management Plan
Posted Date: 2023-06-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41186-41187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13419]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2022-1712]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed 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 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 December 16, 2022. The collection involves submission of 
Fatigue Risk Management Plans (FRMP) for flight attendants of 
certificate holders. The certificate holders will submit the 
information to be collected to the FAA for review and acceptance as 
required by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra L. Ray by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 412-546-7344.

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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0789.
    Title: Flight Attendant Fatigue Risk Management Plan.
    Form Numbers: None.
    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 December 16, 2022 (87 FR 77158). 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: 55 Part 121 Air Carriers and 2 new entrants.
    Frequency: 1 initial submission and then updates every 2 years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 20 Hours for Initial 
Submission, 5 Hours for Updates.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 40 Hours per year for Initial 
Submission, 275 Hours per year for updates.

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    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2023.
Sandra L. Ray,
Aviation Safety Inspector, AFS-260.
[FR Doc. 2023-13419 Filed 6-22-23; 8:45 am]
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