Document ID: FAA-2009-1117-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Agency Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval
Posted Date: 2009-11-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 224)]
[Notices]               
[Page 61202-61203]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Agency Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request 
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) revision of a current 
information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of 
information was published on September 8, 2009, vol. 74, no. 172, page 
46292. FOQA is a voluntary program for the routine collection and 
analysis of digital flight data from airplane operations.

DATES: Please submit comments by December 23, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    Title: Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) Program.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2 120-0660. Forms(s) There are no FAA forms 
associated with this collection.
    Affected Public: An estimated 30 Respondents.
    Frequency: This information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Response: Approximately 1 hour per 
response.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 360 hours annually.
    Abstract: FOQA is a voluntary program for the routine collection 
and analysis of digital flight data from airplane operations. The 
purpose is to enable early corrective action for potential threats to 
safety. 14 CFR 13.401 codifies protection from punitive enforcement 
action based on FOQA information and requires operators with FAA 
approved FOQA programs to provide aggregate FOQA data to the FAA. 
Aggregate FOQA information

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provided to the FAA is protected from public release tinder 14 CFR part 
193.

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 electronic mail 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.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed information collection, ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2009.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. E9-27942 Filed 11-20-09; 8:45 am]

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