Document ID: FAA-2009-1016-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2009-10-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 205)]
[Notices]               
[Page 55084]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Notice of Intent To Request Reinstatement From the Office of 
Management and Budget of an Expired Information Collection Activity, 
Request for Comments; Flight Attendant Duty/Rest/Fatigue Field Study

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an expired 
information collection. In response to a Congressional directive to 
conduct a flight attendant fatigue study, FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical 
Institute, has initiated a comprehensive analysis of fatigue in flight 
attendants across a range of operational conditions.

DATES: Please submit comments by December 28, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Mauney on (202) 267-9895, or by 
e-mail at: Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
    Title: Flight Attendant Duty/Rest/Fatigue Field Study.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement without change of an expired 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0736.
    Forms(s): There are no FAA forms associated with this collection.
    Affected Public: A total of 210 Respondents.
    Frequency: The information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 45 minutes per 
response.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 4,725 hours annually.
    Abstract: In response to a Congressional directive to conduct a 
flight attendant fatigue study, FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical 
Institute, has initiated a comprehensive analysis of fatigue in flight 
attendants across a range of operational conditions. The specific goals 
of this project are to systematically assess activity patterns, 
fatigue, and performance on- and off-duty in 210 flight attendants of 
various levels of seniority from U.S.-based network, low-cost, and 
regional carriers embarking on domestic and extended international 
flights.
    Addresses: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. 
Carla Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation Administration, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200, 800 Independence Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC 20591.
    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 October 16, 2009.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. E9-25510 Filed 10-23-09; 8:45 am]

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