Document ID: FAA-2023-1076-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Aging Aircraft Program (Widespread Fatigue Damage)
Posted Date: 2023-05-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 34556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11372]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2023-1076]

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, FAA 
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. 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 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Kamruz Zaman, Federal Aviation Administration, Policy and 
Standards Division, 1600 Stewart Ave., Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590.
    By fax: 516-794-5531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kamruz Zaman by email at:
    [email protected]; phone: 516-228-7355.

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 ``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 Washington, DC, on May 24, 2023.
Monica Caldwell,
Directives & Forms Management Officer (DMO/FMO), Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-11372 Filed 5-26-23; 8:45 am]
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