Document ID: FAA-2020-0611-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Voluntarily Implement a Safety Management System
Posted Date: 2021-06-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30514-30515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11971]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0611]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Voluntarily 
Implement a Safety Management System (SMS)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation (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's (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The information collection is for entities who voluntarily 
follow the guidance in FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 120-119, Voluntary 
Safety Management System for Other Regulated Entities Transporting 
Dangerous Goods by Air, on how to use the SMS principles included in 
part 5, as a basis to develop and implement a voluntary SMS program and 
how to submit such a voluntary program to the FAA's Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety (AXH) for acceptance. Information received from the 
first collection will be used to determine compliance with FAA SMS 
regulations. With the exception of a one-time submission of an 
implementation plan, the data will not be submitted to the FAA. The 
records for Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, and Safety Assurance 
processes, training, and communications are kept under Safety Promotion 
and will be kept by the organization and used in its SMS.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 9, 2021.

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.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Giordani, Security and 
Hazardous Materials Safety, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (AXH-
002), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20591; (202) 267-3770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: To be determined.
    Title: Voluntarily Implement a Safety Management System (SMS).
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: Clearance of a new information collection.
    Background: Advisory Circular (AC) No. 120-119 provides information 
on how entities subject to the regulatory requirements of Title 49 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 171-180 (e.g., entities 
performing functions such as, but not limited to, handling or shipping 
of dangerous goods by air and hereinafter referred to as ``other 
regulated entities'') may choose to voluntarily implement a Safety 
Management System (SMS) as described in Title 14 CFR, part 5--Safety 
Management Systems.
    This AC addresses general SMS principles and explains certain 
regulatory requirements outlined in 14 CFR part 5. While part 5 does 
not apply to voluntary SMS programs, it describes the general SMS 
framework and serves as a non-binding basis for the development and 
implementation of voluntary SMS programs. This AC provides guidance to 
organizations on how to use the SMS principles included in part 5, as a 
basis to develop and implement a voluntary SMS program and how to 
submit such a voluntary program to the FAA's Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety (AXH) for acceptance.

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    The organization collects and analyzes safety data and maintains 
training and communications records for its SMS. Data and records are 
essential for an SMS. Any organization that volunteers for this process 
is required to maintain records of SMS outputs, training records, and 
communications materials used to promote safety. An organization may 
create a gap analysis to identify what already exists within that 
organization and what needs to be created to complete the SMS 
implementation plan. The organization's implementation plan is 
submitted once to FAA for approval. As needed, other information may be 
requested or submitted as part of ongoing SMS evaluation.
    Respondents: The FAA estimates that a total of three companies will 
voluntarily implement an SMS.
    Frequency: The FAA assumes that the implementation plan is a one-
time burden that takes place over three (3) years for organizations 
that choose to comply.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6,680 hours reporting and 
170 hours recordkeeping.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20,040 hours reporting and 6,120 
hours recordkeeping.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2021.
Daniel Benjamin Supko,
Executive Director, FAA, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 2021-11971 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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