Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-2583
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Air Carrier Contract Maintenance Requirements
Posted Date: 2019-02-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6192-6193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03228]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Air Carrier 
Contract Maintenance Requirements

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 20, 2018. The information to be collected is 
necessary because the FAA needs accurate and up to date data indicating 
who is performing maintenance on behalf of air carriers, what type of 
maintenance is being performed, and where the maintenance is being 
performed. This collected information will be used by the FAA to 
adequately target its inspection resources for surveillance and make 
accurate risk assessments.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 28, 2019.

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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Hall at (940) 594-5913, or by 
email at: Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0766.
    Title: Air Carrier Contract Maintenance Requirements.
    Form Numbers: There are no forms associated with this collection.
    Type of Review: This is a 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 20, 2018 (83 FR 65391). Air carrier 
maintenance has evolved from mostly an ``in-house'' operation to an 
extended network of maintenance providers that fulfill contracts with 
air carriers to perform their aircraft maintenance. Any person 
performing maintenance for an air carrier must follow the air carrier's 
maintenance manual.
    The FAA has found that, although an air carrier is required to list 
its maintenance providers and a general description of the work to be 
done in its maintenance manual, these lists are not always kept up to 
date, are not always complete, and are not always in a format that is 
readily useful for FAA oversight and analysis purposes. Without 
accurate and complete information on the work being performed for air 
carriers, the FAA cannot adequately target its inspection resources for 
surveillance and make accurate risk assessments.
    This collection of information supports regulatory requirements 
necessary under 14 CFR part 121 and part 135 to ensure safety of flight 
by requiring air carriers to provide a list to the FAA of all persons 
with whom they contract their maintenance. The list must be updated 
with any changes, including additions or deletions, and the updated 
list provided to the FAA in a format acceptable to the FAA by the last 
day of each calendar month.
    This collection also supports the FAA's strategic goal to provide 
to the next level of safety, by achieving the lowest possible accident 
rate and always improving safety, so all users of our aviation system 
can arrive safely at their destinations.
    Respondents: 312 air carriers (110 large air carriers and 202 small 
air carriers).
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 22,464 hours.

Barbara Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2019-03228 Filed 2-25-19; 8:45 am]
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