Document ID: FAA-2021-1024-0003
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Certification of Airports
Posted Date: 2022-05-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 97 (Thursday, May 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30550-30551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10718]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2021-1024]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Certification 
of Airports, Part 139

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 7, 2021.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 21, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov.

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    Enter docket number: FAA-2021-1024 into search field.
    By email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chel Schweitzer by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-679-2677.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part 139 establishes certification 
requirements for airports serving scheduled passenger-carrying 
operations of an air carrier operating aircraft configured for more 
than 9 passenger seats, as determined by the regulations under which 
the operation is conducted or the aircraft type certificate issued by a 
competent civil aviation authority; and unscheduled passenger-carrying 
operations of an air carrier operating aircraft configured for at least 
31 passenger seats, as determined by the regulations under which the 
operation is conducted or the aircraft type certificate issued by a 
competent civil aviation authority.
    This part does not apply to: Airports serving scheduled air carrier 
operations only by reason of being designated as an alternate airport; 
airports operated by the United States; airports located in the State 
of Alaska that only serve scheduled operations of small air carrier 
aircraft and do not serve scheduled or unscheduled operations of large 
air carrier aircraft; airports located in the State of Alaska during 
periods of time when not serving operations of large air carrier 
aircraft; or heliports.
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0675.
    Title: Certification of Airports, Part 139.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 5280-1.
    Type of Review: 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 7, 2021 (86 FR 69350).
    The statutory authority to issue airport operating certificates to 
airports serving certain air carriers and to establish minimum safety 
standards for the operation of those airports is currently found in 
Title 49, United States Code (U.S.C.) Sec.  44706, Airport operation 
certificates. The FAA uses this authority to issue requirements for the 
certification and operation of certain airports that service commercial 
air carriers. These requirements are contained in Title 14, Code of 
Federal Regulation Part 139 (14 CFR part 139), Certification and 
Operations: Land Airports Serving Certain Air Carriers, as amended. 
Information collection requirements are used by the FAA to determine an 
airport operator's compliance with Part 139 safety and operational 
requirements, and to assist airport personnel to perform duties 
required under the regulation.
    Operators of certificated airports are required to complete FAA 
Form 5280-1 and develop, and comply with, a written document, an 
Airport Certification Manual (ACM) that details how an airport will 
comply with the requirements of Part 139. The ACM shows the means and 
procedures whereby the airport will be operated in compliance with Part 
139, plus other instructions and procedures to help personnel concerned 
with operation of the airport to perform their duties and 
responsibilities.
    When an airport satisfactorily complies with such requirements, the 
FAA issues to that facility an airport operating certificate (AOC) that 
permits an airport to serve air carriers. The FAA periodically inspects 
these airports to ensure continued compliance with Part 139 safety 
requirements, including the maintenance of specified records. Both the 
application for an AOC and annual compliance inspections require 
operators of certificated airports to collect and report certain 
operational information. The AOC remains in effect as long as the need 
exists and the operator complies with the terms of the AOC and the ACM.
    The likely respondents to new information requests are those 
civilian U.S. airport certificate holders who operate airports that 
serve scheduled and unscheduled operations of air carrier aircraft with 
more than 9 passenger seats (approximately 520 airports). These airport 
operators already hold an AOC and comply with all current information 
collection requirements.
    Operators of certificated airports are permitted to choose the 
methodology to report information and can design their own 
recordkeeping system. As airports vary in size, operations and 
complexities, the FAA has determined this method of information 
collection allows airport operators greater flexibility and convenience 
to comply with reporting and recordkeeping requirements. 100% of the 
information may be submitted electronically.
    The FAA has an automated system, the Certification and Compliance 
Management Information System (CCMIS), which allows FAA airport safety 
and certification inspectors to enter into a national database airport 
inspection information. This information is monitored to detect trends 
and developing safety issues, to allocate inspection resources, and 
generally, to be more responsive to the needs of regulated airports.
    The FAA has developed an automated reporting tool, the Airport 
Crisis Response Reporting (ACRR) tool, which allows airport personnel 
to directly input status of their airports after an incident, or 
emergency event, impacts their airport or the surrounding area.
    Respondents: Approximately 520 airports.
    Frequency: Information collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 291 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 130,464 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on this date, May 12, 2022.
Birkely M. Rhodes,
Manager, Airport Safety and Operations (AAS-300).
[FR Doc. 2022-10718 Filed 5-18-22; 8:45 am]
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