Document ID: FAA-2022-0579-0004
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Suspected Unapproved Parts Report
Posted Date: 2022-11-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65845-65846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23724]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2022-0579]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Suspected 
Unapproved Parts Report

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 May 18, 2022. The information collection is reported 
voluntarily by those who wish to report suspected unapproved parts 
(SUP) to the FAA for review. The information is used to determine if an 
unapproved part investigation is warranted.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted 30 days after date of 
publication in the Federal Register.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Franklin by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-1603.

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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0552.
    Title: Suspected Unapproved Parts Report.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8120-11.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.

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    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on May 18, 2022 (87 FR 30327).
    The information collected on the FAA Form 8120-11, Suspected 
Unapproved Parts Report, is reported voluntarily by manufacturers, 
repair stations, aircraft owner/operators, air carriers, and the 
general public who wish to report suspected unapproved parts (SUP) to 
the FAA for review. The report information is collected and correlated 
by the FAA Hotline Program Office, and used to determine if an 
unapproved part investigation is warranted. When unapproved parts are 
confirmed that are likely to exist on other products or aircraft of the 
same or similar design or are being used in other facilities, the 
information is used as a basis for an aviation industry alert or 
notification. Alerts are used to inform industry of situations 
essential to the prevention of accidents, if the information had not 
been collected. The consequence to the aviation community would be the 
inability to determine whether or not unapproved parts are being 
offered for sale or use for installation on type-certificated products.
    Procedures and processes relating to the SUP program and associated 
reports are found in FAA Order 8120.16A, Suspected Unapproved Parts 
Program, and Advisory Circular 21-29, Detecting and Reporting Suspected 
Unapproved Parts. When unapproved parts are identified, the FAA 
notifies the public by published Field Notifications, disseminated 
using Unapproved Parts Notifications, Aviation Maintenance Alerts, 
Airworthiness Directives, entry into an issue of the Service Difficulty 
Reporting Summary, a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin, a 
display on an internet site, or direct mailing. Reporting of 
information is strictly voluntary. The information is requested from 
any individual or facility suspecting an unapproved part. Any burden is 
minimized by requesting only necessary information to warrant an 
investigation.
    Respondents: Anyone may fill out and send FAA Form 8120-11to the 
FAA.
    Frequency: Whenever anyone discovers or suspects they have received 
an unapproved part.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: About 30 minutes to read and 
disposition each form.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The FAA collects approximately 200 
forms from the public per year.

    Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on October 19, 2022.
Michael A. Millage,
Manager, Production & Airworthiness Systems, Policy and Innovation 
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-23724 Filed 10-31-22; 8:45 am]
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