Document ID: FAA-2019-0895-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plan
Posted Date: 2020-01-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 1371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00229]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0895]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of New Approval of Information Collection: Employee Assault 
Prevention and Response Plan

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 for a new information collection. 
The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
November 1, 2019 (84 FR 58818). The collection involves submission of 
Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plans (EAPRP) for customer 
service agents of certificate holders conducting operations under Title 
14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 121. The certificate 
holders will submit the information to be collected to the FAA for 
review and acceptance as required by Section 551 of Public Law 115-254, 
the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 10, 2020.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Ronneberg by email at: 
Dan.Ronneberg@faa.gov; phone: 202-267-1612.

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-XXXX.
    Title: Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plan.
    Form Numbers: There are no forms associated with this collection.
    Type of Review: Clearance of a new information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on November 1, 2019 (84 FR 58818). On October 5, 2018, 
Congress enacted Public Law 115-254, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 
2018 (``the Act''). Section 551 of the Act required air carriers 
operating under 14 CFR part 121 to submit to the FAA for review and 
acceptance an Employee Assault Prevention and Response Plan (EAPRP) 
related to the customer service agents of the air carrier that is 
developed in consultation with the labor union representing such 
agents. Section 551(b) of the Act contains the required contents of the 
EAPRP, including reporting protocols for air carrier customer service 
agents who have been the victim of a verbal or physical assault.
    Respondents: 70 Part 121 Air Carriers.
    Frequency: Once for submission of the plan.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 20 hours for air carriers 
submitting the plan for review and acceptance.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20 hours per air carriers submitting 
the plan for review and acceptance.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2020.
Sandra L. Ray,
Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, Policy Integration Branch, AFS-270.
[FR Doc. 2020-00229 Filed 1-9-20; 8:45 am]
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