[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36542-36543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3222]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Request Approval From the Office of 
Management and Budget of a New Information Collection Activity, Request 
for Comments; Reporting of Information Using Special Airworthiness 
Information Bulletins

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new information 
collection. The FAA issues Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins 
(SAIBs) to alert, educate, and make recommendations to the aviation 
community and individual aircraft owners and operators about ways to 
improve the safety of a product.

DATES: Please submit comments by September 4, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Mauney on (202) 267-9895, or by 
e-mail at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

    Title: Reporting of Information Using Special Airworthiness 
Information Bulletins.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-XXXX.
    Forms(s): There are no FAA forms associated with this collection.
    Affected Public: A total of 1,120 Respondents.
    Frequency: The information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 5 minutes per 
response.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 933 hours annually.
    Abstract: The FAA issues Special Airworthiness Information 
Bulletins (SAIBs) to alert, educate, and make recommendations to the 
aviation community and individual aircraft owners and operators about 
ways to improve the safety of a product. It contains non-regulatory 
information and guidance that is advisory; recommended actions or 
inspections; and may include a request for voluntary reporting of 
results from those actions/inspections. This reported information is 
used to help the FAA assess whether a potential unsafe condition 
warrants issuance of an airworthiness directive (AD).

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Carla 
Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation Administration, Strategy and 
Investment Analysis Division, AIO-20, 800 Independence Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC 20591.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Strategy and Investment 
Analysis Division, AIO-20.
[FR Doc. 07-3222 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]
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