[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 145 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37971-37973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18322]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 135

[Docket No. FAA-2009-0023; Notice No. 09-02A]
RIN 2120-AJ32


Crew Resource Management Training for Crewmembers in Part 135 
Operations

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period for a proposed rule 
that was published on May 1, 2009. The proposed rule would require all 
certificate holders conducting operations under part 135 to include in 
their training programs crew resource management for crewmembers, 
including pilots and flight attendants. This proposal is needed to 
ensure that crewmembers in part 135 operations receive training and 
practice in the use

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of crew resource management principles, as appropriate for their 
operation. This proposed rule would respond to National Transportation 
Safety Board recommendations, address a recommendation from the Part 
125/135 Aviation Rulemaking Committee, and would codify current FAA 
guidance. The intended effect of this proposal is to reduce the 
frequency and severity of errors that are crew based, which will reduce 
the frequency of accidents and incidents within the scope of part 135 
operations. The FAA is seeking further comment on this proposed rule 
because all of the rulemaking documents were not available in the 
official docket.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket number FAA-2009-0023, must be 
received on or before September 28, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by docket number FAA-2009-
0023 using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to the Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-
140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Bring comments to the Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Operations at 202-493-
2251.

For more information on the rulemaking process, see the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section of this document.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you 
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can 
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including 
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment 
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time and follow the online 
instructions for accessing the docket, or to the Docket Operations in 
Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this proposed rule, contact Nancy Lauck Claussen, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Flight Standards Service, Air Transportation Division 
(AFS-200), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
Telephone: 202-267-8166; E-mail: [email protected]. For legal 
questions concerning this proposed rule, contact Anne Bechdolt, Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; Telephone: 202-267-3073; E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites interested persons to participate in this 
rulemaking by submitting written comments, data, or views. We also 
invite comments relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or 
federalism impacts that might result from adopting the proposals in 
this document. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion 
of the proposal, explain the reason for any recommended change, and 
include supporting data. To ensure the docket does not contain 
duplicate comments, please send only one copy of written comments, or 
if you are filing comments electronically, please submit your comments 
only one time.
    We will file in the docket all comments we receive, as well as a 
report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel 
concerning this proposed rulemaking. Before acting on this proposal, we 
will consider all comments we receive on or before the closing date for 
comments. We will consider comments filed after the comment period has 
closed if it is possible to do so without incurring expense or delay. 
We may change this proposal in light of the comments we receive.

Proprietary or Confidential Business Information

    Do not file in the docket information that you consider to be 
proprietary or confidential business information. Send or deliver this 
information directly to the person identified in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. You must mark the 
information that you consider proprietary or confidential. If you send 
the information on a disk or CD-ROM, mark the outside of the disk or 
CD-ROM and also identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is proprietary or confidential.
    Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), when we are aware of proprietary information 
filed with a comment, we do not place it in the docket. We hold it in a 
separate file to which the public does not have access, and we place a 
note in the docket that we have received it. If we receive a request to 
examine or copy this information, we treat it as any other request 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). We process such a 
request under the DOT procedures found in 49 CFR part 7.

Availability of Rulemaking Documents

    You can get an electronic copy of rulemaking documents using the 
Internet by--
    1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov);
    2. Visiting the FAA's Regulations and Policies Web page at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies or
    3. Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    You can also get a copy by sending a request to the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-9680. Make 
sure to identify the docket number or notice number of this rulemaking.
    You may access all documents the FAA considered in developing this 
proposed rule, including economic analyses and technical reports, from 
the internet through the Federal eRulemaking Portal referenced in 
paragraph 1.

Background

    On May 1, 2009 (74 FR 20263) the FAA published a proposed rule that 
would require all certificate holders conducting operations under part 
135 to include in their training programs crew resource management for 
crewmembers, including pilots and flight attendants. The comment period 
for the proposed rule closes on July 30, 2009. Because the regulatory 
evaluation for the proposed rule was not available for review in the 
docket until July 24, 2009, the FAA is extending the comment period 
from July 30, 2009 to September 28, 2009.

Extension of Comment Period

    The FAA wants to ensure that the proposed rulemaking and all its 
associated documents have been

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adequately available for public viewing and comment. Because the 
regulatory evaluation contains information regarding the expected 
benefits and costs of this rulemaking, the FAA has determined that a 
60-day extension of the comment period is necessary to give the public 
adequate time to review this document. Such action is, in the public 
interest, and good cause exists for taking this action. Accordingly, 
the comment period for Notice No. 09-02 is extended until September 28, 
2009.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2009.
Julie A. Lynch,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E9-18322 Filed 7-29-09; 8:45 am]
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