[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15460-15461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6818]


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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD


Proposed Information Collection Activity: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The NTSB is announcing that it is submitting an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This ICR 
describes a form that the NTSB proposes to use to obtain information 
from operators who need to report the occurrence of a resolution 
advisory (RA) in which an aircraft encountered a risk of collision with 
another aircraft. The proposed form is shorter than the form in which 
the NTSB currently receives reports of incidents under 49 CFR 830.5 
(NTSB Form 6120.1). This Notice informs the public that they may submit

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comments concerning the proposed use of this new form to the NTSB Desk 
Officer at the OMB.

DATES: Submit written comments regarding this proposed collection of 
information by May 28, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Respondents may submit written comments on the collection of 
information to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the 
Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
National Transportation Safety Board, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Dunham, NTSB Office of Aviation 
Safety, at (202) 314-6387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with OMB regulations that 
require this Notice for proposed ICRs, the NTSB seeks to notify the 
public that it may submit comments on this proposed ICR to OMB. 5 CFR 
1320.10(a).
    The proposed form that the NTSB seeks to use will obtain 
information from operators who, had they not complied with an RA, would 
have encountered a substantial risk of collision with another aircraft, 
or who received an RA while operating in class A airspace. The NTSB's 
purpose in proposing to use a new form is to allow operators to avoid 
completing the NTSB's lengthier form in which the NTSB obtains a 
variety of information concerning an accident or incident (Form 
6120.1), when completion of the lengthier form is unnecessary. The 
proposed new form will solicit the following information: (1) 
Confirmation that the incident to be reported falls under the scope of 
the rule; (2) contact information, such as the submitter's name, 
company (if any), e-mail address, and telephone number; (3) information 
about the flight and aircraft, such as the call sign, type of aircraft, 
location and time of the occurrence, and altitude at which the aircraft 
experienced the RA; (4) information about the ATC services being 
provided to the aircraft when the RA occurred, such as the ATC facility 
name and communications frequency in use; and (5) a brief description 
of the RA type and circumstances of the incident.
    For the convenience of operators who submit reports of RAs, the 
NTSB plans to provide the form on the NTSB Web site. The NTSB's purpose 
in creating this Web-based form is to provide a convenient way in which 
submitters may comply with a portion of the NTSB's new regulations, 
which became effective on March 8, 2010, 75 FR 922-01 (Jan. 7, 2010). 
In particular, 49 CFR 830.5(a)(10) now requires reports of the 
following: ``Airborne Collision and Avoidance System (ACAS) resolution 
advisories issued either: When an aircraft is being operated on an 
instrument flight rules flight plan and compliance with the advisory is 
necessary to avert a substantial risk of collision between two or more 
aircraft; or to an aircraft operating in class A airspace.'' The NTSB 
notes that this new regulation does not require reports of RAs unless 
compliance with the RA is necessary to avoid a substantial risk of 
collision between two or more aircraft, or unless an aircraft receives 
an RA while operating in class A airspace. Therefore, before being 
allowed to continue, the submitter will be asked to confirm that the 
proposed report involves an incident that falls within the scope of the 
rule. Once a submitter completes the form, the NTSB may contact the 
submitter and may consider asking the submitter to complete NTSB Form 
6120.1, if the NTSB determines that it needs additional information.
    The NTSB also notes that respondents' completion of the form is 
optional, because respondents may call the NTSB Communications Center 
or an NTSB field office if they prefer to notify the NTSB via 
telephone. The form will only be available on the NTSB Web site, and 
the NTSB has carefully reviewed the form to ensure that it has used 
plain, coherent, and unambiguous terminology in its requests for 
information. The form is not duplicative of another agency's collection 
of information. The NTSB believes this proposed form, given its 
brevity, will impose a minimal burden on respondents: the NTSB 
estimates that respondents will spend approximately 10 minutes in 
completing the form. The NTSB estimates that approximately 20 
respondents per year will complete the form.

    Dated: March 23, 2010.
Candi Bing,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6818 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
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