[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02644]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2018-0082]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of 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 information collected on the FAA Form 8120-11 is 
reported voluntarily by manufacturers, repair stations, aircraft owner/
operators, air carriers, and the general public who wish to report 
suspected unapproved parts to the FAA for review. The report 
information is collected and correlated by the FAA, Aviation Safety 
Hotline Program Office, and used to determine if an unapproved part 
investigation is warranted.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Joseph 
Palmisano, Federal Aviation Administration, AIR-600, 800 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Palmisano by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-1638.

SUPPLEMENTARY 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.
    Background: The information collected on the FAA Form 8120-11 is 
reported voluntarily by manufacturers, repair stations, aircraft owner/
operators, air carriers, and the general public who wish to report 
suspected unapproved parts to the FAA for review. The report 
information is collected and correlated by the FAA, Aviation Safety 
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 AC 21-29, Detecting and Reporting Suspected Unapproved 
Parts. When unapproved parts are identified, the FAA notifies the 
public by published Field Notifications (FN), disseminated using 
Unapproved Parts Notifications (UPN), Aviation Maintenance Alerts, 
Airworthiness Directives (AD), 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 a Form 8120-11 into 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 208 
forms from the public per year.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Joy Wolf,
Aviation Safety, Directives & Forms Management Officer (DMO/FMO), 
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-02644 Filed 2-15-19; 8:45 am]
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