[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1191-1192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00138]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0896]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Flight Attendant 
Fatigue Risk Management 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. The collection involves submission of Fatigue Risk 
Management Plans (FRMP) for flight attendants of certificate holders 
operating under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The 
certificate holders will submit the information to be collected to the 
FAA for review and acceptance as required by Section 335(b) 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 
[email protected], 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: 
[email protected]; 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: Flight Attendant Fatigue Risk Management 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 58816). On October 5, 2018, 
Congress enacted Public Law 115-254, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 
2018 (``the Act''). Section 335(b) of the Act required each certificate 
holder operating under 14 CFR part 121 to submit to the FAA for review 
and acceptance a Fatigue Risk Management Plan (FRMP) for each 
certificate holder's flight attendants. Section 335(b) contains the 
required contents of the FRMP, including a rest scheme consistent with 
current flight time and duty period limitations and development and use 
of methodology to continually assess the effectiveness of the ability 
of the plan to improve alertness and mitigate performance errors. 
Section 335(b) requires that each certificate holder operating under 14 
CFR part 121 shall update its FRMP every two years and submit the 
update to the FAA for review and acceptance. Further, section 335(b) of 
the Act

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requires each certificate holder operating under 14 CFR part 121 to 
comply with its FRMP that is accepted by the FAA.
    Respondents: 70 Part 121 Air Carriers.
    Frequency: Once for initial acceptance of the plan, then every two 
years for submission of an updated plan.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 20 hours for air carriers 
submitting the initial plan for review and acceptance and 5 hours for 
air carriers submitting an updated plan.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20 hours per air carrier submitting 
the initial plan for review and acceptance, 5 hours every two years for 
update and resubmission of the plan.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 6, 2020.
Sandra L. Ray,
Aviation Safety Inspector, FAA, Policy Integration Branch, AFS-270.
[FR Doc. 2020-00138 Filed 1-8-20; 8:45 am]
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