[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77139-77140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24716]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. 2023-1340]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Pilots 
Convicted of Alcohol or Drug-Related Motor Vehicle Offenses or Subject 
to State Motor Vehicle Administrative Procedure

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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on June 8, 2023. The collection involves receiving and 
maintaining correspondence required to be sent to the FAA from pilots 
who have been involved in a drug- or alcohol-related motor vehicle 
action. The information to be collected will be used to and/or is 
necessary because the FAA must identify airmen with multiple drug- or 
alcohol-related motor vehicle actions and verify traffic conviction 
information in order to support the FAA's Aviation Safety, Office of 
Aerospace Medicine, Aerospace Medical Certification Division, for their 
requirements to evaluate the qualifications of that airman to hold a 
medical certificate.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 8, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Marks by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 405-954-2789.

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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0543.
    Title: Pilots Convicted of Alcohol or Drug-Related Motor Vehicle 
Offenses or Subject to State Motor Vehicle Administrative Procedure.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 1600-85 has been created since the 60 day 
FRN has been published.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on June 8, 2023 (88 FR 37596). After a study and audit 
conducted from the late 1970's through the 1980's by the Department of 
Transportation, Office of the Inspector General, (DOT/OIG), the DOT/OIG 
recommended the FAA find a way to track alcohol abusers and those 
dependent on the substance that may pose a threat to the National 
Airspace (NAS). Through a Congressional act issued in November of 1990, 
the FAA established a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Driving 
While Intoxicated (DWI) Investigations Branch. The final rule for this 
program is found in Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)--Part 61 
Sec.  61.15.
    This regulation calls for pilots certificated by the FAA to send 
information regarding Driving Under the Influence (or similar charges) 
of alcohol and/or drugs to the FAA within 60 days from either an 
administrative action against their driver's license and/or criminal 
conviction. Part of the regulation also calls for the FAA to seek 
certificate action should an airman be involved in multiple, separate 
drug/alcohol related motor vehicle incidents within a three-year 
period. Information sent by the airmen is used to confirm or refute any 
violations of these regulations, as well as by the Civil Aerospace 
Medical Institute (CAMI) for medical qualification purposes. Collection 
by CAMI is covered under a separate OMB control number 2120-0034.
    An airman is required to provide a written report, with the 
following information: name, address, date of birth, airman certificate 
number, the type of violation which resulted in the

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conviction or administrative action, the state which holds the records 
or action, and a statement of whether the motor vehicle action resulted 
from the same incident or arose out of the same factual circumstances 
related to a previously reported motor vehicle action. A privacy act 
statement and a new FAA form number 1600-85 was created and added to 
the online submission portal.
    Respondents: 480 FAA airmen with drug and alcohol related motor 
vehicle actions provide approximately 599 reports per year over the 
last three years.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 30 minutes per report and 299.5 
hours for all reports annually.

    Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on November 3, 2023.
Christopher Marks,
Security Specialist, Security & Hazardous Materials Safety/Enforcement 
Standards & Policy Division, AXE-900.
[FR Doc. 2023-24716 Filed 11-7-23; 8:45 am]
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