[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41483-41484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10316]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. 2023-1859]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Safe 
Disposition of Life-Limited Aircraft Parts

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

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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 March 14, 2024. The collection involves maintaining and 
recording ``the status of life-limited parts of each airframe, engine, 
propeller, rotor, and appliance. The information to be collected is 
necessary for verifying the time-life of life-limited parts and is used 
to ensure parts that have reached their life-limit are not installed on 
an aircraft, or are removed from an aircraft and properly 
dispositioned.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 12, 2024.

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: Randy.A.Shafer by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 217-971-8378.

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: 2120-0665.
    Title: Safe Disposition of Life-Limited Aircraft Parts.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    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 March 14, 2024 (89 FR 18700). The installation of 
parts that have exceeded their manufacturer specified life-limit onto 
aircraft operating in the National Airspace (NAS) compromises the 
safety of the public who fly on those aircraft. The FAA has found life-
limited parts that exceeded their operating limitations installed on 
aircraft through accident investigations, Suspected Unapproved Parts 
(SUPS) reports, and routine surveillance activities. To help prevent 
the installation of aircraft parts that have reached their life-limit, 
the FAA has instituted regulations that require persons who remove 
parts that have reached their life limit, to properly disposition those 
parts. Proper disposition may include part recordkeeping, tagging, 
marking, segregation, mutilation, or another method approved or 
accepted by the FAA. Additionally, when requested by a person required 
to disposition a life-limited part, the holder of a type certificate or 
design approval for a life-limited part must provide marking 
instructions or must state that the part cannot be practicably marked 
without compromising its integrity.
    Respondents: 22,000 aircraft maintenance providers and design 
approval holders.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 53,500 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2024.
Tanya A. Glines,
Aviation Safety Inspector, Office of Safety Standards, Aircraft 
Maintenance Division, Airmen Section.
[FR Doc. 2024-10316 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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