AGENCY:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a new information collection. The FAA issues Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIBs) to alert, educate, and make recommendations to the aviation community and individual aircraft owners and operators about ways to improve the safety of a product.
DATES:
Please submit comments by September 4, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla Mauney on (202) 267-9895, or by e-mail at: Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Title: Reporting of Information Using Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins.
Type of Request: New collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120-XXXX.
Forms(s): There are no FAA forms associated with this collection.
Affected Public: A total of 1,120 Respondents.
Frequency: The information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 5 minutes per response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 933 hours annually.
Abstract: The FAA issues Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIBs) to alert, educate, and make recommendations to the aviation community and individual aircraft owners and operators about ways to improve the safety of a product. It contains non-regulatory information and guidance that is advisory; recommended actions or inspections; and may include a request for voluntary reporting of results from those actions/inspections. This reported information is used to help the FAA assess whether a potential unsafe condition warrants issuance of an airworthiness directive (AD).
ADDRESSES:
Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Carla Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation Administration, Strategy and Investment Analysis Division, AIO-20, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Strategy and Investment Analysis Division, AIO-20.
[FR Doc. 07-3222 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]
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