
[Federal Register: August 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 161)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 42174-42175]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 91, 121, and 125

[Docket No.: FAA-1999-6482; Amendment No. 91-304A, 121-342A and 125-
56A]
RIN 2120AG87

 
Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for Boeing 
737 Airplanes and for All Part 125 Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; Notice of Office of Management and Budget approval 
for information collection.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Office of Management and Budget's 
(OMB's) approval of the information collection requirement contained in 
the FAA's final rule, ``Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorder 
Regulations for Boeing 737 Airplanes and for All Part 125 Airplanes.'' 
That final rule was published on December 2, 2008.

DATES: The FAA received OMB approval for the information collection 
requirements in the final rule published December 2, 2008, 73 FR 73171, 
on April 3, 2009. The final rule became effective on February 9, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical issues: Brian A. Verna, 
Avionics Systems Branch, Aircraft Certification Service, AIR-130, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 385-4643; facsimile (202) 385-
4651; e-mail brian.verna@faa.gov. For legal issues: Karen L. Petronis, 
Senior Attorney, Regulations Division, AGC-200, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3073; facsimile (202) 267-
7971; e-mail: karen.petronis@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On December 2, 2008, the FAA published the final rule entitled 
``Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for Boeing 737 
Airplanes and for All Part 125 Airplanes'' (73 FR 73171). This rule 
amended the regulations governing flight data recorders to increase the 
number of digital flight data recorder parameters for all Boeing 737 
series airplanes manufactured after August 18, 2000. This change was 
based on safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety 
Board following its investigations of two accidents and several 
incidents involving 737s. The final rule also adopted a prohibition on 
deviations from flight recorder requirements for all airplanes operated 
under part 125.
    The final rule contained information collection requirements that 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had not yet approved as of 
the date of publication. In the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'' section of 
the final rule, the FAA noted that the agency may not collect or 
sponsor the collection of information, nor may it impose an information 
collection requirement, unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB approved that 
request on April 3, 2009, and assigned the information collection OMB 
Control Number 2120-0616. The FAA request was approved by OMB without 
change and expires on April 30, 2012. This notice is being published to 
inform affected parties of the approval and to announce that the 
information collection requirements in the final rule entitled 
``Revisions to Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for Boeing 737 
Airplanes and for All Part 125 Airplanes'' will become effective when 
this notice is published in the Federal Register.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 17, 2009.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E9-20059 Filed 8-20-09; 8:45 am]

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