[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20915-20916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07574]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2020-0611]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: FAA Advisory 
Circular 120-119, Voluntary Safety Management System for Other 
Regulated Entities Transporting Dangerous Goods by Air

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 
June 8, 2021. The collection involves entities that voluntarily follow 
the guidance in FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 120-119, Voluntary Safety 
Management System (SMS) for Other Regulated Entities Transporting 
Dangerous Goods by Air, on how to use the SMS principles included in 
FAA regulations, as a basis to develop and implement a voluntary SMS 
program and how to submit such a voluntary program to the FAA's Office 
of Hazardous Materials Safety (AXH) for acceptance. Information 
received from the first collection will be used to determine 
consistency with FAA SMS regulations. With the exception of a one-time 
submission of an implementation plan, the data will not be submitted to 
the FAA. The records for Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, and 
Safety Assurance processes, training, and communications are kept under 
Safety Promotion and will be kept by the organization and used in its 
SMS.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 9, 2022.

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: Andrea Giordani, Security and 
Hazardous Materials Safety, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (AXH-
002), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20591; (202) 267-3770.

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: To be determined.
    Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for 
Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: FAA 
Advisory Circular 120-119, Voluntary Safety Management System for Other 
Regulated Entities Transporting Dangerous Goods by Air.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    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 June 8, 2021 (86 FR 30514). Advisory Circular (AC) No. 
120-119 provides information on how entities subject to the regulatory 
requirements of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 
171-180 (e.g., entities performing functions such as, but not limited 
to, handling or shipping of dangerous goods by air and hereinafter 
referred to as ``other regulated entities'') may choose to implement 
voluntarily a Safety Management System (SMS) as described in Title 14 
CFR, part 5--Safety Management Systems.
    AC 120-119 addresses general SMS principles and explains certain 
regulatory requirements outlined in 14 CFR part 5. While part 5 does 
not apply

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to voluntary SMS programs, it describes the general SMS framework and 
serves as a non-binding basis for the development and implementation of 
voluntary SMS programs. The AC provides guidance to organizations on 
how to use SMS principles included in part 5 as a basis to develop and 
implement a voluntary SMS program and how to submit such a voluntary 
program to the FAA's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (AXH) for 
acceptance.
    Each organization that implements a voluntary SMS program would 
collect and analyze safety data and maintain training and 
communications records for its SMS. Data and records are essential for 
an SMS. Any organization that volunteers for this process would 
maintain records of SMS outputs, training records, and communications 
materials used to promote safety. An organization may create a gap 
analysis to identify what already exists within that organization and 
what needs to be created to complete the SMS implementation plan. The 
organization's implementation plan is submitted once to FAA for 
approval. As needed, other information may be requested or submitted as 
part of ongoing SMS evaluation.
    Respondents: The FAA estimates that a total of three companies will 
voluntarily implement an SMS.
    Frequency: The FAA assumes that the implementation plan is a one-
time burden that takes place over three (3) years for organizations 
that choose to comply.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6,680 hours reporting and 
170 hours recordkeeping.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20,040 hours reporting and 510 hours 
recordkeeping.
    For the estimated total annual burden, the prior notice contained a 
miscalculation of 6,120 hours of recordkeeping. This notice corrects 
that miscalculation to 510 hours of recordkeeping.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2022.
Daniel Benjamin Supko,
Executive Director, FAA, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 2022-07574 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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