[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9312-9313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02985]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2022-1605]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: International 
Role of the Federal Aviation Administration

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 collection involves questioning, via email, telephone or other 
means, foreign entities to determine what collaborative opportunities 
exist. The information to be collected is necessary to accomplish the 
statutory requirements to ``provide technical assistance on any other 
aspect of aviation safety that the Administrator determines is likely 
to enhance international aviation safety.'' The information collection 
will also inform the FAA's International Strategy, which is the 
agency's mechanism for fulfilling its international role. The 
information collection directly supports the International Strategy by 
enabling the FAA to reshape and further strengthen its longstanding 
international contributions.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 11, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).

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    By Mail: Nicholas DeLotell, Office of International Affairs, 800 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    By Fax: (202) 267-7198.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas DeLotell by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: (202) 710-1163.

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: 2120-XXXX.
    Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for 
Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: 
International Role of the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Clearance of a new information collection.
    Background: 49 U.S.C. 40104 requires ``the Administrator to promote 
and achieve global improvements in the safety, efficiency, and 
environmental effect of air travel by engaging with foreign 
counterparts, in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 
and its subsidiary organizations, and other international organizations 
and fora, and with the private sector.'' The statute further requires 
the Administrator to engage bilaterally and multilaterally on an 
ongoing basis to bolster international collaboration and to harmonize 
international aviation safety requirements, and to expand the technical 
assistance provided by the FAA in support of enhancing international 
aviation safety.
    This information collection specifically facilitates work and 
training arrangements with foreign counterparts, ICAO and its 
subsidiary organizations, other international organizations and fora, 
and with private entities around the world; it identifies opportunities 
and unexpected changes; and it ultimately contributes to the 
fulfillment of the FAA's mission to provide the safest, most efficient 
aerospace system in the world.
    Foreign affairs specialists assigned to the FAA Office of 
International Affairs will collect information from respondents 
(foreign counterparts, ICAO and its subsidiary organizations, other 
international organizations and fora, or from private foreign entities) 
verbally, in-person or telephonically, or in writing via letter, email, 
or other electronic means.
    Respondents: 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.
    Frequency: The FAA estimates this collection of information would 
result in approximately twenty instances of international technical 
assistance per year.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Given unique requirements 
the FAA and respondents may have, and the ongoing dialog necessary to 
conduct work with foreign entities, the FAA estimates a cumulative 
burden of approximately 4 hours per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: We estimate 20 responses per year at 
an average of 4 hours per response, for a total annual hourly burden of 
80 hours. We found that these activities are typically performed by the 
respondents' equivalent to a FAA foreign affairs specialist, for which 
the FAA assumes a mid-grade GS-13 salary, Rest of USA locality. Annual 
salary is $106,955, divided by 2,080 hours for an hourly rate of 
$51.42. The FAA uses a fringe benefits and overhead cost, for FAA 
employees, of 100%. This results in a fully loaded wage of $102.84 per 
hour. The total hourly burden of 80 multiplied by the fully loaded 
hourly rate of $102.84 results in an annual economic burden of 
$8,227.20.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2023.
India Pinkney,
Executive Director, Office of International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2023-02985 Filed 2-10-23; 8:45 am]
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