Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of [Renewed] Approval of Information Collection: Pilots Convicted of Alcohol or Drug-Related Motor Vehicle Offenses or Subject to State Motor Vehicle Administrative Procedure, 37596 [2023-12201]

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 37596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12201]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2023-1340]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of [Renewed] Approval of Information Collection: Pilots 
Convicted of Alcohol or Drug-Related Motor Vehicle Offenses or Subject 
to State Motor Vehicle Administrative Procedure

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 [to renew an] information 
collection. The collection involves receiving and maintaining 
correspondence required to be sent to the FAA from pilots who have been 
involved in a drug- or alcohol-related motor vehicle action. The 
information to be collected will be used to and/or is necessary because 
the FAA must identify airmen with multiple drug- or alcohol-related 
motor vehicle actions, and verify traffic conviction information in 
order to support the FAA's Aviation Safety, Office of Aerospace 
Medicine, Aerospace Medical Certification Division, for their 
requirements to evaluate the qualifications of that airman to hold a 
medical certificate.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: https://www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 
number into search field).
    By mail: Christopher Marks, P.O. Box 25810, Oklahoma City, OK 
73125.
    By fax: 405-954-4989.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Marks by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 405-954-2789.

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: 2120-0543.
    Title: Pilots Convicted of Alcohol or Drug-Related Motor Vehicle 
Offenses or Subject to State Motor Vehicle Administrative Procedure.
    Form Numbers: No official form numbers used.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: After a study and audit conducted from the late 1970's 
through the 1980's by the Department of Transportation, Office of the 
Inspector General, (DOT/OIG), the DOT/OIG recommended the FAA find a 
way to track alcohol abusers and those dependent on the substance that 
may pose a threat to the National Airspace (NAS). Through a 
Congressional act issued in November of 1990, the FAA established a 
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) 
Investigations Branch. The final rule for this program is found in 
title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)--part 61 61.15.
    This regulation calls for pilots certificated by the FAA to send 
information regarding Driving Under the Influence (or similar charges) 
of alcohol and/or drugs to the FAA within 60 days from either an 
administrative action against their driver's license and/or criminal 
conviction. Part of the regulation also calls for the FAA to seek 
certificate action should an airman be involved in multiple, separate 
drug/alcohol related motor vehicle incidents within a three-year 
period. Information sent by the airmen is used to confirm or refute any 
violations of these regulations, as well as by the Civil Aerospace 
Medical Institute (CAMI) for medical qualification purposes. Collection 
by CAMI is covered under a separate OMB control number 2120-0034.
    An airman is required to provide a written report, with the 
following information: name, address, date of birth, airman certificate 
number, the type of violation which resulted in the conviction or 
administrative action, the state which holds the records or action, and 
a statement of whether the motor vehicle action resulted from the same 
incident or arose out of the same factual circumstances related to a 
previously reported motor vehicle action.
    Respondents: 480 FAA airmen with drug and alcohol related motor 
vehicle actions provide approximately 599 reports per year over the 
last three years.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 30 minutes per report and 299.5 
hours for all reports annually.

    Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on June 2, 2023.
Christopher Marks,
Security Specialist, Security & Hazardous Materials Safety/Enforcement 
Standards & Policy Division, AXE-900.
[FR Doc. 2023-12201 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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