Request for Expedited OIRA Approval

National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
Office of the Chairman

AUG 0 6 2013
Dominic Mancini
Deputy Administrator
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
725 1ih Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20503
VIAE-MAILAND POSTAL MAIL
RE:

Request for Expedited OIRAApproval ofNTSB Passenger Survey

Dear Mr. Mancini:
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) seeks to solicit feedback from passengers
onboard Asiana flight 214, which crashed in San Francisco on July 6, 2013 (NTSB Investigation
No. DCA13MA120). The NTSB intends to request such feedback in the form of a voluntary
survey the NTSB will distribute to passengers who survived the accident.
The NTSB is aware the Paperwork Reduction Act and the Office of Management and Budget's
regulations implementing the Act, at 5 C.F.R. part 1320, require the NTSB to submit this draft
survey to your office for approval. Please find a copy of the survey on which the NTSB seeks to
solicit feedback, as well as the requisite Supporting Statements, enclosed herein. As indicated in
the Supporting Statements, the NTSB requests expedited approval because we cannot reasonably
comply with the normal clearance procedures under part 1320. In this regard, we would not be
able to fulfill our statutory obligation of determining the probable cause(s) of the accident at
issue and make safety recommendations unless we receive sufficient information to conduct a
comprehensive review of circumstances surrounding the accident. Therefore, the NTSB believes
it fulfills the requirements of 5 C.F.R. 1320.13 in requesting review of this information collection
on an expedited basis.
We appreciate the excellent assistance your staff has provided in helping us prepare the necessary
documentation to support our request. If you or your staff have any questions concerning the
enclosed documents, please contact the NTSB Office of General Counsel, at (202) 314-6080.
Sincerely,

Acting Chairman

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