These requirements in part 135 are
addressed specifically to helicopter air ambulances, often referred
to as emergency medical services (EMS), and to on-demand operations
including overwater operations. The National Transportation Safety
Board recommended several changes following accident
investigations. The FAA aims to improve the safety record of
helicopter air ambulances through better oversight of their
operations. The FAA will use the information it collects and
reviews to ensure compliance and adherence with regulations and, if
necessary, to take enforcement action on violators of the
regulations. Section 314(d) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
amended these reporting requirements for the report to contain the
number of helicopters that the certificate holder uses to provide
helicopter air ambulance services and the base locations of the
helicopters, the number of hours flown by the helicopters operated
by the certificate holder, the number of patients transported and
the number of patient transport requests for a helicopter providing
air ambulance services that were accepted or declined by the
certificate holder and the type of each such flight request (such
as scene response, inter-facility transport or organ transport),
the number of accidents, if any, involving helicopters operated by
the certificate holder while providing air ambulance services and a
description of the accidents, the number of hours flown under
instrument flight rules by helicopters operated by the certificate
holder, the number of hours flown at night by helicopters operated
by the certificate holder, the number of incidents, if any, in
which a helicopter was not directly dispatched and arrived to
transport patients but was not utilized for patient transport.
Essentially, this relieved the requirement for reporting of flight
time by individual aircraft and by time of day and now only
requires the reporting of the total flight hours, in aggregate,
flown by the certificate holder and the number of hours flown at
night. The amendment added the requirement to report the number of
patients flown by the certificate holder. The requirement for
reporting is placed upon the certificate holders via Operations
Specification paragraph A021, Air Ambulance Operations—Helicopter.
A reporting template is provided to the certificate holders by the
FAA Part 135 Commuter and On-demand Operations Branch, AFS-250. The
data collected is to provide a report to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate as required by §44731. It is also being collected to ensure
that the database required and the report required will best inform
efforts to improve the safety of helicopter air ambulance
operations.
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USC 44701 Name of Law: General requirements
The changes were to more
accurately reflect the burden. Some of the requirements reflected
in this collection are one time requirements. All current operators
have complied with the regulation so the burden captured in this
collection is for new entrants. The requirements for Form 2170-0761
have changed due to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. The new
requirements of this form are reflected in the burden.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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Requirements of FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2018 - Report to Congress