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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 58 / Monday, March 25, 2024 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket Number: FAA–2024–0435]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Pilot Records
Improvement Act of 1996/Pilot Record
Database
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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. This collection involves two
distinct methods of collecting. The first
method of collecting uses the traditional
paper/hardcopy forms which is limited
in scope. The second method is more
expansive and uses online web-based
forms or Application Programming
Interface (API) upload functionality.
The information can then be shared
with a potential employer to aid them
in their hiring decision-making process.
The information collected can be release
to a hiring employer by the pilot.
Disclosure of their information is not
possible unless the pilot first authorizes
the release. The information to be
collected will be used to and/or is
necessary because before allowing an
individual to begin service as a pilot,
and air carrier or operator shall receive
and evaluate all relevant information
pertaining to the individual.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments:
By Electronic Docket:
www.regulations.gov (Enter docket
number into search field).
By mail: Federal Aviation
Administration, Attn: Automation
Systems Management Group, AFS–950
(PRD/PRIA), P.O. Box 25082, Oklahoma
City, OK 73125–0082.
By fax: 405–954–4655.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Eddleman by email at:
[email protected]; prdsupport@
faa.gov; phone: 405–954–4173.
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

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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: 2120–0607.
Title: Pilot Records Improvement Act
of 1996/Pilot Record Database.
Form Numbers:
FAA FORM 8060–11 AIR CARRIER
AND OTHER RECORDS REQUEST
(PRIA)
FAA FORM 8060–11A AIRMAN
NOTICE AND RIGHT TO RECEIVE
COPY—AIR CARRIER AND OTHER
RECORDS (PRIA)
FAA FORM 8060–12 AUTHORIZATION
FOR RELEASE OF DOT DRUG AND
ALCOHOL TESTING RECORDS
UNDER PRIA AND MAINTAINED
UNDER TITLE 49 CODE OF
FEDERAL REGULATIONS (49 CFR)
PART 40
FAA FORM 8060–13 NATIONAL
DRIVER REGISTER RECORDS
REQUEST (PRIA)
FAA FORM 8060–14 PILOT CONSENT/
REVOCATION FOR AIR CARRIER
ACCESS TO PILOT RECORDS
DATABASE
FAA FORM 8060–15 PILOT RECORDS
DATABASE PILOT RECORDS
DISPUTE SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION
Web Based Forms & API Upload:
#1: Drug and Alcohol records reporting
#2: Training, qualification, and
proficiency records reporting
#3: Final Disciplinary Action records
reporting
#4: NDR records reporting
#5: Date of Hire reporting
#6: Assignment to Duty records
reporting
#7: Date of Separation reporting
#8: Employment History records
reporting
#10: Pilot Consent form
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Pilot Records
Improvement Act of 1996 (PRIA) as
amended, was enacted to ensure that
part 121, 125 and 135 air carriers and air
operators adequately investigate a
pilot’s background before allowing that
pilot to conduct commercial air carrier
flights for their company. Under PRIA,
a hiring employer cannot place a pilot
into service until they obtain, review
and approve the pilot’s background and
other safety-related records for the past
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FAA information disclosed under PRIA
are medical and airman certificate
verifications and any closed
enforcement and revocation data. The
air carrier information disclosed under
PRIA are those concerning pilot
performance and training, disciplinary
and removal from service, and drug and
alcohol testing records. Records from
the Department of Motor Vehicles of any
particular State would include records
of drug and alcohol convictions. Other
records collections such as financial
statements, fingerprints and failed check
rides may be requested and received but
they are outside the purview and scope
of PRIA and would be requested using
other vehicles than the PRIA forms.
PRIA request forms can be received by
fax or mail; however, the most common
method is by email attachment, one
pilot/applicant per one form. As set
forth in 49 U.S.C. 44703(i)(1), under the
Pilot Records Database (PRD), a hiring
employer cannot place a pilot into
service until the employer has evaluate
all the relevant information in the PRD.
PRD relies on a digital and centralized
repository containing the pilot
information. It also expands on the
types of operators that must participate
in the sharing of information than that
of PRIA. The following official FAARecords about a pilot are collected;
airman certificates and associated
ratings, accident and incident
information, enforcement information,
and drug and alcohol testing. There is
also industry collected information
about pilots which include; training,
qualification, and proficiency Records,
final disciplinary records, employment
history, and the Motor Vehicle Driving
record evaluation date. The PRD
facilitates the sharing of pilot records
among pilot employers in a
clearinghouse managed by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA). In
accordance with part 111, all 14 CFR
part 121, 125, 135 certificate holders,
91K operators, air tour operators, and
other specific entities operating under
part 91 are required to access the PRD
to either evaluate a pilot candidate prior
to making a hiring decision or to report
records. The PRD contains employer
and FAA records on an individual’s
performance as a pilot for the life of the
individual. Records contained within
the database would only be permitted to
be used as a hiring aid in an operator’s
decision-making process for pilot
employment. The pilot has full control
of who they release their PRD
information to and for how long.
Disclosure of their information can only
be initiated by the pilot.

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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 58 / Monday, March 25, 2024 / Notices

Respondents: Regarding PRIA, the
PRIA representative at each part 121,
125 and 135 air carrier is responsible for
completing, forwarding, receiving and
providing the air carrier with the
completed PRIA report so the air carrier
can make a more informed hiring
decision concerning each pilot/
applicant. One complete PRIA package
is required for every pilot/applicant. As
of December 7, 2021, the FAA no longer
processes PRIA requests via Form 8060–
10, as this function became available
through PRD. Prior to December 7, 2021,
the FAA processes approximately
24,120 PRIA packages per year from
respondents.
Regarding PRD, the PRD
representative at each certificate holder
operating under part 121, 125, 135, 91K
operators, air tour operators, and other
specific entities operating under part 91
is responsible for completing and
submitting the PRD employer records to
PRD, for each pilot, through the Web
based forms or API. Pilots who hold
commercial, airline transport, or remote
pilot certificates can access PRD and
complete web-based forms concerning
Employment History records reporting
(#8) and Pilot Consent form (#10). If the
pilot is unable to access the PRD, the
pilot can submit hardcopies of FAA
Forms 8060–14 and 8060–15 to
[email protected] for processing by
the FAA on their behalf. The FAA
processes approximately 1,853 FAA
forms 8060–14 and five FAA forms
8060–15 per year from respondents.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 98 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,086,380 hours.
Issued in Oklahoma City, OK on March 19,
2024.
Justin Eddleman,
PRD/PRIA Program Manager, Safety Analysis
& Promotion Division, Automation Systems
Management Group, AFS–950.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

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[Docket Number FRA–2011–0104]

Central Florida Rail Corridor’s Request
To Amend Its Positive Train Control
System Comment Extension Notice
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of extension for request
for comments.
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On February 15, 2024, the
Central Florida Rail Corridor (CFRC)
submitted a request for amendment
(RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train
control (PTC) system in order to
temporarily disable its PTC system
between Milepost (MP) 749.60 and MP
755.4 to perform necessary maintenance
and improve an existing a crossing. FRA
published a notice inviting public
comment on CFRC’s request to disable
its PTC system to perform necessary
maintenance, with the initial comment
period closing on March 18, 2024. This
document provides the public with
notice that FRA is extending the
comment period on CFRC’s request from
March 18, 2024, to April 1, 2024, as
CFRC’s request was uploaded to the
docket late due to a technical error, and
was not available for review during the
full initial comment period.
DATES: The comment period stated in
the notice published in the Federal
Register at 89 FR 14127 (February 26,
2024) is extended until April 1, 2024.
FRA may consider comments received
after that date to the extent practicable
and without delaying implementation of
valuable or necessary modifications to a
PTC system.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments may be
submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2011–0104.
For convenience, all active PTC
documents are hyperlinked on FRA’s
website at https://railroads.dot.gov/
reserch-development/program-areas/
train-control/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets.
All comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov; this includes any
personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train
Control, and Crossings Division,
telephone: 816–516–7168, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general,
Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
Section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
that a host railroad’s PTC system
complies with Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I,
before the technology may be operated
in revenue service. Before making
certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC
system or the associated FRA-approved
PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad
must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval
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of, an RFA to its PTC system or PTCSP
under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s
regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an
RFA includes a request for approval of
a material modification of a signal or
train control system. Accordingly, this
notice informs the public that, on
February 15, 2024, CFRC submitted an
RFA to its PTCSP for its Interoperable
Electronic Train Management System
(I–ETMS), which seeks FRA’s approval
for a temporary outage to conduct
planned track maintenance. That RFA is
available in Docket No. FRA–2011–
0104.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on CFRC’s RFA by submitting
written comments or data. During FRA’s
review of CFRC’s RFA, FRA will
consider any comments or data
submitted within the timeline specified
in this notice and to the extent
practicable, without delaying
implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49
CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny a
railroad’s RFA at FRA’s sole discretion.
Privacy Act Notice
In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3,
FRA solicits comments from the public
to better inform its decisions. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to https://
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov. To facilitate comment
tracking, FRA encourages commenters
to provide their name, or the name of
their organization; however, submission
of names is completely optional. If you
wish to provide comments containing
proprietary or confidential information,
please contact FRA for alternate
submission instructions.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and
Technology.
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