Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation Activities
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
10/05/2026
table that charts list comparision
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2026
339,807
367,368
325,180
351,972
0
0
Part 119 certificate holders with the authority to operate under part 121 and 135, air tour operators as defined in 14 CFR § 91.147, non-FAA or Military Air Traffic Control Facilities, contractors, or repair stations under 14 CFR part 145 that conduct drug and alcohol testing programs are mandated to report information to this collection. The FAA uses this information for determining program compliance or non-compliance of regulated aviation employers, oversight planning, determining who must provide a mandatory annual Management Information System (MIS) testing information, and communicating with entities subject to the program regulations. In addition, the information is used to ensure that appropriate action is taken regarding crewmembers and other safety-sensitive employees who have tested positive for drugs or alcohol or have refused to submit to testing. The collection includes reporting, recordkeeping, and disclosure information. Using the information reported on the annual MIS allows the FAA Administrator to determine the random testing rates for the following year, which is published in the Federal Register.
The FAA issued a Final Rule, Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States, which requires certificated part 145 repair stations located outside the territory of the United States, whose employees perform safety-sensitive maintenance functions on part 121 air carrier aircraft, to conduct drug and alcohol testing in accordance with 14 CFR part 120 and 49 CFR part 40. Repair stations meeting the regulations must obtain an Antidrug and Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program Operations Specification (A449 paragraph) in FAAâs Operations Specifications database and must report annual drug and alcohol testing program statistics through the Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS). The final rule alternatively provides a process for a foreign government, on behalf of certificated repair stations within their territories, and individual foreign repair stations subject to the rule to submit and obtain a waiver of recognition to obtain the Administratorâs recognition of a compatible alternative that contains minimum criteria in lieu of compliance with certain components of 14 CFR part 120. Foreign repair stations meeting the regulatory requirements by obtaining a waiver of recognition are not required to obtain an A449 paragraph or report annual drug and alcohol testing program statistics through DAMIS.
In this renewal, in addition to other updates, the FAA made a significant change to the Foreign Repair Station information collection by adding the ability for foreign repair stations to combine their testing programs under a single registration in some cases. The purpose of the registration is to provide an individual or corporation that owns and operates multiple foreign repair station certificates in one country (or different countries without the need for a waiver or exemption) and who would like to fully implement 14 CFR part 120 and 49 CFR part 40 in each location, the option to request a single drug and alcohol testing program to cover all certificates by obtaining a foreign repair station registration from the FAAâs Drug Abatement Division that covers all their certificates and safety-sensitive employees. The FAA requires the submission of additional information in order to process registration requests, which are accounted for in this renewal.
US Code:
49 USC 31306
Name of Law: Alcohol and controlled substances testing
PL: Pub.L. 112 - 95 308 Name of Law: FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
US Code: 49 USC 44733(d)(2) Name of Law: Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing Program Requirements
PL: Pub.L. 114 - 190 2112 Name of Law: FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016
PL: Pub.L. 118 - 63 302(b) Name of Law: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
⢠To renew the information collection, as required every three years, updates were made under items 12, 13, and 14 to include more recent wage data and to update each ICR with the most recently available data. The FAA explains some of the significant changes here:
o The FAA clarified in this update that the number of registrations accounted for in this collection includes new, amended, and renewed registrations. While the FAA previously included renewed registrations in the calculation, this update reflects more clearly that they are included.
o The FAA corrected the section for âRefusal to Take Alcohol Test Report to FAAâ to include voluntary refusal reports received from aviation entities in the âdisclosureâ column. This is now in line with the âPositive Drug Test Report to FAAâ section, which already included voluntary reports in the disclosure section. This inclusion in the âRefusal to Take Alcohol Test Report to FAAâ section more accurately reflects the number of reports the FAA receives.
o The FAA adjusted its estimation of the time required for the FAA to complete âMIS Preparationâ from 40 to 380 hours. To prepare for the annual MIS reporting each year, the Drug Abatement Division works with the contractor to prepare the final list of all active companies so the contractor can send out the MIS notification to the respondents. Based on the most recent estimate from the MIS team, MIS preparation is spread out over 3 months (October through December) and involves tasks explained in item 15 of the supporting statement.
o Due to changes in the FAA personnel who conduct reviews of violation and refusal reports, the FAA updated the labor estimation for these tasks. Now, the labor estimation more appropriately calculates the cost to the FAA for two compliance investigatorâs salaries are used to calculate the weighted average hourly wage for a compliance investigator. A senior investigator incurs 60% of the hourly burden, and a junior investigator incurs 40% of the hourly burden.
⢠The number of total repair station certificates located outside the United States increased from 977 to 1,045 since the previous supporting statement, based on more current certification information.
⢠The Drug Abatement Division made a significant change to the Foreign Repair Station information collection by adding the ability for foreign repair stations to combine their testing programs under a single registration in some cases. The purpose of the registration is to provide an individual or corporation that owns and operates multiple foreign repair station certificates in one country (or different countries without the need for a waiver or exemption) and who would like to fully implement 14 CFR part 120 and 49 CFR part 40 in each location, the option to request a single drug and alcohol testing program to cover all certificates by obtaining a foreign repair station registration from the FAAâs Drug Abatement Division that covers all their certificates and safety-sensitive employees. The Drug Abatement Division requires the submission of additional information in order to process registration requests, which we account for in this renewal. Impact of the change is further explained under item 15 of the supporting statement.
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.
07-02-2026 - PRA Supporting Statement.docx
Drug and Alcohol Testing Program NPRM PTA - final AE.pdf
Foreign Repair Station Parent Company Information Collection