Notice2026-07983
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation Activities
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Published
April 24, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
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 information collected is used to determine program compliance or non-compliance of regulated aviation employers and contractors (including certificated foreign repair stations that must comply with the FAA's final rule, Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States), conduct oversight planning, determine employers required to provide annual Management Information System testing (MIS) information, and communicate with entities subject to the program regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22215-22216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07983]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2026-1985]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Drug and
Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation
Activities
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 information collected is used to determine program
compliance or non-compliance of regulated aviation employers and
contractors (including certificated foreign repair stations that must
comply with the FAA's final rule, Drug and Alcohol Testing of
Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United
States), conduct oversight planning, determine employers required to
provide annual Management Information System testing (MIS) information,
and communicate with entities subject to the program regulations.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 23, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
By Electronic Docket: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (Enter docket number into
search field).
By mail: Latonya Williams, Federal Aviation Administration, Drug
Abatement Division, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Room 806, Washington,
DC 20591.
By fax: 202-267-5200
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Latonya Williams by email at:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f032e3b2021362e6118262323262e223c0f292e2e61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c78ba6b3a8a9bea6e990aeababaea6aab487a1a6a6e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: 202-267-8442.
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: 2120-0535.
Title: Drug and Alcohol Testing Program for Personnel Engaged in
Specified Aviation Activities.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this
collection.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The FAA mandates specified aviation entities to conduct
drug and alcohol testing under its regulations, Drug and Alcohol
Testing Program (14 CFR part 120), 49 U.S.C. 31306 (Alcohol and
controlled substances testing), the Omnibus Transportation Employee
Testing Act of 1991 (the Act), the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of
2012 (the Act), and the FAA final rule (Drug and Alcohol Testing of
Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United
States). The FAA uses information collected for determining program
compliance or non-compliance of regulated aviation employers and
contractors (including certificated foreign repair stations that must
comply with the FAA's final rule, Drug and Alcohol Testing of
Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United
States), oversight planning, determining who must provide annual 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 flight crewmembers and other
safety-sensitive employees who have tested positive for drugs, engaged
in prohibited alcohol related-conduct, or refused to submit to testing.
Information collected includes 15 categories of information for
domestically regulated entities (policy promulgation, registration
information if required, supervisory training documentation, employee
training documentation, reasonable cause and suspicion documentation,
post-accident determination documentation, voluntary disclosure
information, emergency maintenance reports, scientifically valid random
testing
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process information, medical review officer contract recordkeeping,
Substance Abuse Professional return-to-duty requirements, and reporting
of refusals to take a drug or alcohol test or positive drug or alcohol
test results) and five categories of information for foreign repair
stations (information related to the issuance of the Drug and Alcohol
Testing Paragraph/A449, parent corporation information collection if
combining programs, program development and maintenance information,
training records, and testing records). Of the responses, the FAA
estimates that most (at least 80%) are submitted electronically. The
remaining responses consist of recordkeeping and may be accomplished in
any form (electronic or otherwise) that the respondents choose.
Respondents: Approximately 7,159 affected entities annually.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour (rounded up from
0.957 hours per response).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 325,188 Hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026.
Nancy Rodriguez Brown,
Director, Drug Abatement Division, Aviation Safety, AAM-800.
[FR Doc. 2026-07983 Filed 4-23-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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