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OMB Control No: 2120-0022	ICR Reference No: 202010-2120-011
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201709-2120-011
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FAA	Agency Tracking No: Ready for OST Review
Title: Certification: Mechanics, Repairman, Parachute Riggers
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/28/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/28/2020
Terms of Clearance: The agency made minor revisions to the supporting statement for clarity. The agency also allowed the signature field to be fillable on the PDF version of the form. Passed back 2/11/2021; re-upped 11/22/2021.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2025	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2022
Responses	266,657	0	376,241
Time Burden (Hours)	39,920	0	44,841
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: 14 CFR § 65.11 requires that applications for a certificate or rating under this part be reported on a form and in a manner prescribed by the FAA Administrator. The applications forms are submitted by the applicant, to the FAA, by way of the local Flight Standards Office. The information collected on the forms is, and has been, used by the FAA to determine eligibility for a mechanic, repairman, or parachute rigger certificate and/or rating, or a mechanic certificate inspection authorization. Application and certification is necessary to ensure qualifications of the applicant. A new FAA form, 8610-3, is being requested to collect the repairman applicant information previously collected on FAA Form 8610-2. Additionally, Mechanic and parachute rigger applicants must pass FAA knowledge and practical tests, with a minimum passing grade of 70%, to be eligible for certificate issuance. Applicants may retest 30 days after failing a test, however if an applicant desires to test prior to 30 days from the test failure, they must present a signed statement from an airman holding the certificate and rating sought by the applicant, certifying that the airman has given the applicant additional instruction in each of the subjects failed and that the airman considers the applicant ready for retesting. Certificated parachute riggers must also keep records, as required by §65.131. This is a mandatory requirement of the certificate holder. The record describes the parachute being packed, maintained, or altered. The record must include a description of the work done to the parachute, and the date and place where the work was performed. The records must be kept for at least 2 years after the date each was made.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 44702 Name of Law: Issuance of Certificates
US Code: 49 USC 44703 Name of Law: Airman Certificates

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 51144	08/19/2020
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 82570	12/18/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	266,657	376,241	-68	-109,516
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	39,920	44,841	-4,793	-128
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This collection requests approval of a new information collection instrument, FAA Form 8610-3, specific to repairman applicants under 14 CFR part 65, Subpart E. • This is not a request to collect new information, only to separate repairman information collection from mechanics and parachute riggers. • Separating these collections of information will benefit the applicants, as the forms will be more specific to applicant type. • Separation also allows the form to be formatted to enable a better user experience, including attaching instructions specific to the application for the specific certificate being requested. Reporting burden estimated in this IC is 1,979 hours and $619,212 more than what was estimated in the previous IC, for the following reasons: • The burden associated with mechanic and parachute rigger retests, within 30 days of a test failure, was inadvertently omitted from the previous IC.(+ 190 hours) • The burden associated with light sport repairmen training requirements was inadvertently omitted from the previous IC. (+10,960 hours) • Burden hours for IA application and renewal is less than reported in the previous IC. (-68 hours) • The number of applications in total, for mechanics, parachute riggers, and repairman is lower than reported in the last collection.(-9,149 respondents) • The wage rates for positions has been updated, resulting in higher cost of burden hours. Recordkeeping burden estimated in this IC is 6,899 hours less, and $483,721 more than what was estimated in the previous IC for the following reasons: • Less certificated parachute riggers has lowered the estimated number of recordkeeping entries made.(-2,375) • The wage rate for a parachute riggers has been updated, resulting in higher cost of burden hours. Agency burden estimated in this IC is 2500 hours and $1,482,453 more than what was reported in the previous IC. • This is primarily due to the fully burdened FAA inspector wage rate of $105.47 being used instead of the previously used wage rate of $38.46. • The source of the previous wage rate was not cited and is unknown.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,181,963

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Tanya Glines 801 257-5085 tanya.glines@faa.gov

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