FAA Pushes Voluntary Safety for Voluntary Dangerous Air Shippers
Published Date: 12/8/2025
Notice
Summary
The FAA is renewing approval for a voluntary safety program that helps companies safely transport dangerous goods by air. This affects businesses that choose to follow FAA safety guidelines and submit their safety plans for review. Comments on this renewal are open until January 7, 2026, with no new fees or major changes involved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Voluntary SMS Requires Time-Intensive Plans
If your company voluntarily joins the FAA Safety Management System (SMS) program for entities transporting dangerous goods by air, you must develop and submit a one-time SMS implementation plan to the FAA for acceptance and, after implementation, collect and analyze safety data and keep training and communications records. The FAA estimates one new respondent annually with an average burden of 4,160 hours for a new respondent and 170 hours for each of four continual respondents.
Renewal Has No New Fees or Major Changes
The FAA is renewing OMB approval for this voluntary information collection and states there are no new fees or major changes involved with the renewal. The renewal continues under OMB Control Number 2120-0811.
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