81_FR_29020 81 FR 28930 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Application for Employment With the Federal Aviation Administration

81 FR 28930 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Application for Employment With the Federal Aviation Administration

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 90 (May 10, 2016)

Page Range28930-28930
FR Document2016-10976

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 for a new information collection. The information collected is used to collect, process and report Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) airborne and ground based observations by the public of drone behavior that they consider suspicious or illegal.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 28930]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10976]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Application 
for Employment With the Federal Aviation Administration

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 for a new information collection. 
The information collected is used to collect, process and report 
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) airborne and ground based observations 
by the public of drone behavior that they consider suspicious or 
illegal.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ronda 
Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 950 
L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronda Thompson at (202) 267-1416, or 
by email at: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: Not assigned.
    Title: Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Event Reporting System 
(UETS).
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection. Information is collected via www.faa.gov/mobile external 
site.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Background: Under the provisions of Public Law 112-95, the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) was given the authority and the 
responsibility for assessing the flight behavior of Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems and enable the reporting of UAS sightings that cause public 
concern for safety, national security, and/or privacy. The UETS web 
application will be used to collect, process and report UAS airborne 
and ground based observations (by the public) of drone behavior that 
they consider suspicious or illegal.
    Respondents: Approximately 6,000 responses annually.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2.75 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 275 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2016.
Ronda Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2016-10976 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    28930                          Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices

                                                      Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft                        collection. The information collected is                Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2016.
                                                    Registration System (sUAS).                             used to collect, process and report                   Ronda Thompson,
                                                      Form Numbers: There are no FAA                        Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)                        FAA Information Collection Clearance
                                                    forms associated with this collection.                  airborne and ground based observations                Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records
                                                      Type of Review: Renewal of an                         by the public of drone behavior that                  Management Branch, ASP–110.
                                                    information collection.                                 they consider suspicious or illegal.                  [FR Doc. 2016–10976 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am]
                                                      Background: The Federal Register                                                                            BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
                                                    Notice with a 60-day comment period                     DATES:Written comments should be
                                                    soliciting comments on the following                    submitted by July 11, 2016.
                                                    collection of information was published                 ADDRESSES:   Send comments to the FAA                 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                    on March 1, 2016 (81 FR 10702). There                   at the following address: Ronda
                                                    were no comments. The Secretary of the                  Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation                  Federal Aviation Administration
                                                    Department of Transportation (DOT)                      Administration, ASP–110, 950 L’Enfant
                                                    and the Administrator of the Federal                                                                          Waivers of Ship Protection Probability
                                                                                                            Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024.
                                                    Aviation Administration (FAA) recently                                                                        of Impact Requirement
                                                                                                               Public Comments Invited: You are
                                                    affirmed that all unmanned aircraft,
                                                                                                            asked to comment on any aspect of this                AGENCY:Federal Aviation
                                                    including model aircraft, are aircraft. As
                                                                                                            information collection, including (a)                 Administration (FAA), DOT.
                                                    such, in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
                                                                                                            Whether the proposed collection of
                                                    44101(a) and as further prescribed in 14                                                                      ACTION:   Notice of waivers.
                                                                                                            information is necessary for FAA’s
                                                    CFR part 47, registration is required
                                                                                                            performance; (b) the accuracy of the                  SUMMARY:    This notice concerns two
                                                    prior to operation. See 80 FR 63912,
                                                                                                            estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to                 petitions for waiver submitted to the
                                                    63913 (October 22, 2015). Aircraft
                                                                                                            enhance the quality, utility and clarity              FAA by Space Exploration Technologies
                                                    registration is necessary to ensure
                                                                                                            of the information collection; and (d)                Corp. (SpaceX): A petition to waive the
                                                    personal accountability among all users
                                                                                                            ways that the burden could be                         requirement that a waiver request be
                                                    of the national airspace system. See id.
                                                                                                            minimized without reducing the quality                submitted at least 60 days before the
                                                    Aircraft registration also allows the FAA
                                                                                                            of the collected information. The agency              effective date of the waiver unless good
                                                    and law enforcement agencies to
                                                                                                            will summarize and/or include your                    cause for later submission is shown in
                                                    address non-compliance by providing
                                                                                                            comments in the request for OMB’s                     the petition; and a petition to waive the
                                                    the means by which to identify an
                                                                                                            clearance of this information collection.             requirements that exclude persons in
                                                    aircraft’s owner and operator.
                                                       Respondents: Approximately 1.9                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      waterborne vessels from the collective
                                                    million registrants annually.                           Ronda Thompson at (202) 267–1416, or                  risk criteria and limit the probability of
                                                       Frequency: Information is collected                  by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.                  impact on waterborne vessels to 1 ×
                                                    on occasion.                                                                                                  10¥5.
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                       Estimated Average Burden per
                                                    Response: 4.25 minutes.                                   OMB Control Number: Not assigned.                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:    For
                                                       Estimated Total Annual Burden:                                                                             technical questions concerning this
                                                                                                              Title: Unmanned Aircraft System                     waiver, contact Paul D. Wilde, Deputy
                                                    141,158 hours.                                          (UAS) Event Reporting System (UETS).                  Chief Engineer, Commercial Space
                                                      Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2016.               Form Numbers: There are no FAA                      Transportation, 800 Independence
                                                    Ronda Thompson,                                         forms associated with this collection.                Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
                                                    FAA Information Collection Clearance                    Information is collected via                          telephone: (202) 267–5727; email:
                                                    Officer, Performance, Policy & Records                  www.faa.gov/mobile external site.                     Paul.Wilde@faa.gov. For legal questions
                                                    Management Branch, ASP–110.                                                                                   concerning this waiver, contact Laura
                                                                                                              Type of Review: New information
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–10978 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am]                                                                    Montgomery, Office of the Chief
                                                                                                            collection.
                                                    BILLING CODE 4910–13–P                                                                                        Counsel, Regulations Division, Federal
                                                                                                              Background: Under the provisions of
                                                                                                                                                                  Aviation Administration, 800
                                                                                                            Public Law 112–95, the Federal
                                                                                                                                                                  Independence Avenue SW.,
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                            Aviation Administration (FAA) was
                                                                                                                                                                  Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202)
                                                                                                            given the authority and the
                                                                                                                                                                  267–3150; email: Laura.Montgomery@
                                                    Federal Aviation Administration                         responsibility for assessing the flight
                                                                                                                                                                  faa.gov.
                                                                                                            behavior of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
                                                    Agency Information Collection                           and enable the reporting of UAS                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    Activities: Requests for Comments;                      sightings that cause public concern for
                                                    Clearance of Renewed Approval of                        safety, national security, and/or privacy.            Background
                                                    Information Collection: Application for                 The UETS web application will be used                    On April 1, 2016, SpaceX submitted
                                                    Employment With the Federal Aviation                    to collect, process and report UAS                    a petition to the Federal Aviation
                                                    Administration                                          airborne and ground based observations                Administration’s (FAA’s) Office of
                                                    AGENCY: Federal Aviation                                (by the public) of drone behavior that                Commercial Space Transportation (AST)
                                                    Administration (FAA), DOT.                              they consider suspicious or illegal.                  requesting relief from a regulatory
                                                                                                              Respondents: Approximately 6,000                    requirement for a launch license for
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                                                    ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                    comments.                                               responses annually.                                   flight of a Falcon 9 launch vehicle
                                                                                                              Frequency: Information is collected                 carrying SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.
                                                    SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                       on occasion.                                          Specifically, SpaceX requested relief
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA                                                                          from 14 CFR 417.107(b), which excludes
                                                    invites public comments about our                         Estimated Average Burden per                        persons in waterborne vessels from the
                                                    intention to request the Office of                      Response: 2.75 minutes.                               collective risk limit of 30 × 10¥6
                                                    Management and Budget (OMB)                               Estimated Total Annual Burden: 275                  expected casualties (EC) and limits the
                                                    approval for a new information                          hours.                                                probability of impact with waterborne


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Document Created: 2016-05-10 05:19:03
Document Modified: 2016-05-10 05:19:03
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted by July 11, 2016.
ContactRonda Thompson at (202) 267-1416, or by email at: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 28930 

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