82_FR_12431 82 FR 12391 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Waivers and ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace Under Part 107

82 FR 12391 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Waivers and ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace Under Part 107

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 40 (March 2, 2017)

Page Range12391-12392
FR Document2017-04054

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Department of Transportation invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew a previously approved information collection. The FAA established the Waivers and ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace under Part 107 portal to allow a remote pilot in command to request a waiver from regulations or an authorization for a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to operate in Class B, C, D, and the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 40 (Thursday, March 2, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 40 (Thursday, March 2, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Waivers and 
ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace Under Part 107

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, the 
Department of Transportation invites public comments about our 
intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval 
to renew a previously approved information collection. The FAA 
established the Waivers and ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace 
under Part 107 portal to allow a remote pilot in command to request a 
waiver from regulations or an authorization for a small unmanned 
aircraft system (UAS) to operate in Class B, C, D, and the lateral 
boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an 
airport.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of 
Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

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 by email at: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 2120-0768.
    Title: ATC authorizations in Controlled Airspace under Part 107.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Department intends to submit this information 
collection to OMB to request an approval for the information collection 
currently titled ``ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace under Part 
107.'' The Department requests approval for a renewal of this 
information collection approval that will include expanding the 
information collection to encompass requests for Waivers under 14 CFR 
part 107, subpart D, currently approved as Information Collection 2120-
0027, which covers waivers issued by the FAA under Part 91. In this 
information collection, the Department does not intend to affect those 
waivers in any manner. As a result, the Department requests approval 
for information collections for Part 107 waivers and airspace 
authorizations within Information Collection 2120-0768.
    The FAA uses the ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace and 
Waivers under 14 CFR part 107, subpart D portal to determine whether 
the remote pilot can safely conduct the proposed small UAS operation in 
controlled airspace (Class B, C, D, and Class E surface areas), and/or 
whether the remote pilot can safely operate the small UAS under the 
terms of a waiver that authorizes deviation from a particular 
regulation. In this regard, the FAA reviews and analyzes the 
information it collects through the Certificate of Waiver or 
Authorization to determine the type and extent of the intended 
deviation from prescribed regulations. The remote pilot in command will 
be required to submit information electronically to the FAA

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regarding the operation to be conducted. Information will include 
contact information for the remote pilot in command, the date and time 
of the operation, as well as its anticipated duration, and the airspace 
for which the request is submitted. If the remote pilot in command 
wishes to conduct the same operation on a number of dates/times, the 
request will permit multiple dates/times to be listed to reduce the 
number of submissions required.
    In general, the FAA will issue a certificate of waiver or 
authorization to deviate to the applicant (individuals and businesses) 
if the proposed operation does not create a hazard to persons, 
property, other aircraft, and includes the operation of unmanned 
aircraft. To obtain such a certificate of waiver, an applicant must 
submit a request containing a complete description of the proposed 
operation and a justification, including supporting data and 
documentation as necessary that establishes the operation will not 
endanger the national airspace system or people on the ground. The FAA 
expects the amount of data and analysis required as part of the 
application will be proportional to the specific relief the applicant 
requests.
    Respondents: Approximately 19,000 requests per year.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: .5 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9,500 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2017.
Ronda L. Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy & 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2017-04054 Filed 3-1-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 40 / Thursday, March 2, 2017 / Notices 12391 2. Status Report from the FAA Federal Officer, or by bringing the Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th (including a discussion on the copies to the meeting. Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. January 30, 2017 Executive Order If you are in need of assistance or PUBLIC COMMENTS INVITED: You are asked titled ‘‘Reducing Regulation and require a reasonable accommodation for to comment on any aspect of this Controlling Regulatory Costs’’). this meeting, please contact the person information collection, including (a) 3. New Tasks listed under the heading FOR FURTHER Whether the proposed collection of a. Transport Airplane and Engine INFORMATION CONTACT. Sign and oral information is necessary for FAA’s (TAE) Subcommittee interpretation, as well as a listening performance; (b) the accuracy of the i. Ice Crystal Icing Working Group device, can be made available if estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to ii. Avionics Systems Harmonization requested 10 calendar days before the enhance the quality, utility and clarity Working Group meeting. of the information collection; and (d) iii. Flight Test Harmonization Issued in Washington, DC, on February 28, ways that the burden could be Working Group—Phase 3 2017. minimized without reducing the quality 4. Status Reports From Active Working Lirio Liu, of the collected information. The agency Groups Designated Federal Officer, Aviation will summarize and/or include your a. ARAC Rulemaking Advisory Committee. comments in the request for OMB’s i. Rotorcraft Occupant Protection [FR Doc. 2017–04126 Filed 2–28–17; 4:15 pm] clearance of this information collection. Working Group BILLING CODE 4910–13–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ii. Rotorcraft Bird Strike Working Ronda Thompson by email at: Group Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. iii. Load Master Certification Working DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Group Federal Aviation Administration Control Number: 2120–0768. iv. Airman Certification Systems Title: ATC authorizations in Working Group Controlled Airspace under Part 107. b. Transport Airplane and Engine Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Form Numbers: None. (TAE) Subcommittee Type of Review: Renewal of an i. Transport Airplane Metallic and Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Waivers and information collection. Composite Structures Working Background: The Department intends Group—Transport Airplane ATC Authorization in Controlled Airspace Under Part 107 to submit this information collection to Damage—Tolerance and Fatigue OMB to request an approval for the Evaluation AGENCY: Federal Aviation information collection currently titled ii. Flight Test Harmonization Working Administration (FAA), DOT. ‘‘ATC Authorization in Controlled Group—Phase 2 Tasking ACTION: Notice and request for Airspace under Part 107.’’ The iii. Transport Airplane comments. Department requests approval for a Crashworthiness and Ditching renewal of this information collection Evaluation Working Group SUMMARY: In accordance with the approval that will include expanding iv. Engine Harmonization Working Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the the information collection to encompass Group—Engine Endurance Testing Department of Transportation invites requests for Waivers under 14 CFR part Requirements—Revision of Section public comments about our intention to 107, subpart D, currently approved as 33.87 request the Office of Management and Information Collection 2120–0027, v. Airworthiness Assurance Working Budget (OMB) approval to renew a which covers waivers issued by the Group previously approved information FAA under Part 91. In this information 5. Any Other Business collection. The FAA established the collection, the Department does not Attendance is open to the interested Waivers and ATC Authorization in intend to affect those waivers in any public but limited to the space Controlled Airspace under Part 107 manner. As a result, the Department available. Please confirm your portal to allow a remote pilot in requests approval for information attendance with the person listed in the command to request a waiver from collections for Part 107 waivers and regulations or an authorization for a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT airspace authorizations within section no later than March 09, 2017. small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Information Collection 2120–0768. Please provide the following to operate in Class B, C, D, and the The FAA uses the ATC Authorization information: Full legal name, country of lateral boundaries of the surface area of in Controlled Airspace and Waivers citizenship, and name of your industry Class E airspace designated for an under 14 CFR part 107, subpart D portal association, or applicable affiliation. If airport. to determine whether the remote pilot you are attending as a public citizen, DATES: Written comments should be can safely conduct the proposed small please indicate so. submitted by April 3, 2017. UAS operation in controlled airspace For persons participating by ADDRESSES: Interested persons are (Class B, C, D, and Class E surface telephone, please contact the person invited to submit written comments on areas), and/or whether the remote pilot listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION the proposed information collection to can safely operate the small UAS under CONTACT section by email or phone for the Office of Information and Regulatory the terms of a waiver that authorizes the teleconference call-in number and Affairs, Office of Management and deviation from a particular regulation. passcode. Callers are responsible for Budget. 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12392 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 40 / Thursday, March 2, 2017 / Notices regarding the operation to be conducted. U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND and economic relationship with China. Information will include contact SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION This hearing on ‘‘China’s Pursuit of information for the remote pilot in Next Frontier Tech: Computing, command, the date and time of the Notice of Open Public Hearing Robotics, and Biotechnology’’ will operation, as well as its anticipated examine the industrial policies outlined AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and duration, and the airspace for which the in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–2020) Security Review Commission request is submitted. If the remote pilot and related policy announcements that ACTION: Notice of open public hearing. in command wishes to conduct the seek to move Chinese manufacturing up same operation on a number of dates/ SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the the value-added chain, establish China times, the request will permit multiple following hearing of the U.S.-China as a global center of innovation and dates/times to be listed to reduce the Economic and Security Review technology, and ensure China’s long- number of submissions required. Commission. term productivity in critical dual-use The Commission is mandated by technologies such as computing, In general, the FAA will issue a robotics, and biotechnology. Congress to investigate, assess, and certificate of waiver or authorization to Advancements in these sectors have report to Congress annually on ‘‘the deviate to the applicant (individuals national security implications of the previously driven U.S. technological and businesses) if the proposed economic relationship between the and military superiority, and the operation does not create a hazard to United States and the People’s Republic Chinese government is looking to persons, property, other aircraft, and of China.’’ Pursuant to this mandate, the develop its own technological leaders includes the operation of unmanned Commission will hold a public hearing and reduce its dependence on foreign aircraft. To obtain such a certificate of in Washington, DC on March 16, 2017 technology. This hearing will examine waiver, an applicant must submit a on ‘‘China’s Pursuit of Next Frontier what steps the Chinese government has request containing a complete Tech: Computing, Robotics, and taken to support these sectors, compare description of the proposed operation Biotechnology’’. U.S. and Chinese technological and a justification, including supporting leadership in these sectors, and consider DATES: The hearing is scheduled for the implications of China’s policies for data and documentation as necessary Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 9:30 that establishes the operation will not U.S. economic and national security a.m. to 3:20 p.m. interests and how the United States can endanger the national airspace system ADDRESSES: Dirksen Senate Office maintain its strategic advantage. The or people on the ground. The FAA Building, Room 419, Washington, DC. A expects the amount of data and analysis hearing will be co-chaired by detailed agenda for the hearing will be Commissioner Daniel M. Slane and required as part of the application will posted on the Commission’s Web site at Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, Ph.D. be proportional to the specific relief the www.uscc.gov. Also, please check the Any interested party may file a written applicant requests. Commission’s Web site for possible statement by March 16, 2017, by mailing Respondents: Approximately 19,000 changes to the hearing schedule. to the contact information above. A requests per year. Reservations are not required to attend portion of each panel will include a Frequency: On occasion. the hearing. question and answer period between the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any Commissioners and the witnesses. Estimated Average Burden per member of the public seeking further Response: .5 hour. Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China information concerning the hearing Economic and Security Review Commission Estimated Total Annual Burden: should contact Leslie Tisdale, 444 North in 2000 in the National Defense 9,500 hours. Capitol Street NW., Suite 602, Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106–398), as Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, Washington, DC 20001; telephone: 202– amended by Division P of the Consolidated 624–1496, or via email at Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 2017. ltisdale@uscc.gov. Reservations are not 108–7), as amended by Public Law 109–108 Ronda L. Thompson, (November 22, 2005), as amended by Public required to attend the hearing. FAA Information Collection Clearance Law 113–291 (December 19, 2014). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Officer, Performance, Policy & Records Dated: February 27, 2017. Management Branch, ASP–110. Background: This is the third public hearing the Commission will hold Michael Danis, [FR Doc. 2017–04054 Filed 3–1–17; 8:45 am] during its 2017 report cycle to collect Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and BILLING CODE 4910–13–P input from academic, industry, and Security Review Commission. government experts on national security [FR Doc. 2017–04067 Filed 3–1–17; 8:45 am] implications of the U.S. bilateral trade BILLING CODE 1137–00–P sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:13 Mar 01, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\02MRN1.SGM 02MRN1


Document Created: 2017-03-02 00:09:24
Document Modified: 2017-03-02 00:09:24
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesWritten comments should be submitted by April 3, 2017.
ContactRonda Thompson by email at: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 12391 
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