82 FR 51331 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Small Unmanned Aircraft Registration System (sUAS)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 212 (November 3, 2017)

Page Range		51331-51332
FR Document		2017-23893

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. Aircraft registration is necessary to ensure personal accountability among all users of the national airspace system. Aircraft registration also allows the FAA and law enforcement agencies to address non-compliance by providing the means by which to identify an aircraft's owner and operator. This collection also permits individuals to amend their record in the registration database.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Small Unmanned 
Aircraft Registration System (sUAS)

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. Aircraft registration is necessary to ensure personal 
accountability among all users of the national airspace system. 
Aircraft registration also allows the FAA and law enforcement agencies 
to address non-compliance by providing the means by which to identify 
an aircraft's owner and operator. This collection also permits 
individuals to amend their record in the registration database.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2015-7396 
using any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
follow the online instructions for sending your comments 
electronically.
    Mail: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Barbara 
Hall, Federal Aviation Administration, ASP-110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, 
Fort Worth, TX 76177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Barrett by email at: 
pra@dot.gov; 202-366-8135; Barbara Hall by email at: 
Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940-594-5913.

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: 2120-0765.

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    Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft Registration System (sUAS).
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) 
and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
affirmed that all unmanned aircraft are aircraft. As such, in 
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 44101(a) and as further prescribed in 14 CFR 
part 47, registration is required prior to operation. See 80 FR 63912, 
63913 (October 22, 2015), except for those model aircraft operating 
exclusively in compliance with section 336 of Public Law 112-95. 
Aircraft registration is necessary to ensure personal accountability 
among all users of the national airspace system. Aircraft registration 
also allows the FAA and law enforcement agencies to address non-
compliance by providing the means by which to identify an aircraft's 
owner and operator.
    Subject to certain exceptions discussed below, aircraft must be 
registered prior to operation. See 49 U.S.C. 44101-44103. Upon 
registration, the Administrator must issue a certificate of 
registration to the aircraft owner. See 49 U.S.C. 44103
    Registration, however, does not provide the authority to operate. 
Persons intending to operate a small unmanned aircraft exclusively as 
model aircraft must operate in compliance with section 336 of Public 
Law 112-95, and as discussed below, are not required to register. 
Persons intending to operate their small unmanned aircraft not 
exclusively in compliance with section 336 must operate in accordance 
with part 107 or part 91, in accordance with a waiver issued under part 
107, in accordance with an exemption issued under 14 CFR part 11 
(including those persons operating under an exemption issued pursuant 
to section 333 of Public Law 112-95), or in conjunction with the 
issuance of a special airworthiness certificate, and are required to 
register.
    As a result of the May 19, 2017 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the District of Columbia Circuit (Taylor v. Huerta), the Small UAS 
Registration and Marking interim final rule was vacated to the extent 
it applies to model aircraft. Model aircraft must meet the definition 
and operational requirements provided in section 336 of the FAA 
Modernization and Reform Act. Owners who are operating exclusively in 
compliance with section 336 who wish to delete their registration and 
receive a refund of the registration fee may do so by requesting 
registration deletion from the FAA, which requires the FAA to collect 
their payment information.
    Respondents: Approximately 1.6 million affected sUAS registrations 
and deregistrations annually. Additionally, the FAA estimates based on 
responses so far (700,000) that approximately 0.5% [3,500] of the 
owners who are registered and are operating in compliance with section 
336 will delete their registrations.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes per response to 
register, 3 minutes per response de-register, and 2 minutes per 
response to delete registrations.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: About 135,000 hours for registration 
and deregistration, and about 117 hours for registration deletion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2017.
Barbara L. Hall,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy, and 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Form Numbers: Helicopter Air DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Ambulance Flight Information Report.
Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration
Type of Review: Renewal of an
Agency Information Collection information collection. Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments; Background: The FAA Modernization Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of and Reform Act of 2012 (The Act) Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Helicopter Air mandates that all helicopter air Information Collection: Small
Ambulance Operator Reports ambulance operators must begin Unmanned Aircraft Registration
reporting the number of flights and System (sUAS)
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT. hours flown, along with other specified AGENCY: Federal Aviation
information, during which helicopters Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
operated by the certificate holder were ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
providing helicopter air ambulance comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the services. See Public Law 112–95, Sec.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 306, 49 U.S.C. 44731. The FAA SUMMARY: In accordance with the
invites public comments about our Administrator had 180 days to develop Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
intention to request the Office of a methodology to collect and store those invites public comments about our
Management and Budget (OMB) data. The Act further mandates that not intention to request the Office of
approval to renew an information later than 2 years after the date of Management and Budget (OMB)
collection. The FAA Modernization and enactment, and annually thereafter, the approval to renew an information
Reform Act of 2012 mandates that all Administrator shall submit to the collection. Aircraft registration is
helicopter air ambulance operators must Committee on Transportation and necessary to ensure personal
begin reporting the number of flights accountability among all users of the
Infrastructure of the House of
and hours flown, along with other national airspace system. Aircraft
Representatives and the Committee on
specified information, during which registration also allows the FAA and
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
helicopters operated by the certificate law enforcement agencies to address
of the Senate, a report containing a non-compliance by providing the means
holder are providing helicopter air summary of the data collected.
ambulance services. by which to identify an aircraft’s owner
The helicopter air ambulance The helicopter air ambulance and operator. This collection also
operational data provided to the FAA operational data provided to the FAA permits individuals to amend their
will be used by the agency as will be used by the agency as record in the registration database.
background information useful in the background information useful in the DATES: Written comments should be
development of risk mitigation development of risk mitigation submitted by January 2, 2018.
strategies to reduce the helicopter air strategies to reduce the helicopter air ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
ambulance accident rate, and to meet ambulance accident rate, and to meet by docket number FAA–2015–7396
the mandates set by Congress. the mandates set by Congress. The using any of the following methods:
DATES: Written comments should be information requested is limited to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
submitted by January 2, 2018. minimum necessary to fulfill these new http://www.regulations.gov and follow
reporting requirements mandated by the the online instructions for sending your
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
Act and as developed by FAA. The comments electronically.
at the following address: Barbara Hall, Mail: Send comments to the FAA at
Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– amount of data required to be submitted
is proportional to the size of the the following address: Barbara Hall,
110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort Federal Aviation Administration, ASP–
Worth, TX 76177. operation.
110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Respondents: 65 helicopter air Worth, TX 76177.
Barbara Hall by email at: ambulance certificate holders. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– Frequency: The information is Claire Barrett by email at: pra@dot.gov;
594–5913. collected annually. 202–366–8135; Barbara Hall by email at:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Estimated Average Burden per Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940–
Public Comments Invited: You are Response: 11 hours. 594–5913.
asked to comment on any aspect of this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
information collection, including (a) Estimated Total Annual Burden: 580 Public Comments Invited: You are
Whether the proposed collection of hours. asked to comment on any aspect of this
information is necessary for FAA’s Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26, information collection, including (a)
performance; (b) the accuracy of the 2017. Whether the proposed collection of
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to Barbara L. Hall, information is necessary for FAA’s
enhance the quality, utility and clarity performance; (b) the accuracy of the
FAA Information Collection Clearance
of the information collection; and (d) Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
ways that the burden could be Management Branch, ASP–110. enhance the quality, utility and clarity
minimized without reducing the quality of the information collection; and (d)
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of the collected information. The agency ways that the burden could be
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will summarize and/or include your minimized without reducing the quality
comments in the request for OMB’s of the collected information. The agency
clearance of this information collection. will summarize and/or include your
OMB Control Number: 2120–0761. comments in the request for OMB’s
Title: Helicopter Air Ambulance clearance of this information collection.
Operator Reports. OMB Control Number: 2120–0765.

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Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft to the extent it applies to model aircraft. 1. Date: November 6, 2017.
Registration System (sUAS). Model aircraft must meet the definition 2. Time: 11:00–12:00 p.m.
Form Numbers: None. and operational requirements provided 3. Location: U.S. Merchant Marine
Type of Review: Renewal of an in section 336 of the FAA Academy, Kings Point, NY; Crabtree
information collection. Modernization and Reform Act. Owners
Background: The Secretary of the Room in the library.
who are operating exclusively in
Department of Transportation (DOT) 4. Purpose of the Meeting: The
compliance with section 336 who wish
and the Administrator of the Federal purpose of this meeting is to provide for
to delete their registration and receive a
Aviation Administration (FAA) affirmed an annual visit of the members to the
refund of the registration fee may do so
that all unmanned aircraft are aircraft. Academy.
by requesting registration deletion from
As such, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. the FAA, which requires the FAA to 5. Agenda Summary:
44101(a) and as further prescribed in 14 collect their payment information. a. Vote on the BOV charter
CFR part 47, registration is required Respondents: Approximately 1.6 b. Briefing on the state of the
prior to operation. See 80 FR 63912, million affected sUAS registrations and Academy and the status of
63913 (October 22, 2015), except for deregistrations annually. Additionally, reaccreditation.
those model aircraft operating the FAA estimates based on responses
exclusively in compliance with section 6. Public Access to the Meeting: This
so far (700,000) that approximately meeting is open to the public. Seating is
336 of Public Law 112–95. Aircraft 0.5% [3,500] of the owners who are
registration is necessary to ensure on a first-come basis. Members of the
registered and are operating in public wishing to attend the meeting
personal accountability among all users compliance with section 336 will delete
of the national airspace system. Aircraft will need to show photo identification
their registrations. in order to gain access to the meeting
registration also allows the FAA and Frequency: Information is collected
law enforcement agencies to address location.
on occasion.
non-compliance by providing the means Estimated Average Burden per FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
by which to identify an aircraft’s owner Response: 5 minutes per response to BOV’s Designated Federal Officer and
and operator. register, 3 minutes per response de- Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202 366–
Subject to certain exceptions register, and 2 minutes per response to 2765; Brian.Blower@dot.gov.
discussed below, aircraft must be delete registrations.
registered prior to operation. See 49 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any
Estimated Total Annual Burden: member of the public is permitted to file
U.S.C. 44101–44103. Upon registration, About 135,000 hours for registration and
the Administrator must issue a a written statement with the Academy
deregistration, and about 117 hours for BOV. Written statements should be sent
certificate of registration to the aircraft registration deletion.
owner. See 49 U.S.C. 44103 to the Designated Federal Officer at:
Registration, however, does not Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26, Brian Blower; 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
provide the authority to operate. 2017. W28–314, Washington, DC 20590 or via
Persons intending to operate a small Barbara L. Hall, email at Brian.Blower@Dot.gov. (Please
unmanned aircraft exclusively as model FAA Information Collection Clearance contact the Designated Federal Officer
aircraft must operate in compliance Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records for information on submitting comments
with section 336 of Public Law 112–95, Management Branch, ASP–110. via fax.) Written statements must be
and as discussed below, are not required [FR Doc. 2017–23893 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am] received no later than three working
to register. Persons intending to operate BILLING CODE 4910–13–P days prior to the next meeting in order
their small unmanned aircraft not to provide time for member
exclusively in compliance with section consideration. Only written statements
336 must operate in accordance with DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION will be considered by the BOV, no
part 107 or part 91, in accordance with member of the public will be allowed to
a waiver issued under part 107, in Maritime Administration present questions from the floor or
accordance with an exemption issued speak to any issue under consideration
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board
under 14 CFR part 11 (including those by the BOV.
of Visitors Meeting
persons operating under an exemption (Authority: 46 U.S.C. 51312; 5 U.S.C. app.
issued pursuant to section 333 of Public AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 552b; 41 CFR parts 102–3.140 through 102–
Law 112–95), or in conjunction with the ACTION: Meeting notice. 3.165)
issuance of a special airworthiness By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
certificate, and are required to register. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime Dated: October 30, 2017.
As a result of the May 19, 2017 ruling
by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Administration (MARAD) announces T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
District of Columbia Circuit (Taylor v. that the following U.S. Merchant Marine Secretary, Maritime Administration.
Huerta), the Small UAS Registration and Academy (Academy) Board of Visitors [FR Doc. 2017–23907 Filed 11–2–17; 8:45 am]
Marking interim final rule was vacated (BOV) meeting will take place: BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Written comments should be submitted by January 2, 2018.
Contact		Claire Barrett by email at: [email protected]; 202-366-8135; Barbara Hall by email at: [email protected]; phone: 940-594-5913.
FR Citation		82 FR 51331

82 FR 51331 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Small Unmanned Aircraft Registration System (sUAS)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFederal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 212 (November 3, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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