Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People

• Published date: 27 April 2021
• Citation: 86 FR 22296
• Record Number: 2021-08676
• Section: Notices
• Court: Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 27, 2021)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 22296-22297]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-08676]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Federal Aviation Administration
                [Docket No. FAA-2018-1087]
                Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
                Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Operation of
                Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People
                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 Office of
                Management and Budget (OMB) approval for a new information collection.
                The collection involves operators and owners of small unmanned aircraft
                systems (UAS) issued an airworthiness certificate under Part 21, and
                mandates that these entities must retain records of all maintenance
                performed on their aircraft and records documenting the status of life-
                limited parts, compliance with airworthiness directives, and inspection
                status of the aircraft. These records are used to validate that
                aircraft are maintained in a manner that ensures the reliability
                associated with having an airworthiness certificate and that the
                operations-over-people privileges afforded to category 4 operations
                continue to be appropriate. The owner or operator may keep these
                records electronically or by paper.
                DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 27, 2021.
                ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
                information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
                this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
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                PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
                ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using
                the search function.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Bergson by email at:
                [email protected]; phone: (816) 329-4163.
                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.
                 OMB Control Number: 2120-0775.
                 Title: Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems over People.
                 Form Numbers: N/A.
                 Type of Review: New.
                 Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
                period soliciting comments on the following collection of information
                was published on January 26, 2021 (86 FR 7167). On January 15, 2021,
                the FAA published the final rule Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft
                Systems over People (RIN 2120-AK85; Docket No. FAA-2018-1087). In that
                rule, the FAA is requiring that owners and operators of small UAS
                issued an airworthiness certificate under part 21 retain records of all
                maintenance performed on their aircraft and records documenting the
                status of life-limited parts, compliance with airworthiness directives,
                and inspection status of the aircraft. The records must be kept for the
                time specified in Sec. 107.140, and they must be available to the FAA
                and law enforcement personnel upon request. The owner may keep these
                records electronically or on paper.
                 Respondents: The FAA estimates that an average of two owners per
                year will be subject to this recordkeeping requirement. The FAA further
                estimates that each of those owners operates a fleet of 100 UAS.
                 Frequency: On occasion.
                 Estimated Average Burden per Response: The FAA estimates that
                creation and retention of these records would require 30 minutes per
                UAS.
                 Estimated Total Annual Burden: 100 hours per year, based on an
                estimate of 2 owners per year, each owning 100 UAS and spending 30
                minutes per UAS.
                 Issued in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2021.
                Dwayne C. Morris,
                Project Manager, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and
                Commercial Division.
                [FR Doc. 2021-08676 Filed 4-26-21; 8:45 am]
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