Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: B4UFLY Smartphone App, 6096-6097 [2016-02162]

Agencies

• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 23 (Thursday, February 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6096-6097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02162]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: B4UFLY 
Smartphone App

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. The FAA's B4UFLY smartphone app will provide situational 
awareness of flight restrictions--including locations of airports, 
restricted airspace, special use airspaces, and temporary flight 
restrictions--based on a user's current or planned flight location.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 7, 2016.

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 oira_

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submission@omb.eop.gov, 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 at (202) 267-1416, or 
by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 2120-0764.
    Title: B4UFLY Smartphone App.
    Form Numbers: There are no forms associated with this collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on November 24, 2015 (80 FR 73265). Public Law 112-95, 
Section 336 requires model aircraft operators to notify the airport 
operator and air traffic control tower (if one is located at the 
airport) prior to operating within 5 miles of an airport. The FAA's 
B4UFLY smartphone app will provide situational awareness of flight 
restrictions--including locations of airports, restricted airspace, 
special use airspaces, and temporary flight restrictions--based on a 
user's current or planned flight location. In order to maintain NAS 
safety in proximity to airports, air traffic control personnel would 
need certain basic information about a UAS operator's intended flight 
in order to assess whether the UAS may disrupt or endanger manned air 
traffic.
    Respondents: Approximately 1000 beta testers.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 2 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,485 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2016.
Ronda Thompson,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Performance, Policy & 
Records Management Branch, ASP-110.
[FR Doc. 2016-02162 Filed 2-3-16; 8:45 am]
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