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traffic control personnel of a UAS pilot’s
intended flight in order to assess
whether the UAS may disrupt or
endanger manned air traffic.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments:
By Electronic Docket:
www.regulations.gov (Enter docket
number into search field).
By mail: Jessica A. Orquina, 470
L’Enfant Plaza SW, Suite 7225,
Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Reichert by email at:
bonnie.reichert@faa.gov; phone: 405–
875–6301.
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: 2120–0764.
Title: B4UFLY Smartphone App.
Form Numbers: There are no forms
associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: Public Law 112–95,
Section 336 which 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
provides 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.
The data collected will assist the FAA
with determining the best processes to
authorize recreational UAS pilots and
inform air traffic control personnel of a
UAS pilot’s intended flight in order to
assess whether the UAS may disrupt or
endanger manned air traffic.
Respondents: Approximately 640,060
users.
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Frequency: Information is collected
on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 2 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
Approximately 100 minutes for light
usage per user. Approximately 5 hours
per user for heavier usage.
Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on March 6,
2019.
Bonnie Reichert,
Project Manager, UAS Program Office
Division, Office of Information and
Technology, Enterprise Program Management
Services, AEM–210.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA’s CORSIA Monitoring, Reporting
& Verification Program
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
availability of FAA’s CORSIA
Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification
Program. This voluntary program will
fulfill the responsibilities of the United
States under the Chicago Convention to
implement the ICAO Standards and
Recommended Practices for the
monitoring, reporting, and verification
of CO2 emissions from international
flights pursuant to Annex 16, Volume
IV—Carbon Offsetting and Reduction
Scheme for International Aviation
(CORSIA), of the Chicago Convention.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical questions concerning this
program, contact Daniel Williams,
Office of Environment and Energy, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20591; telephone (202) 267–7988;
email 9-AWA-CORSIA@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
CORSIA Monitoring, Reporting, and
Verification (MRV) Program is a
voluntary program for U.S. air carriers,
commercial, and general aviation (e.g.,
those who operate under 14 CFR parts
91, 121, and 135) operators (collectively
referred hereinafter as ‘‘operators’’) to
submit certain airplane CO2 emissions
data to the FAA to enable the United
States to establish uniformity with the
CORSIA Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPs). In June 2018, the
International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) adopted SARPs to
implement CORSIA in the form of
Annex 16, Volume IV to the Convention
on International Civil Aviation. The
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United States supported the decision to
adopt the CORSIA SARPS based on the
understanding that CORSIA is the
exclusive market-based measure
applying to international aviation, and
that CORSIA will ensure fair and
reciprocal commercial competition by
avoiding a patchwork of country- or
regionally-based regulatory measures
that are inconsistently applied,
bureaucratically costly, and
economically damaging. Furthermore,
continued U.S. support for CORSIA
assumes a high level of participation by
other countries, particularly by
countries with significant aviation
activity, as well as a final CORSIA
package that is acceptable to, and
implementable by, the United States.
Under CORSIA, all ICAO Member
States whose airplane operators
undertake international flights will need
to develop a MRV system for CO2
emissions from those international
flights starting January 1, 2019. The
requirement to monitor, report, and
verify CO2 emissions is independent
from offsetting, and the data reported by
the States will be used for the
calculation of the CORSIA’s baselines.
The FAA’s CORSIA MRV Program is
intended to be the United States’ MRV
system for monitoring, reporting, and
verification of U.S. airplane operator
CO2 emissions from international
flights. The offsetting of emissions
under CORSIA, which may require
rulemaking or other action, will be
addressed at a future time.
An electronic version of the statement
describing the CORSIA MRV Program is
available on the FAA Office of
Environment and Energy website at:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
headquarters_offices/apl/research/
environmental_policy/.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7,
2019.
Kevin Welsh,
Executive Director, Office of Environment and
Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA's CORSIA Monitoring, Reporting & Verification Program
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of FAA's CORSIA
Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Program. This voluntary program
will fulfill the responsibilities of the United States under the
Chicago Convention to implement the ICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices for the monitoring, reporting, and verification of
CO2 emissions from international flights pursuant to Annex
16, Volume IV--Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International
Aviation (CORSIA), of the Chicago Convention.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning
this program, contact Daniel Williams, Office of Environment and
Energy, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone
(202) 267-7988; email 9-AWA-CORSIA@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CORSIA Monitoring, Reporting, and
Verification (MRV) Program is a voluntary program for U.S. air
carriers, commercial, and general aviation (e.g., those who operate
under 14 CFR parts 91, 121, and 135) operators (collectively referred
hereinafter as ``operators'') to submit certain airplane CO2
emissions data to the FAA to enable the United States to establish
uniformity with the CORSIA Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).
In June 2018, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
adopted SARPs to implement CORSIA in the form of Annex 16, Volume IV to
the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The United States
supported the decision to adopt the CORSIA SARPS based on the
understanding that CORSIA is the exclusive market-based measure
applying to international aviation, and that CORSIA will ensure fair
and reciprocal commercial competition by avoiding a patchwork of
country- or regionally-based regulatory measures that are
inconsistently applied, bureaucratically costly, and economically
damaging. Furthermore, continued U.S. support for CORSIA assumes a high
level of participation by other countries, particularly by countries
with significant aviation activity, as well as a final CORSIA package
that is acceptable to, and implementable by, the United States.
Under CORSIA, all ICAO Member States whose airplane operators
undertake international flights will need to develop a MRV system for
CO2 emissions from those international flights starting
January 1, 2019. The requirement to monitor, report, and verify
CO2 emissions is independent from offsetting, and the data
reported by the States will be used for the calculation of the CORSIA's
baselines.
The FAA's CORSIA MRV Program is intended to be the United States'
MRV system for monitoring, reporting, and verification of U.S. airplane
operator CO2 emissions from international flights. The
offsetting of emissions under CORSIA, which may require rulemaking or
other action, will be addressed at a future time.
An electronic version of the statement describing the CORSIA MRV
Program is available on the FAA Office of Environment and Energy
website at: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/research/environmental_policy/.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2019.
Kevin Welsh,
Executive Director, Office of Environment and Energy.
[FR Doc. 2019-04739 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
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