Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report, 10212 [2020-03453]

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• Federal Aviation Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 35 (Friday, February 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 10212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03453]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0945]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Bird/Other 
Wildlife Strike Report

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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on November 25, 2019. The collection involves voluntary 
reporting of bird/other wildlife strike information following a 
wildlife strike incident with aircraft. This data becomes part of the 
publicly available National Wildlife Strike Database. Strike reports 
provide critical information that allows the FAA to determine high-risk 
species, track national trends, evaluate the FAA's wildlife hazard 
management program, and provide scientific foundation for regulatory 
guidance. Additionally, this essential information allows engine and 
airframe manufacturers to evaluate the effectiveness of aircraft 
components. It also helps airports identify and mitigate hazardous 
species and the location of wildlife attractants, affords a better 
understanding of strike dynamics, and provides key metrics for an 
airport to evaluate the effectiveness of its wildlife management 
program.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 23, 2020.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Weller by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: (202) 267-3778.

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: 2120-0045.
    Title: Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 5200-7.
    Type of Review: This review is for a 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 25, 2019 (84 FR 64948). 14 CFR 139.337, 
Wildlife Hazard Management, requires the FAA to collect wildlife strike 
data to develop standards and monitor hazards to aviation. Data 
identify wildlife strike control requirements and provide in-service 
data on aircraft component failure. Pilots, airport operations staff, 
aircraft and airport maintenance personnel, air traffic controllers, 
wildlife biologists, and anyone else having knowledge of a strike 
report incidents to the FAA, primarily using the web version of FAA 
Form 5200-7. The data becomes part of the publicly available National 
Wildlife Strike Database used to enhance safety by airports, airlines, 
engine and airframe manufacturers, and the FAA. Overall, the number of 
strikes annually reported to the FAA has increased from 1,850 in 1990 
to more than 16,000 in 2018.
    Respondents: Approximately 16,020 airport operations staff, pilots, 
air traffic controllers, wildlife biologists, aircraft and airport 
maintenance personnel, and others having knowledge of a strike.
    Frequency: Information is collected as needed.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,335 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2020.
John Weller,
National Wildlife Biologist, Airport Safety and Operations Division, 
Office of Airports Safety and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2020-03453 Filed 2-20-20; 8:45 am]
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