Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of New Approval of Information Collection: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) BEYOND and Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP) Programs, 60961-60964 [2021-24083]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Reallocation of Unused Fiscal Year
2021 Tariff-Rate Quota Volume for Raw
Cane Sugar
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) is
providing notice of country-by-country
reallocations of the fiscal year (FY) 2021
in-quota quantity of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) tariff-rate quota
(TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar.
DATES: This notice is applicable on
November 4, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin
Nicholson, Office of Agricultural
Affairs, at 202–395–9419, or
Erin.H.Nicholson@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS), the United
States maintains WTO TRQs for imports
of raw cane and refined sugar.
Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to
allocate the in-quota quantity of a TRQ
for any agricultural product among
supplying countries or customs areas.
The President delegated this authority
to the U.S. Trade Representative under
Presidential Proclamation 6763 (60 FR
1007).
On July 9, 2020, the Secretary of
Agriculture established the FY 2021
TRQ for imported raw cane sugar at the
minimum amount to which the United
States committed to pursuant to the
WTO Uruguay Round Agreements
(1,117,195 metric tons raw value
(MTRV) (conversion factor: 1 metric ton
= 1.10231125 short tons). On July 22,
2020, USTR provided notice of countryby-country allocations of the FY 2021
in-quota quantity of the WTO TRQ for
imported raw cane sugar. On July 9,
2021, USTR announced that it had
determined to reallocate 76,571 MTRV
of the original TRQ quantity from those
countries that had stated they did not
plan to fill their FY 2021 allocated raw
cane sugar quantities. On August 24,
2021, the Secretary of Agriculture
announced an additional in-quota
quantity of the WTO TRQ for raw cane
sugar for the remainder of FY 2021 in
the amount of 90,100 MTRV. In the
same notice, the Secretary of
Agriculture announced that all sugar
entering the United States under the FY
2021 raw cane sugar TRQ would be
permitted to enter U.S. customs territory
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through October 31, 2021, a month later
than the usual last entry date. On
August 26, 2021, USTR provided notice
of country-by-country allocations of the
FY 2021 in-quota additional quantity of
the WTO TRQ for imported raw cane
sugar. Based on consultations with
quota holders, USTR has determined to
reallocate 29,440 MTRV of the overall
FY 2021 raw cane sugar TRQ quantity
from those countries that have stated
they do not plan to fill their FY 2021
allocated raw cane sugar quantities.
USTR is allocating the 29,440 MTRV to
the following countries in the amounts
specified below:
FY 2021
raw sugar
unused
reallocation
(MTRV)
Country
Argentina ..............................
Australia ................................
Belize ....................................
Bolivia ...................................
Brazil .....................................
Colombia ...............................
Costa Rica ............................
Dominican Republic ..............
Ecuador ................................
El Salvador ...........................
Eswatini (Swaziland) ............
Fiji .........................................
Guatemala ............................
Guyana .................................
Honduras ..............................
India ......................................
Malawi ...................................
Mauritius ...............................
Mozambique .........................
Nicaragua .............................
Peru ......................................
South Africa ..........................
Zimbabwe .............................
1,629
3,145
417
303
5,494
909
568
6,668
417
985
606
341
1,819
455
379
303
379
455
493
796
1,553
871
455
The Secretary of Agriculture also has
determined that all sugar entering the
United States under the FY 2021 raw
sugar TRQ will be permitted to enter
U.S. Customs territory through
December 31, 2021, extended from the
previously announced date of October
31, 2021.
These allocations are based on the
countries’ historical shipments to the
United States. The allocations of the raw
cane sugar WTO TRQ to countries that
are net importers of sugar are
conditioned on receipt of the
appropriate verifications of origin and
certificates for quota eligibility must
accompany imports from any country
for which an allocation has been
provided.
Greta Peisch,
General Counsel, Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2020–1051]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of New Approval of
Information Collection: Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (UAS) BEYOND and
Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP)
Programs
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 for a new information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on March
30, 2021. The collection involves data
and report submissions by State, local
and tribal participants in the UAS
BEYOND program (BEYOND), and by
industry participants in the Partnership
for Safety Plan (PSP) program. BEYOND
and PSP participants will also conduct
qualitative, non-statistical surveys of the
general public. The information to be
collected will be used to inform FAA
policy and decision-making regarding
integrating UAS into the National
Airspace System or to build FAA
knowledge of best practices and lessons
learned to share with UAS operators.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by December 6, 2021.
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_
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Corbin Jones by email at: corbin.t.jones@
faa.gov; phone: 202–641–8950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
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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–XXXX.
Title: Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UAS) BEYOND and Partnership for
Safety Plan (PSP).
Form Numbers:
The data collection instruments to be
used for the BEYOND and PSP programs
are program specific, and will not
include official form numbers. The
instruments include:
• PSP Quarterly Reports
• BEYOND Semi-Annual Reports
• BEYOND Final Reports
• PSP Final Reports
• BEYOND Program Withdrawal
Reports
• UAS Characteristics Reports
• UAS Monthly Operational Flight
Reports
• UAS Maintenance Reports
• UAS Flight Anomaly Reports
• UAS Test Data Reports
• Legacy Societal and Economic Data
Reports
• UAS Societal and Economic Data
Reports
• Community Engagement Reports
• Community Engagement Tool
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on March 30, 2021 (86 FR 16653). The
background and burden information
within this Federal Register Notice has
been updated to reflect feedback
received from the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics and internal
FAA reviewers in order to clarify
information pertaining to the collections
and to update burden estimations based
upon expectations of the programs. The
data collected during the BEYOND and
PSP programs is delineated as part of
the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
or Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) each participant signs with the
FAA, and entered into under the
authority of 49 U.S.C. 106(l) and (m).
The purpose of the BEYOND and PSP
programs is for the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to work with
state, local and tribal (SLT) governments
(BEYOND) and private UAS operators
(PSP) to work toward full, safe
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integration of UAS into the national
airspace system (NAS). There are eight
SLT governments in the BEYOND
program and seven industry participants
in the PSP program. The programs have
multiple data collections that serve
different purposes to help the FAA
achieve the goals.
First, there are narrative reports that
will provide qualitative, non-statistical
data that will inform the FAA of
operational trends, highlight successes
and failures and their causes, and
describe challenges and lessons learned.
These narrative reports are meant to
inform the FAA of progress being made,
to identify where there are challenges or
gaps in understanding, and to help the
FAA make policy and resource
decisions. The data will be supplied by
the eight SLT governments in the
BEYOND program, and the seven
industry operators in the PSP program.
The collection instruments include:
(1) PSP Quarterly Reports
(2) BEYOND Semi-Annual Reports
(3) BEYOND Final Reports
(4) PSP Final Reports
(5) BEYOND Program Withdrawal
Reports
Second, there are systems and
operations data submissions which will
provide both quantitative and
qualitative information about the
program participants’ aircraft, flights,
corrective maintenance actions, offnominal flight events, and UAS testing
activities. The submissions are not
statistical in nature but are designed to
supply data that will help inform policy
and standards related to UAS pilots
flying their aircraft beyond their visual
line of sight. The data will be supplied
by the eight SLT governments in the
BEYOND program, and the seven
industry operators in the PSP program.
The collection instruments include:
(6) UAS Characteristics Reports
(7) UAS Monthly Operational Flight
Reports
(8) UAS Maintenance Reports
(9) UAS Flight Anomaly Reports
(10) UAS Test Data Reports
Third, there are societal and economic
data submissions that will provide
qualitative and quantitative data
regarding the potential societal and
economic impacts of participant UAS
operations. These are non-statistical
reports that provide insight into the
types of societal and economic benefits
or detriments the participants’ UAS
operations are having on their
communities and their business
operations compared to non-UAS
(legacy) operations. These submissions
will help to inform FAA policy and
decision-making toward integrating
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different types of operations into the
NAS, and to inform discussions with
the public on the potential benefits of
using UAS. The data will be supplied by
the eight SLT governments in the
BEYOND program, and the seven
industry operators in the PSP program.
The collection instruments include:
(11) Legacy Societal and Economic Data
Reports
(12) UAS Societal and Economic Data
Reports
Fourth, there is a community
engagement component to the programs
which includes two separate, but
related, collections. One of these is the
reports that will provide qualitative and
quantitative data regarding the
participants’ community outreach
activities, including the types of
activities, the targeted audiences, and
the types and quantity of feedback
received. The reports will include any
raw data collected using questionnaires
or surveys. These submissions are not
statistical in nature, but will provide
valuable information to the FAA that
will inform community engagement best
practices and lessons learned which can
be shared with the public. The data will
be supplied by the eight SLT
governments in the BEYOND program,
and the seven industry operators in the
PSP program. The collection
instruments include:
(13) Community Engagement Reports
The other piece of the community
engagement component is the
Community Engagement Tool, which
will include a potential burden on the
general public. The Community
Engagement Tool was developed by the
FAA as an optional aid for program
participants that includes general and
operation-specific questions related to
UAS operations. The BEYOND and PSP
participants may choose to use any of
the pertinent sample survey questions
when developing their own
questionnaires to survey the general
public in their communities. The tool
includes questions on general
knowledge of UAS and sentiments
toward potential benefits or drawbacks
of UAS operations. The Community
Engagement Tool is intended to help the
program participants develop simple
questionnaires with no intended utility
other than gaining insight into the
general public’s experience with, and
opinions of, UAS operations. No
statistical analysis or inference will be
performed other than tabulation of
responses. Results may be used to help
develop lessons learned or best
practices for other UAS stakeholders
pertaining to community engagement
activities.
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(14) Community Engagement Tool
Respondents: Depending on the
submission, the respondents include
three groups:
1. Business or other for-profit—PSP
participants only
2. State, Local or Tribal Government—
BEYOND participants only
Report/form
3. Individuals or Households
See the table below for details.
Frequency: The frequency depends on
the report or form. See the table below
for details.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Depending on the
submission, the overall estimated
Affected public
Frequency
average burden per response varies from
5 minutes to 80 hours. See the table
below for details.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden for all
submissions is 33,756.05 hours. See the
table below for a breakdown by
collection instrument.
Number of
respondents
Total
number of
responses
Estimated
average
burden per
response
(hours)
Estimated
total annual
burden
(hours)
Narrative Reports
PSP Quarterly Reports ...
BEYOND Semi-Annual
Reports.
PSP Final Reports ..........
BEYOND Final Reports ..
Quarterly ........................
Semi-Annually ................
7.00
8.00
28.00
16.00
80.00
80.00
2,240.00
1,280.00
One-Time Submission ...
One-Time Submission ...
7.00
8.00
2.33
2.67
40.00
40.00
93.20
106.80
One-Time Submission ...
8.00
2.67
40.00
106.80
Narrative Reports Sub-Totals ....................................................................................................................
38.00
51.67
74.06
3,826.80
Monthly ...........................
15.00
180.00
1.00
180.00
Monthly ...........................
15.00
180.00
1.00
180.00
Ad hoc ............................
15.00
15.00
0.08
1.25
On Occasion—Assuming
10 annually per participant.
On Occasion—for each
New Aircraft—Assuming average 25 annual
submissions.
15.00
150.00
1.00
150.00
15.00
375.00
0.20
75.00
Systems and Operations Data Sub-Totals ................................................................................................
75.00
900.00
0.65
586.25
BEYOND Program Withdrawal Reports.
Business or other for-profit, PSP participants only
State, Local or Tribal Government, BEYOND participants only.
Business or other for-profit, PSP participants only
State, Local or Tribal Government, BEYOND participants only.
State, Local or Tribal Government, BEYOND participants only.
Systems and Operations Data
UAS Monthly Operational
Flight Reports.
UAS Maintenance Reports.
UAS Test Data Reports
(optional).
UAS Anomaly Reports ....
UAS Aircraft Characteristics Submissions.
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants
only, and State, Local or Tribal Government—
BEYOND participants only.
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants
only, and State, Local or Tribal Government—
BEYOND participants only.
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants
only, and State, Local or Tribal Government—
BEYOND participants only.
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants
only, and State, Local or Tribal Government—
BEYOND participants only.
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants
only, and State, Local or Tribal Government—
BEYOND participants only.
Societal and Economic Data
Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports
(PSP participants).
UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports
(PSP participants).
Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports
(BEYOND participants).
UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports
(BEYOND participants).
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants only
Quarterly ........................
7.00
28.00
1.00
28.00
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants only
Quarterly ........................
7.00
28.00
1.00
28.00
State, Local or Tribal Government—BEYOND participants only.
Semi-Annually ................
8.00
16.00
1.00
16.00
State, Local or Tribal Government—BEYOND participants only.
Semi-Annually ................
8.00
16.00
1.00
16.00
Societal and Economic Data Sub-Totals ...................................................................................................
30.00
88.00
1.00
88.00
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
Data Reports (PSP
participants).
Community Engagement
Data Reports (BEYOND participants).
Community Engagement
Tool (optional).
Business or other for-profit—PSP participants only
Quarterly ........................
7.00
28.00
2.00
56.00
State, Local or Tribal Government—BEYOND participants only.
Semi-Annually ................
8.00
16.00
2.00
32.00
Individuals or Households ......................................
On Occasion ..................
175,005.00
175,005.00
0.17
29,167.00
Community Engagement Sub-Totals .........................................................................................................
175,020.00
175,049.00
0.17
29,255.00
Totals ..................................................................................................................................................
175,163.00
176,088.67
0.19
33,756.05
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Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1,
2021.
Corbin T. Jones,
Acting Manager, BEYOND Program,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration
Office, Federal Aviation Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. 2021–0009]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Erickson
Helicopters
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in,
FAA’s exemption process. Neither
publication of this notice nor the
inclusion nor omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before November
24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2021–0627
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at (202) 493–2251.
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its rulemaking
process. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
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https://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tiffany Jackson (202–267–3796) Office
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
This notice is published pursuant to 14
CFR 11.85.
Caitlin Locke,
Acting Executive Deputy Director, Office of
Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2021–0627.
Petitioner: Erickson Helicopters.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 141.35(d)(2) and 141.35(e).
Description of Relief Sought: The
petitioner requests an exemption from
14 CFR 141.35 (d)(2) and (e) to hire a
chief instructor at Erickson Helicopters.
The relief requested would allow a chief
instructor to administer a course of
training other than those leading to the
issuance of a private pilot certificate or
rating, or an instrument rating or a
rating with instrument privileges,
without the required minimum of 1,000
hours dual instruction provided. The
requested relief would also allow the
designation of chief instructor for a
ground school course without one year
of experience as a ground school
instructor at a certificated pilot school.
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Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0049]
North County Transit District’s
Request for Positive Train Control
Safety Plan Approval and System
Certification
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
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This document provides the
public with notice that the North
County Transit District (SDNX)
submitted its Positive Train Control
Safety Plan (PTCSP), Version 3.0, dated
September 30, 2021, to FRA’s Secure
Information Repository. SDNX asks FRA
to approve its amendment to its PTCSP
and issue a Positive Train Control
System Certification as a Mixed System
for SDNX’s Interoperable Electronic
Train Management System (I–ETMS).
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by January 3, 2022 before
taking final action on the PTCSP. FRA
may consider comments received after
that date to the extent practicable and
without delaying implementation of
valuable or necessary modifications to a
PTC system.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments may be
submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0049.
For convenience, all active PTC dockets
are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at
https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/
ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports.
All comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov; this includes any
personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train
Control, and Crossings Division,
telephone: 816–516–7168, email:
Gabe.Neal@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its
PTCSP, SDNX asserts that the I–ETMS
it is implementing is designed as a
mixed PTC system as defined in Title 49
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
236.1015(e). The PTCSP describes
SDNX’s I–ETMS implementation and
the associated I–ETMS safety processes,
safety analyses, and test, validation, and
verification processes used during the
development of I–ETMS. The PTCSP
also contains SDNX’s operational and
support requirements and procedures.
SDNX’s PTCSP and the accompanying
request for approval and system
certification are available for review
online at www.regulations.gov (Docket
Number FRA–2010–0049) and in person
at DOT’s Docket Operations Facility,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2020-1051]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of New Approval of Information Collection: Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (UAS) BEYOND and Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP) Programs
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 for a new information collection.
The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of information was published on
March 30, 2021. The collection involves data and report submissions by
State, local and tribal participants in the UAS BEYOND program
(BEYOND), and by industry participants in the Partnership for Safety
Plan (PSP) program. BEYOND and PSP participants will also conduct
qualitative, non-statistical surveys of the general public. The
information to be collected will be used to inform FAA policy and
decision-making regarding integrating UAS into the National Airspace
System or to build FAA knowledge of best practices and lessons learned
to share with UAS operators.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 6, 2021.
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: Corbin Jones by email at:
[email protected]; phone: 202-641-8950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of
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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-XXXX.
Title: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) BEYOND and Partnership for
Safety Plan (PSP).
Form Numbers:
The data collection instruments to be used for the BEYOND and PSP
programs are program specific, and will not include official form
numbers. The instruments include:
PSP Quarterly Reports
BEYOND Semi-Annual Reports
BEYOND Final Reports
PSP Final Reports
BEYOND Program Withdrawal Reports
UAS Characteristics Reports
UAS Monthly Operational Flight Reports
UAS Maintenance Reports
UAS Flight Anomaly Reports
UAS Test Data Reports
Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports
UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports
Community Engagement Reports
Community Engagement Tool
Type of Review: New information collection.
Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information
was published on March 30, 2021 (86 FR 16653). The background and
burden information within this Federal Register Notice has been updated
to reflect feedback received from the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics and internal FAA reviewers in order to clarify information
pertaining to the collections and to update burden estimations based
upon expectations of the programs. The data collected during the BEYOND
and PSP programs is delineated as part of the Memorandum of Agreement
(MOA) or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) each participant signs with
the FAA, and entered into under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 106(l) and
(m).
The purpose of the BEYOND and PSP programs is for the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) to work with state, local and tribal
(SLT) governments (BEYOND) and private UAS operators (PSP) to work
toward full, safe integration of UAS into the national airspace system
(NAS). There are eight SLT governments in the BEYOND program and seven
industry participants in the PSP program. The programs have multiple
data collections that serve different purposes to help the FAA achieve
the goals.
First, there are narrative reports that will provide qualitative,
non-statistical data that will inform the FAA of operational trends,
highlight successes and failures and their causes, and describe
challenges and lessons learned. These narrative reports are meant to
inform the FAA of progress being made, to identify where there are
challenges or gaps in understanding, and to help the FAA make policy
and resource decisions. The data will be supplied by the eight SLT
governments in the BEYOND program, and the seven industry operators in
the PSP program. The collection instruments include:
(1) PSP Quarterly Reports
(2) BEYOND Semi-Annual Reports
(3) BEYOND Final Reports
(4) PSP Final Reports
(5) BEYOND Program Withdrawal Reports
Second, there are systems and operations data submissions which
will provide both quantitative and qualitative information about the
program participants' aircraft, flights, corrective maintenance
actions, off-nominal flight events, and UAS testing activities. The
submissions are not statistical in nature but are designed to supply
data that will help inform policy and standards related to UAS pilots
flying their aircraft beyond their visual line of sight. The data will
be supplied by the eight SLT governments in the BEYOND program, and the
seven industry operators in the PSP program. The collection instruments
include:
(6) UAS Characteristics Reports
(7) UAS Monthly Operational Flight Reports
(8) UAS Maintenance Reports
(9) UAS Flight Anomaly Reports
(10) UAS Test Data Reports
Third, there are societal and economic data submissions that will
provide qualitative and quantitative data regarding the potential
societal and economic impacts of participant UAS operations. These are
non-statistical reports that provide insight into the types of societal
and economic benefits or detriments the participants' UAS operations
are having on their communities and their business operations compared
to non-UAS (legacy) operations. These submissions will help to inform
FAA policy and decision-making toward integrating different types of
operations into the NAS, and to inform discussions with the public on
the potential benefits of using UAS. The data will be supplied by the
eight SLT governments in the BEYOND program, and the seven industry
operators in the PSP program. The collection instruments include:
(11) Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports
(12) UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports
Fourth, there is a community engagement component to the programs
which includes two separate, but related, collections. One of these is
the reports that will provide qualitative and quantitative data
regarding the participants' community outreach activities, including
the types of activities, the targeted audiences, and the types and
quantity of feedback received. The reports will include any raw data
collected using questionnaires or surveys. These submissions are not
statistical in nature, but will provide valuable information to the FAA
that will inform community engagement best practices and lessons
learned which can be shared with the public. The data will be supplied
by the eight SLT governments in the BEYOND program, and the seven
industry operators in the PSP program. The collection instruments
include:
(13) Community Engagement Reports
The other piece of the community engagement component is the
Community Engagement Tool, which will include a potential burden on the
general public. The Community Engagement Tool was developed by the FAA
as an optional aid for program participants that includes general and
operation-specific questions related to UAS operations. The BEYOND and
PSP participants may choose to use any of the pertinent sample survey
questions when developing their own questionnaires to survey the
general public in their communities. The tool includes questions on
general knowledge of UAS and sentiments toward potential benefits or
drawbacks of UAS operations. The Community Engagement Tool is intended
to help the program participants develop simple questionnaires with no
intended utility other than gaining insight into the general public's
experience with, and opinions of, UAS operations. No statistical
analysis or inference will be performed other than tabulation of
responses. Results may be used to help develop lessons learned or best
practices for other UAS stakeholders pertaining to community engagement
activities.
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(14) Community Engagement Tool
Respondents: Depending on the submission, the respondents include
three groups:
1. Business or other for-profit--PSP participants only
2. State, Local or Tribal Government--BEYOND participants only
3. Individuals or Households
See the table below for details.
Frequency: The frequency depends on the report or form. See the
table below for details.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Depending on the submission,
the overall estimated average burden per response varies from 5 minutes
to 80 hours. See the table below for details.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden
for all submissions is 33,756.05 hours. See the table below for a
breakdown by collection instrument.
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Estimated Estimated
Total average total
Report/form Affected public Frequency Number of number of burden per annual
respondents responses response burden
(hours) (hours)
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Narrative Reports
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PSP Quarterly Reports.................... Business or other for- Quarterly.................. 7.00 28.00 80.00 2,240.00
profit, PSP participants
only.
BEYOND Semi-Annual Reports............... State, Local or Tribal Semi-Annually.............. 8.00 16.00 80.00 1,280.00
Government, BEYOND
participants only.
PSP Final Reports........................ Business or other for- One-Time Submission........ 7.00 2.33 40.00 93.20
profit, PSP participants
only.
BEYOND Final Reports..................... State, Local or Tribal One-Time Submission........ 8.00 2.67 40.00 106.80
Government, BEYOND
participants only.
BEYOND Program Withdrawal Reports........ State, Local or Tribal One-Time Submission........ 8.00 2.67 40.00 106.80
Government, BEYOND
participants only.
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Narrative Reports Sub-Totals.................................................................... 38.00 51.67 74.06 3,826.80
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Systems and Operations Data
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UAS Monthly Operational Flight Reports... Business or other for- Monthly.................... 15.00 180.00 1.00 180.00
profit--PSP participants
only, and State, Local or
Tribal Government--BEYOND
participants only.
UAS Maintenance Reports.................. Business or other for- Monthly.................... 15.00 180.00 1.00 180.00
profit--PSP participants
only, and State, Local or
Tribal Government--BEYOND
participants only.
UAS Test Data Reports (optional)......... Business or other for- Ad hoc..................... 15.00 15.00 0.08 1.25
profit--PSP participants
only, and State, Local or
Tribal Government--BEYOND
participants only.
UAS Anomaly Reports...................... Business or other for- On Occasion--Assuming 10 15.00 150.00 1.00 150.00
profit--PSP participants annually per participant.
only, and State, Local or
Tribal Government--BEYOND
participants only.
UAS Aircraft Characteristics Submissions. Business or other for- On Occasion--for each New 15.00 375.00 0.20 75.00
profit--PSP participants Aircraft--Assuming average
only, and State, Local or 25 annual submissions.
Tribal Government--BEYOND
participants only.
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Systems and Operations Data Sub-Totals.......................................................... 75.00 900.00 0.65 586.25
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Societal and Economic Data
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Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports Business or other for- Quarterly.................. 7.00 28.00 1.00 28.00
(PSP participants). profit--PSP participants
only.
UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports Business or other for- Quarterly.................. 7.00 28.00 1.00 28.00
(PSP participants). profit--PSP participants
only.
Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports State, Local or Tribal Semi-Annually.............. 8.00 16.00 1.00 16.00
(BEYOND participants). Government--BEYOND
participants only.
UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports State, Local or Tribal Semi-Annually.............. 8.00 16.00 1.00 16.00
(BEYOND participants). Government--BEYOND
participants only.
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Societal and Economic Data Sub-Totals........................................................... 30.00 88.00 1.00 88.00
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Community Engagement
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Community Engagement Data Reports (PSP Business or other for- Quarterly.................. 7.00 28.00 2.00 56.00
participants). profit--PSP participants
only.
Community Engagement Data Reports (BEYOND State, Local or Tribal Semi-Annually.............. 8.00 16.00 2.00 32.00
participants). Government--BEYOND
participants only.
Community Engagement Tool (optional)..... Individuals or Households... On Occasion................ 175,005.00 175,005.00 0.17 29,167.00
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Community Engagement Sub-Totals................................................................. 175,020.00 175,049.00 0.17 29,255.00
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Totals...................................................................................... 175,163.00 176,088.67 0.19 33,756.05
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Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1, 2021.
Corbin T. Jones,
Acting Manager, BEYOND Program, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration
Office, Federal Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-24083 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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