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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
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Great Lakes Basin Railroad—
Operation Exemption—Line in
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Great Lakes Basin Railroad (GLBR), a
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of
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to operate certain railroad track located
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point of connection with Norfolk
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extends approximately 1,623 feet (the
Line).1 According to GLBR, the Line is
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Decided: March 19, 2024.
By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office
of Proceedings.
Tammy Lowery,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2023–2246]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Means of
Compliance, Declarations of
Compliance, and Labeling
Requirements for Unmanned Aircraft
With Remote Identification
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 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 21, 2023. The collection
involves information necessary to
submit a Means of Compliance or
Declaration of Compliance for
Unmanned Aircraft with Remote
Identification to the FAA. The
collection also involves information
necessary to label Unmanned Aircraft
that have an FAA-accepted Declaration
of Compliance. The information to be
collected will be used by the FAA to
determine compliance with the
requirements for submission of a Means
of Compliance or Declaration of
Compliance, as well as determine
compliance with the Unmanned Aircraft
labeling requirements.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by April 22, 2024.
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/
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:
Benjamin Walsh by email at:
ben.walsh@faa.gov; phone: 202–267–
8233.
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
SUMMARY:
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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: 2120–0781.
Title: Means of Compliance,
Declarations of Compliance, and
Labeling Requirements for Unmanned
Aircraft with Remote Identification.
Form Numbers: N/A.
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 21, 2023 (88 FR 81174).
Regulations for the Remote
Identification of Unmanned Aircraft
were published on January 15, 2021,
and are contained in 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR), part 89.
Requirements for the means of
compliance are in part 89, subpart E,
while requirements for the declaration
of compliance and unmanned aircraft
labeling are in part 89, subpart F.
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Means of Compliance
The FAA requires any person who
develops a means of compliance for the
production of a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
to submit those means of compliance for
review and acceptance by the FAA. The
means of compliance must include
testing and validation procedures for
producers to demonstrate through
analysis, ground test, or flight test, as
appropriate, how the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
perform their intended functions and
how they meet the remote identification
requirements of the final rule.
To request acceptance of a means of
compliance, a person is required to
submit the following information to the
FAA at 9-AVS-AIR-UASMOC@faa.gov:
(1) The name of the person or entity
submitting the means of compliance, the
name of the main point of contact for
communications with the FAA, the
physical address, email address, and
other contact information.
(2) A detailed description of the
means of compliance.
(3) An explanation of how the means
of compliance addresses all of the
minimum performance requirements in
the rule so that any standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
designed and produced in accordance
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with such means of compliance meets
the remote identification requirements.
(4) Any substantiating material the
person wishes the FAA to consider as
part of the request.
The FAA will indicate acceptance of
a means of compliance by notifying the
submitter of the acceptance of the
submitted means of compliance. The
FAA also expects to notify the public
that it has accepted the means of
compliance by including it on a list of
accepted means of compliance at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov. The FAA will
not disclose commercially sensitive
information in this notice. It will only
provide general information stating that
FAA has accepted the means of
compliance. The FAA may disclose
non-proprietary broadcast specification
and radio frequency spectrum so that
sufficient information is available to
develop receiving and processing
equipment and software for the FAA,
law enforcement, and members of the
public.
A person who submits a means of
compliance that is accepted by the FAA
is required to retain the following data
for as long as the means of compliance
is accepted plus an additional 24
calendar months: (1) all documentation
and substantiating data submitted to the
FAA for the acceptance of the means of
compliance; (2) records of all test
procedures, methodology, and other
procedures, as applicable; and (3) any
other information necessary to justify
and substantiate how the means of
compliance enables compliance with
the remote identification requirements
imposed by the FAA.
Declarations of Compliance
The FAA has a website and online
form at https://uasdoc.faa.gov for the
submission of declarations of
compliance. The following information
must be included in a producer’s
declaration of compliance:
(1) The name, physical address,
telephone number, and email address of
the person responsible for production of
the standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module.
(2) The standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module make
and model.
(3) The standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module serial
number, or the range of serial numbers
for which the person responsible for
production is declaring compliance.
(4) The FCC Identifier of the 47 CFR
part 15-compliant radio frequency
equipment used and integrated into the
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standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or the remote
identification broadcast module.
(5) The means of compliance used in
the design and production of the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module.
(6) Whether the declaration of
compliance is an initial declaration or
an amended declaration, and if the
declaration of compliance is an
amended declaration, the reason for the
amendment.
(7) A declaration that the person
responsible for the production of the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module can
demonstrate that the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
was designed and produced to meet the
respective minimum performance
requirements for a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
by using an FAA-accepted means of
compliance.
(8) A statement that 47 CFR part 15compliant radio frequency equipment is
used and is integrated into the standard
remote identification unmanned aircraft
or remote identification broadcast
module without modification to its
authorized radio frequency parameters.
For the remote identification broadcast
module, the declaration must include a
statement that instructions have been
provided for installation of the 47 CFR
part 15-compliant remote identification
broadcast module without modification
to the broadcast module’s authorized
radio frequency parameters.
The FAA will indicate acceptance or
non-acceptance of a declaration of
compliance by notifying the submitter.
The FAA will also publish a list of
accepted declarations of compliance at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov.
A person or entity who submits a
declaration of compliance that is
accepted by the FAA must retain the
following information for as long as the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module listed
on that declaration of compliance are
produced, plus an additional 24
calendar months: (1) the means of
compliance, all documentation, and
substantiating data related to the means
of compliance used; (2) records of all
test results; and (3) any other
information necessary to demonstrate
compliance with the means of
compliance so that the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
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meets the remote identification
requirements and the design and
production requirements of the final
rule.
Labeling
The final rule requires a person
responsible for the production of a
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module to label
each unmanned aircraft or broadcast
module to show that it meets the remote
identification requirements of the rule.
The label must be in English and be
legible, be prominently displayed, and
permanently affixed to the unmanned
aircraft or broadcast module.
For existing unmanned aircraft that
are upgraded to have remote
identification broadcast module
capabilities integrated into the aircraft,
the FAA envisions that the label would
be affixed to the unmanned aircraft. In
those instances, the producer may
provide the label to the operator and
instructions on how to affix them to the
unmanned aircraft. Standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft
produced under a design or production
approval issued under part 21 have to
comply with the labeling requirements
of part 21, as applicable.
The labeling requirement will assist
the FAA in its oversight role because it
provides an efficient means for an
inspector to evaluate whether an
operation is consistent with the remote
identification requirements.
Respondents: The FAA website at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov provides
information about how to submit a
means of compliance and also provides
an online form for the submission of
declarations of compliance. The FAA
expects persons or organizations who
develop standards that the FAA may
accept as means of compliance for the
production of standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast modules
to submit those standards for review
and acceptance by the FAA at 9-AVSAIR-UASMOC@faa.gov. Persons
responsible for the production of a
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module can
submit a declaration of compliance to
the FAA using the online form at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov. Producers of a
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module must
label the unmanned aircraft or broadcast
module to show that it meets the Part 89
remote identification requirements.
Frequency: For means of compliance,
on occasion. For declarations of
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compliance, on occasion. For labeling
requirements, on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: For means of compliance, the
FAA estimates an hourly burden of 12
hours to develop the means of
compliance and 5 minutes to submit the
information to the FAA. For
declarations of compliance, the FAA
estimates an hourly burden of 50 hours
to collect the information required by
the applicable means of compliance,
and 15 minutes to fill out the online
declaration of compliance form. For
unmanned aircraft labels, the FAA
estimates an hourly burden of 2 hours
to design a label for a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: For
means of compliance, the FAA
estimates a total of one means of
compliance submitted per year for an
annual burden of 12 hours. For
declarations of compliance, the FAA
estimates an average of 862 declarations
of compliance submitted per year, for a
total annual burden of 43,100 hours for
all respondents (50 hours per response).
For unmanned aircraft labels, the FAA
estimates an average of 200 labels
designed per year, for a total annual
burden of 400 hours for all respondents
(2 hours per response).
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18,
2024.
Joseph Morra,
Manager, Emerging Technologies Division,
AFS–700.
[FR Doc. 2024–06062 Filed 3–21–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0020]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for a new information
collection, which is summarized below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by May
21, 2024.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0020 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aimee Zhang, (202) 366–6537, Office of
Safety Technologies, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Request for Federal Aid
Reimbursement Eligibility of Safety
Hardware Devices.
Background: The FHWA’ s
longstanding policy is that all roadside
safety hardware installed on the
National Highway System (NHS) be
crashworthy. To support this policy, the
AASHTO/FHWA Joint Implementation
Agreement for the Manual for Assessing
Safety Hardware (MASH) was adopted.
This agreement implemented AASHTO
MASH as the criteria for determining
crashworthiness of roadside safety
hardware.
FHWA provides a service to States
and industry by reviewing tests for
roadside hardware, ensuring that they
have been tested in accordance with
MASH criterion, and issuing a federal
aid eligibility letter for roadside
hardware that meet review standards.
An eligibility letter is not a requirement
for roadside safety hardware to be
determined eligible for Federal funding.
Roadside safety hardware is eligible for
Federal funding if it has been
determined to be crash worthy by the
user agency.
To issue eligibility letters for roadside
safety hardware, the FHWA needs to
collect and review crash test results and
hardware information from the
submitters.
Respondents: Approximately 60
submissions are received annually.
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2023-2246]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Means of
Compliance, Declarations of Compliance, and Labeling Requirements for
Unmanned Aircraft With Remote Identification
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 21, 2023. The collection involves information
necessary to submit a Means of Compliance or Declaration of Compliance
for Unmanned Aircraft with Remote Identification to the FAA. The
collection also involves information necessary to label Unmanned
Aircraft that have an FAA-accepted Declaration of Compliance. The
information to be collected will be used by the FAA to determine
compliance with the requirements for submission of a Means of
Compliance or Declaration of Compliance, as well as determine
compliance with the Unmanned Aircraft labeling requirements.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 22, 2024.
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/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: Benjamin Walsh by email at:
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-8233.
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
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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: 2120-0781.
Title: Means of Compliance, Declarations of Compliance, and
Labeling Requirements for Unmanned Aircraft with Remote Identification.
Form Numbers: N/A.
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 21, 2023 (88 FR 81174). Regulations for the
Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft were published on January
15, 2021, and are contained in 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR),
part 89. Requirements for the means of compliance are in part 89,
subpart E, while requirements for the declaration of compliance and
unmanned aircraft labeling are in part 89, subpart F.
Means of Compliance
The FAA requires any person who develops a means of compliance for
the production of a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module to submit those means of
compliance for review and acceptance by the FAA. The means of
compliance must include testing and validation procedures for producers
to demonstrate through analysis, ground test, or flight test, as
appropriate, how the standard remote identification unmanned aircraft
or remote identification broadcast module perform their intended
functions and how they meet the remote identification requirements of
the final rule.
To request acceptance of a means of compliance, a person is
required to submit the following information to the FAA at [email protected]:
(1) The name of the person or entity submitting the means of
compliance, the name of the main point of contact for communications
with the FAA, the physical address, email address, and other contact
information.
(2) A detailed description of the means of compliance.
(3) An explanation of how the means of compliance addresses all of
the minimum performance requirements in the rule so that any standard
remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification
broadcast module designed and produced in accordance with such means of
compliance meets the remote identification requirements.
(4) Any substantiating material the person wishes the FAA to
consider as part of the request.
The FAA will indicate acceptance of a means of compliance by
notifying the submitter of the acceptance of the submitted means of
compliance. The FAA also expects to notify the public that it has
accepted the means of compliance by including it on a list of accepted
means of compliance at https://uasdoc.faa.gov. The FAA will not
disclose commercially sensitive information in this notice. It will
only provide general information stating that FAA has accepted the
means of compliance. The FAA may disclose non-proprietary broadcast
specification and radio frequency spectrum so that sufficient
information is available to develop receiving and processing equipment
and software for the FAA, law enforcement, and members of the public.
A person who submits a means of compliance that is accepted by the
FAA is required to retain the following data for as long as the means
of compliance is accepted plus an additional 24 calendar months: (1)
all documentation and substantiating data submitted to the FAA for the
acceptance of the means of compliance; (2) records of all test
procedures, methodology, and other procedures, as applicable; and (3)
any other information necessary to justify and substantiate how the
means of compliance enables compliance with the remote identification
requirements imposed by the FAA.
Declarations of Compliance
The FAA has a website and online form at https://uasdoc.faa.gov for
the submission of declarations of compliance. The following information
must be included in a producer's declaration of compliance:
(1) The name, physical address, telephone number, and email address
of the person responsible for production of the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast
module.
(2) The standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module make and model.
(3) The standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module serial number, or the range of serial
numbers for which the person responsible for production is declaring
compliance.
(4) The FCC Identifier of the 47 CFR part 15-compliant radio
frequency equipment used and integrated into the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or the remote identification broadcast
module.
(5) The means of compliance used in the design and production of
the standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module.
(6) Whether the declaration of compliance is an initial declaration
or an amended declaration, and if the declaration of compliance is an
amended declaration, the reason for the amendment.
(7) A declaration that the person responsible for the production of
the standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module can demonstrate that the standard
remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification
broadcast module was designed and produced to meet the respective
minimum performance requirements for a standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast module by using an
FAA-accepted means of compliance.
(8) A statement that 47 CFR part 15-compliant radio frequency
equipment is used and is integrated into the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast
module without modification to its authorized radio frequency
parameters. For the remote identification broadcast module, the
declaration must include a statement that instructions have been
provided for installation of the 47 CFR part 15-compliant remote
identification broadcast module without modification to the broadcast
module's authorized radio frequency parameters.
The FAA will indicate acceptance or non-acceptance of a declaration
of compliance by notifying the submitter. The FAA will also publish a
list of accepted declarations of compliance at https://uasdoc.faa.gov.
A person or entity who submits a declaration of compliance that is
accepted by the FAA must retain the following information for as long
as the standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module listed on that declaration of
compliance are produced, plus an additional 24 calendar months: (1) the
means of compliance, all documentation, and substantiating data related
to the means of compliance used; (2) records of all test results; and
(3) any other information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the
means of compliance so that the standard remote identification unmanned
aircraft or remote identification broadcast module
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meets the remote identification requirements and the design and
production requirements of the final rule.
Labeling
The final rule requires a person responsible for the production of
a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module to label each unmanned aircraft or
broadcast module to show that it meets the remote identification
requirements of the rule. The label must be in English and be legible,
be prominently displayed, and permanently affixed to the unmanned
aircraft or broadcast module.
For existing unmanned aircraft that are upgraded to have remote
identification broadcast module capabilities integrated into the
aircraft, the FAA envisions that the label would be affixed to the
unmanned aircraft. In those instances, the producer may provide the
label to the operator and instructions on how to affix them to the
unmanned aircraft. Standard remote identification unmanned aircraft
produced under a design or production approval issued under part 21
have to comply with the labeling requirements of part 21, as
applicable.
The labeling requirement will assist the FAA in its oversight role
because it provides an efficient means for an inspector to evaluate
whether an operation is consistent with the remote identification
requirements.
Respondents: The FAA website at https://uasdoc.faa.gov provides
information about how to submit a means of compliance and also provides
an online form for the submission of declarations of compliance. The
FAA expects persons or organizations who develop standards that the FAA
may accept as means of compliance for the production of standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast
modules to submit those standards for review and acceptance by the FAA
at [email protected]. Persons responsible for the production of
a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module can submit a declaration of compliance
to the FAA using the online form at https://uasdoc.faa.gov. Producers
of a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module must label the unmanned aircraft or
broadcast module to show that it meets the Part 89 remote
identification requirements.
Frequency: For means of compliance, on occasion. For declarations
of compliance, on occasion. For labeling requirements, on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: For means of compliance, the
FAA estimates an hourly burden of 12 hours to develop the means of
compliance and 5 minutes to submit the information to the FAA. For
declarations of compliance, the FAA estimates an hourly burden of 50
hours to collect the information required by the applicable means of
compliance, and 15 minutes to fill out the online declaration of
compliance form. For unmanned aircraft labels, the FAA estimates an
hourly burden of 2 hours to design a label for a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast
module.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: For means of compliance, the FAA
estimates a total of one means of compliance submitted per year for an
annual burden of 12 hours. For declarations of compliance, the FAA
estimates an average of 862 declarations of compliance submitted per
year, for a total annual burden of 43,100 hours for all respondents (50
hours per response). For unmanned aircraft labels, the FAA estimates an
average of 200 labels designed per year, for a total annual burden of
400 hours for all respondents (2 hours per response).
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2024.
Joseph Morra,
Manager, Emerging Technologies Division, AFS-700.
[FR Doc. 2024-06062 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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