Notice2021-24083
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
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November 4, 2021
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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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60961-60964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24083]
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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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f897918a99a78b8d9a95918b8b919796b897959ad69d9788d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed82849f8cb29e988f80849e9e848283ad82808fc388829dc38a829b">[email protected]</span></a>, 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:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2c4f435e4e4542025802464342495f6c4a4d4d024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e6d617c6c6760207a206461606b7d4e686f6f20696178">[email protected]</span></a>; 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:
<bullet> PSP Quarterly Reports
<bullet> BEYOND Semi-Annual Reports
<bullet> BEYOND Final Reports
<bullet> PSP Final Reports
<bullet> BEYOND Program Withdrawal Reports
<bullet> UAS Characteristics Reports
<bullet> UAS Monthly Operational Flight Reports
<bullet> UAS Maintenance Reports
<bullet> UAS Flight Anomaly Reports
<bullet> UAS Test Data Reports
<bullet> Legacy Societal and Economic Data Reports
<bullet> UAS Societal and Economic Data Reports
<bullet> Community Engagement Reports
<bullet> 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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