Notice2022-03196
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Certification: Pilots and Flight Instructors
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Published
February 15, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA invites public comments about our intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. FAA regulations prescribe certification standards for pilots, flight instructors, and ground instructors. The information collected is used to determine compliance with applicant eligibility.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 8631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03196]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Docket No. FAA-2022-0201]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Certification:
Pilots and Flight Instructors
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 Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information
collection. FAA regulations prescribe certification standards for
pilots, flight instructors, and ground instructors. The information
collected is used to determine compliance with applicant eligibility.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Dwayne C.
Morris, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20591; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd9e958f948ed390928f8f948ebd9b9c9cd39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7848f958e94c98a8895958e94a7818686c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Hardy by email at:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96fcf3f7f8b8fef7e4f2efd6f0f7f7b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd1dedad595d3dac9dfc2fbdddada95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>. phone: 207-289-7287.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0021.
Title: Certification: Pilots and Flight Instructors.
Form Numbers: 8710-1, 8710-13.
Type of Review: This is a renewal of an existing information
collection.
Background: Persons applying for an airman certificate under part
61 are mandated to report information using the Airman certificate and/
or Rating Application form and the required records, logbooks and
statements to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight
Standards District Offices or its representatives on occasion. This
information is used to determine qualifications of the applicant for
issuance of a pilot or instructor certificate, or rating or
authorization. The FAA estimates that there are approximately 825,000
active certificated pilot airmen. This includes student, private,
commercial, airline transport pilot certificate holders, as well as
ground and flight instructors. Approximately 25% of these pilots are
providing data on an annual basis. Instructor certificates must be
renewed every 24 months to remain effective. If the information
collection were not conducted, the FAA would be unable to issue the
appropriate certificates and ratings. Persons applying for a remote
pilot certificate with a small UAS rating under part 107, are mandated
to report information using the FAA Form 8710-13, Remote Pilot
Certificate and/or Rating Application. For applicants who do not hold a
pilot certificate under part 61, the Remote Pilot Certificate and/or
Rating Application is submitted along with a documentation
demonstrating that the applicant passed an aeronautical knowledge test.
For applicants who hold a pilot certificate under part 61 and meet the
flight review requirements of Sec. 61.56, the Remote Pilot Certificate
and/or Rating Application is submitted with evidence of completion of
the training program is estimated to be approximately 25 percent of the
population of active certificated pilots and instructors. Given a
population of 825,000, the result is approximately 206,250 respondents
providing data on an annual basis. The total number of applicants for a
remote pilot certificate with a small UAS rating is estimated to be
39,229 annually.
Frequency: As needed.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: For the hour burdens
resulting from the application requirements of the collection of
information other than remote pilots with small UAS ratings, the FAA
estimates that forms are submitted for these certificates and ratings
at an average preparation time of 15 minutes (0.25 hrs) each. The
average time estimate of 0.25 hours assumes that many individual
applicants will submit an 8710-1 form more than once for various
reasons, and that most of the information provided on the form likely
will not have changed. For Part 107 we estimate that an average of
39,229 forms are submitted annually that require an average preparation
time of 0.25 hours to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The total number of annual responses
for the airman certification program is estimated to be 1,171,0405. The
FAA estimates the total reporting burden hours to be 43,157 hours. The
FAA estimates the total recordkeeping burden hours to be 282,329 hours.
The FAA estimates the burden for the collection of information to be
325,486 hours annually.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2022.
Dwayne C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-03196 Filed 2-14-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-P
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