Notice2022-26972
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Approval of Continuing Information Collection: Service Availability Prediction Tool (SAPT)
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Published
December 13, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the FAA invites public comments about their intention to request 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 September 26, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76229-76230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26972]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA-2022-1259]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Approval of Continuing Information Collection: Service
Availability Prediction Tool (SAPT)
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, the
FAA invites public comments about their intention to request 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 September 26, 2022.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
By mail: Send comments to FAA at the following address: Mr. Stanton
Brunner, Program Manager, Service Performance and Sustainment Team
(AJM-422), Surveillance and Broadcast Services, Program Management
Organization, Federal Aviation Administration, 600 Independence Ave.
SW, Wilbur Wright Building, Washington, DC 20597.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning
this action, contact Mr. Paul Von Hoene, Aviation Safety, Aviation
Safety Inspector (AC/OPS) at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#473726322b693128292f282229220721262669202831"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afdfcedac381d9c0c1c7c0cac1caefc9cece81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>, or Jamal Wilson,
202-267-4301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The collection involves planned routes of
flight and aircraft avionics equipment. The information that is
collected will be used to predict whether an aircraft flying the
proposed route of flight will have sufficient position accuracy and
integrity for the following:
(1) Navigation, via the Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM)
SAPT
(2) Surveillance, via the Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast
(ADS-B) SAPT
In addition, the website will allow operators to request
authorization to operate in ADS-B-Out rule airspace with aircraft that
do not fully meet the ADS-B Out requirements via:
(3) ADS-B Deviation Authorization Pre-flight Tool (ADAPT).
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.
OMB Control Number: 2120-0780.
Title: Service Availability Prediction Tool (SAPT).
Form Numbers: eXtensible markup language (XML), ADS-B SAPT flight
information entry form, and ADS-B authorization request at <a href="https://sapt.faa.gov">https://sapt.faa.gov</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 September 26, 2022 (87 FR 58428).
Under 14 CFR 91.103, pilots must use all available information in
planning
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their flight. SAPT is a web-based tool to assist aircraft operators in
achieving compliance with the requirements of 14 CFR 91.103, 91.225.
and 91.227, and/or AC 90-100A Change 2, Paragraph 10a. (5). To ensure
that they will meet the performance requirements for the duration of
the flight, pilots may use the FAA-provided pre-flight Service
Availability Prediction Tool (SAPT) to determine predicted navigation
or surveillance availability before a flight. The SAPT has three main
components: the Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) SAPT,
the ADS-B SAPT, and the ADS-B Deviation Authorization Pre-Flight Tool
(ADAPT). The SAPT models the GPS constellation in order to assess the
predicted accuracy and integrity of GPS position information used in
navigation and surveillance for a few GPS receiver Technical Standard
Orders (TSOs).
The RAIM SAPT is intended mainly for pilots, dispatchers, and
commercial operators using TSO-C129 equipment to check their predicted
navigation horizontal protection level (HPL). It incorporates TSO-C129
GPS RAIM predictions to check the availability of GPS RAIM satisfying
the RNAV requirements of AC 90-100A Change 2, Paragraph 10(5)).
The ADS-B SAPT is provided to help operators comply with 14 CFR
91.225 and 91.227 by predicting whether operators will meet regulatory
requirements, and to advise holders of FAA Exemption 12555 whether
back-up surveillance will be available for any waypoints where
installed aircraft avionics are not predicted to meet the requirements
of 14 CFR 91.227(c)(1)(i) and (iii).
Information collected via ADS-B SAPT is comparable to that provided
by pilots when they file flight plans, with some additional information
about aircraft position source TSO and related capabilities. The ADS-B
SAPT prediction is based on the ability of the aircraft's position
source (i.e., GPS receiver) to meet performance requirements specified
in FAA TSOs C129, C129a, C145c/C146c, and C196, as well as the
predicted status of the GPS constellation.
The ADS-B SAPT predicts whether GPS position information will be
sufficient throughout the flight to meet the performance requirements
of 14 CFR 91.227(c)(1)(i) and (iii). If a waypoint is in rule airspace
and the aircraft's position source is not predicted to meet the
performance requirements of 14 CFR 91.227, the ADS-B SAPT checks for
the availability of back-up surveillance at that waypoint.
Operators of aircraft equipped with TSO-C129 (SA-On) GPS receivers
must run a pre-flight prediction. The operator may use their own
prediction tool. Although Exemption 12555 does not require operators
with SA-On to use the ADS-B SAPT for pre-flight availability
prediction, if the operator does use their own tool and receives an
indication that performance will fall below rule requirements, the
operator cannot obtain back-up surveillance information from that tool
and must either replan the flight or use ADS-B SAPT to determine
whether back-up surveillance is available along the planned route of
flight per Exemption 12555.
ADAPT is mandatory for operators desiring to apply for an ATC
authorization, per 14 CFR 91.225(g), to fly in ADS-B Out rule airspace
using aircraft with avionics that do not meet the ADS-B equipage
requirements. ADAPT allows operators to create an air traffic
authorization request to operate in ADS-B Out rule airspace when either
(1) the aircraft is without ADS-B equipment; (2) that equipment is
inoperative; or (3) their avionics are not expected to meet the ADS-B
performance requirements as identified in 14 CFR 91.227(c)(1)(i) and
(iii). Operators who wish to submit an ADAPT request must complete the
ADS-B SAPT analysis using information entered into the flight
information entry form before filing the ADAPT request.
Respondents: These prediction tools are primarily intended for
pilots and dispatchers; and for anyone who is planning a flight which
passes through U.S. sovereign airspace, using an aircraft whose GPS
receiver(s) is/are not guaranteed to meet certain performance
requirements or whose aircraft is not equipped to meet the requirements
of 14 CFR 91.225.
Frequency: As part of the flight planning process, as required by
FAA policy. For some users, this could be every flight. For others it
will depend on the specific conditions and performance requirements.
Estimated Average Burden per Response:
RAIM SAPT and ADS-B SAPT can be automated as part of the dispatch
process by operators or flight service providers, thus eliminating
manual data-entry.
RAIM SAPT--Insignificant, as all transactions are automated in
flight planning systems.
ADS-B SAPT--5 minutes or less for transactions input via the flight
plan form, including 1 minute or less to note the transaction id.
ADAPT--7 minutes or less (includes up to 2 minutes to check FAA
email response).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
RAIM SAPT--Insignificant additional burden.
ADS-B SAPT--Approximately 2159 hours.
ADAPT--Approximately 590 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 7, 2022.
Jamal Wilson,
SAPT Project Lead [verbar] In-Service Performance and Sustainment (AJM-
4220), Federal Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-26972 Filed 12-12-22; 8:45 am]
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