Notice2025-06869
Agency Information Collection: Remotely Administered Psychoacoustic Test for Advanced Air Mobility Noise Human Response
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Published
April 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Abstract
NASA, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16888-16889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06869]
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[NASA Document Number: 25-010]
Agency Information Collection: Remotely Administered
Psychoacoustic Test for Advanced Air Mobility Noise Human Response
AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of new information collection.
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SUMMARY: NASA, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, under the Paperwork Reduction Act, invites the
general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections.
DATES: Comments are due by May 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions
should be directed to NASA PRA Clearance Officer, Stayce Hoult, NASA
Headquarters, 300 E Street SW, JC0000, Washington, DC 20546, phone 256-
714-8575, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f6c6b7e667c7a317b3177706a736b5f717e6c7e31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1b2b5a0b8a2a4efa5efa9aeb4adb581afa0b2a0efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b130a5614181214560b091a560b09141c091a163b161a121755151a081a551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="432b326e2c202a2c6e3331226e33312c2431222e032e222a2f6d2d2230226d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This information collection is for conducting a sound response
laboratory test, which is called a psychoacoustic test, to better
understand human noise response to passenger and equivalent cargo
carrying Advanced Air Mobility
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(AAM) aircraft. These AAM aircraft are expected to takeoff and land in
closer proximity to communities than conventional aircraft. The
aircraft are being designed to use multiple electrically driven rotors.
Different AAM aircraft are unique in their design and geometric
placement of rotors around the aircraft. The unique propulsion systems
of AAM aircraft means that the sounds they produce will also be unique
compared to conventional aircraft. Yet, insufficient data exists on how
humans will respond to AAM aircraft noise. The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) seeks to gather data on the human noise
response to AAM aircraft through the Varied AAM Noise and Geographic
Area Response Difference (VANGARD) laboratory test. The VANGARD test
will play recorded and electroacoustically reproduced sounds of
different single AAM aircraft flyovers to test participants and ask for
their annoyance response to each sound. The VANGARD test is one of many
initial psychoacoustic tests being planned to gather data for research
purposes on AAM vehicle noise response. VANGARD test objectives are not
designed to affect existing or proposed aircraft operations, and its
objectives are not designed to affect noise policy. One aspect of the
VANGARD test that is different from many other psychoacoustic tests on
AAM vehicle noise is that it will be conducted using an online test
application and gather human response data from geographically diverse
participants. By addressing insufficient data on AAM aircraft noise
response, VANGARD test results will allow subsequent studies on human
noise response to AAM aircraft to be more informed in their design and
test objectives. The VANGARD test seeks to answer the following
research questions that will serve as a foundation for further
investigations with laboratory and community testing of AAM/UAM noise
human response:
1. Do annoyance responses differ between respondents who reside in
low versus high ambient noise environments? Here, ``low'' and ``high''
ambient environments are determined from the A-weighted L50 data
produced by the National Park Service for different United States
Postal ZIP Codes.
2. Do annoyance responses differ as a function of the phase of
flight? Here, the phases of flight are the landing, takeoff, and cruise
phases.
3. Do annoyance responses differ as a function of distance from
take-off and landing operations?
4. Is there a correlation between annoyance ratings and objective
parameter analyses of the data? Examples of objective parameters
include, but are not limited to, sound quality metrics, spectra, sound
exposure level, and amplitude envelope shaping.
5. Is there a correlation between annoyance ratings and noise
sensitivity, measured from subject questionnaire data?
Authority: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
is committed to effectively performing the Agency's communication
function in accordance with the Space Act section 203 (a)(3) to
``provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of
information concerning its activities and the results thereof,'' and to
enhance public understanding of, and participation in, the nation's
aeronautical and space program in accordance with the NASA Strategic
Plan.
Through Public Law 93-579 (Privacy Act of 1974), the authority to
collect the information requested from test participants through
informed consent associated with the study is derived from one or more
of the following: title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. Sec.
1212 and 1230; title 51, United States Code, section 20113, as amended.
The VANGARD test was approved by the NASA Institutional Review
Board with Study eIRB Number STUDY00000862 and FWA Number 00019876.
II. Methods of Collection
Test subjects will electronically indicate their annoyance rating
to test AAM/UAM aircraft noise stimuli into an interface displayed on
their own computers.
III. Data
Title: Varied Advanced air mobility Noise and Geographic Area
Response Difference Test.
OMB Number: 2700-new.
Type of Review: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and households.
Estimated Annual Number of Activities: 400.
Estimated Number of Respondents per Activity: 1.
Annual Responses: 400.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 400 hours.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
NASA, including whether the information collected has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of NASA's estimate of the burden (including
hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including automated collection techniques
or the use of other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection. They will also become a matter of public record.
Stayce Hoult,
PRA Clearance Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[FR Doc. 2025-06869 Filed 4-21-25; 8:45 am]
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