[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 169 (Friday, August 31, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17368]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 437

[Docket No. FAA-2006-24197; Amendment Nos. 401-5, 404-4, 405-3, 406-4, 
413-9, 420-3, 431-2, 437-0]


Experimental Permits for Reusable Suborbital Rockets

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Office of Management and Budget Approval for 
Information Collection.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Office of Management and Budget's 
(OMB) approval of the information collection requirement in the final 
rule published April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17001). The sections of the final 
rule pending approval of this information collection request are 
effective on publication of this notice.

DATES: The FAA received OMB approval for the information collection 
requirement in the Final Rule published on April 6, 2007. The 
compliance date for information collection requirements in 14 CFR 
437.21, 437.25, 437.27, 437.29, 437.31, 437.37, 437.41, 437.53, 437.55, 
437.57, 437.59, 437.69, and 437.89 is Augusst 31, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randy Repcheck, Office of Commercial 
Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-8760; 
facsimile: (202) 267-5463; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 6, 2007, the FAA published the final rule, ``Experimental 
Permits for Reusable Suborbital Rockets,'' in the Federal Register. The 
rule established application requirements for an operator of a manned 
or unmanned reusable suborbital rocket to obtain an experimental 
permit. The FAA also established operating requirements and 
restrictions on launch and re-entry of reusable suborbital rockets 
operated under a permit. The requirements above are in Title 14 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations parts 401, 404, 405, 406, 413, 415, 420, 
431, and 437.
    We noted, in the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'' section of the final 
rule, that affected parties did not need to comply with the information 
collection requirements of the rule until the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approved the FAA's request to collect the information.
    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB approved the 
FAA's request for new information collection on June 1, 2007, and 
assigned the information collection OMB Control Number 2120-0722. The 
control number was not available when the final rule was published, 
thus necessitating publication of this notice. The FAA request was 
approved by OMB without change and expires on June 30, 2010.
    49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40119, 41706, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 
44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 46105, grants authority to the 
Administrator to publish this notice. The final rule (72 FR 17001) 
became effective on June 5, 2007, and the compliance date for 
information collection requirements in 14 CFR 437.21, 437.25, 437.27, 
437.29, 437.31, 437.37, 437.41, 437.53, 437.55, 437.57, 437.59, 437.69, 
and 437.89 is August 31, 2007.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 24, 2007.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E7-17368 Filed 8-30-07; 8:45 am]
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