[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 7167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01680]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2018-1087]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a New Approval of Information Collection: Operation of 
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People

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 for a new information collection. 
The collection involves operators and owners of small unmanned aircraft 
systems (UAS) issued an airworthiness certificate under Part 21, and 
mandates that these entities must retain records of all maintenance 
performed on their aircraft and records documenting the status of life-
limited parts, compliance with airworthiness directives, and inspection 
status of the aircraft. These records are used to validate that 
aircraft are maintained in a manner that ensures the reliability 
associated with having an airworthiness certificate and that the 
operations-over-people privileges afforded to category 4 operations 
continue to be appropriate. The owner or operator may keep these 
records electronically or by paper.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 29, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Dwayne C. Morris, 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 
20591.
    By email: [email protected].
    By fax: 202-267-1078.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Machnik by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 630-488-0090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0775.
    Title: Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems over People.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: New.
    Background: The FAA published the final rule Operation of Small 
Unmanned Aircraft Systems over People on January 15, 2021 (86 FR 4314). 
In that rule, the FAA is requiring that owners and operators of small 
UAS issued an airworthiness certificate under part 21 retain records of 
all maintenance performed on their aircraft and records documenting the 
status of life-limited parts, compliance with airworthiness directives, 
and inspection status of the aircraft. The records must be kept for the 
time specified in Sec.  107.140, and they must be available to the FAA 
and law enforcement personnel upon request. The owner may keep these 
records electronically or on paper.
    Respondents: The FAA estimates that an average of two owners per 
year will be subject to this recordkeeping requirement. The FAA further 
estimates that each of those owners operates a fleet of 100 UAS.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The FAA estimates that 
creation and retention of these records would require 30 minutes per 
UAS.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 100 hours per year, based on an 
estimate of 2 owners per year, each owning 100 UAS and spending 30 
minutes per UAS.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021.
Dwayne C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-01680 Filed 1-25-21; 8:45 am]
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