[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 8631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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: [email protected].
    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: 
[email protected]. 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]
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