[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 14, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 77895-77896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23058]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 89
[Docket No. FAA-2022-0859]
Accepted Means of Compliance; Remote Identification of Unmanned
Aircraft; Correction
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
ACTION: Acceptable means of compliance; notice of availability;
correction.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a notice of availability (NOA) published
on August 11, 2022 (87 FR 49520). In that NOA, the FAA provided an
acceptable means of compliance (MOC) in accordance with a rule issued
by the FAA on January 21, 2021, that went into effect on April 21,
2021. In that NOA, the FAA accepted ASTM International (ASTM) F3586-22,
with additions identified, as an acceptable means, but not the only
means of demonstrating compliance with the requirements for producing
standard remote identification unmanned aircraft and remote
identification broadcast modules. The FAA is correcting the means of
compliance of ASTM F3586-22 by correcting a typographical reference
error in Table 3 and clarifying a testing requirement by revising a
heading and adding clarifying language, as noted in the ``Means of
Compliance Accepted In This Policy'' section of this document. This
document includes acceptance of previously accepted MOCs with the
corrections described.
DATES: This corrective action is effective November 14, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
FAA Contact: Avi Acharya, Avionics Communications & Surveillance
Unit, AIR-626C, Technical Policy Branch, Policy & Standards Division,
Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, AIR-
600: 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone 1-844-
FLY-MY-UA; email: [email protected].
ASTM Contact: Gabriel Cox, Chair, ASTM Remote ID Workgroup, 7325 NE
Imbrie Drive #231, Hillsboro, OR 97124; Telephone 1-503-941-0099;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 89 establishes remote
identification requirements for unmanned aircraft operated in the
airspace of the United States. With a few exceptions, unmanned aircraft
produced for operation in the airspace of the United States are subject
to the production requirements of part 89. A person producing a
standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module for operation in the United States must
show that the unmanned aircraft or broadcast module meets the
requirements of subpart D of part 89 by following an FAA-accepted means
of compliance (MOC).
An FAA-accepted MOC describes one means by which a person may
comply with the minimum performance requirements for remote
identification in subpart D of part 89. To be accepted by the FAA, an
MOC must meet the requirements of both subparts D and E of part 89. The
MOC must address the minimum performance requirements, as well as the
testing and validation necessary to demonstrate compliance with the
part 89 subpart D requirements. The FAA indicates its acceptance of an
MOC by publishing a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register
identifying the MOC as accepted and informing the applicant of its
acceptance.\1\
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\1\ 14 CFR part 89, subpart D.
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A holder of an FAA-accepted MOC notified the FAA of a typographical
error in a table and a deficient testing requirement in its FAA-
accepted MOC, as discussed in the ``Means of Compliance Accepted In
This Policy'' section of this document. This document includes
acceptance of the previously accepted MOC with the requested
corrections and describes the effect on existing Declaration of
Compliance (DOC) holders based on the previously accepted MOC and on
new and revised DOC submittals.
Means of Compliance Accepted in This Policy
On August 10, 2022, the FAA accepted ASTM ``Standard Practice for
Remote ID Means of Compliance to Federal Aviation Administration
Regulation 14 CFR part 89'', ASTM F3586-22, with certain additions, as
an MOC to the requirements of part 89 Subpart D in NOA Docket No. FAA-
2022-0859.
The FAA has determined that a correction to the typographical error
in table 3 of the FAA-accepted ASTM F3586-22 MOC standard, and a
clarification to a deficient testing requirement in section 8.6 of the
ASTM standard are necessary.
The FAA-accepted MOC update provided in this NOA is comprised of
the MOC in Docket No.FAA-2022-0859 (i.e., ASTM F3586-22, with the FAA-
specified additions) with the following corrections:
1. F3586-22 Table 3, 89.320(h)(5), page 11, line 5: The test method
must be MOC section 8.6, not section 8.9.3.
2. F3586-22 Section 8.6: revise heading to--Broadcast Protocol,
Message Elements, Periodicity and Latency Testing:
3. F3586-22 Section 8.6: Add the following--In addition to the
passing criteria, using a time-accurate test setup, the difference in
time between the broadcasted timestamp and received packet time must be
measured to be less than or equal to 1 second.
Effect of This Notice on Current FAA-Accepted Declarations of
Compliance
Current valid FAA-accepted DOC for a standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast module that used
the original FAA-accepted MOC (including all provisions of ASTM F3586-
22 and the additions identified in NOA Docket No.FAA-2022-0859) with
tracking number RID-ASTM-F3586-22-NOA-22-01 remain FAA-accepted, and
holders of those DOC do not need to resubmit a DOC for the MOC in this
document.
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Effect of This Action on New and Revised Declaration of Compliance
Submittals
Effective upon issuance of this NOA, the FAA will no longer accept
new or revised DOC submissions using the original MOC identified in NOA
Docket No. FAA-2022-0859. Applicants must submit new and revised DOC
submittals using the MOC in this document and must use the tracking
number identified in ``Tracking Number'' below.
Tracking Number
Producers submitting a new or revised DOC to the FAA declaring the
standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module meets the requirements of this FAA-
accepted MOC (including all provisions of ASTM F3586-22, the additions
identified in NOA Docket No.FAA-2022-0859, and the corrections to ASTM
F3586-22 identified in this document) must include the following
tracking number: RID-ASTM-F3586-22-NOA-23-01.
Availability
ASTM F3586-22, ``Standard Practice for Remote ID Means of
Compliance to Federal Aviation Administration Regulation 14 CFR part
89,'' is available online at https://www.astm.org/f3586-22.html. ASTM
International copyrights these consensus standards and charges the
public a fee for service. Individual downloads or reprints of a
standard (single or multiple copies, or special compilations and other
related technical information) may be obtained through www.astm.org.
The FAA maintains a list of accepted means of compliance on the FAA
website at www.https://uasdoc.faa.gov/listMOC.
This NOA serves as acceptance by the Federal Aviation
Administration of the ASTM Remote Identification Standard F3586-22,
with additions specified in NOA Docket No.FAA-2022-0859 and corrections
to ASTM F3586-22 specified in this NOA, as a means of compliance for
meeting the requirements of part 89, subpart D.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 13, 2023.
Patrick R. Mullen,
Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division,
Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23058 Filed 11-13-23; 8:45 am]
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