[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 83 (Thursday, May 1, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 18632-18633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07539]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 83 / Thursday, May 1, 2025 / Proposed
Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 47
[Docket No. FAA-2025-0638]
Request for Comment To Withhold Certain Aircraft Registration
Information From Public Dissemination; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for comment; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period for the request for
comment published on April 3, 2025, titled ``Request for Comment to
Withhold Certain Aircraft Registration Information from Public
Dissemination.'' FAA is seeking comments on the impacts of removing
certain aircraft registration data from public display on FAA's
website, including through current search functions and published
reports. The removal of this data is intended to satisfy the
requirement in section 803 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024,
requiring removal of private aircraft owner or operator Personally
Identifiable Information (PII) from broad dissemination or display by
FAA, including on a publicly available website of FAA. FAA is extending
the comment period to allow commenters additional opportunities to
provide feedback on this topic.
DATES: The comment period for the request for comment published on
April 3, 2025, at 90 FR 14590, and scheduled to close on May 5, 2025,
is extended until June 4, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2025-0638
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov and
follow the online instructions for sending your comments
electronically.
Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of
the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natalie Wilkowske, Flight Standards
Service, Registry Bldg., Room 118, 6425 S Denning Ave., Oklahoma City,
OK 73169; telephone (405) 954-2539; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On April 3, 2025, FAA published a request for comment titled
``Request for Comment to Withhold Certain Aircraft Registration
Information from Public Dissemination,'' in the Federal Register (90 FR
14590). The request for comment sought public input on the following
questions:
1. How often do people or organizations access or use registered
owner information, and how is this information used?
2. What would be the impact on privacy, safety, commerce, and
accessibility of information if the identified categories of registered
owner information are removed from public availability?
3. How would the removal of such information affect the ability of
stakeholders to perform necessary functions, such as maintenance,
safety checks, and regulatory compliance?
4. How should FAA implement the removal of identified categories of
registered owner information from public availability?
5. What would be the impact if the FAA removed such information for
private aircraft owners categorically and permitted such owners to
request copies of their information rather than removing such
information only upon an individual request?
6. What additional aircraft registration data should be removed
from FAA websites?
Since publication of the request for comment, FAA received a joint
request from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the
International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA), the National Air
Transportation Association (NATA), the National Aircraft Finance
Association (NAFA), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA),
and the Aircraft Title Lawyer & Title Company Coalition (ATLTCC), to
extend the comment period by an additional thirty (30) days. These
organizations requested more time to analyze any impacts, develop
comments and recommendations, and coordinate those comments among their
stakeholders.\1\
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II. Reopening of Comment Period
FAA grants the commenters' request for an extension of the comment
period. FAA recognizes the importance of the request for comment and
that an extension would help commenters craft complete and thoughtful
responses. With this extension, the comment period will now close on
June 4, 2025. This will provide the public with a total of sixty (60)
days to conduct its review and submit comments to the docket.
FAA will not grant any additional requests to further extend the
comment period for this request for comment.
III. Additional Information
A. Comments Invited
FAA invites interested persons to participate in this rulemaking by
submitting written comments, data, or views. FAA also invites comments
relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or federalism impacts
that might result from adopting the proposals in this document. The
most helpful comments reference a specific portion of the proposal,
explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting
data. To ensure the docket does not contain duplicate comments,
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commenters should submit only one time if comments are filed
electronically or commenters should send only one copy of written
comments if comments are filed in writing.
FAA will file in the docket all comments it receives, as well as a
report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel
concerning this request for comment. Before acting on this request for
comment, FAA will consider all comments it receives on or before the
closing date for comments.
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the
commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system
of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
B. Confidential Business Information
Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial
information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by
its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552),
CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to
this request for comment contain commercial or financial information
that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as
private, and that is relevant or responsive to this request for
comment, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of this request for comment. Submissions containing CBI should
be sent to the person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document. Any commentary that FAA receives that is not
specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for
this rulemaking.
C. Availability of Rulemaking Documents
A copy of this request for comment and all comments received may be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov using the docket number listed
above. A copy of this extension of the comment period will be placed in
the docket. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are available on
the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An
electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office
of the Federal Register's website at www.federalregister.gov and the
Government Publishing Office's website at www.govinfo.gov. A copy may
also be found at the FAA's Regulations and Policies website at
www.faa.gov/regulations_policies.
Copies may also be obtained by sending a request to the Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-9677.
Commenters must identify the docket number.
IV. Extension of Comment Period
Accordingly, the comment period of the request for comment
published on April 3, 2025, at 90 FR 14590 (FR Doc. 2025-05738) is
extended from May 5, 2025, until June 4, 2025.
Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f),
44701(a)(5), and 44703(a) in Washington, DC.
Hugh J. Thomas,
Acting Deputy Executive Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-07539 Filed 4-30-25; 8:45 am]
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