[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45890-45891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18382]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. 2025-3156]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Small Unmanned 
Aircraft Registration System

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 the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The collection involves inputting minimal information into 
a database to register small, unmanned aircraft. Aircraft registration 
is necessary to ensure personal accountability among all users of the 
National Airspace System (NAS). Aircraft registration also allows the 
FAA and law enforcement agencies to address non-compliance by providing 
the means for identifying an aircraft's owner and operator. This 
collection also permits individuals to de-register or update their 
record in the registration database.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 24, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Natalie Wilkowske, Acting Manager, Aircraft Registration 
Branch, P.O. Box 25504, Oklahoma City, OK 73125.
    By fax: 405-954-8068.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shantel Young by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 405-954-7077.

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: 2120-0765.
    Title: Small Unmanned Aircraft Registration System.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) 
and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
affirmed that all unmanned aircraft, including model aircraft, are 
aircraft. As such, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 44101(a) and as further 
prescribed in 14 CFR part 48, registration is required prior to 
operation. See 80 FR 63912, 63913 (October 22, 2015). Registration 
allows the FAA to provide respondents with educational materials 
regarding safety of flight in the NAS to promote greater accountability 
and responsibility of these new users. Registration also allows the FAA 
and law enforcement agencies to address non-compliance by providing the 
means for identifying an aircraft's owner and operator.
    Subject to certain exceptions discussed below, aircraft must be 
registered prior to operation. See 49 U.S.C. 44101-44103. Upon 
registration, the Administrator must issue a certificate of 
registration to the aircraft owner. See 49 U.S.C. 44103.
    Registration, however, does not provide the authority to operate. 
Persons intending to operate a small unmanned aircraft must operate in 
accordance with the exception for limited recreational operations (49 
U.S.C. 44809), 14 CFR part 107 or 91, in accordance with a waiver 
issued under 14 CFR part 107, in accordance with an exemption issued 
under 14 CFR part 11 (including those persons operating under an 
exemption issued pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44807), or in conjunction with 
the issuance of a special airworthiness certificate, and are required 
to register.
    Respondents: 235,166 registrants and 228,911 de-registrants in 
CY2024.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes to register and 3 
minutes to de-register.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: Approximately 19,597 hours to 
register and 11,445 to de-register.


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    Issued in Oklahoma City, OK on September 19, 2025.
Shantel Young,
Management and Program Analyst, Civil Aviation Registry, Aircraft 
Registration Branch AFB 710.
[FR Doc. 2025-18382 Filed 9-22-25; 8:45 am]
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