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would collect information pertaining to 

UAS air carrier-like operations (85 FR 

73334). The FAA received supporting 

comments from four organizations: 

Airlines for America, Small UAV 

Coalition, Helicopter Association 

International (HAI), and the National 

Agricultural Aviation Association 

(NAAA). 

HAI believes this collection is a 

valuable opportunity and will be an 

effective source of information to inform 

FAA. NAAA commented that it is vital 

that a safe, low-altitude airspace exist 

for all users and advocates for pilots of 

UAS operations to hold a pilot 

certificate. NAAA added that the 

proposed collection would support 

establishing the minimum knowledge, 

skills, abilities, testing, and staffing 

procedures required for operating UAS. 

Similarly, the Small UAV Coalition 

supports the proposed collection 

recognizing the benefits of establishing 

minimum requirements in terms of 

aeronautical knowledge and in-flight 

practical training and testing for remote 

pilots conducting air carrier operations 

and suggests adjustments are necessary 

from existing remote pilot certificate 

requirements for operations conducted 

under 14 CFR part 107. 

Three of these commenters included 

recommendations for who should be 

eligible to respond to the survey. HAI 

suggested the FAA seek responses from 

the broadest possible cross-section of 

operations. HAI noted that many legacy 

rotorcraft organizations conducting a 

wide variety of operations have 

integrated UAS into their operations 

with more expected to follow. Data 

gathered from persons with experience 

in both manned and unmanned 

operations could be valuable. NAAA 

recommended that respondents include 

pilots with manned aircraft experience 

in operating around UAS, specifically 

those that normally conduct operations 

in low-altitude environments, though 

not necessarily experienced in flying 

unmanned aircraft. 

The FAA agrees that information from 

a broad cross-section of the aviation 

industry is important in gathering the 

data it seeks with this collection. The 

survey is designed such that 

respondents can indicate which area of 

the industry they represent. This will 

aid in understanding the more specific 

information gathered in the survey 

regarding knowledge, skill, training, 

testing, and fatigue-related policies and 

procedures. The FAA has specifically 

included some of the recommended 

industries of agriculture, infrastructure, 

and emergency response. If a 

respondent’s industry is not part of the 

generated listed, they will have the 

opportunity to write it in. Because of the 

UAS-specific information and 

experience we are seeking, we are 

requiring that the respondents have 

some kind of work-related experience 

with unmanned aircraft or that their 

organization currently operates or plans 

to operate unmanned aircraft 

commercially. 

The Small UAV Coalition noted in its 

comments that the FAA did not explain 

how it arrived at the estimate of 180 

respondents. The Small UAV Coalition 

believes the survey should include Part 

107 waiver holders because of the 

experience they have in complex UAS 

operations, particularly those beyond 

the line of sight of the remote pilot. 

The FAA arrived at the estimate of 

180 respondents due to both statistical 

reasons and prior experience with 

survey data collections. The 

requirement for 180 respondents 

represents a sufficient amount needed to 

draw reliable and valid conclusions 

from the data while reducing the 

American public’s paperwork burden as 

much as possible. Exceeding this 

number will not be problematic from a 

statistical viewpoint, and given that the 

survey is being distributed 

electronically, should not be a problem 

from a paperwork burden viewpoint as 

well. The FAA has generated a list of 

potential respondents to invite for 

participation, which helped to estimate 

the potential number. However, the 

number of respondents is not limited to 

only those on that list. The survey link 

can be forwarded or made available to 

others. Acknowledging the comments 

received regarding distribution and who 

it should include, the FAA will provide 

the survey link to NAAA, HAI, and the 

Small UAV Coalition by means of an 

invitational email. Enclosed in the 

invitational email is a survey link that 

states, ‘‘You may forward this survey to 

your colleagues and peers who meet this 

criteria, even if you do not.’’ Thus, these 

organizations can then email the survey 

invitation to their membership as they 

deem appropriate given the information 

the FAA has provided. Due to privacy 

concerns, the FAA will neither share 

nor accept participant contact lists but 

will encourage the organization to share 

the survey link with individuals who 

meet the survey criteria. 

The Small UAV Coalition also 

suggested that the academic experts 

should include those ‘‘who have 

examined how fatigue may occur while 

a human operates a machine with 

increasing levels of autonomy as well as 

complexity in tasks’’ noting that these 

experts may not have experience with 

UAS operations, but their information 

may be valuable. 

The FAA appreciates the suggestion 

and agrees that the fatigue information 

recommended would be valuable but 

such information exceeds the scope of 

the survey. The FAA has other research 

tasks that better capture this type of 

fatigue information. This particular 

survey is seeking operation-specific 

details and policies that organizations 

may have concerning time on duty in 

relationship to tasks, and other fatiguerelated policies. As noted previously, 

this survey would not prevent someone 

with that kind of expertise from 

responding, but the questions are not 

designed to capture other research that 

is available. 

Respondents: 180 respondents. 

Frequency: One-time collection. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 45-minute burden per 

response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 135 

hours, total burden. 

Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on January 

21, 2021. 

Ashley Awwad, 

Management and Program Analyst, FAA 

Aviation Safety, Civil Aerospace Medical 

Institute, Flight Deck Human Factors 

Research Lab (AAM–510). 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation: Notice of Availability 

for the Final Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

the Shuttle Landing Facility Reentry 

Site Operator License 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations, and FAA 

Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the Final 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for the Shuttle 

Landing Facility (SLF) Reentry Site 

Operator License (Final PEA and 

FONSI). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stacey Zee, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

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Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Suite 325, Washington, DC 

20591; phone (202) 267–9305; email 

Stacey.Zee@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

is the lead agency. The National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 

U.S. Space Force, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and the National Park Service 

are cooperating agencies for the PEA 

due to their special expertise and 

jurisdictions. 

The FAA has prepared the Final PEA 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

impacts of the FAA issuing a Reentry 

Site Operator License to Space Florida 

for the operation of a commercial space 

reentry site at the SLF located at the 

Cape Canaveral Spaceport, which 

includes the Kennedy Space Center and 

the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station 

(formerly called the Cape Canaveral Air 

Force Station). Under the Proposed 

Action, the FAA would issue a Reentry 

Site Operator License to Space Florida, 

which would authorize Space Florida to 

offer the SLF as a horizontal reentry and 

landing site to prospective commercial 

space reentry vehicle operators. 

A programmatic document is a type of 

general, broad environmental review 

from which subsequent NEPA 

documents can be tiered, focusing on 

the issues specific to the subsequent 

action (40 CFR 1502.20). If a commercial 

space operator applies to the FAA for a 

reentry license to conduct reentry 

operations at the SLF, that operator 

would develop a separate 

environmental document, tiering off the 

PEA, to support their application. The 

tiered environmental document would 

be a more detailed analysis based on 

vehicle specific operations. 

The Final PEA evaluated the potential 

environmental impacts of the Proposed 

Action and the No Action Alternative. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

FAA would not issue a Reentry Site 

Operator License to Space Florida for 

operating a commercial space reentry 

site at the SLF. 

The FAA published a Draft PEA for 

public comment on October 30, 2020 

and held a virtual public meeting on 

December 2, 2020. The public comment 

period closed on December 7, 2020. The 

FAA received 3 public comments. The 

FAA considered all public comments 

when preparing the Final PEA. 

The FAA has posted the Final PEA 

and FONSI on the FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation 

website: https://www.faa.gov/space/ 

environmental/nepa_docs. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Daniel P. Murray, 

Manager, Safety Authorization Division. 

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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. 

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: chris.morris@faa.gov. 

By fax: 202–267–1078. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Machnik by email at: 

michael.machnik@faa.gov; 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 § 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. 

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