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respectively. The information from 

these surveys have been used to 

improve the questionnaire and inform 

rule making. 

This information collection request is 

to modify and renew the existing Survey 

of UAS Operators. The continuation of 

this survey is expected to improve the 

FAA’s knowledge of UAS operations 

and better predict the nature of UAS 

operations within the national airspace 

system (NAS). The information gathered 

empowers the FAA to make informed 

decisions surrounding UAS operations 

within the NAS thereby supporting its 

mission of safety and alignment with 

title 49 of the United States Code. 

This information collection renewal 

asks to improve the survey design by 

expanding the target population and 

adding an additional stratum to the 

sampling process. The original survey’s 

target population included only 

registered small UAS operators— 

operators with UAS weighing less than 

55lbs—within the United States. The 

survey under the renewed information 

collection would expand the target 

population to include all UAS 

operators, regardless of UAS weight, by 

including UAS operators with a section 

44807 exemption, which utilizes the 

aircraft registry under section 44103 as 

a sample frame. In addition, data 

collected from the 2021 and 2022 UAS 

activity surveys suggested that operators 

with larger UAS fleets have more 

diverse UAS activity than UAS 

operators with small fleets, who are 

most of the section 349 and part 107 

registries. Therefore, to improve 

sampling a fleet-size based stratum will 

be added to the sampling process when 

a registry contains information on the 

size of the fleet, such as the part 107 

registry. This will ensure proper 

sampling of operators with large fleets. 

Selected registrants are invited to 

complete a questionnaire regarding the 

operator’s fleet characteristics, flight 

behavior, and overall UAS activities. 

The survey’s questionnaire contains 

over 80 questions, but due to skip logic, 

the average respondent will only answer 

18 questions. Commercial and 

emergency response operator have 6 and 

10 additional questions, respectively, 

specific to their sector. We estimate the 

questionnaire requires 10 minutes on 

average to complete. Responding to the 

survey is voluntary, and respondents are 

given the option of opting out of the 

current year’s survey or all future 

surveys. All collected data are 

anonymized and only aggregated data 

are reported, thereby protecting the 

identity of the respondents. The survey 

will open in November of the year for 

which the UAS activity is gathered and 

close on February 1st of the following 

year. 

Due to the changing nomenclature of 

this section of aviation, we request to 

change the name of the survey from the 

Survey of Unmanned-Aircraft-Systems 

Operators to the Survey of UncrewedAircraft-Systems Operators. 

Respondents: We expect 

approximately 113,000 respondents 

from across the United States over the 

three-years authorization of this 

information collection. The collection’s 

sample is formed from three registries of 

UAS operators: (1) the registry of small, 

non-recreational operators under Title 

14, Part 107 of the Code of Federal 

Regulation, (2) the registry of small, 

recreational operators under Section 349 

of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018; 

and (3) the commercial operators with 

section 44807 exemptions who are 

registered in the aircraft registry under 

title 49 of the U.S.C., section 44103 

registry. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 10 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

6,279 hrs/yr. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

29th, 2023. 

William Ekins, 

Economist, Office of Aviation Policy and 

Plans, APO–100, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[FAA–2023–1929] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Review Document for 

Amended Arrival Routes at Los 

Angeles International Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Public comment period for the 

FAA’s draft environmental review 

document. 

SUMMARY: The FAA announces the 

release of the draft environmental 

review document for the amendments to 

area navigation (RNAV) arrival 

procedures, HUULL, IRNMN, and 

RYDRR, at Los Angeles International 

Airport (KLAX), in Los Angeles, 

California for public review and 

comment. The draft environmental 

review document is available for public 

review beginning on October 2, 2023 

and comments can be submitted on or 

before November 1, 2023. Comments 

can be submitted by email to 9-AJOLAX-Community-Involvement@

FAA.GOV or by mail to Federal 

Aviation Administration, Operations 

Support Group, Western Service Center, 

2200 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 

98198. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment-including your personal 

identifying information-may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Bert, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center, 2200 216th 

Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; 

telephone (206) 231–2233. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the U.S. Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s (Court) 

holding in City of Los Angeles, et al v. 

Dickson, No. 19–71581, the FAA is 

performing a new review of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

implementation of the amendments. 

The Court’s decision ‘‘remand[ed] the 

amended Arrival Routes to the FAA 

without vacatur, leaving the amended 

Arrival Routes in place while the FAA 

undertakes the proper National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

analysis and National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, 16 U.S.C. 470, 

et seq., (NHPA) and Department of 

Transportation Act of 1966, 49 U.S.C 

§ 303 (Section 4(f)) consultation. 

The draft environmental review 

document is available on the FAA 

website at: https://www.faa.gov/air_

traffic/community_engagement/lax. 

Issued in Des Moines, WA, on September 

26, 2023. 

Ryan Wade Weller, 

Environmental Specialist Operations Support 

Group Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21614 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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