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2. Status Report from the FAA 

(including a discussion on the 

January 30, 2017 Executive Order 

titled ‘‘Reducing Regulation and 

Controlling Regulatory Costs’’). 

3. New Tasks 

a. Transport Airplane and Engine 

(TAE) Subcommittee 

i. Ice Crystal Icing Working Group 

ii. Avionics Systems Harmonization 

Working Group 

iii. Flight Test Harmonization 

Working Group—Phase 3 

4. Status Reports From Active Working 

Groups 

a. ARAC 

i. Rotorcraft Occupant Protection 

Working Group 

ii. Rotorcraft Bird Strike Working 

Group 

iii. Load Master Certification Working 

Group 

iv. Airman Certification Systems 

Working Group 

b. Transport Airplane and Engine 

(TAE) Subcommittee 

i. Transport Airplane Metallic and 

Composite Structures Working 

Group—Transport Airplane 

Damage—Tolerance and Fatigue 

Evaluation 

ii. Flight Test Harmonization Working 

Group—Phase 2 Tasking 

iii. Transport Airplane 

Crashworthiness and Ditching 

Evaluation Working Group 

iv. Engine Harmonization Working 

Group—Engine Endurance Testing 

Requirements—Revision of Section 

33.87 

v. Airworthiness Assurance Working 

Group 

5. Any Other Business 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to the space 

available. Please confirm your 

attendance with the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section no later than March 09, 2017. 

Please provide the following 

information: Full legal name, country of 

citizenship, and name of your industry 

association, or applicable affiliation. If 

you are attending as a public citizen, 

please indicate so. 

For persons participating by 

telephone, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by email or phone for 

the teleconference call-in number and 

passcode. Callers are responsible for 

paying long-distance charges. 

The public must arrange by March 09, 

2016 to present oral statements at the 

meeting. The public may present 

written statements to the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee by 

providing 25 copies to the Designated 

Federal Officer, or by bringing the 

copies to the meeting. 

If you are in need of assistance or 

require a reasonable accommodation for 

this meeting, please contact the person 

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Sign and oral 

interpretation, as well as a listening 

device, can be made available if 

requested 10 calendar days before the 

meeting. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 28, 

2017. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2017–04126 Filed 2–28–17; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Waivers and 

ATC Authorization in Controlled 

Airspace Under Part 107 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Department of Transportation invites 

public comments about our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval to renew a 

previously approved information 

collection. The FAA established the 

Waivers and ATC Authorization in 

Controlled Airspace under Part 107 

portal to allow a remote pilot in 

command to request a waiver from 

regulations or an authorization for a 

small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) 

to operate in Class B, C, D, and the 

lateral boundaries of the surface area of 

Class E airspace designated for an 

airport. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by April 3, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to 

(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronda Thompson by email at: 

Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 2120–0768. 

Title: ATC authorizations in 

Controlled Airspace under Part 107. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Department intends 

to submit this information collection to 

OMB to request an approval for the 

information collection currently titled 

‘‘ATC Authorization in Controlled 

Airspace under Part 107.’’ The 

Department requests approval for a 

renewal of this information collection 

approval that will include expanding 

the information collection to encompass 

requests for Waivers under 14 CFR part 

107, subpart D, currently approved as 

Information Collection 2120–0027, 

which covers waivers issued by the 

FAA under Part 91. In this information 

collection, the Department does not 

intend to affect those waivers in any 

manner. As a result, the Department 

requests approval for information 

collections for Part 107 waivers and 

airspace authorizations within 

Information Collection 2120–0768. 

The FAA uses the ATC Authorization 

in Controlled Airspace and Waivers 

under 14 CFR part 107, subpart D portal 

to determine whether the remote pilot 

can safely conduct the proposed small 

UAS operation in controlled airspace 

(Class B, C, D, and Class E surface 

areas), and/or whether the remote pilot 

can safely operate the small UAS under 

the terms of a waiver that authorizes 

deviation from a particular regulation. 

In this regard, the FAA reviews and 

analyzes the information it collects 

through the Certificate of Waiver or 

Authorization to determine the type and 

extent of the intended deviation from 

prescribed regulations. The remote pilot 

in command will be required to submit 

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regarding the operation to be conducted. 

Information will include contact 

information for the remote pilot in 

command, the date and time of the 

operation, as well as its anticipated 

duration, and the airspace for which the 

request is submitted. If the remote pilot 

in command wishes to conduct the 

same operation on a number of dates/ 

times, the request will permit multiple 

dates/times to be listed to reduce the 

number of submissions required. 

In general, the FAA will issue a 

certificate of waiver or authorization to 

deviate to the applicant (individuals 

and businesses) if the proposed 

operation does not create a hazard to 

persons, property, other aircraft, and 

includes the operation of unmanned 

aircraft. To obtain such a certificate of 

waiver, an applicant must submit a 

request containing a complete 

description of the proposed operation 

and a justification, including supporting 

data and documentation as necessary 

that establishes the operation will not 

endanger the national airspace system 

or people on the ground. The FAA 

expects the amount of data and analysis 

required as part of the application will 

be proportional to the specific relief the 

applicant requests. 

Respondents: Approximately 19,000 

requests per year. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: .5 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

9,500 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 

2017. 

Ronda L. Thompson, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy & Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2017–04054 Filed 3–1–17; 8:45 am] 

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U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND 

SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION 

Notice of Open Public Hearing 

AGENCY: U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission 

ACTION: Notice of open public hearing. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following hearing of the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review 

Commission. 

The Commission is mandated by 

Congress to investigate, assess, and 

report to Congress annually on ‘‘the 

national security implications of the 

economic relationship between the 

United States and the People’s Republic 

of China.’’ Pursuant to this mandate, the 

Commission will hold a public hearing 

in Washington, DC on March 16, 2017 

on ‘‘China’s Pursuit of Next Frontier 

Tech: Computing, Robotics, and 

Biotechnology’’. 

DATES: The hearing is scheduled for 

Thursday, March 16, 2017 from 9:30 

a.m. to 3:20 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Dirksen Senate Office 

Building, Room 419, Washington, DC. A 

detailed agenda for the hearing will be 

posted on the Commission’s Web site at 

www.uscc.gov. Also, please check the 

Commission’s Web site for possible 

changes to the hearing schedule. 

Reservations are not required to attend 

the hearing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public seeking further 

information concerning the hearing 

should contact Leslie Tisdale, 444 North 

Capitol Street NW., Suite 602, 

Washington, DC 20001; telephone: 202– 

624–1496, or via email at 

ltisdale@uscc.gov. Reservations are not 

required to attend the hearing. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: This is the third public 

hearing the Commission will hold 

during its 2017 report cycle to collect 

input from academic, industry, and 

government experts on national security 

implications of the U.S. bilateral trade 

and economic relationship with China. 

This hearing on ‘‘China’s Pursuit of 

Next Frontier Tech: Computing, 

Robotics, and Biotechnology’’ will 

examine the industrial policies outlined 

in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–2020) 

and related policy announcements that 

seek to move Chinese manufacturing up 

the value-added chain, establish China 

as a global center of innovation and 

technology, and ensure China’s longterm productivity in critical dual-use 

technologies such as computing, 

robotics, and biotechnology. 

Advancements in these sectors have 

previously driven U.S. technological 

and military superiority, and the 

Chinese government is looking to 

develop its own technological leaders 

and reduce its dependence on foreign 

technology. This hearing will examine 

what steps the Chinese government has 

taken to support these sectors, compare 

U.S. and Chinese technological 

leadership in these sectors, and consider 

the implications of China’s policies for 

U.S. economic and national security 

interests and how the United States can 

maintain its strategic advantage. The 

hearing will be co-chaired by 

Commissioner Daniel M. Slane and 

Commissioner Katherine C. Tobin, Ph.D. 

Any interested party may file a written 

statement by March 16, 2017, by mailing 

to the contact information above. A 

portion of each panel will include a 

question and answer period between the 

Commissioners and the witnesses. 

Authority: Congress created the U.S.-China 

Economic and Security Review Commission 

in 2000 in the National Defense 

Authorization Act (Pub. L. 106–398), as 

amended by Division P of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Pub. L. 

108–7), as amended by Public Law 109–108 

(November 22, 2005), as amended by Public 

Law 113–291 (December 19, 2014). 

Dated: February 27, 2017. 

Michael Danis, 

Executive Director, U.S.-China Economic and 

Security Review Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2017–04067 Filed 3–1–17; 8:45 am] 

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