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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7734-7735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01488]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2024-2470]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Agricultural 
Aircraft Operations

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 Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on October 21, 2024. The collection involves the submission 
of FAA Form 8710-3 for the certification process of agricultural 
aircraft operators, and other reporting and recordkeeping activities 
required of agricultural aircraft operators. The information to be 
collected is necessary to evaluate the applicants' qualifications for 
certification. This collection also involves the submission of 
information in petitions for exemption by agricultural aircraft 
operators, plans for operations over congested areas, and recordkeeping 
requirements for agricultural aircraft operators.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 21, 2025.

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 
[email protected], 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raymond Plessinger by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 717-443-7296.

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: 2120-0049.
    Title: Agricultural Aircraft Operations.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710-3.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on October 21, 2024 (89 FR 84239). This collection 
involves the application for issuance or amendment of a 14 CFR part 137 
Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate. Application for an original 
certificate or amendment of a certificate issued under 14 CFR part 137 
is made on a form, and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator. The 
FAA form 8710-3 may be obtained from an FAA Flight Standards District 
Office, or online at https://www.faa.gov/forms/

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index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1020386. The completed 
application is sent to the district office that has jurisdiction over 
the area in which the applicant's home base of operation is located.
    The information collected includes: type of application, operator's 
name/DBA, telephone number, mailing address, physical address of the 
principal base of operations, chief pilot/designee name, airman 
certificate grade and number, and aircraft make/model and registration 
numbers to be used.
    This information collection also includes safety mitigation plans 
and public interest statements in petitions for exemption; plans for 
operations over congested areas; and recordkeeping requirements.
    Respondents: There are 1,763 active agricultural aircraft 
operators. Approximately 50 operators are certificated annually, and 
approximately 50 certificates are surrendered or revoked.
    Frequency: New applications when needed; current 14 CFR part 137 
certificate do not expire, but may need to be amended on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The FAA anticipates 100 
applications for new certificates, at 0.5 hours each; 100 applications 
for amendment, at 0.5 hours each; 100 petitions for exemption, at 0.5 
hours each; and 350 submissions of plans for operations over congested 
areas, at 0.5 hours each. The total reporting burden is thus 650 
responses and 325 hours.
    All operators certificated under part 137 are required to maintain 
certain records for a minimum of 12 months. The FAA estimates this 
recordkeeping burden at 4.5 hours per operator. Assuming a universe of 
1,763 operators, the annual recordkeeping burden is 7,934 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 325 reporting hours + 7,934 
recordkeeping hours = 8,259 total hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025.
D. C. Morris,
Aviation Safety Analyst, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01488 Filed 1-21-25; 8:45 am]
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