Document ID: FAA-2021-0012-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
Posted Date: 2021-01-15T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 4172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00779]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[FAA-2021-0012]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed

    Approval of Information Collection: Reduced Vertical Separation 
Minimum
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 information collection. 
Aircraft Operators seeking specific operational approval to conduct 
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) operations must submit 
application to the FAA. Specific approval is required when aircraft 
operators intend to operate outside the United States (U.S.) or their 
aircraft are not equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance--
Broadcast (ADS-B) Out.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field)
    By mail: Christina Clausnitzer, Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA), Flight Technologies and Procedures Division, 470 L'Enfant Plaza, 
Suite 4102, Washington, DC 20024
    By fax: (202) 267-8791

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Clausnitzer by email at: 
Christina.Clausnitzer@faa.gov; phone: (303) 342-1965

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: 2120-0679.
    Title: Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum.
    Form Numbers: N/A.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: The authority to collect data from aircraft operators 
seeking operational approval to conduct Reduced Vertical Separation 
Minimum (RVSM) operations is contained in Part 91, Section 91.180, as 
established by a final rule published in the Federal Register on 
October 27, 2003 (68 FR 61304) and in Part 91, Section 91.706, as 
established by a final rule published April 9, 1997 (62 FR 17487, Apr 
9, 1997). Aircraft operators seeking specific operational approval to 
conduct RVSM operations outside the U.S. must submit their application 
to the responsible Flight Standards office. The responsible Flight 
Standards office registers RVSM approved airframes in the FAA RVSM 
Approvals Database to track the approval status for operator airframes. 
Application information includes evidence of aircraft equipment and 
RVSM qualification information along with operational training and 
program elements.
    Respondents: Operators are required to submit application for RVSM 
specific approval if they desire to operate in RVSM airspace outside 
the U.S. or if they do not meet the provisions of Title 14 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), Part 91, Appendix G, Section 9--
Aircraft Equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast Out. 
The FAA estimates processing 856 initial applications annually and 
1,998 annual updates to existing approvals.
    Frequency: An Operator must make application for initial specific 
approval to operate in RVSM airspace, or whenever requesting an update 
to an existing approval.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 4.00 hours for updates to 
existing applications and 6.8 hours for application of initial 
approvals.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 13,813 hours [(1,998 x 4.00) + (856 
x 6.8)].

    Issued in District of Columbia on January 8, 2021.
Christina Clausnitzer,
Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Flight Technologies & Procedures 
Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-00779 Filed 1-14-21; 8:45 am]
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