Document ID: FAA-2011-0963-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Commercial Space Transportation Reusable Launch Vehicle and Reentry Licensing
Posted Date: 2011-08-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54285-54286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22248]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Commercial 
Space Transportation Reusable Launch Vehicle and Reentry Licensing

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 June 21, 2011, Vol. 76, No. 119, page 36168. The 
information is used to determine if applicants satisfy requirements for 
obtaining a launch license to protect the public from risks associated 
with reentry operations from a site not operated by or situated on a 
Federal launch range.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Scott on (202) 385-4293, or by 
e-mail at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0643.
    Title: Commercial Space Transportation Reusable Launch Vehicle and 
Reentry Licensing Regulation.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The data is necessary for a U.S. citizen to apply for 
and obtain a reusable launch vehicle (RLV) mission license or a reentry 
license for activities by commercial or non-federal entities (that are 
not done by or for the U.S. Government) as defined and required by 49 
U.S.C., Subtitle IX, Chapter 701, formerly known as the Commercial 
Space Launch Act of 1984, as amended. The information is needed to 
demonstrate to the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/
AST) that the proposed activity meets applicable public safety, 
national security, and foreign policy interests of the United States.
    Respondents: Approximately 6 applicants.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 5,000 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 30,000 hours.
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

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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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2011.
Carla Scott,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2011-22248 Filed 8-30-11; 8:45 am]
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