Document ID: FAA-2012-0914-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Commercial Space Transportation Licensing Regulations
Posted Date: 2012-08-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 51608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20811]

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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 Licensing Regulations

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 May 18, 2012, vol. 77, no. 97, page 29748-29749. The 
information will determine if applicant proposals for conducting 
commercial space launches can be accomplished according to regulations 
issued by the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial 
Space Transportation.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 24, 2012.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954-9362, or by 
email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0608.
    Title: Commercial Space Transportation Licensing Regulations.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8800-1.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984, 49 U.S.C. App. 
Sec. Sec.  2601-2623, as recodified at 49 U.S.C. Subtitle IX, Ch. 701--
Commercial Space Launch Activities, 49 U.S.C. 70101-70119 (1994), 
requires certain data be provided in applying for a license to conduct 
commercial space launch activities. These data are required to 
demonstrate to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Associate 
Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation (AST), that a license 
applicant's proposed activities meet applicable public safety, national 
security, and foreign policy interests of the United States.
    Respondents: Approximately 4 space launch applicants.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1544.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,178 hours.
    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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises 
Business Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2012-20811 Filed 8-23-12; 8:45 am]
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