Document ID: FAA-2022-0176-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Airspace Authorizations in Controlled Airspace
Posted Date: 2022-02-18T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9414-9415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03506]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. 2022-0176]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewal Approval of Information Collection 2120-0776, 
Airspace Authorizations in Controlled Airspace

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 
2120-0776. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public 
comment. The FAA proposes collecting information related to requests 
made to operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in controlled airspace. 
FAA will use the collected information to make determinations whether 
to authorize or deny the requested authorization of UAS operation in 
controlled airspace. The proposed information collection is necessary 
to issue such authorizations or denials consistent with the FAA's 
mandate to ensure safe and efficient use of national airspace.

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DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 19, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field)
    By mail: Atlantic City International Airport, FAA William J. Hughes 
Technical Center, Bldg. 316, Column I, Desk 4S409, Atlantic City, NJ 
08405.
    By fax: 202-493-2251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Gallagher by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 609-485-5127.

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: 2120-0776.
    Title: Airspace Authorizations in Controlled Airspace under 49 
U.S.C. 44809(a)(5).
    Form Numbers: There are no forms associated with this collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of existing Information Collection.
    Background: There has been an increased number of small Unmanned 
Aircraft Systems (UAS) operating in the National Air Space (NAS) in 
recent years and regulations and statutes have been enacted to 
establish the use of small UAS in the NAS. Included in these is 49 
U.S.C. 44809(a)(5), which states that a strictly recreational user of 
small UAS must have authorization from the FAA to fly a small UAS ``in 
Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries 
of the surface areas of Class E airspace designated for an airport.'' 
In order to process airspace authorization requests, the FAA requires 
the operator's name, the operator's contact information, and 
information related to the date, place, and time of the requested 
authorization, which can be up to twelve hours in length. This 
information is necessary for the FAA to meet its statutory mandate of 
maintaining a safe and efficient national airspace. See 49 U.S.C. 
40103, 44701, and 44807. The FAA will use the requested information to 
determine if the proposed authorization to operate can be conducted 
safely.
    The FAA proposes to use the Low Altitude Authorization and 
Notification Capability (LAANC) and a web portal to process 
authorization requests from the public to conduct flight operations 
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44809(a)(5).
    Respondents: Small UAS operators seeking to conduct flight 
operations under 49 U.S.C. 44809(a)(5) within controlled airspace. 
Between 2022-2025, the FAA estimates that it will receive a total of 
757,380 requests for airspace authorization (735,416 through LAANC and 
21,964 through the web portal).
    Frequency: The requested information is necessary each time a 
respondent requests an airspace authorization to operate a small UAS 
under 49 U.S.C. 44809(a)(5) in controlled airspace.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The FAA estimates the 
respondents using LAANC will take five (5) minutes per airspace 
authorization request and those using the web portal will take thirty 
(30) minutes per request.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: For airspace authorizations, the FAA 
estimates that the average annual burden will be 24,007 burden hours. 
This includes 20,346 burden hours for 245,139 LAANC respondents and 
3,661 burden hours for 7,321 web portal respondents.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February, 14, 2022.
Victoria Gallagher,
sUAS LAANC Program Manager, FAA Air Traffic Organization, AJM-337.
[FR Doc. 2022-03506 Filed 2-17-22; 8:45 am]
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