Document ID: FAA-2019-0159-0003
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: B4UFLY Smartphone App
Posted Date: 2019-06-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28125-28126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12706]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0159]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: B4UFLY 
Smartphone App

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 March 14, 2019. The collection involves the B4UFLY 
smartphone app that provides situational awareness of flight 
restrictions--including locations of airports, restricted airspace, 
special use airspace, and temporary flight restrictions--based on a 
user's current or planned flight location. In order to maintain NAS 
safety in proximity to airports, authorization is now required from 
recreational Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) pilots to operate in 
controlled airspace The data collected will assist the FAA with 
determining the best processes to authorize recreational UAS pilots and 
inform air traffic control personnel of a UAS pilot's intended flight 
in order to assess whether the UAS may disrupt or endanger manned air 
traffic.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by June 24, 2019.

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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonita Kay Reichert by email at: 
Bonnie.Reichert@faa.gov; phone: 405-875-6301.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0764.
    Title: B4UFLY Smartphone App.
    Form Numbers: There are no forms associated with this collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following

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collection of information was published on March 14, 2019 (84 FR 9411). 
Public Law 112-95, Section 336 which requires model aircraft operators 
to notify the airport operator and air traffic control tower (if one is 
located at the airport) prior to operating within 5 miles of an 
airport. The FAA's B4UFLY smartphone app provides situational awareness 
of flight restrictions--including locations of airports, restricted 
airspace, special use airspaces, and temporary flight restrictions--
based on a user's current or planned flight location. In order to 
maintain NAS safety in proximity to airports, air traffic control 
personnel would need certain basic information about a UAS operator's 
intended flight in order to assess whether the UAS may disrupt or 
endanger manned air traffic. The data collected will assist the FAA 
with determining the best processes to authorize recreational UAS 
pilots and inform air traffic control personnel of a UAS pilot's 
intended flight in order to assess whether the UAS may disrupt or 
endanger manned air traffic.
    Respondents: Approximately 640,060 users total with an average 
usage of 100,000 users.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 2 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: Approximately 100 minutes for light 
usage per user. Approximately 5 hours per user for heavier usage.

    Issued in Oklahoma City, OK on May 22, 2019.
Bonita Kay Reichert,
Project Manager, UAS Program Office Division, Office of Information and 
Technology, Enterprise Program Management Services, AEM-210.
[FR Doc. 2019-12706 Filed 6-14-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-13-P