Document ID: FAA-2023-0289-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Alternative Pilot Physical Examination and Education Requirements (BasicMed)
Posted Date: 2023-02-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 8029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02511]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2023-0289]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Alternative 
Pilot Physical Examination and Education Requirements (BasicMed)

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 Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The Federal Aviation Administration Extension, Safety, and 
Security Act of 2016 (FESSA) was enacted on July 15, 2016. Section 2307 
of FESSA, Medical Certification of Certain Small Aircraft Pilots, 
directed the FAA to ``issue or revise regulations to ensure that an 
individual may operate as pilot in command of a covered aircraft'' 
without having to undergo the medical certification process prescribed 
by FAA regulations if the pilot and aircraft meet certain prescribed 
conditions as outlined in FESSA. This collection enables those eligible 
airmen to establish their eligibility with the FAA.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Christopher Morris, AFS-850, 800 Independence Ave. SW, 
Washington, DC 20591.
    By email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Zeigler by email at: 
[email protected]; phone: 202-267-9601.

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: 2120-0770.
    Title: Alternative Pilot Physical Examination and Education 
Requirements (BasicMed).
    Form Numbers: FAA forms 8700-2 and 8700-3.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: The FAA will use this information to determine that 
individual pilots have met the requirements of section 2307 of Public 
Law 114-190. It is important for the FAA to know this information as 
the vast majority of pilots conducting operations described in section 
2307 of Public Law 114-190 must either hold a valid medical certificate 
or be conducting operations using the requirements of section 2307 as 
an alternative to holding a medical certificate.
    The FAA published a final rule, Alternative Pilot Physical 
Examination and Education Requirements, to implement the provisions of 
section 2307, on January 11, 2017.
    Respondents: Approximately 50,000 individuals.
    Frequency: Course: Once every two years; medical exam: once every 
four years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 21 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 17,500 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2023.
D.C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-02511 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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