Document ID: FAA-2021-0168-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Agricultural Aircraft Operations (formerly "Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate Application")
Posted Date: 2021-07-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 135 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38177-38178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15235]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2021-0168]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Agricultural 
Aircraft Operations (Formerly ``Agricultural Aircraft Operator 
Certificate Application'')

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 Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on March 1, 2021. The collection involves the submission of 
FAA Form 8710-3 for the certification process of agricultural aircraft 
operators, and other reporting and recordkeeping activities required of 
agricultural aircraft operators. The information to be collected is 
necessary to evaluate the applicants' qualifications for certification. 
This collection also involves plans for operations over congested areas 
and recordkeeping requirements for agricultural aircraft operators. In 
addition, the FAA is changing the name of this collection to more 
accurately reflect its scope.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 18, 2021.

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: Raymond Plessinger by email at: 
raymond.plessinger@faa.gov; phone: 717-443-7296.

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: 2120-0049.
    Title: Agricultural Aircraft Operations.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710-3.
    Type of Review: Renewal.
    Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on March 1, 2021 (86 FR 12074). This collection involves 
the application for issuance or amendment of a 14 CFR part 137 
Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate. Application for an original 
certificate or amendment of a certificate issued under 14 CFR part 137 
is made on a form, and in a manner prescribed by the Administrator. The 
FAA form 8710-3 may be obtained from an FAA Flight Standards District 
Office, or

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online at https://www.faa.gov/forms/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1020386. The completed application is sent to the district 
office that has jurisdiction over the area in which the applicant's 
home base of operation is located.
    The information collected includes: Type of application, operator's 
name/DBA, telephone number, mailing address, physical address of the 
principal base of operations, chief pilot/designee name, airman 
certificate grade and number, and aircraft make/model and registration 
numbers to be used.
    This information collection also includes safety mitigation plans; 
plans for operations over congested areas; and recordkeeping 
requirements.
    Respondents: There are 1,763 active agricultural aircraft 
operators. Approximately 50 operators are certificated annually, and 
approximately 50 certificates are surrendered or revoked.
    Frequency: New applications when needed; current 14 CFR part 137 
certificate do not expire, but may need to be amended on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The FAA anticipates 100 
applications for new certificates, at 0.5 hours each; 100 applications 
for amendment, at 0.5 hours each; 100 petitions for exemption, at 0.5 
hours each; and 350 submissions of plans for operations over congested 
areas, at 0.5 hours each. The total reporting burden is thus 650 
responses and 325 hours.
    All operators certificated under part 137 are required to maintain 
certain records for a minimum of 12 months. The FAA estimates this 
recordkeeping burden at 4.5 hours per operator. Assuming a universe of 
1,763 operators, the annual recordkeeping burden is 7,934 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 325 reporting hours + 7,934 
recordkeeping hours = 8,259 total hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2021.
Dwayne C. Morris,
Project Manager, Flight Standards Service, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-15235 Filed 7-16-21; 8:45 am]
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