Document ID: FAA-2011-0965-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: License Requirements for Operation of Launch Site
Posted Date: 2011-08-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 54286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22247]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: License 
Requirements for Operation of a Launch Site

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 June 21, 2011, Vol. 76, No. 119, page 36172. The 
information to be collected includes data required for performing 
launch site location analysis. The launch site license is valid for a 
period of 5 years. Respondents are licensees authorized to operate 
sites.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by September 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Scott on (202) 385-4293, or by 
e-mail at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0644.
    Title: License Requirements for Operation of a Launch Site.
    Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this 
collection.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The data requested for a license application to operate 
a commercial launch site are required by 49 U.S.C. Subtitle IX, 701--
Commercial Space Launch Activities, 49 U.S.C. 70101-70119 (1994). The 
information is needed in order to demonstrate to the FAA Office of 
Commercial Space Transportation (FAA/AST) that the proposed activity 
meets applicable public safety, national security, and foreign policy 
interest of the United States.
    Respondents: Approximately 1 applicant.
    Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2,322 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,644 hours.

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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2011.
Carla Scott,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2011-22247 Filed 8-30-11; 8:45 am]
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