Document ID: FAA-2018-1087-0995
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People; Technical Amendments
Posted Date: 2021-11-10T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 10, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 62472-62473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24550]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 107

[Docket No. FAA-2018-1087; Amdt. No. 107-9]
RIN 2120-AK85

Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People; 
Technical Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is making technical 
amendments to the ``Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems over 
People'' final rule, which was published on January 15, 2021. The final 
rule document inadvertently misnumbered regulatory text and used 
inconsistent language to refer to a process.

DATES: Effective November 10, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Machnik, General Aviation and 
Commercial Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 
20591; telephone 1-844-FLY-MYUA; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access and Filing

    A copy of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) (84 FR 3856, 
February 13, 2019), all comments received, the final rule, and all 
background material may be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov 
using the docket number listed above. A copy of these technical 
amendments will be placed in the docket. Electronic retrieval help and 
guidelines are available on the website. It is available 24 hours each 
day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also 
be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's website at 
https://www.federalregister.gov and the Government Publishing Office's 
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FAA's Regulations and Policies website at https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies.
    Copies may also be obtained by sending a request to the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-9677. 
Commenters must identify the docket or notice number of this 
rulemaking.
    All documents the FAA considered in developing these technical 
amendments, including economic analyses and technical reports, may be 
accessed in the electronic docket for this rulemaking.

Good Cause for Adoption Without Prior Notice

    Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 
U.S.C. 551 et seq.) authorizes agencies to dispense with notice and 
comment procedures for rules when the agency for ``good cause'' finds 
that those procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to 
the public interest.'' Section 553(d)(3) of the APA requires that 
agencies publish a rule not less than 30 days before its effective 
date, except as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause found 
and published with the rule.
    Because this action merely makes technical amendments to a 
published final rule, the FAA finds that notice and public comment 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) is unnecessary. For the same reason, the FAA 
finds that good cause exists under 5 U.S.C. 553(d) for making this rule 
effective in less than 30 days.

Background

    On January 15, 2021, the ``Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems Over People'' final rule (RIN 2120-AK85) published in the 
Federal Register at 86 FR 4314. After the rule was published, the FAA 
discovered three minor drafting errors that require correction. This 
document corrects drafting errors in Sec.  107.110(b) and (c) and in 
Sec.  107.125(a)(2). In Sec.  107.110, two paragraphs were designated 
improper paragraph levels. Section 107.110(b) should change to Sec.  
107.110 (a)(2) and Sec.  107.110(c) should change to Sec.  107.110(b). 
The final drafting errors that occur in Sec.  107.125(a)(2) should read 
as ``FAA-accepted declaration of compliance,'' instead of ``current'' 
declaration of compliance, to match the language in Sec.  
107.115(a)(2).

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List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 107

    Aircraft, airmen, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

    Accordingly, the FAA corrects 14 CFR part 107 by making the 
following technical amendments:

PART 107--SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

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1. The authority citation for part 107 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note, 40103(b), 44701(a)(5), 
46105(c), 46110, 44807.

Sec.  107.110  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  107.110 by redesignating paragraphs (b) and (c) and 
paragraphs (a)(2) and (b), respectively.

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3. Amend Sec.  107.125 by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:

Sec.  107.125  Category 3 operations: Operating requirements.

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    (a) * * *
    (2) Is listed on an FAA-accepted declaration of compliance as 
eligible for Category 3 operations in accordance with Sec.  107.160; 
and
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    Issued in Washington, DC, under the authority provided by 49 
U.S.C. 106(f), 40101 note and 44807.
Caitlin Locke,
Acting Deputy Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking, Federal 
Aviation Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-24550 Filed 11-9-21; 8:45 am]
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