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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 223 / Tuesday, November 21, 2023 / Notices

Authority No. 523 of December 22,
2021.
Nicole L. Elkon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional
and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department
of State.
[FR Doc. 2023–25655 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2023–2246]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Means of
Compliance, Declarations of
Compliance, and Labeling
Requirements for Unmanned Aircraft
With Remote Identification
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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 collection involves
information necessary to submit a
Means of Compliance or Declaration of
Compliance for Unmanned Aircraft with
Remote Identification to the FAA. The
collection also involves information
necessary to label Unmanned Aircraft
that have an FAA-accepted Declaration
of Compliance. The information to be
collected will be used by the FAA to
determine compliance with the
requirements for submission of a Means
of Compliance or Declaration of
Compliance, as well as determine
compliance with the Unmanned Aircraft
labeling requirements.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments:
By Electronic Docket:
www.regulations.gov (Enter docket
number into search field)
By mail: Benjamin Walsh, FAA Flight
Standards Service, Emerging
Technologies Division, AFS–700, 800
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20591
By fax: 202–267–8233
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin Walsh by email at:

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[email protected]; phone: 202–267–
8233
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: 2120–0781.
Title: Means of Compliance,
Declarations of Compliance, and
Labeling Requirements for Unmanned
Aircraft with Remote Identification.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: Regulations for the
Remote Identification of Unmanned
Aircraft were published on January 15,
2021, and are contained in 14 Code of
Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 89.
Requirements for the means of
compliance are in part 89, subpart E,
while requirements for the declaration
of compliance and unmanned aircraft
labeling are in part 89, subpart F.
Means of Compliance
The FAA requires any person who
develops a means of compliance for the
production of a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
to submit those means of compliance for
review and acceptance by the FAA. The
means of compliance must include
testing and validation procedures for
producers to demonstrate through
analysis, ground test, or flight test, as
appropriate, how the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
perform their intended functions and
how they meet the remote identification
requirements of the final rule.
To request acceptance of a means of
compliance, a person is required to
submit the following information to the
FAA at [email protected]:
(1) The name of the person or entity
submitting the means of compliance, the
name of the main point of contact for
communications with the FAA, the
physical address, email address, and
other contact information.
(2) A detailed description of the
means of compliance.
(3) An explanation of how the means
of compliance addresses all of the

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minimum performance requirements in
the rule so that any standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
designed and produced in accordance
with such means of compliance meets
the remote identification requirements.
(4) Any substantiating material the
person wishes the FAA to consider as
part of the request.
The FAA will indicate acceptance of
a means of compliance by notifying the
submitter of the acceptance of the
submitted means of compliance. The
FAA also expects to notify the public
that it has accepted the means of
compliance by including it on a list of
accepted means of compliance at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov. The FAA will
not disclose commercially sensitive
information in this notice. It will only
provide general information stating that
FAA has accepted the means of
compliance. The FAA may disclose
non-proprietary broadcast specification
and radio frequency spectrum so that
sufficient information is available to
develop receiving and processing
equipment and software for the FAA,
law enforcement, and members of the
public.
A person who submits a means of
compliance that is accepted by the FAA
is required to retain the following data
for as long as the means of compliance
is accepted plus an additional 24
calendar months: (1) all documentation
and substantiating data submitted to the
FAA for the acceptance of the means of
compliance; (2) records of all test
procedures, methodology, and other
procedures, as applicable; and (3) any
other information necessary to justify
and substantiate how the means of
compliance enables compliance with
the remote identification requirements
imposed by the FAA.
Declarations of Compliance
The FAA has a website and online
form at https://uasdoc.faa.gov for the
submission of declarations of
compliance. The following information
must be included in a producer’s
declaration of compliance:
(1) The name, physical address,
telephone number, and email address of
the person responsible for production of
the standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module.
(2) The standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module make
and model.
(3) The standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module serial
number, or the range of serial numbers

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for which the person responsible for
production is declaring compliance.
(4) The FCC Identifier of the 47 CFR
part 15-compliant radio frequency
equipment used and integrated into the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or the remote
identification broadcast module.
(5) The means of compliance used in
the design and production of the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module.
(6) Whether the declaration of
compliance is an initial declaration or
an amended declaration, and if the
declaration of compliance is an
amended declaration, the reason for the
amendment.
(7) A declaration that the person
responsible for the production of the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module can
demonstrate that the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
was designed and produced to meet the
respective minimum performance
requirements for a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
by using an FAA-accepted means of
compliance.
(8) A statement that 47 CFR part 15compliant radio frequency equipment is
used and is integrated into the standard
remote identification unmanned aircraft
or remote identification broadcast
module without modification to its
authorized radio frequency parameters.
For the remote identification broadcast
module, the declaration must include a
statement that instructions have been
provided for installation of the 47 CFR
part 15-compliant remote identification
broadcast module without modification
to the broadcast module’s authorized
radio frequency parameters.
The FAA will indicate acceptance or
non-acceptance of a declaration of
compliance by notifying the submitter.
The FAA will also publish a list of
accepted declarations of compliance at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov.
A person or entity who submits a
declaration of compliance that is
accepted by the FAA must retain the
following information for as long as the
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module listed
on that declaration of compliance are
produced, plus an additional 24
calendar months: (1) the means of
compliance, all documentation, and
substantiating data related to the means
of compliance used; (2) records of all
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information necessary to demonstrate
compliance with the means of
compliance so that the standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module
meets the remote identification
requirements and the design and
production requirements of the final
rule.
Labeling
The final rule requires a person
responsible for the production of a
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module to label
each unmanned aircraft or broadcast
module to show that it meets the remote
identification requirements of the rule.
The label must be in English and be
legible, be prominently displayed, and
permanently affixed to the unmanned
aircraft or broadcast module.
For existing unmanned aircraft that
are upgraded to have remote
identification broadcast module
capabilities integrated into the aircraft,
the FAA envisions that the label would
be affixed to the unmanned aircraft. In
those instances, the producer may
provide the label to the operator and
instructions on how to affix them to the
unmanned aircraft. Standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft
produced under a design or production
approval issued under part 21 have to
comply with the labeling requirements
of part 21, as applicable.
The labeling requirement will assist
the FAA in its oversight role because it
provides an efficient means for an
inspector to evaluate whether an
operation is consistent with the remote
identification requirements.
Respondents: The FAA website at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov provides
information about how to submit a
means of compliance and also provides
an online form for the submission of
declarations of compliance. The FAA
expects persons or organizations who
develop standards that the FAA may
accept as means of compliance for the
production of standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast modules
to submit those standards for review
and acceptance by the FAA at [email protected]. Persons
responsible for the production of a
standard remote identification
unmanned aircraft or remote
identification broadcast module can
submit a declaration of compliance to
the FAA using the online form at
https://uasdoc.faa.gov. Producers of a
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label the unmanned aircraft or broadcast
module to show that it meets the Part 89
remote identification requirements.
Frequency: For means of compliance,
on occasion. For declarations of
compliance, on occasion. For labeling
requirements, on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: For means of compliance, the
FAA estimates an hourly burden of 12
hours to develop the means of
compliance and 5 minutes to submit the
information to the FAA. For
declarations of compliance, the FAA
estimates an hourly burden of 50 hours
to collect the information required by
the applicable means of compliance,
and 15 minutes to fill out the online
declaration of compliance form. For
unmanned aircraft labels, the FAA
estimates an hourly burden of 2 hours
to design a label for a standard remote
identification unmanned aircraft or
remote identification broadcast module.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: For
means of compliance, the FAA
estimates a total of one means of
compliance submitted per year for an
annual burden of 12 hours. For
declarations of compliance, the FAA
estimates an average of 3 declarations of
compliance per year per producer, for a
total annual burden of 150.75 hours per
producer. The FAA also estimates 433
total declarations of compliance
submitted per year for an annual burden
of 21,758.25 hours for all producers. For
unmanned aircraft labels, the FAA
estimates an average of 3 labels
designed per year per producer, for a
total annual burden of 6 hours per
producer. The FAA also estimates 433
total labels developed per year for an
annual burden of 866 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
16, 2023.
Joseph Morra,
Manager, Emerging Technologies Division,
AFS–700.
[FR Doc. 2023–25745 Filed 11–20–23; 8:45 am]
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