[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64948-64949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25461]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0945]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Bird/Other 
Wildlife Strike Report

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 collection involves voluntary reporting of bird/other 
wildlife strike information following a wildlife strike incident with 
aircraft. This data becomes part of the publicly available National 
Wildlife Strike Database. Strike reports provide critical

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information that allows the FAA to determine high-risk species, track 
national trends, evaluate the FAA's wildlife hazard management program, 
and provide scientific foundation for regulatory guidance. 
Additionally, this essential information allows engine and airframe 
manufacturers to evaluate the effectiveness of aircraft components. It 
also helps airports identify and mitigate hazardous species and the 
location of wildlife attractants, affords a better understanding of 
strike dynamics, and provides key metrics for an airport to evaluate 
the effectiveness of its wildlife management program.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by January 24, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (FAA-2019-0945).
    By mail: John Weller, 800 Independence Avenue SW, AAS-300, Room 
618, Washington, DC 20591.
    By fax: (202) 493-1416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Weller by email at: 
john.weller@faa.gov; phone: (202) 267-3778.

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: 2120-0045.
    Title: Bird/Other Wildlife Strike Report.
    Form Numbers: FAA Form 5200-7.
    Type of Review: This review is for a renewal of an information 
collection.
    Background: 14 CFR 139.337, Wildlife Hazard Management, requires 
the FAA to collect wildlife strike data to develop standards and 
monitor hazards to aviation. Data identify wildlife strike control 
requirements and provide in-service data on aircraft component failure. 
Pilots, airport operations staff, aircraft and airport maintenance 
personnel, air traffic controllers, wildlife biologists, and anyone 
else having knowledge of a strike report incidents to the FAA, 
primarily using the web version of FAA Form 5200-7. The data becomes 
part of the publicly available National Wildlife Strike Database used 
to enhance safety by airports, airlines, engine and airframe 
manufacturers, and the FAA. Overall, the number of strikes annually 
reported to the FAA has increased from 1,850 in 1990 to more than 
16,000 in 2018.
    Respondents: Approximately 16,020 airport operations staff, pilots, 
air traffic controllers, wildlife biologists, aircraft and airport 
maintenance personnel, and others having knowledge of a strike.
    Frequency: Information is collected as needed.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,335 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2019.
John Weller,
National Wildlife Biologist, Airport Safety and Operations Division, 
Office of Airports Safety and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2019-25461 Filed 11-22-19; 8:45 am]
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