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OMB Control No: 2120-0800	ICR Reference No: 202411-2120-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202107-2120-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) BEYOND and Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP) Programs
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/30/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/29/2024
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2025
Responses	375	0	176,089
Time Burden (Hours)	435	0	33,758
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	608,300

Abstract: The purpose of the BEYOND program is for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to work with state, local and tribal (SLT) governments toward full, safe integration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). There are eight SLT governments in the BEYOND program currently. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, Section 920, enables the FAA to expand the BEYOND program to include additional SLT governments. BEYOND participants and other select proponents submit operational data, including monthly flight data, Automated Data Service Provider (ADSP) monthly data, and anomaly data. The purpose of these submissions is to monitor the safety of the flights and the effectiveness of the safety mitigations in place, and inform policy and decision-making related to the risks associated with operations involving command and control (C2) links, detect and avoid (DAA) capabilities, ADSP reliability, anomaly detection, and a host of other categories, to solve challenges in enabling UAS beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 44807 Name of Law: Federal Aviation Administration
US Code: 49 USC 106 Name of Law: Federal Aviation Administration

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 76614	09/18/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 92731	11/22/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	375	176,089	-175,754	40
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	435	33,758	-33,363	40
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	608,300	-610,522	2,222

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The collection no longer includes the Partnership for Safety Plan (PSP) program participants. The current memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for the program participants do not include reporting requirements. The narrative reports have been removed from the collection. The UAS Integration Office will develop new narrative reports for the expansion of the BEYOND program. When the new narrative reports are ready, an amendment to this collection will be submitted. The collection includes new respondents: proponents that receive operational approvals that contain reporting requirements in the C&Ls, particularly the exemption holders. The reason for adding this group of respondents is for the FAA to be able to monitor the effectiveness of the mitigations required in the C&Ls using a common form. Based on the change in respondents and current data analysis needs, the number of instruments has been reduced from 25 to 6. This reduces the total annualized labor cost for the respondents from $608,300.68 to $24,159.90 labor was inadvertently added in the previous submission but removed from this one. This submission reduces the total annualized cost for the Federal government from $366,764.33 to $216,613. Transitioned from BEYOND Phase 1 to BEYOND Phase 2 by applying lessons learned to improve efficiency and quality of data. The program changes of the agency’s discretion and estimates are due to the discontinues of the collection of data related to the final, semi-annual, and quarterly reports along with maintenance, test submissions, community engagement, and societal and economic reports. This results in fewer required reporting forms. Additionally, streamlined the flight data request process by reducing the number of required fields.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $216,613

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Kim Merchant 202 267-6148 kim.merchant@faa.gov

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