2022-16997

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 89 • [Docket No. FAA-2022-0859] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Acceptable means of compliance; notice of availability. SUMMARY: This document announces the acceptance of a means of compliance (MOC) in accordance with a rule issued by the FAA on January 21, 2021, that went into effect on April 21, 2021. The Administrator accepts ASTM, International (ASTM) F3586-22, with additions identified in this document as an acceptable means, but not the only means, of demonstrating compliance with the requirements for producing standard remote identification unmanned aircraft and remote identification broadcast modules. DATES: August 11, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FAA Contact: Avi Acharya, Communications, Surveillance & Traffic, AIR-622, Technical Innovation Policy Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, AIR-600: 800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone 1-844-FLY-MY-UA; email: UASHelp@faa.gov. ASTM Contact: Gabriel Cox, Chair, ASTM Remote ID Workgroup, 2610 NE 9th Drive, Hillsboro, OR 97124; telephone: 503-941-0099; email: gabriel.c.cox@intel.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 89 establishes remote identification requirements for unmanned aircraft operated in the airspace of the United States. With a few exceptions, unmanned aircraft produced for operation in the airspace of the United States are subject to the production requirements of part 89. A person producing a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast module for operation in the United States must show that the unmanned aircraft or broadcast module meets the requirements of subpart D of part 89 by following an FAA-accepted means of compliance (MOC). An FAA-accepted MOC describes one means by which a person may comply with the minimum performance requirements for remote identification in subpart D of part 89. To be accepted by the FAA, an MOC must meet the requirements of both subparts D and E of part 89. An MOC must address the minimum performance requirements, as well as the testing and validation necessary to demonstrate compliance with the part 89 subpart D requirements. The FAA indicates its acceptance of an MOC by publishing a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register identifying the MOC as accepted and informing the applicant of its acceptance.[1] Means of Compliance Accepted in This Policy On May 13, 2022, ASTM submitted “Standard Practice for Remote ID Means of Compliance to Federal Aviation Administration Regulation 14 CFR part 89”, ASTM Reference Number F3586-22, to the FAA for acceptance. To be accepted, ASTM F3586-22 must adequately address all of the requirements of subparts D and E of part 89 so that any standard remote identification unmanned aircraft or remote identification broadcast module designed and produced in accordance with ASTM F3586-22 would meet the performance requirements of subpart D. The FAA has reviewed, and accepts ASTM F3586-22 as an MOC to the requirements of part 89, subpart D with addit…

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