2023-23058

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, DOT ACTION: Acceptable means of compliance; notice of availability; correction. SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a notice of availability (NOA) published on August 11, 2022 (87 FR 49520). In that NOA, the FAA provided an acceptable 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. In that NOA, the FAA accepted ASTM International (ASTM) F3586-22, with additions identified, 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. The FAA is correcting the means of compliance of ASTM F3586-22 by correcting a typographical reference error in Table 3 and clarifying a testing requirement by revising a heading and adding clarifying language, as noted in the “Means of Compliance Accepted In This Policy” section of this document. This document includes acceptance of previously accepted MOCs with the corrections described. DATES: This corrective action is effective November 14, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FAA Contact: Avi Acharya, Avionics Communications & Surveillance Unit, AIR-626C, Technical Policy Branch, Policy & Standards 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, 7325 NE Imbrie Drive #231, Hillsboro, OR 97124; Telephone 1-503-941-0099; email: gcox@coxdata.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. The 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] A holder of an FAA-accepted MOC notified the FAA of a typographical error in a table and a deficient testing requirement in its FAA-accepted MOC, as discussed in the “Means of Compliance Accepted In This Policy” section of this document…

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