OMB Approves Space Systems Licensing ICR Revision

Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved an information collection request (ICR) revision from DOC’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on “Licensing of Private Remote Sensing Space Systems”. The ICR revision was submitted to OIRA on June 16^th, 2025.

The table below shows the previous and revised burden estimates for this ICR.

 

According to the abstract in yesterday’s notice:

“This is a request for revision and extension of an approved information collection, to which NOAA is proposing to update existing forms and add 5 optional forms to be usable with a new, online platform to manage license actions called the Commerce Licensing and Compliance System for Space (CLCSS). The changes impose no new information collections. The optional new forms are time-saving forms that licensees may use for the existing information collections involving notices of anomalies, disposal of on-orbit components, financial insolvency, and launch or deployment and one form to simplify the submission process for licensee annual compliance certifications required by the regulations. The modifications to existing forms also are intended to streamline communications with the Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) and its upcoming online CLCSS platform to streamline, clarify, and expedite paperwork submissions. NOAA is also removing licensee notification form. That form was initially created to provide a single form for all notification requirements. However, licensees have not used that form and submitted individualized notifications through other means, so NOAA has made the decision to remove that information collection from this OMB Control Number.”

The notice also reports that: ”The number of respondents, responses, and burden hours have increased due to the number of entities licensing private spacecraft.”