Short Takes – 3-21-26 – Federal Register Edition

Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Human Space Flight Requirements for Crew/Space Flight Participants. Federal Register FAA 60-day ICR renewal notice. Summary: “The collection involves information demonstrating that a launch or reentry operation involving human participants will meet the risk criteria and requirement to ensure public safety. The FAA has established requirements for human space flight crew and space flight participants as required by the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004. On December 15, 2006, the FAA published a final rule (71 FR 75616) which established requirements for crew qualifications, training and notification, and training and informed consent requirements for space flight participants. The requirements were designed to achieve public safety and to notify participants of the risks they face from launch or reentry.”

NASA Front Door. Federal Register NASA 60-day ICR renewal notice. Summary: “The NASA Front Door (NFD) is an online/web-based tool that will serve as a centralized digital hub to help facilitate engagement between individuals, organizations, and the workforce of NASA, providing personalized support, guidance, and efficient access to NASA's extensive programs, opportunities, resources, and expertise. The information collection will consist of general contact information, interest/intake information and when appropriate, demographic information as part of registration profile. The information will be reviewed by NASA representatives to route individuals, organizations and the workforce of NASA to relevant NASA services, opportunities, resources, and/or expertise.”

Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Integration at Airports and Necessary Planning, Design, and Physical Infrastructure Needs. Federal Register – FAA 30-day new ICR notice. Summary: “The collection involves conducting research in the form of written responses or interviews with aviation stakeholders (e.g., airport/droneport operators, private entities, original equipment manufacturers, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industry vendors, academia, representatives of the military, aviation stakeholders, etc.) to catalog current and planned droneport planning, design, and infrastructure needs, as well as find out which airports are integrating UAS into the airport environment. During each interview, the FAA will ask the stakeholders a specific set of questions, and if necessary, fact-specific follow-up questions will be posed to clarify and enhance the respondent's answers to the specified set of questions. If preferred, stakeholders will be able to provide written responses in lieu of an interview.”

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Sable Offshore Corp. Federal Register PHMSA special permit comment extension. Summary: “On February 24, 2026, PHMSA published a notice to solicit public comment on a request for a special permit submitted by Sable Offshore Corp. (Sable). The comment period is currently set to expire on March 26, 2026. PHMSA is issuing this notice to extend the comment period until 14 days from the date of this notice to give the public time to review the proposed special permit in light of recent developments. At the conclusion of the extended comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.”