2016-09332. Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Precisionhawk

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.

DATES:

Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and must be received on or before May 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-0363 using any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov,, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/​privacy.

Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical questions concerning this action, contact Joshua Parker, (202-267-1538), 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2016.

Dale A. Bouffiou,

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2016-0363.

Petitioner: PrecisionHawk, Inc.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 61.113, 91.119, 91.121 and 91.151

Description of Relief Sought: PrecisionHawk, Inc. seeks relief from the requirements of 14 CFR 61.113, 91.119, 91.121 and 91.151 to permit it to conduct small UAS (sUAS) operations extended visual line of sight as part of the FAA/PrecisionHawk UAS Focus Area Pathfinder program. The purpose of the Pathfinder program ^[1] is to allow low-altitude operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) beyond what is currently outlined in the sUAS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in rural areas.

Footnotes

1.  https://www.faa.gov/​uas/​legislative_​programs/​pathfinders/​.