U.S.Deportment of Transport a tion Federal Aviation Administration 

# SEP 0 .·7 

# 2016 Dear Petitioner: 800 I ndependence Ave .. S 

### w Washington . DC . 20591



### Thank you for your petition for exemption under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of2012 

### ( FM RA ) . This letter is in reference to the docket number in which it is posted. We are in the process of determining whether your requested operations may be conducted without an exemption under the recently-issued regulation , Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems , Title 1 4, Code of Federal Regu lations, Part 107 (www.faa . gov/ uas ). We understand your desire for the FAA to make a rapid determination and regret any inconvenience this de lay may cause you. Section 333 of Public Law 112-95, Special Rules for Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) , provided the FAA authority to authorize certain UAS operations. This incremental step provided a pathway for safe and legal civil operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) and was considered a bridge mechanism unti l the implementation of Part 107. With Part 107 in place, we are reviewing pending Section 333 petitions and will process each in accordance with the following. Petitions wi ll fall into one of three tiers, which are summarized in the tab le be low , as well as the respective actions that will occur: T i

er In i tia l Assessme nt FAA action Yo ur action I Your reque s ted operation We will close your docket. For this You s hould review the Part 107 may be conducted entirel y group , no further communication is regulation , and may begin under Part I07 without a necessary ; however, it is incumbent operations in compliance with waiver or exe m ption. upon you to carefully review Part I07 to the new ru l e on the effective ensure that you can safely operate date . without additional regulatory relief. How ever, if you be lieve your ori g inal

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**t** be l ongs in Tiers 2 or 3 and you do not hear from us within 60 day s , contact us at

**333ex .J2ti**  **~j' aa**  **_. _go**  **v** .. 2 Your requested operation We will contact you within the next 60 If you believe your original must be conducted with a days. We will close your docket, and reque st requires a waiver and do waiver under Part I07 consider your petition for exemption as a not hear from us with in the next (see I07.205 - attached). waiver application . 60 day s, contact us at 9- A F

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ve r s !'@ f aa.!!ov . 3 Your requested op eration We will contact you within the next 60 If you believe your original may not be conduct e d days , and will continue working on you r reque st requires an exemption ( in under Part I07 or waiver petition for exemption . other w ord s, not in Tiers I or 2 ) without further regulato ry and do not hear from us within relief. 60 days, contact us at 3 33 exe m otio ns@ faa.

_ gov.2 Part 107 is a new pathway to UAS operations , and provides additional flexibility compared to the Conditions and Limitations of Section 333 exemptions that the FAA has been granting to date. For examp le , rather than obtaining a Part 

### 61 airmen certificate, UAS operators may s impl y pass a knowledge test to obtain a Remote Pilot Cert ific ate. We appreciate your efforts to support the FAA in the integration of safe UAS operations into the NAS. If you have questions about Part 107 , please visit www.faa.gov/uas or contact us at 1 -844 -FL YMYUAS.

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service

### 3 Certain operations are not addressed by Part 107 , and must be conducted with either a waiver or e xemption. Pleas e carefully review Part 107 to determine 

### if yourproposed operations may be conducted entirely under Part 107 (Tier 1 ), or 

### if further relief is needed (Tiers 2 

### & 3). For more information , please vi s it www.go v l uas or c ont act us at 9 - AFS- 8 00 -Pa rt1 07 Waiv e r s@ [aa.gov. 

### § 107.205- List of regu lations subject to waiver. A certificate of waiver issued pursuant to 

### § 107.200 of this subpart may authorize a deviation from the following regulations of this part: Sec. 107.25- Operation from a moving vehicle or aircraft. However, no waiver of this provision will be issued to allow the carriage of property of another by aircraft for compensation or hire. 1

07.29 - Daylight operation. 107.31 - Visual line of sight aircraft operation. However, no waiver of this provision will be issued to allow the carriage of property of another by aircraft for compensation or hire. 107 . 33 - Visual observer. 107 . 3 5 - Operation of multiple small unmanned aircraft systems. 107.37(a) - Yielding the right of way. 107 . 39 - Operation over people. 1 07.41 - Operation in certain airspace . 107.51 - Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft.