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pathfinders/. 

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: 

Keira Jones (202) 267–4025, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–6462. 

Petitioner: U.S. Coast Guard Air 

Operations. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

91.155(a). 

Description of Relief Sought: The U.S. 

Coast Guard Air Operations seeks relief 

to operate an aircraft under visual flight 

rules (VFR) when the flight visibility is 

less, or at a distance from clouds that is 

less, than that prescribed for the 

corresponding altitude and class of 

airspace. U.S. Coast Guard Air 

Operations seeks this relief for the 

purpose of carrying out the U.S. Coast 

Guard’s statutory responsibilities for 

search and rescue missions. 

[FR Doc. 2016–00418 Filed 1–11–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2015–79] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Burlington Northern 

Santa Fe Railway 

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 February 

1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–7512 

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 Nia Daniels, (202–267– 

7626), 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–7512. 

Petitioner: Burlington Northern Santa 

Fe Railway. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

91.113(b). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway 

(BNSF) seeks relief from the 

requirements of 14 CFR § 91.113(b) 

Right-of-way rules: Except water 

operations, while conducting small 

unmanned aircraft system (UAS) 

operations as part of the Pathfinder 

Focus Area 1 for beyond visual line-ofsight (BVLOS) in rural/isolated areas. 

The UAS research under the Pathfinder 

program is conducted in partnership 

with the FAA to explore the next steps 

in unmanned aircraft operations beyond 

the type proposed in the notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM), for 

Operation and Certification of Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems. BNSF 

proposes to utilize technology 

developed by leading experts to provide 

at least the same level of situational 

awareness as that of a pilot flying under 

visual flight rules (VFR). 

[FR Doc. 2016–00413 Filed 1–11–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2015–76] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Bombardier Inc. 

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 February 

1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–3836 

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 


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