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Phone: 602-506-4889 

Fax: 602-506-5969 

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2 September 2015 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Docket Management System 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Application for Issuance of Section 333 Exemption Based upon 

Exemption 11110 Issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. 

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Maricopa County Department of Transportation herewith applies for the issuance of 

an exemption under Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

based upon Exemption 11110 issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. ("Trimble") on 

December 10, 2014 in FAA Docket 2014-0367. The requested exemption would 

allow Maricopa County Department of Transportation to operate the UX5 aircraft 

manufactured by Trimble or other Trimble aircraft approved for commercial 

operations under Exemption 11110, as amended, such as the UX5hp for which an 

amendment has been filed. Maricopa County Department of Transportation notes 

that the FAA recently authorized use of the Trimble UX5 by a third party in 

Exemption No. 11257, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0889, on April 2, 2015, 

under updated conditions, and Maricopa County Department of Transportation 

hereby confirms that it will accept such conditions as well as those set forth in 

Exemption No. 11240, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0894. 

The name and contact information for the applicant are: 

Brian Dalager PLS CFedS 

Land Survey Branch Manager 

Maricopa County Department of Transportation 

2901 W. Durango Street 

Phoenix, AZ 85009 

Phone: (602) 506-4685 

briandalager@mail.maricopa.gov 

Maricopa County Department of Transportation intends to operate the UX5 or the 

UX5hp from Trimble and will operate it in strict compliance with the conditions set 

forth in Exemption 11110, as such conditions may be amended or modified by the 

FAA from time to time, as was done in Exemption Nos. 11240 and 11257, or such 

other conditions as the FAA shall specify, and the following manuals: 

1) Trimble UX5 Data Sheet; and 

2) Trimble UX5 Aerial Imaging Solution User Guide (User Guide) 

Copies of these manuals are attached. 
August 24, 2015 

Page 2 

These manuals are very similar to the manuals submitted by Trimble in support of 

the issuance of Exemption 11110, updated to reflect changes reported in Trimble's 

March 4, 2015 amendment to Exemption 11110. The manuals will be updated by 

Trimble, as needed to reflect any changes to Exemption 11110, based on 

amendments thereto. 

Maricopa County Department of Transportation acknowledges that under current 

FAA guidance a separate Certificate of Waiver or Authorization ("COA") is required 

to fly at altitudes in excess of 200 feet AGL, and it will apply for COAs where 

required. Maricopa County Department of Transportation hereby requests a blanket 

COA for flights up to 200 feet AGL in the form approved by the FAA. CNI will also 

file NOTAMs for its flights, as required. 

To the extent necessary, Maricopa County Department of Transportation refers the 

FAA to the original exemption and the amended exemption requests submitted by 

Trimble in Docket FAA-2014-0367 for demonstration of the public interest and an 

equivalent level of safety. Because the UX5 and the UX5hp specified in this request 

are the same or, essentially the same, as the craft already approved in Exemption 

11110, and Maricopa County Department of Transportation will operate the aircraft 

in strict compliance with the conditions in existing exemptions previously granted by 

the FAA, or as they may be amended, notice need not be provided in the Federal 

Register nor public comment solicited.' 

If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned. 

Very truly yours, 

~ ®r 

Brian Dalager PLS CFedS 

Land Survey Branch Manager 

Maricopa County Department of 

Transportation 

2901 W. Durango Street 

Phoenix, AZ 85009 

Enclosure 

cc: James Williams 

Robert Pappas 

Thuy Cooper 

Dean Griffith, Esq. 

James Kirkland 

Kyle Gilbertson 

1 Applicant reads Section 333 as placing the duty on the Administrator not only to 

process applications for exemptions under Section 333 but, if he determines that the 

conditions set forth herein do not fulfill the statutory requirements for approval, to craft 

conditions for the safe operation of the UAS.