[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46774-46775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19967]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2018-68]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Powers 
Flight Group

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

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DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before October 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2018-0574 
using any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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: Jake Troutman, (202) 683-7788, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 2018.
Lirio Liu,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2018-0574.
    Petitioner: Powers Flight Group.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  91.7(a); 91.119(c); 
91.121; 91.151(b); 91.405(a); 91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(1) & (2); 
91.417(a) & (b); 137.19 (c), (d) & (e)(2)(ii)(iii) and (v); 137.31; 
137.33; 137.41(c); 137.42.
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner is requesting relief 
to commercially operate the HSE-UAV AG V6A+ v2 unmanned aircraft system 
(UAS), while weighing over 55 pounds (lbs) but no more than 75.3 lbs, 
for controlled, low-risk, precision commercial agriculture-related 
services, including: multi-spectral crop analysis; ground moisture 
analysis; herbicide, pesticide and insecticide; aerial imagery, and 3D 
modeling; in certain remote rural areas of the United States. The 
petitioner is also requesting relief to conduct the proposed operation, 
using UAS weighing more then 55 lbs, with a Remote Pilot Certificate.

[FR Doc. 2018-19967 Filed 9-13-18; 8:45 am]
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