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### December 14 , 2015 Via www.regulations . com U . S . Department of Transportation Docket Management System 1200 New Jersey Ave . , SE Washington , DC 20590 Re : NBCUniversal Media, LLC Petition for Amendment of Exemption No . 13616 (Docket No. FAA-2015-3384) Dear Sir or Madam : On November 16 , 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA " ) granted NBCUniversal Media, LLC's ("NBCUniversal " ) petition for an exemption to operate unmanned aircraft systems for the purposes of aerial data collection and closed set motion picture and television filming . 1 

### The UAS models approved for operation under the exemption were the DJI Inspire 1 , DJI Phantom 2 , and DJI S-1 000 . NBCUniversal hereby requests an amendment to its exemption that will allow it to operate an additional small UAS , the DJI Phantom 3 . NBCUniversal will operate the additional UAS model in strict accordance with 1) the conditions and limitations placed on its operations by Exemption No . 13616, 2) NBCUniversal's sUAS Safety Program , including the operations manuals submitted to the FAA as part of its original petition for exemption, and 3) the manufactu rer ' s User Manual for the DJI Phantom 3. 2 

### NBCUniversal's request is limited to exemption from the same list of regulations in its current exemption and does not seek exemption from additional regulations .

1 Exem p tio n N o. 1 36 16, Docke t No . FAA - 2 015-3384 . 2 A c o py of t he m a nu fac turer 's u se r m a nu a l is a v a il abl e at httos ://d l.dj ic dn . co m/ dow nl oads /ph a nto m 3 /e n/ Ph a nto m 3 Profess io n a l User Ma nu a l V 1 . 6 . p df. Anchorage I Atlanta I Austin I Boston 1 Chicago 1 Dallas I Denver 1 Fort Lauderda l e 1 Jacksonville 1 Lakeland 1 Los Angeles 1 Miami New York I Northern Virginia I Orlando 1 Portland 1 San Francisco 1 Tallahassee 1 Tampa 1 Washington , D . C . 1 West Palm Beach

### December 14 , 2015 Page 2 The conditions cited in NBCUniversal's original petition for exemption remain unchanged and the same public interest analysis applies . 3 

### Like the other UAS models covered under NBC Universal ' s exemption , the small size of the DJI Phantom 3, the constrained environment in which the UAS will operate , and the company ' s strict compliance to all applicable conditions and limitations ensure that the operations under the requested exemption will be conducted safely within the national airspace system and will provide an equivalent level of safety as that provided by the regulations from which exemption is sought. This requested amendment is non-controversial and non-precedent setting . The UAS model requested for addition to the exemption has been approved by the FAA numerous times for operation under similar exemptions , 4 

### and the FAA has granted a large number of amendments to Section 333 exemptions in order to allow for the operation of additional aircrafP Accordingly , good cause exists for waiving publication in the Federal Register . For the foregoing reasons, NBCUniversal respectfully requests that the FAA promptly grant the requested amendment. Sincerely , Gary Halbert Chuck Tobin Jennifer Nowak 

### Counsel for NBCUniversal Media, LLC

3 To th e exte nt n ecessary , N B CU n iver sa l h ereby in c o rp orates by refe ren ce th e p ubli c interes t and e qui va le nt l eve l of safety an a l yses art ic ul ate d in its or ig in a l appli catio n d ate d Jun e 23 , 2 01 5 and s ubmitted in D oc ket FAA - 2 0 15-338 4 . 4 

### S ee, e.g. , Exe mpti o n N o . 1282 0 , D ocke t N o . FAA - 2 0 15- 2593 (A ite k M edi a) ; Exe mpti o n N o . 1 2 80 I , Do cket No . FAA-20 1 5 - 26 0 8 (O l y mp ic Ae ri a l) ; Exe mp tio n N o . 11 77 0 A , D oc ke t N o. FAA - 2 0 1 5 -08 95 (C ross ti mb er s Vid e o ). 5 

### S ee, e. g. , Exe mp tio n N o. 12 1748 , D ocket N o . FAA - 2 0 15-18 5 1 (C NN ) ; Exe mp t ion No . I 1 307A, D ocket N o . FAA 20 14 -1 0 1 8 (P rice Aviat io n) ; Exe mpti o n N o. 12029A , Docket N o . F AA - 20 1 5 -1 292 (Wind sh ear M e d ia) .