# Hogan Lovells

March 25, 2015 Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com

By Electronic Mail and ElectronicSubmission (cover letteronly) MarkW. Bury, Esquire Assistant ChiefCounsel for Regulations Officeofthe ChiefCounsel Federal Aviation Administration 800 IndependenceAvenue, SW Washington, DC 20591 Re: Petition of Union Pacific Railroad foran Exemption from Certain FARTo Permit Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations (Docket FAA-2014-1105)
Dear Mr. Bury: In support ofthe above-referenced pending Petitionforan Exemption, Union Pacific Railroad ("UP") providesthe FAA with thefollowing enclosed documents:
• (Exhibit 1) UP's UAS Standard Operating Procedure ("SOP")
• (Exhibit2) the FAA-approved AirCover QR425 UAS Operator/Pilot Manual
• (Exhibit 3) the FAA-approved AirCover QR425 UAS Maintenance Manual
• (Exhibit4) AirCover's Quadrotor425 Learning Objectives
• (Exhibit 5) UP SOP Cross-Reference Chart (to facilitate the FAA's review of its SOP in lightofthe proposed conditions and limitations in its Petition). 1 The SOP will be revised if necessary to reflect any additional conditions or limitations set forth in a UP UAS Exemption. In addition, the manufacturer's Learning Objectives document is provided as a sample only. UP will develop its own training program for UP's UAS crewmembers using this documentas astarting point. As explained in the Petition, UP requests confidential treatmentforthe Maintenance Manual, Operator Manual, SOP, SOP Cross-Reference Chart, and Learning Objectives. Each of these documents contains information that is highly proprietary and confidential to AirCover and/or UP. UP will place a copy ofthis cover letter in the corresponding docket, but notthe enclosed documents forwhich confidential treatment is requested. The Operator/Pilot Manual and the Maintenance Manual were approved by the FAA in the context ofan experimental airworthiness certificate. Hogan Lovells US LLP rs a lrmrted liabrllty partnershrp regrstered rn the Drstrrct of Columbia "Hogan Lovells" 1s an rnternat1onal legal practrce that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells lnternatronal LLP. w1th off1ces 1n Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore BeiJing Brussels Caracas Colorado Springs Denver Duba1 Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Mrnh Crty Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexrco City Miami Milan Monterrey Moscow MuniCh NewYork Northern Virginia Pans Philadelphia RIO deJaneirO Rome San FranCISCO sao Paulo Shanghai SilicOn Valley Singapore Tokyo Ulaanbaatar Warsaw Washington DC Assoc1ated off1ces Budapest Jakarta Jeddah R1yadh Zagreb For more information seewww hoganlove!ls.com \\DC- 031138/000012-6502382 v2- 2-

With this submission, UP requests thatthe FAAtimely considerand rule on its Petition. Respectfully submitted,

E. Tazewell Ellett Patrick 

### R. Rizzi CounselforUnion Pacific Railroad tazewell.ellett@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com D+1.202.637.8644/5659

cc: JamesWilliams, Manager, FAA UAS Integration Office Rob Pappas, Special Rules Coordinator, FAA UAS Integration Office

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