# AUSLEY 

# MCMULLEN ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 123 SOUTH CALHOUN STREET P.O. BOX 391 (ZIP 32302) TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32301 (850) 224 -9115 FAX (850) 222 -7560 www.ausley.com 

### April 1, 

### 2015 

### Via

### Electronic Submission Docket Operations U.S. 

### Department 

### ofTransportation 

### West Building, GroundFloor 1200 

### New

### Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

### Washington, D.C. 

### 20590 Re: 

### Request for

### `Blanket" COA 

### underFAA InterimPolicy 

### Applicant: 

### Florida State 

### University Docket No.: 

### FAA

### -2015-0621 

### Dear Sir or 

### Madam: 

### Please

### acceptthis 

### letter as a 

### supplement to 

### the 

### exemptionrequest 

### submittedby the 

### Center for 

### Disaster Risk 

### Policy at 

### Florida State 

### University (the 

### "Applicant"). 

### The 

### Applicant's exemption request is

### currently

### pending 

### under Docket

### Number FAA-2015

### -0621. On 

### March 24, 

### 2015, 

### the FAA 

### announced that it 

### has 

### implemented a 

### new 

### policy 

## of granting 

### "blanket" COAs to 

### applicants requesting exemptions from 

### the 

### Federal 

### Aviation 

### Regulations under Section 333 

### ofthe 

### FAA 

### Modernization and 

### Reform Act 

### of2012. 

### The details 

### ofthe 

### FAA's policy 

### announcement are set 

### forth in

### the Press 

### Release enclosed as 

### Attachment 1. 

### The 

### Applicant hereby 

### requests 

### that a 

### "blanket" COA 

### that 

### conforms to 

### the 

### terms set 

### forth in

### Attachment 1 

### upon approval 

### ofthe 

### Applicant's exemptionrequest.



### Richard E. 

### Doran Steven M. 

### Hogan 

### Ausley McMullen Attorneys for 

### the 

### Center for 

### Disaster Risk Policy, 

### Florida State

### University

# ATTACHMENT

13/31/2015 FM Streamlines OAS COAs for Section 333 

### Federal

## Aviation Administration 

# FAA

# Streamlines UAS 

# COAs 

# forSection 333

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### Federal Aviation Administration has established an interim policy to speed up airspace 

### authorizations 

### for certain commercial 

### unmanned aircraft (UAS) 

### operators who obtain Section 333 exemptions. The new policy helps 

### bridgethe gap between the past process, which 

### evaluated every UASoperation individually, and future operations after we publish a final version ofthe 

### proposed small UAS rule. Under the new policy, 

### the FAAwill grant a Certificate 

### ofWaiver orAuthorization (COA) 

### forflights at or below 200 

### feet to any UAS 

### operator with a Section 333 exemption for aircraft thatweigh less than 55 pounds, 

### operate during daytime Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions, operate within visual line of sight (VLOS) of the pilots, and stay certain distances away from airports or heliports:
5 nautical miles (NM) from an airport having an 

### operational controltower; or 3 NM from an 

### airport with a published 

### instrument flight procedure, but not an 

### operationaltower; or 2 NM from an 

### airport without a published 

### instrument flight procedure or an 

### operational tower; or 2 NM from a 

### heliport with a published 

### instrumentflight procedure The "blanket" 200

### -foot COA allows flights 

### anywhere in the country except restricted 

### airspace and other areas, such as major cities, where the 

## FM prohibits UAS operations. Previously, an 

### operator had to apply for and receive a COA

### for a particular block of airspace, a process that can take 60 days. 

### The agency expects the new policy will allow companies and individuals who want to use UAS within 

### these limitations to start flying much more quickly than before. Section 333 exemption holderswill automatically receive a "blanket" 200 foot COA. For new exemption holders, the 

## FM will issue a COA at the time the exemption is approved. Anyonewho 

### wants to fly outside the blanket 

### parameters must obtain a separate COA specific to the airspace required for 

### that operation. Get more information on the FAA and UAS (http://www.faa iov/about/initiatives/uas/) on our 

### website.
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