11804 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 41 / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Availability, Notice of 

Industry Day Meeting, and Request for 

Comment on the Draft Engineering 

Brief 105 for Vertiport Design 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability, notice of 

industry day meeting, and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA’s Office of Airports 

is announcing the availability of and 

requesting comments on the draft 

Engineering Brief (EB) 105 for Vertiport 

Design. This draft EB provides interim 

safety standards for aviation facilities 

that electric Vertical Take-Off and 

Landing (eVTOL) type aircraft utilize for 

take-off and landing. These types of 

aviation facilities are commonly referred 

to as ‘vertiports’. Draft EB 105 is posted 

on the FAA website at: https://

www.faa.gov/airports/engineering/ 

engineering_briefs/drafts/. A comment 

matrix is also posted at this website for 

members of the public to utilize to 

submit written comments. 

DATES: Comments on the draft EB 105 

for Vertiport Design must be received on 

or before April 18, 2022. 

The FAA will hold a virtual industry 

day meeting on the draft EB 105 on 

March 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments or 

questions regarding the draft EB 105 by 

email to the Federal Aviation 

Administration at vertiports@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Bassey, Office of Airports, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20591, phone: (202) 267–7605, 

email: Robert.Bassey@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

developed draft EB 105 to provide 

interim safety standards for the design 

and operation of aviation facilities that 

electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing 

(eVTOL) type aircraft utilize for take-off 

and landing. These take-off and landing 

facilities for eVTOL aircraft are 

commonly referred to as ’vertiports’. 

The agency is aware of a variety of 

eVTOL aircraft designs currently under 

development within the aviation 

industry. These new types of eVTOL 

aircraft, as well as vertiports utilized by 

these aircraft, are often referred to as 

components of a new and emerging 

sector of the aviation system known as 

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). For 

additional general information on AAM, 

see: https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_

operations/urban_air_mobility/ and 

https://www.faa.gov/uas/programs_

partnerships/advanced_aviation_

advisory_committee/. 

The draft EB is based on research 

conducted by the FAA on the 

performance characteristics of various 

aircraft designs, currently under 

development, that will utilize vertiport 

facilities. The draft guidance contains a 

discussion of a composite aircraft (or 

reference aircraft), and the 

recommended safety standards 

contained in the draft guidance are only 

applicable to vertiports used by this 

composite aircraft or by any aircraft 

within the range of performance 

characteristics as this composite aircraft. 

The draft safety standards are not 

applicable for vertiport facilities that 

will be utilized by other types of aircraft 

outside the performance characteristics 

of this composite aircraft. 

The FAA will hold a virtual industry 

day meeting on the draft EB 105 on 

March 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. ET. During 

this meeting, the FAA will provide an 

overview of the draft EB 105, discuss 

some critical aspects of the draft 

currently under consideration and 

provide an opportunity for attendees to 

ask questions about it. Interested parties 

who wish to participate in the industry 

day meeting will need to register and 

can access information on how to 

register on the web page where the draft 

EB is posted. Requests for 

accommodations to a disability must be 

received by March 18, 2022. 

The FAA is seeking public comments 

on the draft EB for Vertiport Design to 

help inform the development of the 

final EB. The draft EB is posted on the 

FAA website at: https://www.faa.gov/ 

airports/engineering/engineering_briefs/ 

drafts/. 

Members of the public should utilize 

the comments matrix provided at the 

above website to submit comments on 

the draft EB. Completed comment 

matrices should be submitted to the 

email address listed in the ADDRESSES

section. The FAA will not accept 

comments during the industry day 

meeting. 

The FAA would like to publish a final 

EB 105 for Vertiport Design later this 

year, following the adjudication of 

comments received during the public 

comment period. The FAA may update 

this EB as necessary to reflect the 

continuing development of eVTOL 

aircraft and as the agency learns more 

about these new types of aircraft. 

Additionally, the FAA intends to 

publish a new Advisory Circular (AC) 

on Vertiport Design in the future to 

provide additional guidance in this area. 

The FAA cancelled the previous 

Vertiport Design AC (AC 150/5390–3) in 

2010 due to a lack of compatible aircraft 

use. See: https://www.faa.gov/ 

regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/ 

index.cfm/go/document.information/ 

documentID/23096. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24, 

2022. 

John Dermody, 

Director, Office of Airport Safety & Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04351 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2019–0573; Summary 

Notice No. –2022–14] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Amazon Prime Air 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation 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 nor omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before March 22, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2019–0573 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

• 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 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• 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 


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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 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia 

Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Timothy R. Adams, 

Deputy Executive Director, Office of 

Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2019–0573. 

Petitioner: Amazon Prime Air. 

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 61.3(a), 61.23(a)(2), 61.113(a), 61.133, 

91.7(a), 91.113(b)–(f), 91.119(b) and (c), 

91.121, 91.151(a), 91.151(b), 135.25(a)(1) 

and (a)(2), 135.63(c) and (d), 135.65(d), 

135.93, 135.95(a), 135.149(a), 

135.161(a)(1)–(3), 135.203(a), 

135.203(b), 135.209(a), 135.209(b), 

135.243(b)(1) and (b)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: Amazon 

Prime Air (Amazon) seeks to amend its 

existing exemptions (Exemption Nos. 

18601 and 18602), which permit 

operations under a part 135 air carrier 

operating certificate with an unmanned 

aircraft system (UAS), to enable the 

petitioner’s commercial delivery 

operations using UASs. Amazon 

requests that the FAA amend these 

exemptions to cover the MK27–2 drone 

system and to modify the conditions 

and limitations of the exemptions to 

reflect the upgraded capabilities and 

enhanced safety of the MK27–2. 

Specifically, Amazon seeks to remove 

several conditions and limitations that 

the FAA imposed based on the 

capabilities of Amazon’s original MK27. 

Amazon also seeks to remove the 

requirements for each pilot-incommand, check pilot, and flight 

instructor to hold a private pilot 

certificate issued under part 61 and a 

second class medical certificate in 

accordance with § 61.23(a)(2). Amazon 

states that the purpose of the 

amendments is to reflect enhancements 

to Amazon’s UAS and operating 

procedures. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04349 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. –2022–15] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Mr. Adam Aboueid 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation 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 nor omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before March 22, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2021–0996 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• 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 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• 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 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia 

Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Timothy R. Adams, 

Deputy Executive Director, Office of 

Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2021–0996. 

Petitioner: Adam Aboueid. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 65.65. 

Description of Relief Sought: Mr. 

Adam Aboueid seeks relief from Title 14 

Code of Federal Regulations § 65.65 that 

would allow him to be able to facilitate 

the practical aspects of aircraft 

dispatching training remotely for an 

indefinite trial period. It will still be 

interactive and facilitated in real-time 

by a qualified instructor. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04350 Filed 3–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–0862] 

COVID–19 Related Relief Concerning 

International Operations at Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport, John F. 

Kennedy International Airport, Los 

Angeles International Airport, Newark 

Liberty International Airport, New York 

LaGuardia Airport, Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport, and San 

Francisco International Airport for the 

Summer 2022 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension of 

a limited, conditional waiver of the 

minimum slot usage requirement for 

international operations only. 


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