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present statements or obtain information 

should contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Members of the public may 

present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 

2016. 

Latasha Robinson, 

Management & Program Analyst, NextGen, 

Enterprise Support Services Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–05310 Filed 3–9–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2016–0031] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Iowa State 

University of Science and Technology 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before March 30, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–4716 

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 (DOT), 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, 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, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Ngo (202) 267–4264, 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, on March 3, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–4716 

Petitioner: Iowa State University of 

Science and Technology 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 45.23(b); 45.27(a); 61.23(a) and (c); 

61.113; 61.101(e)(4) and (5); 61.315; 

91.7(a); 91.9(b)(2); 91.9(c); 91.103; 

91.109(a); 91.119(b); 91.121; 91.151(a); 

91.203 (a) & (b); 91.405(a); 91.407(a)(1); 

91.409(a)(1) & (2); 91.417 (a) & (b). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner is requesting relief in order to 

operate SenseFly eBee, DJI Spreading 

Wings, and AirCover QR425 aircrafts to 

perform aerial data collection, training, 

and research including control of 

multiple air vehicles in closely coupled 

collaborative flights and pest 

management. 

[FR Doc. 2016–05342 Filed 3–9–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2016–2016–0032] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Unmanned 

Services, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before March 30, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–1302 

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 (DOT), 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, 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, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Parker (202) 267–1538, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

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1 In our November 19, 2015 notice, we noted that 

the combined market research of North Carolina 

and NHTSA found that the following manufacturers 

produced foreign made total stations: CT Berger 

(China); Leica (Switzerland); Leica Flexline TS02 

Plus R500 Reflectorless Total Station (Japan); 

Spectra Precision (Japan); Northwest Instruments 

(China); Topcon (Japan); Trimble (Sweden); HiTarget Instrument Surveying Co. Ltd. (China); geoFennel GmbH (Germany); Hilti (Liechtenstein); 

North Surveying (Spain); South Precision 

Instrument (China); Ruide Surveying Instrument 

Co. (China); Pentex (Japan/China); and Topcon 

(Japan, China and Thailand). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–1302 

Petitioner: Unmanned Services, Inc. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 61.23 (a)(1); 61.101 (e)(4)(5); 61.113 

(a); 61.315 (a); 91.7 (a); 91.119 (c); 

91.121; 91.151 (a)(1); 91.405 (a); 91.407 

(a)(1); 91.409 (a)(1)(2); 91.417 (a)(b). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner is seeking relief to allow for 

an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to 

report altitude in meters, to allow the 

Pilot in Command (PIC) to be able to 

transfer his or her designation, to 

change the PIC requirements to require 

only prior military UAS rated piloting 

experience and passage of FAA ground 

school knowledge test, to conduct 

nighttime operations, and operate from 

moving platforms. 

[FR Doc. 2016–05343 Filed 3–9–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0026] 

Notice of Buy America Waiver 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Buy America waiver. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

NHTSA’s finding with respect to a 

request to waive the requirements of 

Buy America from the Maine Bureau of 

Highway Safety (MBHS). NHTSA finds 

that a non-availability waiver of the Buy 

America requirement is appropriate for 

the purchase of a Leica total station 

using Federal highway traffic safety 

grant funds because there are no 

suitable products produced in the 

United States. 

DATES: The effective date of this waiver 

is March 25, 2016. Written comments 

regarding this notice may be submitted 

to NHTSA and must be received on or 

before: March 25, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted using any one of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Fax: Written comments may be 

faxed to (202) 493–2251. 

• Internet: To submit comments 

electronically, go to the Federal 

regulations Web site at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All comments submitted 

in relation to this waiver must include 

the agency name and docket number. 

Please note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

may also call the Docket at 202–366– 

9324. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

program issues, contact Barbara Sauers, 

Office of Regional Operations and 

Program Delivery, NHTSA (phone: 202– 

366–0144). For legal issues, contact 

Andrew DiMarsico, Office of Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA (phone: 202–366– 

5263). You may send mail to these 

officials at the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice provides NHTSA’s finding that a 

waiver of the Buy America requirement, 

23 U.S.C. 313, is appropriate for MBHS 

to purchase a Leica Flexline TS02 Plus 

R500 Reflectorless Total Station for 

$12,925 using grant funds authorized 

under 23 U.S.C. 402. Section 402 funds 

are available for use by state highway 

safety programs that, among other 

things, reduce or prevent injuries and 

deaths resulting from speeding motor 

vehicles, driving while impaired by 

alcohol and or drugs, motorcycle 

accidents, school bus accidents, and 

unsafe driving behavior. 23 U.S.C. 

402(a). Section 402 funds are also 

available to state programs that 

encourage the proper use of occupant 

protection devices and improve law 

enforcement services in motor vehicle 

accident prevention, traffic supervision, 

and post-accident procedures. Id. 

Buy America provides that NHTSA 

‘‘shall not obligate any funds authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out the 

Surface Transportation Assistance Act 

of 1982 (96 Stat. 2097) or [Title 23] and 

administered by the Department of 

Transportation, unless steel, iron, and 

manufactured products used in such 

project are produced in the United 

States.’’ 23 U.S.C. 313. However, 

NHTSA may waive those requirements 

if ‘‘(1) their application would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

such materials and products are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality; 

or (3) the inclusion of domestic material 

will increase the cost of the overall 

project contract by more than 25 

percent.’’ 23 U.S.C. 313(b); 49 CFR 

1.95(f). 

MBHS seeks a waiver to purchase one 

(1) Leica Flexline TS02 Plus R500 

Reflectorless total station for its 

subgrantee, the Maine State Police, 

using Federal grant funds, at a cost of 

$12,925. A total station is an electronic/ 

optical instrument used in modern 

surveying and accident reconstruction. 

Specifically, a total station is an 

electronic theodolite integrated with an 

electronic distance meter to read slope 

distances from the instrument to a 

particular point. According to MBHS, 

the total station provides law 

enforcement with the equipment 

necessary to provide accurate and 

detailed crash reconstruction to aid in 

improving highway safety and for use 

with the enforcement of traffic safety 

laws. MBHS states that the total station 

reduces the time officers need to stand 

in the roadway with a prism to mark 

evidence at crash scenes. In addition, 

with a total station, evidence can be 

plotted from the side of the road after a 

roadway has been opened to traffic. 

MBHS states that there are no total 

station models that are manufactured or 

assembled in the United States. In 

support of its waiver, MBHS cites to 

NHTSA’s determination that a Buy 

America waiver was appropriate for the 

North Carolina Highway Safety Office to 

purchase a Nikon Nivo 5M plus 

Reflectorless total station. See 80 FR 

72480 (November 19, 2015). In that 

notice, the agency noted that both North 

Carolina and NHTSA performed market 

analyses which revealed that all total 

station equipment are foreign made.1 Id. 

at 72481. At this time, the agency is 

unaware of any total stations produced 

domestically. 

NHTSA agrees that the total stations 

advance the purpose of section 402 to 

improve law enforcement services in 

motor vehicle accident prevention and 

post-accident reconstruction and 

enforcement. A total station is an onmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES