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6 May 2015 U.S. Department ofTransportation Docket Management System 1200 NewJerseyAve., SE Washington, DC 20590 

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Re: Application for Issuance ofSection 333 Exemption Based upon Exemption 11110 Issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd.
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## ---------**--~---** Granite Construction Company ("Granite") herewith applies forthe issuance ofan exemption underSection 333 ofthe FAA Modernization and Reform Act of2012 based upon Exemption 11110 issued to Trimble Navigation Ltd. ("Trimble") on December 10, 2014 in FAA Docket 2014-0367. The requested exemption would allow Granite to operate the UX5 aircraft manufactured by Trimble orotherTrimble aircraft approved for commercial operations under Exemption 11110, as amended, such as the UX5hp for which an amendment has been filed. Granite notes thatthe FAA recently authorized use ofthe Trimble UX5 by a third party in Exemption No. 11257, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0889, on April 2, 2015, under updated conditions, and Granite hereby confirms that it will accept such conditions as well as those set forth in Exemption No. 11240, Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0894. The name and contact information for the applicant are: Sergio Callegari Granite Construction Company 1900 Glendale Ave Sparks, NV 89431 Phone: (775)560-1587 Sergio.Callegari@gcinc.com**---~**

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__**-==-~~~-** --=----= strict compliance with the conditions set forth in Exemption 11110, as such conditions may be amended or modified by the FAA from time to time, as was done in Exemption Nos. 11240 and 11257, or such otherconditions as the FAA shall specify, and the following manuals: 1) Trimble UX5 Data Sheet; and 2) Trimble UX5 Aerial Imaging Solution UserGuide (User Guide) Copies ofthese manuals are attached. These manuals are very similarto the manuals submitted byTrimble in support ofthe issuance of Exemption 11110, updated to reflect changes reported in Trimble's March 4, 2015 amendment to Exemption 11110. The manuals will be updated byU.S. Department ofTransportation 6 May 2015 Page 2
Trimble, as needed to reflect any changes to Exemption 11110, based on amendments thereto. Granite acknowledges that under current FAA guidance a separate Certificate ofWaiver orAuthorization ("COA") is required to fly at altitudes in excess of200 feet AGL, and it will apply for COAs where required. Granite hereby requests a blanket COA forflights up to 200 feet AGL in the form approved bythe FAA. Granite will also file NOTAMsfor its flights, as required. To the extent necessary, Granite refers the FAA to the original exemption and the amended exemption requests submitted byTrimble in Docket FAA-2014-0367 for demonstration ofthe public interest and an equivalent level ofsafety. Because the UX5 -,

_______and the**.UX5qp_specifie~Un_this_request.ar:_~Jhe""same_or,_essentially_the_same,_as_the**______ -- craft already approved in Exemption 11110, and Granite will operate the aircraft in strict compliance with the conditions in existing exemptions previously granted by the FAA, or as they may be amended, notice need not be provided in the Federal Register nor public comment solicited. 1 Ifyou have any questions, please contactthe undersigned. 

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Enclosure

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Applicant reads Section 333 as placing the duty on the Administrator not only to process applications for exemptions under Section 333 but, if he determines that the conditions setforth herein do not fulfill the statutory requirements for approval, to craft conditions for the safe operation ofthe UAS.