106308 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 

Background 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 

part 107, subpart D, prescribes the 

eligibility and operating requirements 

for civil sUA to operate over human 

beings in the United States. To be 

eligible for use, the sUA must meet the 

requirements of § 107.120(a) for 

Category 2 operations or § 107.130(a) for 

Category 3 operations. These sections 

require the sUA to be designed, 

produced, or modified such that it will 

not cause injury to a human being above 

a specified severity limit, does not 

contain any exposed rotating parts that 

would lacerate human skin, and does 

not contain any safety defects. Section 

107.155 requires that means of 

compliance with § 107.120(a) or 

§ 107.130(a) be established and FAAaccepted. Section 107.160 requires an 

applicant to declare that sUA for 

Category 2 or Category 3 operations 

meet an FAA-accepted means of 

compliance. 

Means of Compliance Accepted 

This notice of availability serves as a 

formal acceptance by the FAA of VT 

MAAP’s ‘‘Operation of Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over 

People,’’ version 2.1, as an acceptable 

means of compliance, but not the only 

means of compliance with §§ 107.120(a) 

and 107.130(a). Applicants may also 

propose alternative means of 

compliance for FAA review and 

possible acceptance. 

Revisions 

Revisions to VT MAAP’s ‘‘Operation 

of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

Over People,’’ version 2.1, will not be 

automatically accepted and will require 

further FAA acceptance for any 

revisions to be considered an accepted 

means of compliance. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 

December 20, 2024. 

Patrick R. Mullen, 

Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and 

Standards Division, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31234 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 107 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–1975] 

Accepted Means of Compliance for 

Small Unmanned Aircraft Category 3 

Operations Over Human Beings; 

Wingtra AG 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

acceptance of a means of compliance 

with FAA regulations for small 

unmanned aircraft (sUA) Category 3 

operations over human beings. The 

Administrator finds that Wingtra AG’s 

‘‘Proposed Means of Compliance for 

Operations Over People (OOP),’’ dated 

April 30, 2024, provides an acceptable 

means, but not the only means, of 

showing compliance with FAA 

regulations. 

DATES: Effective December 30, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

FAA Contact: Kimberly Luu, Cabin 

Safety Section, AIR–624, Technical 

Policy Branch, Policy and Standards 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 

South 216th Street, Des Moines, 

Washington 98198; telephone and fax 

206–231–3414; email Kimberly.H.Luu@

faa.gov (mail to: Kimberly.H.Luu@

faa.gov). 

Wingtra AG Contact: Armin Ambuehl, 

CTO, Giesshu ̈ belstrasse 40, 8045 Zurich, 

Switzerland, +41 799032851; hello@

wingtra.com (mail to: hello@

wingtra.com). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 

part 107, subpart D, prescribes the 

eligibility and operating requirements 

for civil sUA to operate over human 

beings in the United States. To be 

eligible for use, the sUA must meet the 

requirements of § 107.130(a) for 

Category 3 operations. These sections 

require the sUA to be designed, 

produced, or modified such that it will 

not cause injury to a human being above 

a specified severity limit, does not 

contain any exposed rotating parts that 

would lacerate human skin, and does 

not contain any safety defects. Section 

107.155 requires that means of 

compliance with § 107.130(a) be 

established and FAA-accepted. Section 

107.160 requires an applicant to declare 

that sUA for Category 3 operations meet 

an FAA-accepted means of compliance. 

Means of Compliance Accepted 

This notification of availability serves 

as a formal acceptance by the FAA of 

Wingtra AG’s ‘‘Proposed Means of 

Compliance for Operations Over People 

(OOP),’’ dated April 30, 2024, as an 

acceptable means of compliance, but not 

the only means of compliance with 

§ 107.130(a) for Category 3 operations. 

Applicants may also propose alternative 

means of compliance for FAA review 

and possible acceptance. 

Revisions 

Revisions to Wingtra AG’s ‘‘Proposed 

Means of Compliance for Operations 

Over People (OOP),’’ dated April 30, 

2024, will not be automatically 

accepted, and will require further FAA 

acceptance for any revisions to be 

considered as an accepted means of 

compliance. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 

December 20, 2024. 

Patrick R. Mullen, 

Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and 

Standards Division, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31237 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of the Secretary 

15 CFR Part 6 

[Docket No. 241030–0284] 

RIN 0605–AA69 

Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for 

Inflation 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer and Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule is being issued 

to adjust for inflation each civil 

monetary penalty (CMP) provided by 

law within the jurisdiction of the United 

States Department of Commerce 

(Department of Commerce). The Federal 

Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

of 1990, as amended by the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996 

and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015, required the head of each agency 

to adjust for inflation its CMP levels in 

effect as of November 2, 2015, under a 

revised methodology that was effective 

for 2016 which provided for initial 


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