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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 19 (Thursday, January 30, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8557-8558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01909]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2024-2560; Summary Notice No. -2025-06]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; The Board 
of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on Behalf of Desert 
Research Institute.

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 February 19, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2024-2560 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://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

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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 https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
https://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: Liam Andrews, (202) 267-8181, 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.
Dan Ngo,
Manager, Part 11 Petitions Branch, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2024-2560.
    Petitioner: The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher 
Education on behalf of Desert Research Institute.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  61.3(a)(1)(i), 
61.23(a)(2), 91.7(a), 91.119(c), 91.121, 91.151(b), 91.403(b), 
91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(1), 91.409(a)(2), 91.417(a), and 
91.417(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: By letters dated November 5, 2024, 
and January 9, 2025, as well as a record of conversation dated January 
8, 2025, The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education 
on behalf of Desert Research Institute (Desert Research Institute) 
seeks relief to operate the Freefly Alta X unmanned aircraft system 
(UAS), weighing over 50 pounds (lbs.) but no more than 76.9 lbs., for 
the purpose of research and development, training of university 
personnel, and to establish a UAS flight experience program for non-
employees with UAS weighing 55 lbs. or more from the FAA approved 
aircraft list. The Desert Research Institute requests the removal of 
the 14 CFR part 61 written test requirement and seeks to only hold a 
remote pilot certificate for operations.

[FR Doc. 2025-01909 Filed 1-29-25; 8:45 am]
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