[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44869-44870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20498]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2017-67]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; BNSF 
Railway Company

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 or omission of information in

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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 October 16, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2017-0761 
using any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room Wl2-140 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.
    <bullet> 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 ofrecords notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://ww\v.dot.gov/privacv.
    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 Wl2-140 
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: Jake Troutman (202) 683-7788, Office 
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue 
SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2017-0761
    Petitioner: BNSF Railway Company
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Part 21; Sec. Sec.  45.23(b), 
6l.l13(a) and (b), 9I.7(a), 9l.103(b), 91.119, 91.121, 91.151, 91.215, 
91.203(a) and (b), 9l.405(a), 9l.407(a), 91.409(a), 91.417(a) and (b) 
of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR).
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner, a Class I freight 
railroad, is seeking an exemption pursuant to Section 2210 of the FAA 
Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016, to commercia lly operate 
small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight 
(BVLOS) over BNSF owned or controlled land in support of activities 
described in Section2210, paragraph (b). The inspection of railroad 
infrastructure and operations involving repair, construction, 
maintenance, or protection of covered facilities will occur during both 
day and night.
[FR Doc. 2017-20498 Filed 9-25-17; 8:45 am]
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