Document ID: FAA-2016-0734-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Posted Date: 2016-03-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 14176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05865]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2016-04]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Burlington 
Northern Santa Fe Railway

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 April 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-0734 
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: For technical questions concerning 
this action, contact Jake Troutman, (202-267-9521), 800 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 8, 2016.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2016-0734
    Petitioner: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 61.113(a), 91.119(c), 91.121 and 
91.151
    Description of Relief Sought: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway 
(BNSF) seeks relief from the requirements of 14 CFR 61.113(a), 
91.119(c), 91.121 and 91.151 to permit it to conduct sUAS operations 
beyond visual line of sight as part of the FAA/BNSF UAS Focus Area 
Pathfinder program. The purpose of the Pathfinder program \1\ is to 
explore command-and-control challenges of using sUAS beyond visual line 
of sight for inspection of rail system infrastructure in rural/isolated 
areas.
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    \1\ https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_programs/pathfinders/.

[FR Doc. 2016-05865 Filed 3-15-16; 8:45 am]
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