Document ID: FAA-2018-0325-0004
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries: 3GLP, Inc. dba Precision Flight Devices
Posted Date: 2018-07-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32334-32335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14913]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2018-38]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; 3GLP, Inc. 
dba Precision Flight Devices

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 August 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2018-0325 
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,

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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: Jake Troutman, (202) 683-7788, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Lirio Liu,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2018-0325.
    Petitioner: 3GLP, Inc. dba Precision Flight Devices.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Part 21, subpart H; part 27; 
45.23(b); 45.27(a); 61.113; 91.7(a); 91.9(b)(2); 91.9(c); 91.103; 
91.109(a); 91.119; 91.121; 91.151(a); 91.203(a) & (b); 91.405(a); 
91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(1) & (2); 91.417(a) & (b).
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner is requesting relief 
to commercially operate a CW-30, hybrid fixed wing and vertical takeoff 
and land multi-copter, unmanned aircraft (UA) that weighs more than 55 
pounds (lbs.). The proposed operation would allow the petitioner to 
conduct aerial data collection to include remote sensing and measuring 
by an instrument or combination of instruments aboard the UA. 
Specifically, Precision Flight Devices intends to operate the UA at 
less than 30 miles per hour with a maximum takeoff weight of 75 lbs. 
The operations would be conducted within visual line of sight over a 
15.56 square mile area situated at and around Kiana and Nulato 
airfields (8 square miles per airport) in Western Alaska. The 
collection of UA high resolution data and images may require operations 
as close as 200 feet from non-participating persons.

[FR Doc. 2018-14913 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am]
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