Document ID: FAA-2019-0657-0003
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary: BFD Systems, LLC
Posted Date: 2019-11-14T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 61963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24703]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2019-68]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; BFD 
Systems, LLC

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 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 December 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2019-0657 
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, 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 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 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2019.
Forest Rawls,
Acting Deputy Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2019-0657.
    Petitioner: BFD Systems, LLC.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  61.23(a) & (c); 
61.101(e)(4) & (5); 61.113(a); 61.315(a); 91.7(a); 91.119(c); 91.121; 
91.151(a)(1); 91.405(a); 91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(1) & (2); & 91.417(a) 
& (b).
    Description of Relief Sought: The proposed exemption, if granted, 
would allow the petitioner to operate the GD-40 BFD Edition unmanned 
aircraft system, with a maximum takeoff weight of 120 pounds. 
Operations will be conducted for: Closed set motion picture films, 
carrying cinematic cameras, in restricted access film locations; not 
over people, and within visual line of sight of the pilot. The 
petitioner also requests relief for tethered operations for 
communication and video equipment cellular network augmentation, and 
live broadcast conditions. The proposed locations are in guarded 
restricted-access areas, or within a defined cordoned off area. 
Cellular network augmentation operations will support FirstNet network 
subscribers in disaster areas and help restore and improve first 
responder communications capabilities in the aftermath of natural 
disasters in the United States.

[FR Doc. 2019-24703 Filed 11-13-19; 8:45 am]
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