Document ID: FAA-2019-0573-0061
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary: Amazon Prime Air
Posted Date: 2022-03-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11804-11805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04349]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2019-0573; Summary Notice No. -2022-14]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Amazon 
Prime Air

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 March 22, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2019-0573 
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

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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: Nia Daniels, (202) 267-7626, 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.
Timothy R. Adams,
Deputy Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2019-0573.
    Petitioner: Amazon Prime Air.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  61.3(a), 61.23(a)(2), 
61.113(a), 61.133, 91.7(a), 91.113(b)-(f), 91.119(b) and (c), 91.121, 
91.151(a), 91.151(b), 135.25(a)(1) and (a)(2), 135.63(c) and (d), 
135.65(d), 135.93, 135.95(a), 135.149(a), 135.161(a)(1)-(3), 
135.203(a), 135.203(b), 135.209(a), 135.209(b), 135.243(b)(1) and 
(b)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: Amazon Prime Air (Amazon) seeks to 
amend its existing exemptions (Exemption Nos. 18601 and 18602), which 
permit operations under a part 135 air carrier operating certificate 
with an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), to enable the petitioner's 
commercial delivery operations using UASs. Amazon requests that the FAA 
amend these exemptions to cover the MK27-2 drone system and to modify 
the conditions and limitations of the exemptions to reflect the 
upgraded capabilities and enhanced safety of the MK27-2. Specifically, 
Amazon seeks to remove several conditions and limitations that the FAA 
imposed based on the capabilities of Amazon's original MK27. Amazon 
also seeks to remove the requirements for each pilot-in-command, check 
pilot, and flight instructor to hold a private pilot certificate issued 
under part 61 and a second class medical certificate in accordance with 
Sec.  61.23(a)(2). Amazon states that the purpose of the amendments is 
to reflect enhancements to Amazon's UAS and operating procedures.

[FR Doc. 2022-04349 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
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