Document ID: FAA-2015-1020-0006
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petitions for Exemption; Summaries: Drone Surveys and Reports
Posted Date: 2016-05-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 29320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11109]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2016-43]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Drone 
Surveys and Reports

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 May 31, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2015-1020 
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: Dan Ngo, 202-267-4264, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2016.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2015-1020.
    Petitioner: Drone Surveys and Reports.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  61.51.
    Description of Relief Sought: Petitioner is requesting to amend 
Exemption No. 11800 to allow operations of a small unmanned aircraft 
system (UAS) by a person who does not hold an FAA-issued pilot 
certificate under the direct supervision of a pilot holding either an 
airline transport or commercial pilot certificate, in accordance with 
the conditions and limitations. The petitioner would also like to add 
the following aircraft to the exemption: 3D Robotics X8, 3DR Solo, 
Bheema Walkera QR X350 Pro, Blade 350 QX V2, Blade Chroma, DJI Phantom 
3, DJI SPREADING WINGS S1000, DJI SPREADING WINGS S900, Dreamfly 
Walkera Voyager 3, FLYPRO PX400 PRO 2, FREEFLY Alta Drone, HUBSAN X4 
Pro High Edition, Lehmann LA100 GoPro Drone, Lumenier QAV250, Parrot 
AR.Drone 2.0, Parrot BeBop, Q500 4K Typhoon, QAV400, Robotics Iris+, 
Steadidrone Flare, The Live Video Camera Drone, Turbo Ace Matrix, Turbo 
Ace X830D Drone RTF, Walkera Scout X4, Walkera Tali, H500, xFold CINEMA 
X12, xFold CINEMA X8, xFold DRAGON X8 KDE, xFold DRAGON X8 U11, 
XProHeli ProPack XP2, XProHeli XPX, and Yuneec Typhoon Q500+.

[FR Doc. 2016-11109 Filed 5-10-16; 8:45 am]
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