[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30814-30815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13973]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2017-101A]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; FlightScan 
Corporation

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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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.

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DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before July 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2017-1065 
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 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 12, 2018, the FAA published a 
notice in the Federal Register seeking comment regarding the petition 
for exemption submitted by FlightScan Corporation, (83 FR 15892). On 
May 3, 2018, the petitioner posted to the docket a revised petition 
that is available to the public and not marked proprietary and 
confidential. The FAA is reopening the comment period for this revised 
petition for exemption to provide adequate opportunity for comment.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2018.
Lirio Liu,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2017-1065.
    Petitioner: FlightScan Corporation.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  45.23(b); 45.29(b)(3); 
91.9(b); 91.105(a)(2), (b); 91.107; 91.109; 91.113(b); 91.119; 91.121; 
91.203; 91.205(b)(13), (14), (15) & (17); 91.207.
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner is requesting relief 
in order to operate the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100, a medium risk (ICAO 
Risk Class III) vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft 
System (UAS), with a maximum takeoff weight of 440 pounds. The 
requested operation would allow the petitioner to provide commercial 
aerial monitoring during the day of critical national infrastructure 
beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) in the United States, as 
stipulated in section 2210 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security 
Act of 2016.

[FR Doc. 2018-13973 Filed 6-28-18; 8:45 am]
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