81 FR 568 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Daedalus Drone Services, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 3 (January 6, 2016)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 568-569]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33259]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-15-71]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Daedalus 
Drone Services, LLC

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 January 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2015-3273 
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

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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: Joseph Hexter (202) 267-4606, 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 December 30, 2015.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2015-3273.
    Petitioner: Daedalus Drone Services, LLC.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 21 subpart H, 45.23(b), 61.113(a), 
91.103, 91.109(a), 91.119(b), 91.119(c), 91.121, 91.151(a), 91.203(a) & 
(b), 91.405(a), 91.409(a)(2), 91.417(a)&(b), 91.7(a) & (b), and 
91.9(b)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: Requesting to allow Daedalus Drone 
Services, LLC to operate small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) 
commercially in airspace regulated by the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) for the purposes of; aerial photography/
videography/surveying, structural/utility inspections/patrolling, real 
estate marketing/surveying, remote sensing, precision agriculture, 
public entity support operations, construction site inspection and 
monitoring, wildlife and forestry monitoring, education and research 
operations, flare stack inspections, and other flight operations that 
could be performed safely and more cost effectively with the use of 
sUAS, at low altitude, with the United States national airspace system 
as compared to a manned aircraft.
    Petitioner requests no restrictions with regard to minimum 
distances from structures, vessels, and vehicles, and a 200-foot 
minimum distance from persons not associated with the sUAS operation be 
granted. Additionally, the petitioner requests no minimum distance with 
regard to crew for the operation, and operations from a moving 
platform.

[FR Doc. 2015-33259 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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