82 FR 16656 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 64 (April 5, 2017)

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. 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 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16656]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06768]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2017-12]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to 
improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of 
FAA's regulatory activities. 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 April 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2016-
3324 using any of the following methods:
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 
202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management 
Facility 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.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you 
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can 
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including 
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment 
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management 
Facility 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.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2017.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2016-3324.
    Petitioner: STEM+C Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 61.113(a)(b); 61.133(a); 91.7(a); 
91.119; 91.121; 91.151(a); 91.405(a); 91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(2); 
91.417(a)(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: STEM+C Inc., an educational company 
defined as, ``Science, technology, engineering and math'', seeks an 
exemption to operate small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). The 
requested relief is for ``teams'' of students registered and authorized 
by STEM+C Inc. to participate in ``Spaceport America and STEM+C Flight 
Series'' at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The goal of this project 
is to tow a sUAS (RvJet) under a weather balloon to a maximum operating 
altitude of 115,000 ft. mean sea level (msl). At 115,000 ft. msl a 
release signal will be sent to the RvJet, which will cause the RvJet to 
detach from the weather balloon. The RvJet will then be flown to 
Spaceport America via control link and video link. The proposed 
airspace is a 35 nautical mile (nm) radius from a point defined by: 
Latitude 32.9905 and Longitude 106.9736.

[FR Doc. 2017-06768 Filed 4-4-17; 8:45 am]
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