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

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

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 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.

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.