Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Overwatch Aero, LLC

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation 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 nor 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 19, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2018-0857 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, 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 20590-0001, 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 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jake Troutman, (202) 683-7788, 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-2018-0857.

Petitioner: Overwatch Aero, LLC.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 61.113(a) and (b); 91.7(a); 91.103(b)(2); 91.109; 91.151(a); 91.403(b); 91.405(a); 91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(1) and (2); and 91.417(a) and (b).

Description of Relief Sought: Overwatch Aero, LLC (Overwatch) seeks relief to operate the L3Harris Latitude HQ-90C, weighing over 55 pounds (lbs.) with an increased weight from 121 lbs. to no more than 130 lbs.; with approval to operate up to 1,200 feet (ft.) above ground level (AGL) in Class G Airspace, an increase from the currently-approved 400 ft. AGL and below; a provision to allow night visual flight rules (VFR) operations outside of areas designated as temporary flight restrictions, which are currently limited to day VFR operations; and, a provision to expand approved flight categories beyond active emergency response flights.