[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 48294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19327]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2014-49]


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 September 4, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2014-
0474 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) 267-9521, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20951.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.
    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 2014.

Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: No. FAA-2014-0474.
    Petitioner: Amazon.com.
    Section of 14 CFR: 21.191(a), 45.23(b) 91.9(b), 91.203(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought: Petitioner seeks an exemption to 
conduct private, non-commercial small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) 
operations on its own property. Amazon.com is seeking the relief so 
that it can conduct additional research and development for Prime Air, 
which is Amazon's new delivery system that will get packages to 
customers in 30 minutes or less using aerial vehicles.

[FR Doc. 2014-19327 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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