[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 1469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00413]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2015-79]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Burlington 
Northern Santa Fe Railway

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 February 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2015-7512 
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: For technical questions concerning 
this action, contact Nia Daniels, (202-267-7626), 800 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2016.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2015-7512.
    Petitioner: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 91.113(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway 
(BNSF) seeks relief from the requirements of 14 CFR Sec.  91.113(b) 
Right-of-way rules: Except water operations, while conducting small 
unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations as part of the Pathfinder 
Focus Area \1\ for beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) in rural/
isolated areas. The UAS research under the Pathfinder program is 
conducted in partnership with the FAA to explore the next steps in 
unmanned aircraft operations beyond the type proposed in the notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPRM), for Operation and Certification of Small 
Unmanned Aircraft Systems. BNSF proposes to utilize technology 
developed by leading experts to provide at least the same level of 
situational awareness as that of a pilot flying under visual flight 
rules (VFR).
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    \1\ https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_programs/pathfinders/.

[FR Doc. 2016-00413 Filed 1-11-16; 8:45 am]
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