[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 23592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08952]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2020-04]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; American 
Robotics, Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice.

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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 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 May 18, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2019-0775 
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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2020.
Brandon Roberts,
Acting Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2019-0775
    Petitioner: American Robotics, Inc.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  61.3(a)(1)(i); 
91.9(b)(2); 91.119(c); 91.121; 91.151(b); & 91.203(a) & (b).
    Description of Relief Sought: The proposed exemption, if granted, 
would allow the petitioner to operate its proprietary Scout quadcopter 
unmanned aircraft system (UAS), with a maximum gross takeoff weight of 
20 pounds, in rural agricultural settings in accordance with a Special 
Airworthiness Certificate in the experimental category for the purposes 
of: Research and development; crew training; and customer crew 
training. The Scout UAS is a highly-automated industrial vertical 
takeoff and landing electric multirotor that has been custom designed. 
Operations under the requested exemption would only be conducted in 
Class G airspace with areas having light air traffic, in daylight 
visual meteorological conditions, and would be limited to 400 feet 
above ground level. Individual missions will occur within the 
boundaries of controlled access farmland (or similar rural, controlled 
access environments) owned or controlled by the petitioner's customers.

[FR Doc. 2020-08952 Filed 4-27-20; 8:45 am]
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