[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5990-5991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01726]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2023-0987; Summary Notice No. 2024-06]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Verge, Inc. 
dba Verge Aero

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 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 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 February 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2023-0987 
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: Avi Acharya, AIR-626C, Federal 
Aviation Administration, at (316) 946-4192 or by email at 
[email protected].
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2024.
Daniel J. Commins,
Manager, Integration and Performance Branch, Policy and Standards 
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Summary of Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2023-0987.
    Petitioner: Verge, Inc. dba Verge Aero.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  89.515.
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner seeks relief from the 
remote identification design and production requirements under 14 CFR 
89.515 for the production of an uncrewed aircraft (UA) without design 
or production approval for light show events. If granted, the requested 
relief would allow Verge Aero to produce drones to be used exclusively 
for drone show operations without the UA complying with the minimum 
performance requirements for standard remote identification UA 
established in Sec.  89.310. In lieu of complying with 14 CFR 89.515, 
the petitioner proposes to use a ground-based WiFi router network to 
broadcast identifying information for

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the fleet of UAs operated during a light show.

[FR Doc. 2024-01726 Filed 1-29-24; 8:45 am]
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