[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 20337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08358]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA-2021-0649; Summary Notice No. 2025-31]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Pyka 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 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 June 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number [FAA-2021-0649]
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
https://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) 267-2928, 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.
Dan A. Ngo,
Manager, Part 11 Petitions Branch, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition For Exemption
Docket No.: FAA-2021-0649.
Petitioner: Pyka Inc.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec. 61.3(a)(1)(i),
61.3(c)(1), 61.23(a)(2), 91.7(a), 91.119(c), 91.121, 91.151(a),
91.403(b), 91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(1), 91.409(a)(2),
91.417(a), 91.417(b), 137.19(c), 137.19(d), 137.31(a), 137.31(b),
137.33(a), 137.33(b), 137.41(c), 137.42.
Description of Relief Sought: Pyka Inc. (Pyka) seeks to amend
Exemption No. 20445A granting operations with the Pyka Pelican
(Pelican) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for agricultural spraying
operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of the pilot-in-command
(PIC) when a visual observer (VO) in continuous direct communication
with the PIC is used to maintain VLOS of the unmanned aircraft (UA) and
monitor the airspace around the UA for any non-participating aircraft
or potential collision hazards, and closer than 500 feet to, but not
directly over, non-participating persons, vehicles, and structures upon
demonstrating an acceptable number of successful flight hours with the
Pelican UAS.
[FR Doc. 2025-08358 Filed 5-12-25; 8:45 am]
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