[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 99 (Friday, May 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22146-22147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09312]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No.: FAA-2025-0414; Summary Notice No.--2025-34]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Northeast 
Unmanned Aviation Research Alliance

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

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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 12, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2025-0414 
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) 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-2025-0414.
    Petitioner: Northeast Unmanned Aviation Research Alliance.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  91.7(a), 91.119(c), 
91.121, 91.151(a), 91.151(b), 91.403(b), 91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 
91.409(a)(1), 91.409(a)(2), 91.417(a), 91.417(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: Northeast Unmanned Aviation Research 
Alliance (NUAIR) seeks relief to operate fixed-wing and rotorcraft 
unmanned aircraft (UA) weighing up to 1,320 pounds (lbs.) which meet or 
exceed defined minimum performance requirements. The petitioner 
proposes to operate UA beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) within a 
defined 450 square mile area of Central New York where NUAIR intends to 
utilize a network of ground-based radars and Automatic Dependent 
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) In terminals to detect and avoid 
aircraft during BVLOS operations.

[FR Doc. 2025-09312 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
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