[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35748-35749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14285]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA-2025-1630; Summary Notice No.-2025-49]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Rainmaker
Technology Corporation
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 August 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number [FAA-2025-1630]
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
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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-2025-1630.
Petitioner: Rainmaker Technology Corporation.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. 107.36.
Description of Relief Sought: Rainmaker Technology Corporation
(Rainmaker Technology) seeks relief to allow the use of burn-in-place
(BIP) and ejectable flares during unmanned aircraft system (UAS)
precipitation enhancement operations at high altitudes with the
Rainmaker Elijah Quadcopter Series small UAS, that has a maximum take-
off weight (MTOW) of 50 pounds (lbs.). The relief sought is limited to
the carriage and controlled deployment of these flares, which are
classified as hazardous materials, for the purpose of dispersing ice
nucleating particles (INP) to stimulate precipitation in drought-
affected regions.
[FR Doc. 2025-14285 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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