Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Phoenix Air Unmanned, LLC

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Notice.

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 March 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number [FAA-2022-0124] 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.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2022-0124.

Petitioner: Phoenix Air Unmanned, LLC.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 61.3(a)(1)(i), 61.113(a), 91.109(a), 91.119(c), 91.121, 91.151(b).

Description of Relief Sought: Phoenix Air Unmanned, LLC (PAU) seeks relief to operate the SwissDrones SVO 50 V2 unmanned aircraft system with a Special Airworthiness Certificate—Experimental Category (SAC-EC) and an Air Traffic Organization (ATO) Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) for the purposes of research and development (R&D), crew training, familiarization flights and Operational Suitability Evaluations in accordance with 14 CFR 21.191(a) and 21.191(c) at private land in Antioch, Georgia, and a 230kV circuit owned by a local electric utility company in Cave Spring, Georgia. The proposed R&D activities under the SAC-EC will support PAU in obtaining a 49 U.S.C. 44807 exemption for the SwissDrones SVO 50 V2 UAS.