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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Please pass along to anyone you think might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Past President, Urban Regional Info. Systems Association (URISA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Past Chair, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Staterep [mailto:staterep-bounces@nsgic.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Burgess<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 12, 2015 12:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> staterep@nsgic.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NSGIC_State_Rep] Proposed Rules for Small UAS by FAA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If interested, please see the attached provisions being proposed in the FAA’s Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Notice of Proposed Rule Making. Since it references Section 336
of Public Law 112-95 to define Model Aircraft, I copied that section of the law below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SEC. 336. SPECIAL RULE FOR MODEL AIRCRAFT.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(a) IN GENERAL.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">—Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the incorporation of unmanned aircraft systems into Federal Aviation Administration plans and policies, including this
subtitle, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft, or an aircraft being developed as a model aircraft, if—
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(1) the aircraft is flown strictly for hobby or recreational use;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(2) the aircraft is operated in accordance with a community-based set of safety guidelines and within the programming of a nationwide community-based organization;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(3) the aircraft is limited to not more than 55 pounds unless otherwise certified through a design, construction, inspection, flight test, and operational safety program administered
by a community-based organization; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(4) the aircraft is operated in a manner that does not interfere with and gives way to any manned aircraft; and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(5) when flown within 5 miles of an airport, the operator of the aircraft provides the airport operator and the airport air traffic control tower (when an air traffic facility
is located at the airport) with prior notice of the operation (model aircraft operators flying from a permanent location within 5 miles of an airport should establish a mutually-agreed upon operating procedure with the airport operator and the airport air
traffic control tower (when an air traffic facility is located at the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">airport)).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Administrator to pursue enforcement action against persons operating model aircraft who endanger
the safety of the national airspace system. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(c) MODEL AIRCRAFT DEFINED<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.—In this section, the term ‘‘model aircraft’’ means an unmanned aircraft that is—
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(1) capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(2) flown within visual line of sight of the person operating the aircraft; and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(3) flown for hobby or recreational purposes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Take Care<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Bill Burgess, Washington Liaison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">443-448-4395 (Office)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:william.burgess@comcast.net"><span style="color:#0563C1">william.burgess@comcast.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nsgic.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.nsgic.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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