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RIN: 2120-AJ60

Publication ID: Spring 2016

Title: Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Abstract: This rulemaking would allow the commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). These changes would address the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems, certification of their operators, registration of the small unmanned aircraft, and display of registration markings. This action would also find airworthiness certification is not required for small unmanned aircraft system operations subject to this rulemaking.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 91
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 44701 Pub. L. 112-95

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 332(b) requires issuance of final rule 18 months after integration plan is submitted to Congress. Integration plan due Feb. 14, 2013	08/14/2014

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/23/2015	80 FR 9544
NPRM Comment Period End	04/24/2015
Final Rule	07/00/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Lance Nuckolls Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration 490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20024 Phone:202-267-8447 Email: UAS-rule@faa.gov