2021-27188

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 107 • [Docket No. FAA-2021-1158; Notice No. 107-21-01-NOA] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT. ACTION: Notification of availability. SUMMARY: This document announces the acceptance of a means of compliance (MOC) in accordance with a rule issued by the FAA on January 21, 2021, and went into effect on April 21, 2021. The Administrator finds the Virginia Tech ( printed page 71373) Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership (VT MAAP) MOC Version 1.0 an acceptable means, but not the only means, of demonstrating compliance with the requirements of Category 2 and Category 3 small unmanned aircraft systems (small UAS) operations over people. DATES: December 16, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   FAA Contact: Jeffrey Bergson, Production and Airworthiness Systems, AIR-632, Systems Policy Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, AIR-600: 800 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone 206-231-3661; email: jeffrey.bergson@faa.gov; telephone 1-844-FLY-MYUA; email: UASHelp@faa.gov. VT MAAP Contact: Robert Briggs, UAS Chief Engineer, 1991 Kraft Drive, Suite 2018, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (540) 231-9373; rcbriggs@vt.edu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The FAA published Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 107, subpart D permitting the routine operation of small UAS at night or over people under certain conditions. Subpart D also provides aircraft eligibility and operating requirements for categories of operations over people. When promulgated, this rule was the next step in the FAA's incremental approach to integrating UAS into the national airspace system, based on demands for increased operational flexibility and the experience the FAA has gained since it initially published part 107. To satisfy the eligibility requirements of part 107, subpart D, a small unmanned aircraft must meet the performance-based safety requirements of § 107.120(a) for operations in Category 2 or the performance-based safety requirements of § 107.130(a) for operations in Category 3 or both by following an FAA-accepted MOC. An FAA-accepted MOC addresses the minimum testing, inspection, or analysis necessary to demonstrate compliance with the safety requirements. An acceptable MOC must consist of test, analysis, or inspection. It must address the injury severity limits, the exposed rotating parts prohibition, and verification that there are no safety defects. The FAA must accept a MOC before an applicant can rely on it to declare compliance with part 107, subpart D requirements. In addition, the FAA indicates acceptance of a MOC by publishing a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register identifying the MOC as accepted and by informing the applicant of its acceptance.[1] Means of Compliance Accepted in This Policy VT MAAP published the Operation of Small UAS Over People MOC Version 1.0 on October 20, 2021. The FAA has acknowledged VT MAAP's performance-based MOC as an acceptable MOC to the requirements of &sec…

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