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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition)

§ 11.53

your letter or message that you are re-
questing that the agency hold a public
meeting. Submit your request no later
than 30 days after our rulemaking no-
tice. If we find good cause for a meet-
ing, we will notify you and publish a
notice of the meeting in the F

EDERAL

EGISTER

§ 11.53

What takes place at a public

meeting?

A public meeting is a non-adver-

sarial, fact-finding proceeding con-
ducted by an FAA representative. Pub-
lic meetings are announced in the F

ERAL

EGISTER

. We invite interested

persons to attend and to present their
views to the agency on specific issues.
There are no formal pleadings and no
adverse parties, and any regulation
issued afterward is not necessarily
based exclusively on the record of the
meeting.

ETITIONS FOR

ULEMAKING AND FOR

XEMPTION

§ 11.61

May I ask FAA to adopt, amend,

or repeal a regulation, or grant re-
lief from the requirements of a cur-
rent regulation?

(a) Using a petition for rulemaking,

you may ask FAA to add a new regula-
tion to title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) or ask FAA to
amend or repeal a current regulation in
14 CFR.

(b) Using a petition for exemption,

you may ask FAA to grant you relief
from current regulations in 14 CFR.

§ 11.63

How and to whom do I submit

my petition for rulemaking or peti-
tion for exemption?

(a) To submit a petition for rule-

making or exemption—

(1) By electronic submission, submit

your petition for rulemaking or exemp-
tion to the FAA through the internet
at

http://www.regulations.gov,

the Fed-

eral Docket Management System
website. For additional instructions,
you may visit

http://www.faa.gov,

and

navigate to the Rulemaking home
page.

(2) By paper submission, send the

original signed copy of your petition
for rulemaking or exemption to this
address: U.S. Department of Transpor-
tation, Docket Operations, West Build-

ing Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590.

(b) Submit a petition for rulemaking

or exemption from part 139 of this
chapter—

(1) To the appropriate FAA airport

field office in whose area your airport
is, or will be, established; and

(2) To the U.S. Department of Trans-

portation, Docket Operations, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Wash-
ington, DC 20590 or by electronic sub-
mission to this Internet address:

http://

www.regulations.gov.

means by which you can submit peti-
tions in the future.

(d) Submit your petition for exemp-

tion 120 days before you need the ex-
emption to take effect.

[Amdt. 11–50, 69 FR 22386, Apr. 26, 2004, as
amended at 72 FR 68474, Dec. 5, 2007; Amdt.
11–55, 74 FR 202, Jan. 5, 2009; FAA–2016–6761,
Amdt. No. 11–62, 83 FR 28534, June 20, 2016]

§ 11.71

What information must I in-

clude in my petition for rule-
making?

(a) You must include the following

information in your petition for rule-
making:

(1) Your name and mailing address

and, if you wish, other contact infor-
mation such as a fax number, tele-
phone number, or e-mail address.

(2) An explanation of your proposed

action and its purpose.

(3) The language you propose for a

new or amended rule, or the language
you would remove from a current rule.

(4) An explanation of why your pro-

posed action would be in the public in-
terest.

(5) Information and arguments that

support your proposed action, includ-
ing relevant technical and scientific
data available to you.

(6) Any specific facts or cir-

cumstances that support or dem-
onstrate the need for the action you
propose.

(b) In the process of considering your

petition, we may ask that you provide
information or data available to you
about the following:

(1) The costs and benefits of your pro-

posed action to society in general, and

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