As noted in a previous post here, the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington DC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2026, 91 FR 24650, entitled Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility. This NPRM proposes rules that would implement section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016 by establishing a process for operators and proprietors of certain fixed site facilities to request and maintain an unmanned aircraft flight restriction (UAFR); criteria to demonstrate the UAFR is necessary for: aviation safety, protection of people and property on the ground, national security, or homeland security; and identified the types of operations allowed in the UAFR. The NPRM established a comment period for the public regarding the proposed rule that was open until July 6, 2026.
However, the FAA has now issued a document entitled Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility; Extension of Comment Period which was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2026, 91 FR 39568. The FAA has now extended the comment period for the NPRM published on May 6, 2026, at 91 FR 24650, and scheduled to close on July 6, 2026, until August 5, 2026. The FAA stated that the purpose of this extension was to allow commenters additional time to analyze the proposed rule and prepare a response.
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