---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 11.63"
title: "14"
number: "11.63"
heading: "How and to whom do I submit my petition for rulemaking or petition for exemption?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/11.63"
---

# §11.63. How and to whom do I submit my petition for rulemaking or petition for exemption?

- (a) **To submit a petition for rulemaking or exemption—**
  - (1) By electronic submission, submit your petition for rulemaking or exemption to the FAA through the internet at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal 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 Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building 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 Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 or by electronic submission to this Internet address: http://www.regulations.gov.
- (c) The FAA may designate other means by which you can submit petitions in the future.
- (d) **Submit your petition for exemption 120 days before you need the exemption to take effect.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[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]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40109, 40113, 44110, 44502, 44701-44702, 44711, 46102, and 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-1999-6622, 65 FR 50863, Aug. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[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]