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What legal authority does FEMA have to control UAV's flying over public and/or private property? EDIT: FEMA's own documentation on their legal authority. http:
by asn0 13y ago
What legal authority does FEMA have to control UAV's flying over public and/or private property?
EDIT: FEMA's own documentation on their legal authority. http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-authorities.pdf http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-authorities.pdf I don't see aircraft in the list.
EDIT2: From FEMA's own documentation http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-esf-01.pdf http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-esf-01.pdf: "DOT/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for the operation and regulation of the
U.S. National Airspace System, including during emergencies. "
EDIT3: This is the part the blog left out: the FAA has restricted two airspaces in the flood area, starting this morning. No aircraft below ~13,000 ft http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4481.html http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4481.html http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4474.html http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_4474.html Maybe FEMA requested the restrictions, but the FAA is the one that issued them.
- seiji 13y agoDoes declaring a state of emergency give FEMA martial law powers? They probably have their own tanks and swat teams just like everybody else. Or, the flooding is due to aliens/mutants/cloverfields and they don't want visual evidence.
- a-priori 13y agoIt may just be posturing or covering their asses. Or they may be able to argue that, since they are operating their own aircraft as part of the recovery operations, the presence of UAVs in the air is a risk to their aircraft. And so, by flying a UAV, you're disrupting their activities.