Evaluation of Operations with Ground Risk Buffer in Populated Areas

In plain language

Even if only your ground risk buffer touches a populated area, you must plan and evaluate your entire drone operation as if it is taking place over a populated area.

Requirement as structured

If any part of the ground risk buffer is located in a populated area, the entire UAS operation must be evaluated as an operation over a populated area.

Original regulatory text

If, for example, only the ground risk buffer is in "populated area", the entire operation must be evaluated as an operation over "populated area".