2017-00394. Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; The Boeing Company

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of petition for exemption received.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of the FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.

DATE:

Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before January 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES:

You may send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-9340 using any of the following methods:

• Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments digitally.
• Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov,, including any personal information you provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).

Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Collins, ANM-112, Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356, email [e-mail], phone [phone].

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Issued in Renton, WA, on January 5, 2017.

Victor Wicklund,

Manager, Transport Standards Staff.

PETITION FOR EXEMPTION

Docket No.: FAA-2016-9340

Petitioner: The Boeing Company

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 25.981(a)(3) and 25.901(c)

Description of Relief Sought: Relief from the requirements of fuel tank electrostatics protection for the fuel quantity indication system (FQIS) for the first 36 Boeing 737-8/-9 (737 MAX) model airplanes produced (line numbers 1 through 36).