97-662. Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 1797]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-662]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    [Summary Notice No. PE-97-1]
    
    
    Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
    Dispositions of Petitions Issued
    
    AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
    
    ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions 
    of prior petitions.
    
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    SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the 
    application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 
    CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 
    seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation 
    Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions 
    previously received, and corrections. The purpose of this notice is to 
    improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of 
    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 any petition or its final disposition.
    
    DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
    number involved and must be received on or before January 30, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
    Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
    (AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ________, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
    Washington, DC 20591.
        Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
    address: nprmcmts@faa.dot.gov.
        The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final 
    disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are 
    available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA 
    Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
    Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Angela Anderson (202) 267-9681 Office of 
    Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
    Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.
        This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) 
    of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
    Part 11).
    
        Issued in Washington, DC, on January 7, 1997.
    Donald P. Byrne,
    Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
    
    Petitions for Exemption
    
        Docket No.: 28679.
        Petitioner: King County Department of Public Safety.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135 and 49 CFR Sec. 41102.
        Description of Relief Sought: To permit King County Department of 
    Public Service to be reimbursed for the use of its military surplus 
    Bell UH-1H and OH-58C helicopters for law enforcement operations in 
    support of other political subdivisions that are not of a common 
    treasury with King County.
    
    Dispositions of Petitions
    
        Docket No.: 10633
        Petitioner: FAA Technical Center
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(a), 91.119(c), 
    91.159(a), and 91.303(e)
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the FAA 
    Technical Center to conduct flight operations in support of its 
    research and development projects without meeting certain FAA 
    regulations governing: 1) aircraft speed, 2) minimum safe altitudes, 3) 
    cruising altitudes for flights conducted under visual flight rules, and 
    4) aerobatic flight. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption No. 1200B.
    
        Docket No.: 23495.
        Petitioner: U.S. Army Aeronautical Service Agency.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209 (a) and (b).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To continue to permit the 
    Army to conduct certain military training operations at night without 
    lighted aircraft position lights. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption 
    No. 3946E.
    
        Docket No.: 26695.
        Petitioner: Comair Aviation Academy.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Comair Aviation 
    academy to recommend graduates of its approved flight instructor-
    airplane certification course for flight instructor certificates 
    without those graduates taking the FAA flight test. GRANT, November 14, 
    1996, Exemption No. 5523C.
    
        Docket No.: 28445.
        Petitioner: Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4), 43.11(a)(3), 
    appendix B to part 43, and 145.57(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
    to use computer-generated electronic signatures in lieu of physical 
    signatures to satisfy approval for return-to-service signature 
    requirements. GRANT, October 31, 1996, Exemption No. 6542.
    
        Docket No.: 28563.
        Petitioner: Mercer County Community College.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.91.
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to provide ground school courses over interactive television 
    simultaneously to three institutions while notifying only one Flight 
    Standards District Office (FSDO), instead of notifying each FSDO having 
    jurisdiction over the individual satellite base. DENIAL, November 12, 
    1996, Exemption No. 6543.
    
        Docket No.: 28628.
        Petitioner: William W. Webb.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
    to conduct certain flight instruction in Beechcraft Bonanza airplanes 
    equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place of 
    functional dual controls. GRANT, November 21, 1996, Exemption No. 6544.
    
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Document Information

Published:
01/13/1997
Department:
Transportation Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions of prior petitions.
Document Number:
97-662
Dates:
Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before January 30, 1997.
Pages:
1797-1797 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Summary Notice No. PE-97-1
PDF File:
97-662.pdf