[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.
[FR Doc. 97-662 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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