[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 121-122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34165]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-64]
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 22, 1998.
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: [email protected]
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) 267-3131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Thorson (202) 267-7470 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, D.C., on December 24, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: 29066.
Petitioner: Mr. James T. Hawkins.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.21(c)(2) and 45.29 (c),
(d), and (e).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to display
aircraft registration markings on his Piper Archer aircraft
(Registration No. N3578M) that are ornamental in nature and do not meet
the width, thickness, and spacing requirements of part 45.
Disposition of Petitions
Docket No.: 29038.
Petitioner: GE VARIG.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit GE Varig to
substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de
Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial, Brazil's national
standards organization, for the calibration standards of the U.S.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National
Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment.
Grant, December 18, 1997, Exemption No. 6709.
Docket No.: 28846.
Petitioner: Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.2(d)(1)(i)(D),
121.337(b)(8), and 121.359(g).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Gulfstream to
operate 25 Beechcraft 190C airplanes without those airplanes being
equipped with approved smoke and fume protective breathing equipment
for flight crewmembers from December 20, 1997, until March 20, 1998, a
period of 90 days.
Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6596D.
Docket No.: 29086.
Petitioner: Air Midwest, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.2 and 121.337(b)(8).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Midwest to
operate 15 Beechcraft 1900D airplanes in part 121 passenger-carrying
operations after the December 20, 1997, compliance deadline without
those airplanes being equipped with the required smoke and fume
protective breathing equipment for the flight crewmembers, until
January 1, 1998.
Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6596F.
Docket No.: 29082.
Petitioner: Mesa Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.2 and 121.337(b)(8).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mesa to operate
41 Beechcraft 1900D airplanes in part 121 passenger-carrying operations
after the December 20, 1997, compliance deadline without those
airplanes being equipped with the required smoke and fume protective
breathing equipment for the flight crewmembers, until January 31, 1998.
Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6596E.
Docket No.: 28319.
Petitioner: Dornier Aviation (North America), Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a) (2), and (3), and
(b)(2); 121.413 (b) and (c); appendix H to part 121; 135.337(a) (2) and
(3), and (b)(2); and 135.339 (b) and (c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain
instructors employed by DANA and listed in a certificate holder's
approved training program to act as instructors for a certificate
holder under part 121 or part 135 without those instructors having
received ground and flight training in accordance with a training
program approved under subpart N of part 121 or subpart H of part 135,
as applicable. That exemption also permits simulator instructors
employed by DANA and listed in a certificate
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holder's approved training program to serve in advance simulators
without being employed by the certificate holder for 1 year, provided
the instructors receive applicable training in accordance with the
provisions of the exemption.
Grant, December 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6409A.
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