2013-26715. Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

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 November 27, 2013.

ADDRESSES:

You may send comments identified by docket number FAA-2011-0883 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:

Mark Forseth, ANM-113, [phone], Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356, or Andrea Copeland, ARM-208, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; email [e-mail]; [phone].

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2013.

Brenda Courtney,

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2011-0883.

Petitioner: The Boeing Company.

Section of 14 CFR Affected:

§ 25.809(a).

Description of Relief Sought:

Petitioner seeks an amendment to Exemption No. 10376, which permits relief from the requirements that passenger emergency exits have a means to view outside conditions under all lighting situations for certain Boeing Model 747-8 series airplanes for upper-deck passenger exits, and the main-deck exits located at doors 1, 2, 4 and 5. The amendment would extend the relief to all Boeing 747-8 airplanes manufactured before production line 1499, regardless of the actual airplane delivery date.