97-31356. Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63596-63597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31356]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-59]


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 December 15, 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, D.C. 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, D.C. 20591; telephone [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Thorson [phone] or Angela Anderson [phone] 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 November 24, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28303.
    Petitioner: United Parcel Service.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to 
substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of a 
Federal Aviation Administration inspector to observe a qualifying pilot 
in command (PIC) while that PIC is performing prescribed duties during 
at least on flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing when 
completing initial or upgrade training as specified in 14 CFR 121.424.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 26029.
    Petitioner: Airborne Express.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b), 121.505(a), and 
121.511(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the 
petitioner's pilots and flight engineers to complete certain 
transcontinental flight schedules before being provided with at least 
16 hours of rest.
    Grant, November 19, 1997, Exemption No. 5167D.

    Docket No.: 27180.
    Petitioner: EVA Airways Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77 (a), and (b), and 63.23 
(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the issuance of 
U.S. special purpose pilot authorizations and special purpose flight 
engineer certificates to airmen employed by the petitioner without 
those airmen meeting the requirement to hold a current foreign 
certificate of license issued by a foreign contracting State to the 
International Civil Aviation Organization, provided the airmen hold 
appropriate certificates issued by the Civil Aeronautics 
Administration, Republic of China.
    Grant, November 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6689A.

[FR Doc. 97-31356 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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