[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15478-15479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8378]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-5]
Petition 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 April 20, 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, 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 (202) 267-3132.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 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 March 25, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: 29127.
Petitioner: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Sections of the Far Affected: Section 40102(a)(37)(B) of Title 49.
Description of Relief Sought: To permit NASA to operate its KC-135
aircraft as a public aircraft in support of scientific, aerospace, and
aeronautical programs in cooperation with State and foreign
Governments, universities, and private industry while carrying certain
passengers or receiving reimbursement for these operations.
Docket No.: 29139.
Petitioner: Helicopter Association International.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.197(a)(2)(iii).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit each graduate of an HAI-
sponsored Federal Aviation Administration-approved flight instructor
refresher course to renew his or her flight instructor certificate more
than 90 days preceding the expiration month of that certificate.
Docket No.: 29032.
Petitioner: Lake Area Technical Institute.
Sections of the FAR Affected: Part A of subtitle VII of Title 49.
Description of Relief Sought: To permit LATI to operate its
Beechcraft U-21A aircraft as a public aircraft.
Docket No.: 29143.
Petitioner: Honeywell, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Honeywell, a Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)-certificated repair station (No.
HWOY904N), to substitute the instrument calibration standards of the
Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial,
Brazil's national standards laboratory, and the pressure standards of
France's Bureau National de Metrologie, Laboratoire Primarire du Temps
et des Frequences, 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.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 28569.
Petitioner: Rocky Mountain Holdings, L.L.C.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.1(d), 133.35(a), and
133.45(e)(1).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit RMH to conduct external-
hoist, high-altitude rescue operations using two Agusta A109K2 (A109K2)
helicopters type certificated in the normal category and not capable of
maintaining a hover with one engine inoperative.
GRANT, March 19, 1998, Exemption No. 6740.
Docket No.: 23869.
Petitioner: The Uninsured Relative Workshop, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TURWI to allow
its employees, representatives, and other volunteer experimental
parachute test jumpers under its direction and control to make tandem
parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack
having at least one main parachute and one auxiliary parachute packed
in accordance with Sec. 105.43(a). It also permits pilots in command of
aircraft involved in these operations to allow such persons to make
these parachute jumps.
GRANT, March 13, 1998, Exemption No. 4943I.
Docket No.: 29130.
Petitioner: Trans-Exec Air Services, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TEAS to operate
its Gulfstream III aircraft under part 135 without it being equipped
with the digital flight data recorder currently required.
GRANT, March 18, 1998, Exemption No. 6739.
Docket No.: 28582.
Petitioner: Atlas Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a)(8).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit up to three
dependents of Atlas employees who are accompanied by an employee
sponsor traveling on official business only and are trained and
qualified in the operation of emergency equipment on Atlas' Boeing 747
cargo aircraft to be added to the list of persons specified in
Sec. 121.583(a)(8) that Atlas is authorized to transport without
complying with the passenger-carrying operation requirements in
Secs. 121.309(f), 121.310, 121.391, 121.571, and 121.587; the
passenger-carrying operations requirements in Secs. 121.157(c),
121.161. and 121.291; and the requirements pertaining to passengers in
Secs. 121.285, 121.313(f), 121.317, 121.547, and 121.573.
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GRANT, March 10, 1998, Exemption No. 6487A.
Docket No.: 27258.
Petitioner: Air Methods Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AMC to operate
the aircraft listed in Attachment A under the provisions of part 135
without a TSO-C112 transponder installed.
GRANT, March 10, 1998, Exemption No. 5720B.
Docket No.: 28419.
Petitioner: United Parcel Service.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii),
121.440(a), 121.441(a)(1), and (b)(1), and appendix F.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UPS to combine
recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for UPS's
pilots in command, seconds in command, and flight engineers in a single
annual training and proficiency evaluation program (i.e., a single-
visit training program).
GRANT, March 10, 1998, Exemption No. 6434A.
Docket No.: 25060.
Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit DAC to conduct
training of DAC's pilot flight crewmembers while operating under
special flight permits issued for the purpose of production flight
testing.
GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 4936C.
Docket No.: 28861.
Petitioner: Vertical Flite.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Vertical Flite
to operate Air and Space 18A gyroplanes (AS-18A) in visual
meteorological conditions below the minimum altitudes specified in
Sec. 91.119(b) and (c) while conducting aerial photography or
contracted ``police and highway'' flights.
DENIAL, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6738.
Docket No.: 27170.
Petitioner: Minuteman Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MAI to operate
its helicopters without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed.
GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6737.
Docket No.: 25242.
Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.58(c) and 91.5.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EAA members to
complete an approved training course in lieu of a pilot proficiency
check. The exemption applies to training courses for the following
aircraft: Boeing B-17; North American B-25; Douglas B-26, C-47, and C-
54; Consolidated PBY; Martin PBM; Grumman S-2-F; Curtiss C-46; and Ford
Tri-Motor.
GRANT, March 5, 1998, Exemption No. 4941E.
Docket No.: 26696.
Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.503(b) and 121.511(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots and
flight engineers employed by Ryan to complete certain scheduled coast-
to-coast, all-cargo, transcontinental flights with no more than one
intermediate stop and a maximum of 11 hours of flight time during any
24 consecutive hours before being provided with at least 16 hours of
rest.
GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 5461C.
Docket No.: 28172.
Petitioner: Helicopter Services, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HSI to operate
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in its aircraft
operating under the provisions of part 135.
GRANT, March 3, 1998, Exemption No. 6109A.
Docket No.: 28479.
Petitioner: Strong Enterprises.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit employees,
representatives, and other volunteer experimental parachute test
jumpers under Strong's control to make tandem parachute jumps while
wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack that has at least one main
parachute and one approved auxiliary parachute. The exemption also
permits pilots in command of aircraft involved in these operations to
allow such persons to make these parachute jumps.
GRANT, March 11, 1998, Exemption No. 6474B.
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