2023-07112. Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; The Boeing Company

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 Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. 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.

DATES:

Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and must be received on or before April 25, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number FAA–2022–0920 using any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically.

• Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001.

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations 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.

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202–493–2251.

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/​privacy.

Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations 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:

Deana Stedman, AIR–612, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, phone and fax [phone], email [e-mail].

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2023.

James David Foltz,

Acting Manager, Strategic Policy Management, Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA–2022–0920.

Petitioner: The Boeing Company.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 25.901(c), 25.981(a)(3), 25.1309(b), (d)(1), and (d)(2).

Description of Relief Sought: The Boeing Company is seeking relief from 14 CFR 25.901(c) at amendment 25–46, 25.981(a)(3) at amendment 25–102, and 25.1309(b), (d)(1), and (d)(2) at amendment 25–41 for the Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) wiring separation for the main fuel tanks. The relief sought will allow earlier planned type design changes to the center fuel tank FQIS fuselage wiring installation on Model 777–200 and –300 series airplanes prior to line number 562, to address the unsafe condition identified within airworthiness directive (AD) 2020–18–12.