[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24681-24682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11761]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-26]
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 May 26, 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, 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) 267-3132.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Thorson (202) 267-7470 or
Agela 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, DC, on May 1, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: 28857.
Petitioner: Cape Smythe Air Service, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.2, 119.33, 119.35, 119.49,
119.65(a)(1), 121.125, 121.127, 121.133, 121.163, 121.400, 121.401,
121.403, 121.411, 121.413, 121.415, 121.417, 121.418, 121.419, 121.424,
121.433, 121.440, 121.441, 121.589, 121.689 (relief requested from
preceding sections until September 30, 1997); 121.93, 121.99, 121.101,
121.103, 121.107, 121.113, 121.119, 121.121, 121.422, 121.533, 121.537,
121.593, 121.597, 121.601, 121.617, 121.619, 121.623, 121.631, 121.637,
121.663, 121.683, 121.687, and 121.689 (relief requested from preceding
sections until March 31, 2005).
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Cape Smythe Air Service to
operate its Beechcraft Model 99 aircraft with 10 or more seats in
scheduled passenger service under 14 CFR part 135 until it can
transition to part 121 operations.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 26877.
Petitioner: General Motors Air Transport Section.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner's
pilots serving as second in command to comply with company-required
proficiency reviews in lieu of the requirements of 61.55(b). Grant,
April 22, 1997, Exemption No. 5647B.
Docket No.: 28179.
Petitioner: Washington Flight Program.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and
appendixes I and J to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
use the substance abuse and drug testing program mandated by Department
of Transportation Order No. 3910.1C ``The Drug and Alcohol-Free
Departmental Workplace'' for its management, pilot, and maintenance
personnel in lieu of certain drug and alcohol program requirements
contained in parts 121 and 135. Grant, April 23, 1997, Exemption No.
6074A.
Docket No.: 22690.
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57 (c) and (d).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner and
pilots employed as crewmembers for petitioner to continue to use any
type of Boeing airplane or a Level B, C, or D simulator to meet the
part 61 takeoff and landing recency of experience requirements. Grant,
April 23, 1997, Exemption No. 4779F.
Docket No.: 23430.
Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57 (c) and (d).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner and
pilots employed as crewmembers by petitioner to continue to use FAA-
approved flight simulators to meet the part 61 takeoff and landing
recency of experience requirements. Grant, April 23, 1997, Exemption
No. 3754G.
Docket No.: 28772.
Petitioner: Robert W. Fortnam.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
conduct recurrent flight training in Beechcraft Bonanza, Baron, and
Travel Air aircraft, and recurrent flight training in simulated
instrument flight in Beechcraft Baron and Travel Air aircraft when
those aircraft are equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel
in place of functioning dual controls. Grant, April 21, 1997, Exemption
No. 6605.
Docket No.: 28774.
Petitioner: Mid East Jet, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(3)(ii), 61.57 (c)(3)
and (d)(2), 61.64(e)(3), 61.67 (c)(4) and (d)(2), 71.68 (d)(2)(ii)(C)
and (e)(2)(i)(B), 61.158(d) (1) and (2), and 125.297(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner to
use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience
requirements of 0arts 61 and 125. Grant, April 24, 1997, Exemption No.
6609.
Docket No.: 010NM.
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.809(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
use inertia reel descent devices and harnesses for emergency evacuation
at the crew entry door on the model 757-200PF (Package Freighter)
airplane. Grant, April 17, 1997, Exemption No. 4808A.
Docket No.: 28669.
Petitioner: Elsinore LP.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.813(b), and
25.857(e).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
carry supernumerary occupants on certain Airbus Model. A300 series
airplanes with passenger-to-freighter conversions. Grant, April 17,
1997, Exemption No. 6602.
Docket No.: 28672.
Petitioner: Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3, 43.5, 43.7, and 121.709.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner's
certificated flight crewmembers to install and/or remove medevac
stretchers, and to make an appropriate entry in the aircraft
maintenance records. Grant, April 16, 1997, Exemption No. 6603.
Docket No.: 28522.
Petitioner: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325 (b)(1) and (3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner to
issue export airworthiness approvals for Class I, II, and III products
that are manufactured and located outside of the United States. Grant,
April 23, 1997, Exemption No. 6607.
Docket No.: 27911.
Petitioner: Linder Taxi Aereo S.A.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to
substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de
Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's
national standards organization, for the calibration standards of the
US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the
National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test
equipment. Grant, April 21, 1997, Exemption No. 6606.
Docket No.: 28559.
Petitioner: Collins Commercial Avionics.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.327(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner to
use a printout from its Order Management System (OMS) for class II
product instead of the Application for Export Certificate of
airworthiness (Form 8130-1), even though Collins does not hold a
production certificate. Grant, April 17, 1997, Exemption No. 6604.
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