[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32602-32603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15394]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-17]
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 July 8, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal
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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: 9-NPRM-cmts@faa.gov.
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: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 or Terry
Stubblefield (202) 267-7624 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 June 14, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petitions for Exemption
Docket No.: 29354
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit side facing divans on
Dornier Model 328-100 airplanes.
Docket No.: 29495
Petitioner: Osprey Air I
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and (g) and paragraph c
of Appendix A of part 43
Description of Relief Sought: To permit pilots employed by Osprey to
perform those preventive maintenance functions listed in paragraph c
of Appendix A of part 43 on aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 135.
Docket No.: 29496
Petitioner: Blue Mountain Lodge
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and (g) and paragraph c
of Appendix A of part 43
Description of Relief Sought: To permit BML's pilot to perform the
preventive maintenance functions listed in paragraph c of Appendix A
to part 43 on aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 135.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 24446
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.485(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA-member
airlines and other similarly situated part 121 air carriers to
conduct flights of less than 12 hours duration with an airplane
having a flightcrew of three or more pilots and an additional flight
crewmember without requiring the rest period following that flight
to be twice the hours flown since the last rest period at each
flight crewmember's home base.
GRANT, 4/30/99, Exemption No. 4317G
Docket No.: 25988
Petitioner: Soloy Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Soloy to apply
for a supplemental type certificate (STC) for a design change that
would convert the Cessna Caravan from a one-engine aircraft to a
two-engine aircraft using the STC process.
GRANT, 4/14/99, Exemption No. 6888
Docket No.: 26599
Petitioner: Regional Airline Association
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permits RAA-member
airlines to temporarily operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft in
domestic airline operations without the certificates of
airworthiness or registration onboard the aircraft.
GRANT, 4/27/99, Exemption No. 5515D
Docket No.: 28179
Petitioner: Washington Flight Program
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121 Appendices I and J, 135.251,
and 135.255
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FAA Washington
Flight Program 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 part 121 and part 135.
GRANT, 4/20/99, Exemption No. 6074B
Docket No.: 28545
Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.135(a)93)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United to use
electronic digital technology to document the revision of level in
lieu of printing the last revision date on each page of the manual
GRANT, 4/21/99, Exemption No. 6612A
Docket No.: 29042
Petitioner: Schwartz Engineering Company
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.183(f) and 25.2(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Schwartz
Engineering Company type and airworthiness certification of a Boeing
Model 757-200 airplane with adjacent exists further than 60 feet
apart.
GRANT, 4/29/99, Exemption No. 6710B
Docket No.: 29349
Petitioner: Texas Aero Engine Service, L.L.C.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TAESL to use
computerized personal identification codes in lieu of physical
signatures required to issue airworthiness releases and/or approvals
for return to services of aeronautical products it maintains for its
repair station customers.
GRANT, 4/21/99, Exemption No. 6890
Docket No.: 29383
Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation Complex
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To exempt Ilyushin
Aviation Complex from the floor warpage test requirements of
25.562(b)(2) for flight deck seating.
PARTIAL GRANT, 4/13/99, Exemption No. 6887612A
Docket No.: 29348
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing to
conduct a 3400 psig test of the modified portions of the hydraulic
system on the Boeing Model 767-400ER airplane.
GRANT, 4/8/99, Exemption No. 6886
Docket No.: 29427
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing type
certification of Boeing Model 737-700C by testing only the hydraulic
tubing added for the 737-700 Main Deck Cargo Door system at just
below 3400 psig, the system relief pressure.
GRANT, 4/15/99, Exemption No. 6889
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: 29354
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated
Regulations Affected: 25.785(b)
Description of Petition: To permit side-facing divans on Dornier
Model 328-100 airplanes.
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