98-16360. Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 33755-33756]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-16360]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    Federal Aviation Administration
    [Summary Notice No. PE-98-12]
    
    
    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 9, 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, 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:
    Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 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, DC, on June 15, 1998.
    Donald P. Byrne,
    Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
    
    Petition For Exemption
    
        Docket No.: 29204.
        Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
        Regulations Affected: 25.562(b)(2), 25.562(c)(5), 25.562(c)(6).
        Description of Petition: To exempt The Boeing Company Model MD-17 
    freighter airplanes from the floor warpage and femur compression test 
    requirements, and from the head injury criteria requirements of 14 CFR 
    5.562(b)(2), 25.562(c)(5), 25.562(c)(6), for the pilot, co-pilot, and 
    observer's seat.
    
    Dispositions of Petitions
    
        Docket No.: 28541.
        Petitioner: Isaac B. Weathers.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights 
    to meet the recent instrument experience requirements, in certain 
    Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control 
    wheel in place of functioning dual controls. GRANT, June 2, 1998, 
    Exemption No. 6526A.
    
        Docket No.: 29243.
        Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c)(5) and 25.785(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow front row 
    passenger seating on the petitioner's Jetstream Series 4100 Model 4101 
    airplane. GRANT, June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 6776.
    
        Docket No.: 29120.
        Petitioner: Air Lab.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Lab to 
    assign Inspection Procedures Manuals (IPM) to key individuals within 
    departments and to functionally place an adequate number of IPM's for 
    access by all employees, in lieu of providing a copy of the IPM to all 
    supervisory and inspection personnel, subject to certain conditions and 
    limitations. GRANT, May 18, 1998, Exemption No. 6777.
    
        Docket No.: 28934.
        Petitioner: Covington Aircraft Engines, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.13 (b) and (c).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Covington, 
    instead of the engine manufacturer, to
    
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    replace mutilated or unreadable data plates with a copy of the original 
    data plate on Pratt & Whitney Wasp, Wasp Jr., R985, and R1340 engines 
    when an engine or component is overhauled at its facility. The 
    operation would be accomplished using the conditions specified in 
    Covington's petition in lieu of the procedures set forth in FAA Order 
    8130.2C for the removal of aircraft engine identification plates and 
    the placement of the same data plate on a different engine assembly. 
    DENIAL, May 29, 1998, Exemption No. 6778.
    
        Docket No.: 29112.
        Petitioner: Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 156.5(b).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to use up to 1 percent of the State apportionment annual funds issued 
    during fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for program and administrative 
    training costs under the Airport Improvement Program. GRANT, May 20, 
    1998, Exemption No. 6779.
    
        Docket No.: 27821.
        Petitioner: Cedar Rapids Police Department Air Support Division.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209(a) and (d).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to conduct air operations in support of law enforcement and drug 
    interdiction without illuminating the lighted position and 
    anticollision aircraft lights required by Sec. 91.209, subject to 
    certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 
    6780.
    
        Docket No.: 29075.
        Petitioner: Mercy Medical Center Redding.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.213(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to conduct emergency medical system departures in fixed-wing aircraft 
    under instrument flight rules in weather that is at or above visual 
    flight rules minimums from airports at which a weather report is not 
    available from the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), a source 
    approved by the NWS, or a source approved by the Administrator. DENIAL, 
    June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 6781.
    
        Docket No.: 29025.
        Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an 
    FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command who is 
    completing the initial or upgrade training specified in Sec. 121.424 
    during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing, 
    subject to certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 3, 1998, 
    Exemption No. 6782.
    
        Docket No.: 29012.
        Petitioner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Continental to 
    substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an FAA 
    inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command who is completing 
    the initial or upgrade training specified in Sec. 121.424 during at 
    least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing, subject to 
    certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 11, 1998, Exemption No. 
    6783.
    
        Docket No.: 29151.
        Petitioner: Aramco Associated Company.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.609(c).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to operate its four Bell Model 212 helicopters in part 91 operations 
    without a digital flight data recorder installed in each of those 
    aircraft, as required by part 91, subject to certain conditions and 
    limitations. GRANT, June 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6784.
    
        Docket No.: 29142.
        Petitioner: Geo-Seis Helicopters, Inc.
        Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
        Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
    to operate its Bell Model 212 helicopter without an approved digital 
    flight data recorder installed subject to certain conditions and 
    limitations. GRANT, June 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6785.
    
    [FR Doc. 98-16360 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
06/19/1998
Department:
Federal Aviation Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions of prior petitions.
Document Number:
98-16360
Dates:
Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before July 9, 1998.
Pages:
33755-33756 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Summary Notice No. PE-98-12
PDF File:
98-16360.pdf