97-14499. Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 30656]
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[FR Doc No: 97-14499]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-30]


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 June 24, 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 [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Thorson [phone] or 
Angela Anderson [phone] 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 29, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28400.
    Petitioner: Skydive, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Skydive to permit 
individuals who have completed a course of instruction in main 
parachute packing administered by a Federal Aviation Administration-
certificated parachute rigger to pack main parachutes for others to 
make parachute jumps.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 25052.
    Petitioner: Taquan Air Service, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ketchikan Air 
Service, Inc., Taquan Air Service, Inc., Misty Fjords Air and 
Outfitting, and Promech, Inc., conducting operations under part 135 to 
operate seaplanes inside the Ketchikan, Alaska, Class E airspace under 
Special Visual Flight Rules below 500 feet above the surface. Grant, 
May 14, 1997, Exemption No. 4760G.

    Docket No.: 27953.
    Petitioner: Aero Sports Connection.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 103.1(a) and (e)(1) through 
(e)(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit individuals 
authorized by ASC to give instruction in powered ultralights that have 
a maximum empty weight of not more than 496 pounds, have a maximum fuel 
capacity of not more than 10 U.S. gallons, are not capable of more than 
75 knots calibrated airspeed at full power in level flight, and have a 
power-off stall speed that does not exceed 35 knots calibrated 
airspeed. Grant, May 20, 1997, Exemption No. 6080A.

    Docket No.: 28837.
    Petitioner: Temsco Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Temsco to make 
available one copy of its Repair Station Inspection Procedures Manual 
to all of its supervisory and inspection personnel, rather than 
providing a copy of the manual to each of those individuals. Grant, May 
19, 1997, Exemption No. 6623.

    Docket No.: 27430.
    Petitioner: Midwest Flying Service, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Midwest Flying 
Service, Inc., to conduct operations under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed on its aircraft. Grant, May 20, 1997, 
Exemption No. 5757B.

    Docket No.: 24237.
    Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.177(a)(2) and 91.179(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Air Force 
to conduct low-level operations without complying with en route minimum 
altitudes for flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) or direction 
of flight requirements for IFR en route segments in uncontrolled 
airspace. Grant, May 20, 1997, Exemption No. 4371D.

    Docket No.: 28867.
    Petitioner: William K. Herndon.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 until May 22, 
2000. Denied, May 20, 1997, Exemption No. 6624.

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