01-4275. 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.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR, 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 March 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments on any petition to the Docket Management System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket number FAA-2000-XXXX at the beginning of your comments. If you wish to receive confirmation that FAA received your comments, include a self-addressed, stamped postcard.

You may also submit comments through the Internet to http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the petition, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Dockets Office (telephone [phone]) is on the plaza level of the NASSIF Building at the Department of Transportation at the above address. Also, you may review public dockets on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Forest Rawls [phone], or Vanessa Wilkins [phone], Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR §§ 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2001.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2000-7985.

Petitioner: Ross Aviation, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.65(a).

Description of Relief Sought: To permit Ross' Director of Maintenance and Chief Inspector to qualify as full-time employees, even though these individuals also serve in these capacities under Air Agency Certificate ROSR023B.

Docket No.: FAA-2000-8472.

Petitioner: Era Aviation, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.643(a)(2) and (3).

Description of Relief Sought: To allow ERA to operate its DHC-6 airplane under the visual flight rule fuel supply requirements of § 135.209, rather than the fuel supply requirements of § 121.643.

Docket No.: FAA-2000-8580.

Petitioner: Fairchild Dornier.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2).

Description of Relief Sought: To exempt FD from the floor warpage testing requirements of § 25.562(b)(2) for flight crew seats on the 728-100 model aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: FAA-2001-8693.

Petitioner: Beverly Air Transport.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit BAT to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 02/08/2001, Exemption No. 7440

Docket No.: FAA-2001-8685.

Petitioner: Advantage Air Charter LLC.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AAC to operate certain aircraft under par 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 02/08/2001, Exemption No. 7441