[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25935-25937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11891]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-95-20]


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 31, 1995.

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, 
[[Page 25936]] FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. D. Michael Smith, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 267-7470.
    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 10, 1995.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 15078
Petitioner: U.S. Department of Justice
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.111(b); 91.117 (a), (b), and 
(c); 91.119(c); 91.127(c); 91.159(a); and 91.209 (a) and (d)
Description of Relief Sought: To extend Exemption No. 5506, which 
allows the Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, to 
continue to conduct certain operations when necessary to complete its 
law enforcement mission.

Docket No.: 26608
Petitioner: Alaska Airlines, Inc./Atlantic Richfield Company/British 
Petroleum Exploration, Alaska, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a), 43.7(a), 91.213(a), 
91.407(a)(2), 91.417(a)(2)(v), and 121.379.
Description of Relief Sought: To extend and amend Exemption No. 5667, 
which allows Alaska Airlines, Inc. (ASA), to perform maintenance, 
preventive maintenance, alterations, inspections, major repairs, and 
major alterations on the Boeing 737-200 series aircraft leased by and 
operated by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) and British Petroleum 
Exploration, Alaska, Inc. (BPX), and, subsequently, return to service 
the aforementioned aircraft. The amendment, if granted, would allow 
ARCO and BPX to continue to use procedures specifically authorized for 
air carrier operations under the FAR with respect to the use of ASA's 
FAA-approved minimum equipment list and FAA-approved continuous 
airworthiness maintenance program for the Boeing 737-200 series 
aircraft leased by and operated by ARCO and BPX.

Docket No.: 28102
Petitioner: FlightSafety International
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.187(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit FlightSafety International to 
utilize certificated flight instructors who have given more than 500 
hours of dual instruction, but have held a flight instructor 
certificate for less than 24 months preceding the date of instruction 
given, to train and recommend flight instructor candidates for initial 
instruction certification.

Docket No.: 28142
Petitioner: Berkshire Balloons
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.57(a)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Berkshire Balloons' 
certificated repair station to perform maintenance, repairs, 
experimental/amateur-built hot air balloons that are no longer owned by 
the aircraft builder.
Dispositions of Petitions

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 extend Exemption No. 4779, 
as amended, which allows Boeing and pilots employed as aircrews for 
Boeing to continue to meet the recency of experience requirements of 
Sec. 61.57 (c) and (d) for all types of Boeing aircraft by meeting the 
requirements for takeoff and landing recency of experience in any type 
of Boeing airplane or in Level B, C, or D simulators. GRANT, April 26, 
1995, Exemption No. 4779E

Docket No.: 23430
Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57 (c) and (d)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 3754, 
as amended, which allows McDonnell Douglas and pilots employed as 
aircrews for McDonnell Douglas to continue to meet the recency of 
experience requirements of Sec. 61.57 (c) and (d) for all types of 
McDonnell Douglas aircraft by meeting the requirements for takeoff and 
landing recency of experience in any type of McDonnell Douglas airplane 
or in Level B, C, or D simulators. GRANT, April 26, 1995, Exemption No. 
3754F

Docket No.: 25652
Petitioner: Cochise Community College
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR paragraphs 3 (c)(1) and (c)(3), 
appendix H, part 141
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5330, 
as amended, which permits Cochise Community College to enroll students 
in the ground school portion of its Flight Instructor-Airplane 
Certification Course who have not yet completed the flight portion of 
the Commercial Pilot-Airplane Certification/Instrument-Airplane Rating 
Course. GRANT, April 26, 1995, Exemption No. 5330B

Docket No.: 25748
Petitioner: Popular Rotorcraft Association, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a) (1) and (2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5209, 
as amended, which permits Popular Rotorcraft Association, Inc., and its 
member flight instructors to conduct pilots and flight instructor 
training in an experimental gyropance for compensation or hire. GRANT, 
April 14, 1995, Exemption No. 5209C

Docket No.: 26877
Petitioner: Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5647, 
which permits General Motors Air Transport Section pilots serving as 
second in command to comply with company-required proficiency reviews 
in lieu of the requirements of Sec. 61.55(b), subject to certain 
conditions and limitations. GRANT, April 19, 1995, Exemption No. 5647A

Docket No.: 26976
Petitioner: United States Coast Guard
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5614, 
as amended, which permits the Coast Guard to operate over other than 
congested areas at an altitude of less than 500 feet and, in operations 
over open water or sparsely populated areas, at a distance closer than 
500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure for the purpose 
of rescuing and aiding persons and protecting and saving property. This 
extension of exemption is modified to correct the exemption number for 
the extension of Exemption No. 5614, as amended, issued on February 23, 
1995. GRANT, April 26, 1995, Exemption No. 5614B

Docket No.: 27120
Petitioner: Flight Training International, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 61.57 
(c) and (d); 61.58 (c)(1) and (d); 61.63 (c)(2) and (d) (2) and (3); 
61.65 (c), (e) 2 and [[Page 25937]] 3, and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d) 
(1) and (2) and (e) (1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A, part 61
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5629, 
which permits Flight Training International, Inc., to use FAA-approved 
simulators to meet certain flight experience requirements of part 61 of 
the FAR. GRANT, April 21, 1995, Exemption No. 5629A

Docket No.: 27913
Petitioner: Alaska Air Carriers Association
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.180
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To hold permanent exemption 
to the extent necessary to allow Alaska Air Carriers Association-member 
air carriers to operate turbine powered airplanes having passenger seat 
configurations, excluding any pilot seat, of 10 to 30 seats, without an 
approved traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS) within the 
airspace of the State of Alaska and any foreign airspace as approved by 
the foreign civil aviation authority, after February 9, 1995. DENIAL, 
April 14, 1995, Exemption No. 6057

Docket No.: 27914
Petitioner: Peninsula Airways, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.180
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To hold permanent exemption 
to the extent necessary to allow Peninsula Airways, Inc., to operate 
Fairchild SA-227 Metroliner aircraft without an approved traffic alert 
and collision avoidance system (TCAS) within the airspace of the State 
of Alaska and foreign airspace as approved by the foreign civil 
aviation authority, after February 9, 1995. DENIAL, April 14, 1995, 
Exemption No. 6058

Docket No.: 28039
Petitioner: Grand Aire Express, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.511(a)(2) and 135,165(a) (1) 
and (6) and (b) (6) and (7)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Grand Aire Express, 
Inc., to operate its turbojet airplanes equipped with one high 
frequency communication system (HF) and one long-range system (LRNS). 
GRANT, March 31, 1995, Exemption No. 6051

Docket No.: 28041
Petitioner: SkyWest Airlines
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.180
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow SkyWest to operate 
aircraft not equipped with an approved traffic alert and collision 
avoidance system (TCAS) in part 135 operations from December 31, 1995, 
to March 31, 1997. DENIAL, April 13, 1995, Exemption No. 6066

Docket No.: 28054
Petitioner: Air Vegas, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Vegas, Inc., to 
operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its 
aircraft operating under the provisions of part 135. GRANT, April 21, 
1995, Exemption No. 6067

Docket No.: 28103
Petitioner: Silverhawk Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Silverhawk 
Aviation, Inc. to operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed on its aircraft operating under the provisions of part 135. 
GRANT, April 19, 1995, Exemption No. 6065

Docket No.: 28119
Petitioner: Black Swan Jet Charter
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Black Swan Jet 
Charter to operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on 
its aircraft operating under the provisions of part 135. GRANT, April 
21, 1995, Exemption No. 6068

Docket No.: 28179
Petitioner: Washington Flight Program, Federal Aviation Administration
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251 and 135.255 and appendices 
I and J, part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the Washington 
Flight Program relief from the drug and alcohol testing requirements 
specified in the above mentioned sections, because the Program is 
already covered by Department of Transportation guidelines for such 
testing. GRANT, April 21, 1995, Exemption No. 6074

Docket No.: 28180
Petitioner: Nasera Corporation
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Nasera Corporation 
relief from Sec. 25.562 on its Lockheed Model 382G airplanes modified 
by installation of Nasera's QC interior. GRANT, April 11, 1995, 
Exemption No. 6056

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