[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49353-49354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23726]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Chapter I

[Summary Notice No. PR-95-4]


Petition for Rulemaking; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

agency: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

action: Notice of petitions for rulemaking 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 rulemaking 
(14 CFR part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 
requesting the initiation of rulemaking procedures for the amendment of 
specified provisions of the Federal Aviation Regulations and of denials 
or withdrawals of certain petitions previously received. 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 November 24, 1995.

addresses: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules 
Docket No. ____________, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591.
    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 Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132. Comments may also be 
sent electronically to the following internet address: 
[email protected].

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 (b) and (f) of 
Sec. 11.27 of part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 
11).

    Issued in Washington, DC on September 20, 1995.
Michael Chase,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Rulemaking

Docket No.: 25985
Petitioner: Mr. Stuart R. Miller
Regulations Affected: 14 CFR 91.107, 121.311, and 135.128
Description of Rulechange Sought: To require all children who have not 
reached their third birthday to be seated in their own seat within an 
FAA-approved safety device/safety restraint system for take off and 
landing and at the command of the pilot. In addition, the petitioner 
requests that the device shall be located/installed for use so as not 
to block or interfere with the egress of other passengers.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request: The petitioner feels that 
mandatory change would increase the accountability factor from 
corporate executives and from public officials, as well as focus on the 
safety for children passengers.

Docket No.: 28131
Petitioner: Aviation Consumer Action Project and Private Citizen
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.219 and 135.169
Description of Rulechange Sought: To revise the current aircraft cabin 
ventilation requirements to require that each passenger or crew 
compartment be [suitably] ventilated by providing fresh, unrecirculated 
air at a rate no less than 20 cubic feet per minute per occupant.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request: The petitioner feels the cabin 
ventilation rates be revised because of the 

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increasing number of passenger complaints about a perceived reduction 
in air quality and recent surveys of cabin air quality, which indicate 
the presence of noteworthy concentrations of pollutants in the aircraft 
cabin.

Docket No.: 28202
Petitioner: Bonanza/Baron Pilot Proficiency Programs, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.195 and 91.109
Description of Rulechange Sought: To clarify the aircraft equipment 
required for aircraft used in flight instruction and expand the use of 
throwover control wheels in multi-engine aircraft when those aircraft 
are used for flight instruction.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request: The petitioner feels that current 
regulations unnecessarily encumber the use of aircraft for pilot 
training.

Disposition of Petitions

Docket No.: 25412
Petitioner: General Aviation Manufacturers Assn.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.853(c) and 135.170(b)(2)
Description of Rulechange Sought: To exclude small (under 75,000 lbs. 
MGTOW, less than 20 passenger seats) transport category airplanes from 
the fire blocking seat cushion requirements.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request: The petitioner feels that the 
safety benefits of fire blocking anticipated by Sec. 25.853(c) will not 
be realized or needed in this class of small, part 25 transport 
category airplanes.
Denial; August 8, 1995

Docket No.: 26647
Petitioner: Benz Airborne Systems
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 27.1305(t) and 27.1337 (e)(3) and 
(e)(4)
Description of Rulechange Sought: To require a cockpit chip detector 
warning/caution device and circuit checking feature (proposed feature) 
on part 27 rotorcraft.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request: The petitioner feels that there 
are currently no requirements that part 27 rotorcraft have the proposed 
features stated in Sec. 27.1337(e).
Denial; August 2, 1995

Docket No.: 27371
Petitioner: Homeowners of Encino
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(d)
Description of Rulechange Sought: To limit helicopter operations below 
the minimum altitudes prescribed in Sec. 91.119 (b) and (c) to 
helicopters operated by any municipal, county, state, and federal 
authority for emergency services, rescue operations, or police or fire 
departments.
Petitioner's Reason for the Request: The petitioner feels that 
voluntary practices of helicopter pilots to adhere to the avoidance of 
noise-sensitive areas have failed to produce satisfactory results.
Denial; June 8, 1995

[FR Doc. 95-23726 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]
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