[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6884-6885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3979]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-8]


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 March 8, 1996.

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:
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 February 16, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28452.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the Boeing Commercial 
Airplane Group relief from the floor warpage testing requirements for 
flight deck seats on Boeing Model 737-600/-700/-800 airplanes.

    Docket No.: 28268.
    Petitioner: County of Charleston.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 49 U.S.C. subtitle VII, part A, 
chapter 417, sections 41708, 41709, and 41738; and chapter 447, 
sections 44701, 44702, and 44705.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Charleston County to 
continue to perform mosquito abatement functions without meeting 
certain reporting and aircraft fitness requirements and without 
obtaining a part 135 or a part 137 operating certificate.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 22286.
    Petitioner: Finnair OY.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extension Exemption 
No. 4598, as amended, which permits Finnair to allow the use of a 
special flight permit with continuing authorization for its DC-10-30 
aircraft, Registration No. N345HC. Grant, December 18, 1995, Exemption 
No. 4598E.

    Docket No.: 22441.
    Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii); 
121.440(a); 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1); appendix F to part 121; and SFAR 
58.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
3451, as amended, which permits United Airlines, Inc., (UAL) to combine 
recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for UAL's 
pilots in command (PIC), seconds in command (SIC), and flight engineers 
(FE) in a single annual training and proficiency evaluation program, 
i.e., a single-visit training program. Grant, January 29, 1996, 
Exemption No. 3451J.


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    Docket No.: 25351.
    Petitioner: USAir, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.371(a) and 121.378.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend 
Exemption No. 5005, as amended, which permits USAir to utilize certain 
foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and related repair 
facilities to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, and 
alterations on the components, parts, and appliances produced by these 
foreign manufacturers and used on British Aerospace BAC-111 and BAe-
146; Boeing B-737-300, B-737-400, B-757, and B-767-200ER; and Fokker F-
28 and F-100 aircraft operated by USAir. The amendment lists only two 
foreign OEMs that USAir is authorized to use under the authority of the 
exemption. Grant, December 29, 1995, Exemption No. 5005E.

    Docket No.: 25390.
    Petitioner: Airbus Industrie.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.35.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To amend Exemption No. 
6029, which permits the production units of the members and associated 
partners of the Airbus Industrie consortium to be certificated 
collectively under Airbus Industrie as a U.S. foreign repair station to 
support maintenance of U.S.-registered A300, A310, A320, A321, A330, 
and A340 series aircraft. The amendment corrects an FAA omission in the 
original exemption and updates the authority cites. Grant, December 28, 
1995, Exemption No. 6029A.

    Docket No.: 25993.
    Petitioner: A. J. Dunn et al.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit exemption from 
the Age 60 rule. Denial, January 25, 1996, Exemption No. 6394.

    Docket No.: 26183.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434 and 121.438.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend 
Exemption No. 5400, as amended, which provides relief from 14 CFR 
appendix H to part 121, permitting the use of a Level C (Phase II) 
simulator for pilot-in-command training and checking. The amendment 
deletes from the exemption all reference to Air Carrier Operations 
Bulletin (ACOB) 8-88-1. The petitioner notes that Amendment No. 121-248 
to Secs. 121.434 and 121.438 supersedes the provisions of ACOB 8-88-1 
and makes compliance with ACOB a moot point. The FAA concurs with this 
point and no longer requires compliance with this ACOB. Grant, January 
29, 1996, Exemption No. 5400B.

    Docket No.: 26532.
    Petitioner: McCall & Wilderness Air, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend 
Exemption No. 5381, as amended, which permits appropriately trained 
pilots employed by McCall & Wilderness Air, Inc. (McCall), to remove 
and reinstall passenger seats in aircraft that are type certificated 
for nine or fewer passenger seats and used in operations conducted by 
McCall under part 135. The amendment changes the name McCall Air Taxi, 
Inc., to McCall & Wilderness Air, Inc. Grant, December 29, 1995, 
Exemption No. 5381B.

    Docket No.: 27346.
    Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.531(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 
5367, as amended, which permits Fairchild to allow its type-rated 
company pilots to conduct production and experimental test flights in 
the SA227-CC and SA227-DC airplanes without a second in command (SIC). 
It also permits all operators of Fairchild commuter category airplanes 
(SA227-CC, SA227-DC, and other airplanes on the same type certificate) 
to conduct flight operations without a designated SIC pilot, provided 
the airplane is type certificated for single-pilot operations and is 
carrying nine or fewer passengers. Grant, January 29, 1996, Exemption 
No. 5367C.

    Docket No.: 27469.
    Petitioner: L.A.B. Flying Service.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend 
Exemption No. 5804, as amended, which permits appropriately trained 
pilots employed by L.A.B. Flying Service (L.A.B.) to remove and 
reinstall passenger seats in aircraft that are type certificated for 
nine or fewer passenger seats and used in operations conducted by 
L.A.B. under part 135. The amendment includes the addition of a Piper 
PA-18, as well as revisions to the conditions and limitations of the 
prior exemption. Grant, December 29, 1995, Exemption No. 5804A.

    Docket No. 28361.
    Petitioner: ValuJet Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203 (a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow ValuJet to 
operate temporarily its U.S.-registered aircraft following the 
incidental loss or mutilation of the airworthiness certificate or the 
registration certificate, or both. Grant, January 26, 1996, Exemption 
No. 6395.

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