[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6883-6884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3980]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-5]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitioners Received; 
Disposition 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 

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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.

DATE: 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, D.C. 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, D.C. 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, D.C., on February 16, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28344.
    Petitioner: Trans Continental Airlines, Inc., et al.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.805.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Trans 
Continental Airlines, Inc., and other petitioners to operate their DC-8 
airplane(s) with ``flaps-50,'' if necessary, for landings at St. 
Thomas, U.S.V.I. In their petition, they seek an emergency exemption 
under Sec. 11.27(j) for this emergency relief flight(s) to St. Thomas 
in order to transport medical supplies, water, food, or other items 
designated as necessary by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) to the Hurricane Marilyn victims in St. Thomas. Grant, September 
21, 1995, Exemption Nos. 6167-6173, 6198-6225, and 6231-6244.

[FR Doc. 96-3980 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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