[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10421-10422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6018]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-11]


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.

DATE: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket

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number involved and must be received on or before April 2, 1996.

ADDRESS: 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 May 7, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28438.
Petitioner: USA Jet Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.613, 121.619(a), and 121.625.
Description of Relief Sought: To allow USA Jet Airlines, Inc., to 
release airplanes under instrument flight rules when the remarks 
section of the weather forecast indicates that conditions may be 
``occasionally,'' ``intermittently,'' ``briefly,'' or ``have a chance 
of being'' below the authorized minimums at the destination airport, 
alternate airport, or both, at the time of arrival, provided that the 
main body of the weather forecast or weather report shows that the 
weather conditions will be at or above the authorized weather minimums 
at the time of arrival.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 21780.
Petitioner: Civil Air Patrol.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.118.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend Exemption 
No. 4042, as amended, which permits members of the Civil Air Patrol who 
are private pilots to be reimbursed for fuel, oil, and maintenance 
costs that are directly related to the performance of official search 
and rescue missions. The amendment, which is denied, would have added 
reimbursement for per diem expenses.
GRANT, January 30, 1996, Exemption No. 4042F

Docket No.: 23713.
Petitioner: SimuFlite Training International.
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 (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. 3931, 
as amended, which permits SimuFlite to use FAA-approved simulators to 
meet certain flight experience requirements of part 61.
GRANT, February 26, 1996, Exemption No. 3931J

Docket No.: 27284.
Petitioner: Air One Helicopters, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.411(a)(2) and 135.423.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Air One Helicopters, 
Inc., to operate its Sikorsky SK58T helicopters with 14 passenger seats 
while performing firefighting activities for Federal and local agencies 
without complying with certain performance, operations, maintenance 
requirements.
DENIAL, January 25, 1996, Exemption No. 6391

Docket No.: 27455.
Petitioner: Air Logistics.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No. 5830, 
which permits appropriately trained pilots employed by Air Logistics to 
remove and reinstall the passenger seats in its aircraft that are type 
certificated for nine or fewer passenger seats and used in operations 
conducted by Air Logistics under part 135.
GRANT, January 30, 1996, Exemption No. 5830A

Docket No.: 27929.
Petitioner: Airline Training Center Arizona, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.93.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend and amend Exemption 
No. 6227, which permits Airline Training Center Arizona, Inc., (ATCA) 
student pilots to operate aircraft for practice solo air work within 50 
nautical miles of Phoenix-Goodyear Airport prior to receiving the 
instruction required by Sec. 61.93(c)(1)(i), (ii), (iii), and 
(c)(2)(iii) of the FAR. The amendment revises Condition No. 1 so that 
the authority of the exemption is not limited to ATCA's flight 
instructors and students who are enrolled in ATCA's part 141 school.
GRANT, February 26, 1996, Exemption No. 6227A

Docket No.: 27963.
Petitioner: Jim Air, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow appropriately 
trained pilots employed by Jim Air, Inc. (Jim Air), to remove and 
reinstall passenger seats in its aircraft that are type certificated 
for nine seats and used in operations by Jim Air conducted under part 
135.
GRANT, January 16, 1996, Exemption No. 6388

Docket No.: 28321.
Petitioner: Hoeger, Pearce and Hoeger Ent., d.b.a. Ed's Air Service.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow appropriately 
trained pilots employed by Hoeger, Pearce and Hoeger Ent., d.b.a. Ed's 
Air Service (EAS) to remove and reinstall the passenger seats in its 
aircraft that are type certificated for nine or fewer passenger seats 
and used in operations conducted by EAS under part 135.

GRANT, January 23, 1996, Exemption No. 6392

Docket No.: 28357.
Petitioner: United Airlines.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow United Airlines to 
make available to all of its supervisory and inspection personnel one 
copy of its repair station inspection procedures manual (IPM), rather 
than providing a copy of the manual to each of these individuals.
GRANT, January 23, 1996, Exemption No. 6393

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