[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 15559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8639]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-16]


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 April 29, 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, 900 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 April 2, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28211.
    Petitioner: Captain Milton J. Songy.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Captain Songy to act as a 
pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th 
birthday. Captain Songy submitted an outline of a proposed technique to 
assess an individual pilot's abilities and risks of subtle and sudden 
incapacitation.

    Docket No.: 28492.
    Petitioner: Varig S.A.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Varig S.A. to substitute 
the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's national 
standards organization for the calibration standards of the U.S. 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National 
Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 26577.
    Petitioner: Jet Tech, 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 (3), and (g); 61.67(d)(2); 61.157(d) (1) and (2) 
and (e) (1) and (2); 61.191(c); and appendix A to part 61 Description 
of Relief Sought/Disposition
    To extend Exemption No. 5377C, as amended, which permits Jet Tech, 
Inc., to use FAA-approved simulators to meet certain flight experience 
requirements of part 61.

GRANT, February 27, 1996, Exemption No. 5377C
[FR Doc. 96-8639 Filed 4-5-96; 8:45 am]
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