[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 146 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39502-39503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19220]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-36]


Petition 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 August 19, 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, D.C., on July 23, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28196.
    Petitioner: Travis County, TX.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 49 U.S.C. subtitle VII, part A, 
chapter 411; chapter 417, Secs. 41701, 41702, 41708, 41709, 41711, and 
41738; chapter 447, Secs. 44701, 44702, 44704, 44705, 44709, 44711, 
44713, 44717, and 44722; chapter 451; chapter 463, Secs. 46301, 46304, 
46306, and 46310; and sections of 14 CFR parts 91 and 135.
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow Travis County, its aircraft, 
and its pilots to perform certain services as public aircraft under the 
operations and maintenance standards developed by Travis County. This 
is a petition for reconsideration of a previous denial, published on 
April 19, 1995, in the Federal Register (60 FR 19620).

    Docket No.: 28559.
    Petitioner: Collins Commercial Avionics.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.327(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Collins Commercial Avionics 
to use a printout from its Order Management System (OMS) for a Class II 
product, instead of the Application for Export Certificate of 
Airworthiness (FAA Form 8130-1), even though the manufacturer does not 
hold a production certificate.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 581.
    Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To rescind Exemption Nos. 
48 and 132, as amended. The petitioner states that these exemptions now 
provide unnecessary duplication in light of the granting of Exemption 
No. 5118, May 16, 1996, which addresses the same relief.

TERMINATED, May 16, 1996, Exemption No. 132F

    Docket No.: 28561.
    Petitioner: Scenic Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Scenic 
Airlines, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Modes S) transponder installed.

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GRANT, June 21, 1996, Exemption No. 6471

    Docket No.: 28574.
    Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Federal 
Express Corporation (FedEx) to substitute a qualified and authorized 
check airman in place of an FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot 
in command (PIC) while that PIC is performing prescribed duties during 
at least one flight that includes a takeoff and a landing when 
completing initial or upgrade training as specified in Sec. 121.424. 
This substitution would occur only at the discretion of the certificate 
holder and only when an FAA inspector is not immediately available, 
subject to certain conditions and limitations.

PARTIAL GRANT, June 27, 1996, Exemption No. 6473

[FR Doc. 96-19220 Filed 7-26-96; 8:45 am]
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