[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32696]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-96-61]


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 January 13, 1997.

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:
 Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Angela Anderson (202) 267-9681 Office of 
Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    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 December 19, 1996.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28687
    Petitioner: Aerospace Industry Association
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1397(a)
    Description of Relief Sought: Petitioners request permanent 
exemption from the color (chromaticity) requirements of Section 
25.1397(a) for red position lights and, by reference within Section 
25.1401(d), the color requirements for red anticollision lights for 
inservice aircraft and those in production or being certificate. 
Petitioners propose the use of color chromaticity boundaries for red 
anticollision lights so that anticollision red--`y' is not greater than 
0.350, and `z' is not greater than 0.020, as opposed to the current 
requirement of `y'=0.335 and `z'=0.002.

Docket No.: 28695
Petitioner: Airbus Industrie
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1397(a)
Description of Relief Sought: Petitioner requests permanent exemption 
from the color (chromaticity) requirements of Section 25.1397(a) for 
red position lights and, by reference within Section 25.1401(d), the 
color requirements for red anticollision lights for inservice aircraft 
and those in production or being certificate. Petitioner proposes the 
use of color chromaticity boundaries for red anticollision lights so 
that anticollision red-`y' is not greater than 0.350, and `z' is not 
greater than 0.020, as opposed to the current requirement of `y'=0.335 
and `z'=0.002.

Docket No.: 28720
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b) and 25.562
Description of Relief Sought: It is requested that a stowable hospital 
berth installation, for non-ambulatory persons, be exempt from 
compliance with all dynamic testing and personal injury requirements 
defined in Secs. 25.785(b) and 25.562, for the Boeing Model 777-200 and 
-300 airplanes.

Docket No.: 28744
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562
Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner requests relief from the 
flight deck floor warpage testing requirements of Sec. 25.562 flight 
deck seats on the Boeing Model 757-300 airplane.

[FR Doc. 96-32696 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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