[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1797-1798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-663]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-2]


Petitions for Exemptions; 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),

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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 30, 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 January 7, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28619.
    Petitioner: Hal R. Horton.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.267(b)(2) and (c) and 
135.269(b)(2), (3) and (4).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit F.S. Air Service, Inc. to 
assign its flight crewmembers and allow its flight crewmembers to 
accept a flight assignment of up to 16 hours of flight time during a 
20-hour duty period for the purpose of conducting international 
emergency evacuation operations.

    Docket No.: 28621.
    Petitioner: Robert P. Silverberg.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.689(b) and 121.697.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Kitty Hawk Aircargo, Inc. 
to implement a computerized flight following system for transmitting 
flight release reports to flight crewmembers.

    Docket No.: 28724.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc..
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.67(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to appoint an 
individual who does not hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate to 
serve in the capacity of Director of Operations.

    Docket No.: 28759.
    Petitioner: Associated Air Center.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.2(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the removal of emergency 
exist door R3 on a Boeing 757 airplane configured with a 46-passenger 
VIP interior, which would violate the requirements of Sec. 25.807(c)(7) 
in effect on July 25, 1989, relative to the maximum 60 ft. distance 
allowed between exits.

    Docket No.: 28761.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to 
demonstrate compliance with Sec. 25.1435(b)(1) for the Boeing Model 
757-300 by a range-of-motion test of the tail skid system at just below 
the system relief pressure in lieu of a static test.

[FR Doc. 97-663 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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