[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9480-9481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5060]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-11]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption 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

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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 [March 20, 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, D.C. 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) 
of Sec. 11.27 of Part II of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
Part 11).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 24165.
    Petitioner: United States Air Force.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct helicopter night-vision flight training operations without 
lighted aircraft position lights.
    GRANT: February 6, 1997, Exemption NO. 5891A.

    Docket No.: 28225.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.709(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to use electronic recordkeeping and electronic signatures to meet 
certain maintenance recordkeeping requirements.
    GRANT: February 7, 1997, Exemption NO. 6575.

    Docket No.: 28664.
    Petitioner: Doug Myers.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.205(b)(12).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain air 
carriers to operate an aircraft for hire over water and beyond power-
off gliding distance from shore without at least one pyrotechnic 
signaling device on board.
    DENIAL: February 11, 1997, Exemption No. 6576.

[FR Doc. 97-5060 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am]
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