[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 12873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6930]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-16]


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 March 18, 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 March 13, 1997.
Mardi R. Thompson,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28849.
    Petitioner: Era Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.5(g), 121.107, and 
121.591.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to conduct 
VFR operations from its Bethel base, and all VFR sightseeing/air tour 
operations, with ceiling and visibility requirements that will be no 
more restrictive than those specified in Secs. 91.155 and 135.205. 
Additionally, the petitioner requests that it be allowed to conduct all 
scheduled and charter operations from its Bethel base to utilize part 
135 flight following procedures currently in use in lieu of the 
dispatch requirements contained in Secs. 121.107 and 121.591.

    Docket No.: 28850.
    Petitioner: Era Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.356(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to operate 
its DC-3 aircraft under requirements specified in Sec. 135.180 as it 
concerns Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS).

    Docket No.: 28854.
    Petitioner: Seaborne Seaplane Adventures.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.395.
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner relief from 
the phrase ``* * * shall provide enough qualified aircraft dispatchers 
* * *'' contained in Sec. 121.395 and a 30 day extension to complete 
all of the requirements for transition to Part 121 operations.

    Docket No.: 28856.
    Petitioner: Frontier Flying Service, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner an extension 
of the deadline for transition from part 135 operations to part 121 
operations.
[FR Doc. 97-6930 Filed 3-14-97; 2:46 pm]
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