[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19386-19387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10155]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-22]


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 May 8, 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 April 14, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 26297
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.531(a)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner's type-
rated company pilots to continue to conduct production and experimental 
test flights in SA227-CC and SA227DC airplanes without a pilot 
designated as second in command. It also permits all operators of 
Fairchild commuter category airplanes (SA227-CC, SA227-DC, and other 
airplanes on the same type certificate) to conduct flight operations 
without a designated second in command, provided the airplane is type 
certificated for single-pilot operations and is carrying nine or fewer 
passengers. No person may provide training nor may any person receive 
training while passengers are on board the aircraft during operations 
conducted under the privileges of this exemption. Grant, March 27, 
1997, Exemption No. 5367D

Docket No.: 27609
Petitioner: M. Shannon & Associates
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a), 91.531(a)(1)&(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner and the 
operators of Cessna Citation 500, 550, and S550 airplanes to operate 
those airplanes without a pilot designated as second in command. No 
person may provide training nor may any person receive training while 
passengers are on board the aircraft during operations conducted under 
the privileges of this exemption. Grant, May 27, 1997, Exemption No. 
6480A

Docket No.: 28720

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Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.561, 25.562, 25.785(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow petitioner to obtain 
certification of medical stretchers for transport of persons whose 
medical condition dictates such accommodation. The exemption is for 
Boeing Model 777 series airplanes. Grant, May 28, 1997, Exemption No. 
6598

Docket No.: 28849
Petitioner: Era Aviation, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.631(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: 
    1. To allow petitioner when conducting operations from its Bethel, 
Alaska base of operations, to make a change to its original dispatch 
release while the aircraft is en route without meeting the appropriate 
requirements of 121.593 through 121.661 at the time of the redispatch. 
This exemption applies only to operations conducted entirely within 
Alaska. Grant, March 19, 1997, Exemption No. 6595

[FR Doc. 97-10155 Filed 4-18-97; 8:45 am]
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