[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39047-39048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19108]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-39]


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 August 11, 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, DC. 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: Heather Thorson (202) 267-7470 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 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
part 11).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28696.
    Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(e) and 25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the 
accommodation of animal-handler supernumeraries in the aft portion of 
the main deck Class E cargo compartment of DC-10 and MD-11 cargo 
aircraft, to attend to live-animal cargo. Grant, June 26, 1997, 
Exemption No. 6652.

    Docket No.: 25974.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA-member 
airlines to operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft on a temporary 
basis following the incidental loss or mutilation of a Certificate of 
Airworthiness, Aircraft Registration, or both. Grant, July 3, 1997, 
Exemption No. 5318E.

    Docket No.: 19634.
    Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(d)(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit operators of 
McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft to operate these aircraft in passenger-
carrying operations without a cockpit control device for each emergency 
light, subject to certain conditions. Grant, July 3, 1997, Exemption 
No. 3055I.

    Docket No.: 27251.
    Petitioner: Bonanza/Baron Pilot Proficiency Programs, Inc. and 
American Bonanza Society/American Safety Foundation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit BPPP and ABS/
ASF flight instructors to provide recurrent flight training and 
simulated instrument flight training in BeechBaron, Bonanza, and Travel 
Air type aircraft equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel 
for the purpose of meeting recency of experience requirements contained 
in 14 CFR 61.56 (a), (c), and (e), and 61.57 (e)(1) and (e)(2), subject 
to certain conditions and limitations. Grant, July 8, 1997, Exemption 
No. 5733C.

    Docket No: 28905.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Descriptions of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Petroleum 
Helicopters, Inc., to place three Bell 214ST helicopters (Registration 
Nos. N59805, N59806, and N6957Y, Serial Nos. 28139, 28140, and 28141, 
respectively) on its Operations Specification and operate those 
helicopters in nonscheduled operations under part 135 without the 
digital flight data recorder required by Sec. 135.152.

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Grant, July 10, 1997, Exemption No. 6641A.

[FR Doc. 97-19108 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]
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