[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48125-48126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24172]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-46]


Petition 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 October 1, 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. 10591.
    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 Rule Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA 
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3231.

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, 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 September 5, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28972.
    Petitioner: Samoa Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.641.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Samoa, a part 121 flag air 
carrier, to operate under the domestic operations fuel supply 
provisions of Sec. 121.639 in lieu of the flag operations fuel supply 
provisions of Sec. 121.641.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 27307.
    Petitioner: Comair Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.411 (a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Comair to 
combine recurrent flight and ground

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training and proficiency checks for its pilots in a single annual 
training and proficiency evaluation program.
    Grant, August 29, 1997, Exemption No. 5734B.

    Docket No.: 28840.
    Petitioner: United States Coast Guard.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(c) and 91.209(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the USCG to 
conduct air operations over other-than-congested areas at an altitude 
less than 500 feet above ground level and, for operations over open 
water or sparsely populated areas, at a distance closer than 500 feet 
to any person, vessel, vehicle or structure in support of the following 
maritime law enforcement missions: interdicting illegal migrants at 
sea, ensuring compliance with vessel safety laws, enforcing 
environmental protection statutes, and responding to vessel incidents 
involving violent acts or criminal activity. In support of these 
missions, the proposed exemption also would permit the USCG to operate 
aircraft between sunset and sunrise without lighted position lights.
    Grant, August 29, 1997, Exemption No. 5231C.

    Docket No.: 28884.
    Petitioner: Aero Sky.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aero Sky to 
obtain an FAA repair station certificate without having suitable 
permanent housing facilities for at least one of the heaviest aircraft 
within the weight class of the rating it seeks.
    Grant, August 25, 1997, Exemption No. 6673.

    Docket No.: 28985.
    Petitioner: United States Parachute Association and Fourth World 
Cup of Canopy Formation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
parachutists who are foreign nationals to participate in the Fourth 
World Cup of Canopy formation in Gillette, Wyoming, on August 23, 1997, 
through September 6, 1997, without complying with the parachute 
equipment and packing requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
    Grant, August 21, 1997, Exemption No. 6670.

    Docket No.: 26302.
    Petitioner: FlightSafety International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.293; 135.297; 135.299; 
135.337(a) (2) and (3), and (b)(2); 135.339(a)(2), (b), and (c); and 
appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FSI to use its 
qualified instructor pilots or pilot check airmen in approved 
simulators to train and check the pilots of part 135 certificate 
holders that contract with FSI for training.
    Grant, August 21, 1997, Exemption No. 5241H.

    Docket No.: 26067.
    Petitioner: SimuFlite Training International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.293; 135.297; 135.299; 
135.337(a) (2) and (3), and (b)(2); 135.339(a)(2), (b), and (c); and 
appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SimuFlite to 
use its qualified instructor pilots or pilot check airmen in approved 
simulators to train and check pilots of part 135 certificate holders 
that contract with SimuFlite for training.
    Grant, August 21, 1997, Exemption No. 5187F.

    Docket No.: 28973.
    Petitioner: Gene F. Kenneford.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit petitioner to 
conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights to 
meet recent instrument experience requirements in certain Beechcraft 
airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place 
of functioning dual controls.
    Grant, August 21, 1997, Exemption No. 6671.

    Docket No.: 28242.
    Petitioner: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.574(a) (1) and (3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the use of 
portable oxygen-dispensing equipment by passengers on flights operated 
by TWA that has not been furnished by TWA, nor maintained by TWA in 
accordance with TWA's maintenance program.
    Denial, August 28, 1997, Exemption No. 6672.

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