[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29568]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-56]


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 the 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 December 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules 
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 Rule 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, 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 November 3, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28166.
    Petitioner: Ronald T. Brown.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to perform unsupervised maintenance, repairs, and inspections on his 
1943 Fairchild PT23C-M62C 66020 aircraft (Serial No. 147HO) without 
being an appropriately certificated airframe and powerplant mechanic 
with an inspection authorization.
    Denial, October 14, 1997, Exemption No. 6691.

    Docket No.: 27547.
    Petitioner: Hughes Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate over densely populated areas or in congested airways with 
aircraft certificated in the experimental category.
    Denial, September 26, 1997, Exemption No. 6687.

    Docket No.: 25640.
    Petitioner: American Eurocopter Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.195(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to apply for an experimental airworthiness certificate for its EC135 
helicopter, for which a type certificate will be held by Eurocopter 
Deutschland, for the purpose of conducting market surveys, sales 
demonstrations, or customer crew training in the United States.
    Grant, October 14, 1997, Exemption No. 6694.

    Docket No.: 28317.
    Petitioner: Eagle Canyon Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate certain Cessna aircraft without TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponders installed subject to certain conditions and limitations.
    Grant, October 22, 1997, Exemption No. 6195A.

    Docket No.: 28972.
    Petitioner: Samoa Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.641.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner, 
a part 121 flag air carrier, to comply with the fuel requirements 
prescribed in 14 CFR part 121.639 that are applicable to all domestic 
operations, in lieu of the fuel requirements prescribed in 14 CFR part 
121.641 that are applicable to flag operations using nonturbine and 
turbopropeller-powered airplanes.
    Denial, October 20, 1997, Exemption No. 6695.

    Docket No.: 28619.
    Petitioner: F.S. Air.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.267(b)(2) and (c) and 
135.269(b) (2), (3), and (4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to assign its flight crewmembers and allow its flight crewmembers to 
accept a flight assignment of up to 16 hours of flight time during a 
20-hour duty period for the purpose of conducting international 
emergency evacuation operations.
    Denial, October 23, 1997, Exemption No. 6534A.

[FR Doc. 97-29568 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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