[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60934-60935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29902]


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DEPARMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. RE-97-57]


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 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 December 3, 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.

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    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: 9-NPRM-CMNTS@faa,dot.gov.
    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, DC, 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 6, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29038.
    Petitioner: GE Varig.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to 
substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de 
Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial, Brazil's national 
standards organization, for the calibration standards of the U.S. 
National Institute of Standards and Technology to test its inspection 
equipment.

    Docket No.: 29039.
    Petitioner: Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(g)(1), 25.807(i)(1), 
and 25.857(e).
    Description of Relief Sought: To exempt Worldwide Aircraft Services 
from the requirements of 14 CFR Secs. 25.807(g)(1), 25.807(i)(1), and 
25.857(e) for the carriage of supernumeraries on Embraer model 120 
airplanes with a Class E cargo compartment.

    Docket No.: 26734.
    Petitioner: Sierra Industries, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit certain qualified pilots of 
Cessna Model 500 Citation (CE-500) airplanes with Supplemental Type 
Certificate (STC) No. SA09377SC to operate those airplanes within a 
pilot who is designated as second in command.

    Docket No.: 29027.
    Petitioner: National Business Aviation Association, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit NBAA-member companies to 
meet night takeoff and landing recent flight experience requirements 
using a Level C or Level D flight simulator, and to accomplish the 
required takeoffs and landings every 180 days rather than every 90 
days.

    Docket No.: 27052.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to continue 
to operate its Bell Model 206L-1 helicopters (Registration Nos. N2761X, 
N5005B, N50182, and N50046; and Serial Nos. 45283, 45175, 45242, 45173, 
respectively) without having a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed 
on those aircraft.

    Docket No.: 29034.
    Petitioner: Eagle Jet Charter, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 93.316(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to continue 
to operate its Fokker F-27 turboprop aircraft after January 31, 1998, 
under instrument flight rules in the Grand Canyon National Park Special 
Flight rules Area at cruise altitudes of 15,000 and 16,000 feet mean 
sea level without those aircraft being listed on its operations 
specifications as commercial sightseeing aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 012SW.
    Petitioner: Frank D. Robinson.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 27.1(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certification 
of hydraulically boosted controls on the Model R44 helicopter without 
the necessity of considering the jamming of a control valve as a 
possible single failure. Grant, October 17, 1997, Exemption No. 6692.

    Docket No.: 23771.
    Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and 
(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain 
qualified pilots of Cessna Citation Model 550, S550, 552, or 560 
aircraft to operate those aircraft without a pilot who is designated as 
second in command. Grant, October 28, 1997, Exemption No. 4050J.

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