[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65845-65846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32774]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-62]


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 January 6, 1998.

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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Anderson (202) 267-9681 or Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783, 
Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal

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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, DC on December 11, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29057.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), 
25.857(e), 25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit a McDonnell Douglas Model 
MD-11 Freighter Aircraft operating with a Class E Cargo compartment to 
carry up to five supernumeraries in a Courier Area (aft of the cockpit 
door and forward of the rigid cargo barrier).

    Docket No.: 28999.
    Petitioner: Intimate Air, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.3.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner, an on-
demand charter operator, to operate more than four round-trip scheduled 
operations per week under the on-demand rules in 14 CFR part 135 rather 
than the commuter rules in part 135. The petitioner desires to operate 
between Long Beach, California; Brown Field Municipal Airport, San 
Diego, California; and San Felipe, Mexico.

    Docket No.: 28989.
    Petitioner: Renown Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(g).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow each Renown pilot in command 
and second in command to substitute 50 hours of line-operating flight 
time and 50 takeoffs and landings for the required 100 hours of line-
operating flight time required under 14 CFR 121.443(g) for the 
consolidated of knowledge and skills.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28952.
    Petitioner: Minebea Technologies PTE Ltd.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.5(h).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner, 
the holder of a 14 CFR part 125 operating certificate, to conduct 
common carriage cargo operations.
    Denial, November 24, 1997, Exemption No. 6700.

    Docket No.: 28997.
    Petitioner: Israel Aircraft Industries.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.813(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit an interior 
arrangement that does not provide the required passageway to the main 
entry door of the Astra SPX airplane.
    Grant, November 20, 1997, Exemption No. 6699.

    Docket No.: 28824.
    Petitioner: Triad International Maintenance Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.807(c)(1) and 25.857(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the 
accommodation of up to four supernumerary occupants forward of the main 
deck Class E cargo compartment on Boeing 767-200 aircraft converted by 
the petitioner from a passenger to an all-freighter configuration, and 
to deactivate the existing R1 passenger emergency escape exit.
    Grant, November 12, 1997, Exemption No. 6698.

    Docket No.: 23358.
    Petitioner: Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.313(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to carry passengers in its Bell 47G-4A and 47G-3B-1 helicopters, 
certificated in the restricted category, while performing aerial-site 
survey flights.
    Grant, November 21, 1997, Exemption No. 6701.

    Docket No.: 25624.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, Douglas Products 
Division.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.411(a)(2), (3), and 
(b)(2); 121.413(b), (c), and (d); and appendix H to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Douglas 
Aircraft Company (DAC), without holding an air carrier operating 
certificate to train part 121 certificate holders' pilots and flight 
engineers in initial, transition, upgrade, differences, and recurrent 
training in FAA-approved simulators and in turbojet-powered airplanes 
manufactured by DAC, without DAC's instructors meeting all applicable 
training requirements of part 121, subpart N.
    Grant, December 1, 1997, Exemption No. 5117D.

    Docket No.: 29011.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.441 (a)(1) and (b)(1), and Appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief South/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct an FAA-monitored training program under which Atlantic Coast 
Airlines pilots in command and seconds in command meet ground and 
flight recurrent training and proficiency check requirement through a 
single visit training program.
    Grant, December 1, 1997, Exemption No. 5783C.

    Docket No.: 2899.
    Petitioner: Sun 'N Fun Aviation Foundation Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.413(a).
    Decription of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Sun 'N Fun 
members to use an air traffic control transponder specified in 14 CFR 
91.215(a) without meeting the test and inspection requirements of the 
transponder every 24 calendar months, provided the transponder has been 
operationally checked within the last 30 days with an ATC facility and 
found to be functioning properly.
    Denial, December 4, 1997, Exemption No. 6703.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No: 29057.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Regulations Affected: 25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), (25.857(e), 
25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Petition: To exempt The Boeing Company from the 
requirements of 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), 25.857(e), 
25.1447(c)(1) to permit a McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 Freighter 
Aircraft operating with a Class E Cargo compartment to carry up to five 
supernumeraries in a Courier Area (aft of the cockpit door and forward 
of the rigid cargo barrier).

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