[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12141-12143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6321]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-3]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.


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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 April 1, 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, 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 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: Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 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 March 5, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29129.
    Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation Complex, Russia.
    Regulations Affected: 25.1435(b)(1).
    Description of Petition: In lieu of the requirements of 14 CFR 
Sec. 25.1435(b)91) for a complete hydraulic system proof pressure test 
on the airplane, Ilyushin proposes to conduct a combination of the 
following tests: (1) Test of the complete hydraulic system at relief 
valve opening pressure 240+/-5 atmospheres (atm), (ii) Test of the 
hydraulic system components at 1.5 times operating pressure (315 atm) 
per Sec. 25.1435(a)(2), and (iii) Test of the complete hydraulic system 
during flight and ground tests at operating pressure.

    Docket No.: 29097.
    Petitioner: Daniel Webster College.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.35(d)(2)(i).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Mr. Joyce to serve as the 
chief instructor for Daniel Webster College without meeting the 
required minimum flight training experience of 1,000 flight hours.

    Docket No.: 29106.
    Petitioner: Forest Industries Flying Tankers Limited.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Flying Tankers to operate 
its Martin JRM-3 Mars (Mars) airplanes (Canadian Registration Nos. C-
FLYK and C-FLYL) in the United States with an aircraft maintenance 
engineer, instead of a qualified pilot as required by the aircraft's 
type certificate, occupying the position of second in command.

    Docket No.: 29021.
    Petitioner: Southern Air Transport.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 108.33.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Southern Air Transport to 
employ Mr. Beamon as a flight crewmember, even though Mr. Beamon was 
convicted of second degree murder.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 24187.
    Petitioner: Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159(a) and 91.209(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the Florida Department of 
Law Enforcement to conduct operations in support of drug law 
enforcement and drug traffic interdiction without complying with the 
visual flight rules (VFR) cruising altitude requirements or being 
equipped with lighted aircraft position lights while operating between 
sunset and sunrise. GRANT, February 9, 1998, Exemption No. 3598F.

    Docket No.: 15078.
    Petitioner: Drug Enforcement Administration.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(a), (b), and (c); 
91.159(a); and 91.209(a) and (d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Drug 
Enforcement Administration to conduct air operations in support of drug 
law enforcement and drug traffic interdiction. GRANT, February 9, 1998, 
Exemption No. 5506B.

    Docket No.: 25177.
    Petitioner: United States Coast Guard.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(b) and (c), 91.119(c), 
91.159(a), and 91.209(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the United 
States Coast Guard to conduct certain operations at airspeeds greater 
than and cruising altitudes other than those prescribed by the 
regulations, and between sunset and sunrise without lighted position 
lights. GRANT, February 13, 1998, Exemption No. 5231D.

    Docket No.: 23980.
    Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding Association, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.309 and 103.1(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United States 
Hang Gliding Association, Inc., members to tow unpowered ultralight 
vehicles (hand gliders) using powered ultralight vehicles. GRANT, 
February 18, 1998, Exemption No. 4144G.

    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/Disposition: To permit permits Sierra 
to allow certain qualified pilots of its Cessna Model 500 Citation (CE-
500) airplanes (Serial Nos. 0001 through 0349 only) with Supplemental 
Type Certificate (STC) No. SA8176SW and either STC No. SA2172NM or STC 
No. SA645NW to operate those aircraft without a pilot who is designated 
as second in command. GRANT, February 18, 1998, Exemption No. 5517D.

    Docket No.: 29033.
    Petitioner: Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Praxair Surface 
Technologies, Inc., to assign copies of its Inspection Procedures 
Manual (IPM) to 12 fixed locations within its repair station's 
functional departments where the IPM would be readily available to all 
its supervisory and inspection personnel, rather than provide a copy of 
the IMP to each of these individuals.

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GRANT, February 17, 1998, Exemption No. 6729.

    Docket No.: 28945.
    Petitioner: Air Transport International.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.441(a)(1), 121.441(b)(1), and Appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air 
Transportation International regulatory relief to the extent necessary 
to conduct a single visit training program for flight crewmembers and 
eventually transition into the Advanced Qualification Program codified 
in Special Federal Aviation Regulation 58. GRANT, February 9, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6728.

    Docket No.: 28808.
    Petitioner: DHL Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.441(a)(1), 121.441(b)(1), and Appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit DHL Airlines, 
Inc., regulatory relief to the extent necessary to conduct a single 
visit training program for flight crewmembers and eventually transition 
into the Advanced Qualification Program codified in Special Federal 
Aviation Regulation 58. GRANT, February 9, 1998, Exemption No. 6727.

    Docket No.: 29077.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Inc. Canadian.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type 
certification of the Model BD700-1A10 by conducting a proof pressure 
test of the hydraulic system at 3400 psig (the system relief pressure) 
per the proposed Sec. 25.1435(c)(3) and component testing at 1.5 times 
the operating pressure (4500 psig) per the current Sec. 25.1435(a)(2). 
GRANT, February 13, 1998, Exemption No. 6726.

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