[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19283-19285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10171]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-6]


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

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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 May 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, 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 April 3, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29146.
    Petitioner: B F Goodrich Aerospace.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought: 
    To permit B F Goodrich to maintain its repair station Inspection 
Procedures manual (IPM) on a compact disc read only memory system 
available for viewing by all supervisory and inspection personnel, 
rather than provide a paper copy of the IPM to each of these 
individuals.

    Docket No.: 144CE.
    Petitioner: Sino Swearingen Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.35, 23.29, 23.235, 23.471, 
23.473, 23.477, 23.479, 23.481, 43.483, 23.485, 23.493, 23.499, 23.723, 
23.725, 23.726, 23.727, 23.959, 23.1583(c)(1), (2), Appendix C23, and 
Appendix D23.1.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Sino Swearingen Aircraft 
Company to modify the SJ30-2 airplane landing gear loads and associated 
airframe loads.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 25506.
    Petitioner: Department of the Navy.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.215(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Navy to 
provide realistic air combat training in airspace defined in the 
exemption as the ``Transponder-Off Area. GRANT, March 20, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6741.

    Docket No.: 29009.
    Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 93.217(a) (5) and (6) and 
93.223.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To prevent the withdrawal 
of takeoff and landing slots from United at Chicago's O'Hare 
International Airport to accommodate requests from carriers engaged in 
international operations at O'Hare. DENIAL, March 25, 1998, Exemption 
No. 6743.

    Docket No.: 29099.
    Petitioner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(b)(2); 61.56(c)(1); 
61.57 (a), (b), (c), and (d); 61.58(a) (1) and (2); and 61.195(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ERAU, which is 
developing a 14 CFR part 142 certificated training center, to use Level 
D flight simulators to meet certain flight experience and recency of 
experience requirements of part 61 for its instructor pilots before 
certification of the training center. GRANT, March 25, 1998, Exemption 
No. 6746.

    Docket No.: 28148.
    Petitioner: Capital City Air Carrier, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CCAC to operate 
certain aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed. 
GRANT, March 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6747.

    Docket No.: 17681.
    Petitioner: Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Kenmore to 
conduct seaplane operations under visual flight rules, outside 
controlled airspace, overwater, at an altitude below 500 feet. GRANT, 
March 30, 1998, Exemption No. 2528J.

    Docket No.: 26103.
    Petitioner: Northwest Seaplanes, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Northwest 
Seaplanes to conduct part 135 operations outside of controlled 
airspace, over water, at an altitude below 500 feet above the surface. 
GRANT, March 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6461A.

    Docket No.: 27712.
    Petitioner: American Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.401(c), 
121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(a), and 121.441 (a)(1) and (b)(1); appendix 
F to part 121; and Special Federal Aviation Regulations No. 58.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American to (1) 
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for 
American's pilots in command, seconds in command, and flight engineers 
in a single annual training and proficiency evaluation program (i.e., a 
single-visit training program), and (2) meet the line-check 
requirements of Sec. 121.440(a) and SFAR No. 58 through an alternative 
line-check program. GRANT, March 30, 1998, Exemption No. 5950B.

    Docket No.: 28137.
    Petitioner: Kansas Highway Patrol.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159(a) and 91.209 (a) and 
(d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Kansas Highway 
Patrol to conduct air operations in support of drug law enforcement and 
drug traffic interdiction. GRANT, March 27, 1998, Exemption No. 6137A.

    Docket No.: 5010.
    Petitioner: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of System 
Standards.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119 (b) and (c), 91.159, 
91.175 (a) and (b), and 91.179(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the FAA AVN and 
the USAF FIC to deviate from certain flight rules required by subpart B 
of 14 CFR part 91 while conducting flight inspections of air navigation 
facilities and instrument approach procedures. GRANT, March 31, 1998, 
Exemption No. 5118C.

    Docket No.: 28176.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Services.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Raytheon 
Aircraft Services to operate without a TSO-C112 transponder installed 
in its aircraft operating under the provisions of part 135. GRANT, 
March 30, 1998, Exemption No. 6120A.

    Docket No.: 142CE.

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    Petitioner: Sino Swearingen Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.3(d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type 
certification of the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 airplane in the commuter 
category. GRANT, March 23, 1998, Exemption No. 6742.

    Docket No.: 28400.
    Petitioner: Skydive, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 105.43(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Skydive to 
permit individuals who have completed a course of instruction in main 
parachute packing administered by an FAA-certificated parachute rigger 
to pack main parachutes for others to make parachute jumps. DENIAL, 
March 27, 1998, Exemption No. 6748.

[FR Doc. 98-10171 Filed 4-16-98; 8:45 am]
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