[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24838-24839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11858]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-7]
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 Ch. 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 May 26, 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
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: Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 or
Terry Stubblefield (202) 267-7624 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, DC., on April 29, 1998.
Joseph A. Conte,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Petitions for Exemption
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; 23.483; 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 Swearigen Aircraft
Company to modify the SJ30-2 airplane landing gear loads and associated
airframe loads.
Docket No.: 29175.
Petitioner: Associated Air Center.
Regulations Affected: Sec. 25.813(e).
Description of Petition: To exempt Associated Air Center from the
requirements of 14 CFR 25.813(e), to permit installation of doors
between passenger compartments on a Boeing 737-39A Airplane intended
for non-revenue use only.
Docket No.: 29192.
Petitioner: Air Transport Association.
Regulations Affected: 119.21(a)(1).
Description of Petition: The Air Transport Association requests an
exemption on behalf of Hawaii Airlines, Aloha Airlines, and Aloha
Islandair from Sec. 119.21(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations to allow those air carriers to conduct inter-island flights
within the State of Hawaii as flag operations, rather than conducting
those flights as domestic operations under subpart U of part 121.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: 28881.
Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company, McDonnell Douglas
Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1),
25.857(e), and 25.1447(c)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type
certification of the DC-10 freighter aircraft with a Class E cargo
compartment, with accommodation for up to four supernumeraries
immediately aft of the cockpit, in the two configurations proposed,
when the airplane is equipped with two floor-level emergency exits with
escape slide/rafts within the immediate vicinity of the occupied area,
subject to certain conditions.
GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6752.
Docket No.: 29057.
Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1),
25.857(e), and 25.1447(c)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type
certification of the MD-11 freighter aircraft with a Class E cargo
compartment, with accommodation for up to five supernumeraries
immediately aft of the cockpit, in the configuration proposed, when the
airplane is equipped with two floor-level emergency exits with escape
slide/rafts within the immediate vicinity of the occupied area, subject
to certain conditions..
GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6753.
Docket No.: 29129.
Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation Complex.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type
certification of the Model IL-96T by conducting a test of the complete
hydraulic system at 2405 atm (the system relief pressure),
all hydraulic components testing at 1.5 times the operating pressure
(315 atm) per the current Sec. 25.1435(a)(2), and a test of the
complete hydraulic system during flight and ground tests at operating
pressure.
GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6754.
Docket No.: 581.
Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159(c).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the USAF to
operate its U-2 aircraft at or above flight level 600 without
maintaining the appropriate cruising altitudes as required under
91.159(c).
GRANT, April 23, 1998, Exemption No. 130D.
Docket No.: 581.
Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.159.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the USAF to
conduct nontraining photographic reconnaissance missions that require
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flying a series of tracks at a constant altitude, without maintaining
the appropriate cruising altitude required under 91.159.
GRANT, April 23, 1998, Exemption No. 134I.
Docket No.: 28454.
Petitioner: Civil Air Patrol.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR part 91, subpart F.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Civil Air
Patrol (CAP) to operate small aircraft under subpart F of part 91 and
receive limited reimbursement for certain flights within the scope of
and incidental to the CAP's corporate purposes and U.S. Air Force
Auxiliary status.
GRANT, April 13, 1998, Exemption No. 6485A.
Docket No.: 27577.
Petitioner: Availl.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.445(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Availl to
maintain one copy of its repair station Inspection Procedures Manual
(IPM) at each facility, rather than give a copy of the IPM to each of
its supervisory and inspection personnel.
GRANT, April 8, 1998, Exemption No. 5940B.
Docket No.: 28479.
Petitioner: Strong Enterprises, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Strong
Enterprises, Inc., and Strong Certified Tandem Instructors to conduct
parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pact,
having at least one main parachute and one auxiliary parachute. This
exemption also authorizes the pilot-in-command of aircraft involved in
these operations to allow such persons to make tandem parachute jumps.
GRANT, April 8, 1998, Exemption No. 6474B.
Docket No.: 29092.
Petitioner: Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, Inc..
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner
to assign copies of its Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) to key
individuals within its departments and key areas within its shop and
functionally place an adequate number of IPM's for access to all
employees, rather than provide a copy of the IPM for each of its
Supervisory and inspection personnel.
GRANT, April 13, 1998, Exemption No. 6750.
Docket No.: 28144.
Petitioner: Perris Valley Skydiving.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent
parachutist who are foreign nationals to participate in PVS-sponsored
events without complying with the parachute equipment and packing
requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
GRANT, March 23, 1998, Exemption No. 6745.
GRANT, April 13, 1998, Exemption No. 64750.
Docket No.: 29108.
Petitioner: Skydrive Dallas, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(d).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent
parachutist who are foreign nationals to participate in Skydive Dallas-
sponsored events without complying with the parachute equipment and
packing requirements of 105.43(a).
GRANT, March 23, 1998, Exemption No. 6744.
Docket No.: 28628.
Petitioner: Mr. William W. Webb.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Webb to
conduct certain flight instruction in Beechcraft Bonanza airplanes
equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel instead of
functioning dual controls.
GRANT, April 24, 1998, Exemption No. 6544A
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