[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33755-33756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16360]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-12]


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 July 9, 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:
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 June 15, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petition For Exemption

    Docket No.: 29204.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Regulations Affected: 25.562(b)(2), 25.562(c)(5), 25.562(c)(6).
    Description of Petition: To exempt The Boeing Company Model MD-17 
freighter airplanes from the floor warpage and femur compression test 
requirements, and from the head injury criteria requirements of 14 CFR 
5.562(b)(2), 25.562(c)(5), 25.562(c)(6), for the pilot, co-pilot, and 
observer's seat.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28541.
    Petitioner: Isaac B. Weathers.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109 (a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument flights 
to meet the recent instrument experience requirements, in certain 
Beechcraft airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover control 
wheel in place of functioning dual controls. GRANT, June 2, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6526A.

    Docket No.: 29243.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c)(5) and 25.785(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow front row 
passenger seating on the petitioner's Jetstream Series 4100 Model 4101 
airplane. GRANT, June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 6776.

    Docket No.: 29120.
    Petitioner: Air Lab.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Lab to 
assign Inspection Procedures Manuals (IPM) to key individuals within 
departments and to functionally place an adequate number of IPM's for 
access by all employees, in lieu of providing a copy of the IPM to all 
supervisory and inspection personnel, subject to certain conditions and 
limitations. GRANT, May 18, 1998, Exemption No. 6777.

    Docket No.: 28934.
    Petitioner: Covington Aircraft Engines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.13 (b) and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Covington, 
instead of the engine manufacturer, to

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replace mutilated or unreadable data plates with a copy of the original 
data plate on Pratt & Whitney Wasp, Wasp Jr., R985, and R1340 engines 
when an engine or component is overhauled at its facility. The 
operation would be accomplished using the conditions specified in 
Covington's petition in lieu of the procedures set forth in FAA Order 
8130.2C for the removal of aircraft engine identification plates and 
the placement of the same data plate on a different engine assembly. 
DENIAL, May 29, 1998, Exemption No. 6778.

    Docket No.: 29112.
    Petitioner: Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 156.5(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to use up to 1 percent of the State apportionment annual funds issued 
during fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for program and administrative 
training costs under the Airport Improvement Program. GRANT, May 20, 
1998, Exemption No. 6779.

    Docket No.: 27821.
    Petitioner: Cedar Rapids Police Department Air Support Division.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209(a) and (d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct air operations in support of law enforcement and drug 
interdiction without illuminating the lighted position and 
anticollision aircraft lights required by Sec. 91.209, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 
6780.

    Docket No.: 29075.
    Petitioner: Mercy Medical Center Redding.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.213(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to conduct emergency medical system departures in fixed-wing aircraft 
under instrument flight rules in weather that is at or above visual 
flight rules minimums from airports at which a weather report is not 
available from the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), a source 
approved by the NWS, or a source approved by the Administrator. DENIAL, 
June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 6781.

    Docket No.: 29025.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an 
FAA inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command who is 
completing the initial or upgrade training specified in Sec. 121.424 
during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing, 
subject to certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 3, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6782.

    Docket No.: 29012.
    Petitioner: Continental Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Continental to 
substitute a qualified and authorized check airman in place of an FAA 
inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command who is completing 
the initial or upgrade training specified in Sec. 121.424 during at 
least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, June 11, 1998, Exemption No. 
6783.

    Docket No.: 29151.
    Petitioner: Aramco Associated Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.609(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its four Bell Model 212 helicopters in part 91 operations 
without a digital flight data recorder installed in each of those 
aircraft, as required by part 91, subject to certain conditions and 
limitations. GRANT, June 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6784.

    Docket No.: 29142.
    Petitioner: Geo-Seis Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Bell Model 212 helicopter without an approved digital 
flight data recorder installed subject to certain conditions and 
limitations. GRANT, June 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6785.

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