[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36284-36285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17630]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-13]


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 for 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 June 23, 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, 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 26, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No: 29253.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Regulations Affected: 25.785(h)(1), 25.807(d)(7), 25.812(e), 
25.813(e), 25.853(d).
    Description of Petition: To exempt The Boeing Company from the 
requirements of 14 CFR 25.785(h)(1), 25.807(d)(7), 25.812(e), 
25.813(e), and 25.853(d) to permit business jet interiors to be 
designated for ``private, not-for-hire use'' on Boeing Model 737-700 
IGW airplanes.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No: 29224.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR C36.3(c) of appendix C to part 
36.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to measure 
noise levels at the sideline point for its Bombardier de Havilland 
Canada DHC-8 Dash 8 Series 400 airplane using the International Civil 
Aviation Organization standards set forth in annex 16, volume 1, 
chapter 3, 3.3.1(a)(2), amendment 5 for lateral reference noise measure 
points, in lieu of the standards set forth in section C36.3(c) of 
appendix C to part 36.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No: 29213.
    Petitioner: Elliott Aviation of Des Moines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Beechcraft Model 200 Aircraft (Registration No. N120RJ, 
Serial No. BB-432) without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed. 
Grant, Grant, Exemption No. 6787.

    Docket No: 23869.
    Petitioner: The Uninsured Relative Workshop, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit employees, 
representatives, and other volunteer experimental parachute test 
jumpers

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under the petitioner's control to make tandem parachute jumps while 
wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack that has at least one main 
parachute and one approved auxiliary parachute. The exemption also 
permits pilots in command of aircraft involved in these operations to 
allow such persons to make these parachute jumps. Grant, June 15, 1998, 
Exemption No. 4943J.

    Docket No: 11366.
    Petitioner: United States Customs Service.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117 (a), (b), and (c); 
91.119(c); 91.159(a); and 91.209 (a) and (d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit continued 
relief from the pertinent provisions of 14 CFR part 91 in order to 
conduct drug interdiction air support. Grant, June 17, 1998, Exemption 
No. 5504B.

    Docket No: 29137.
    Petitioner: Weary Warriors Squadron.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its North American B-25 (B-25) aircraft, which is 
certificated in the limited category, for the purpose of carrying 
passengers for compensation or hire. Grant, June 17, 1998, Exemption 
No. 6786.

    Docket No.: 28660.
    Petitioner: The Collings Foundation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 91.319(a), 119.5(g), 
and 119.21(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Boeing B-17 (B-17) aircraft, which is certificated in 
the limited category, and its Consolidated B-24 (B-24) aircraft, which 
is certificated in the experimental category, for the purpose of 
carrying passengers on local flights for compensation or hire. Grant, 
June 17, 1998, Exemption No. 6540A.

    Docket No.: 28512.
    Petitioner: Robert P. Lavery.
    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 19, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6525A.

    Docket No.: 28515.
    Petitioner: Kenneth L. Fossler.
    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 19, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6524A.

    Docket No.: 28517.
    Petitioner: Samuel D. James.
    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 19, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6532A.

    Docket No.: 29174.
    Petitioner: Hawaii Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Sikorsky S-76A helicopter (Canadian Registration No. C-
GHJG, Serial No. 760015) in the United States under part 135 without a 
digital flight data recorder (DFDR) as required by Sec. 135.152. Grant, 
June 19, 1998, Exemption No. 6789.

    Docket No.: 29109.
    Petitioner: Mobile Business Resources Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its Sikorsky S-76A helicopter under part 135 without each of 
those helicopters being equipped with an approved digital flight data 
recorder. Grant, June 19, 1998, Exemption No. 6788.

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