[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50618-50619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25307]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-18]


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 October 13, 1998.

ADDRESS: 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

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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 September 16, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29297.
    Petitioner: Aviation Charter, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.299(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Aviation Charter, Inc., 
pilots to accomplish a line operational evaluation in a Level C or 
Level D flight simulator in lieu of a line check in an aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28445.
    Petitioner: Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4) and 43.11(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aircraft 
Braking Systems Corporation to continue to use computer-generated 
electronic signatures in lieu of physical signatures to satisfy 
approval for return-to-service signature requirements. GRANT, July 31, 
1998, Exemption No. 6542A.

    Docket No.: 23216.
    Petitioner: McMahan Aviation, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 93.157.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit McMahan 
Aviation, Inc., to conduct pipeline patrol operations under special 
visual flight rules at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston 
Airport. GRANT, August 17, 1998, Exemption No. 4505A.

    Docket No.: 28723.
    Petitioner: Ryan International Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203 (a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ryan 
International Airlines, Inc., to operate temporarily its U.S.-
registered aircraft following the incidental loss or mutilation of that 
aircraft's airworthiness certificate or registration certificate, or 
both. GRANT, August 27, 1998, Exemption No. 6571A.

    Docket No.: 29106.
    Petitioner: Forest Industries Flying Tankers Limited.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.55(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Forest 
Industries Flying Tankers Limited to operate its Martin JRM-3 Mars 
airplanes 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. GRANT, August 
28, 1998, Exemption No. 6809.

[FR Doc. 98-25307 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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