[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65861-65862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31783]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-22]


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 December 15, 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.,

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Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Eichelberger (202) 267-7470 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 November 23, 1998.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29202.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.961(a)(5).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Boeing 
Commercial Airplane Group an 85 deg.F maximum fuel temperature 
limitation for JP-4 and Jet-B fuels on Boeing 757-300 series airplanes.

    Docket No.: 29383.
    Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation Complex, Russia.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.52(b)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Ilyushin 
Aviation Complex to exempt from the floor warpage test requirements of 
14 CFR 25.562(b)(2) for all seats on the Ilyushin IL-96T airplane.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 18324.
    Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and 121.709(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American to 
allow its properly trained and certificated flight engineers to stow 
passenger supplemental oxygen masks during flight and to make the 
appropriate entry in the aircraft maintenance logbook.
    Grant, November 16, 1998, Exemption No. 2678K.

    Docket No.: 27309.
    Petitioner: Mr. David Abshire 14 CFR 65.71 (a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Abshire to 
become eligible for a mechanic certificate and associated rating 
although he cannot speak the English language.
    Grant, November 16, 1998, Exemption No. 6840.

    Docket No.: 26914.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Transport 
Association member airlines and other similarly situated part 121 
certificate holders to allow FAA air traffic controllers and certain 
technical representatives to ride in the cockpit observer's seat of 
all-cargo aircraft when those aircraft do not meet the passenger-
carrying requirements.
    Grant, November 12, 1998, Exemption No. 5562C.

    Docket No.: 28905.
    Petitioner: Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Petroleum 
Helicopters to operate three Bell 212 helicopters, two Bell 214ST 
helicopters, three Bell 412 helicopters and one Bell 412SP helicopter 
without FAA-approved digital flight data recorders installed.
    Grant, November 9, 1998, Exemption No. 6713C.

[FR Doc. 98-31783 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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