[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32602-32603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15394]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-17]


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 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal

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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: 9-NPRM[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: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 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, D.C., on June 14, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29354
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit side facing divans on 
Dornier Model 328-100 airplanes.

Docket No.: 29495
Petitioner: Osprey Air I
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and (g) and paragraph c 
of Appendix A of part 43
Description of Relief Sought: To permit pilots employed by Osprey to 
perform those preventive maintenance functions listed in paragraph c 
of Appendix A of part 43 on aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 135.

Docket No.: 29496
Petitioner: Blue Mountain Lodge
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and (g) and paragraph c 
of Appendix A of part 43
Description of Relief Sought: To permit BML's pilot to perform the 
preventive maintenance functions listed in paragraph c of Appendix A 
to part 43 on aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 135.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 24446
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.485(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATA-member 
airlines and other similarly situated part 121 air carriers to 
conduct flights of less than 12 hours duration with an airplane 
having a flightcrew of three or more pilots and an additional flight 
crewmember without requiring the rest period following that flight 
to be twice the hours flown since the last rest period at each 
flight crewmember's home base.
GRANT, 4/30/99, Exemption No. 4317G

Docket No.: 25988
Petitioner: Soloy Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Soloy to apply 
for a supplemental type certificate (STC) for a design change that 
would convert the Cessna Caravan from a one-engine aircraft to a 
two-engine aircraft using the STC process.
GRANT, 4/14/99, Exemption No. 6888

Docket No.: 26599
Petitioner: Regional Airline Association
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permits RAA-member 
airlines to temporarily operate certain U.S.-registered aircraft in 
domestic airline operations without the certificates of 
airworthiness or registration onboard the aircraft.
GRANT, 4/27/99, Exemption No. 5515D

Docket No.: 28179
Petitioner: Washington Flight Program
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121 Appendices I and J, 135.251, 
and 135.255
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FAA Washington 
Flight Program to use the substance abuse and drug testing program 
mandated by Department of Transportation Order No. 3910.1C, ``The 
Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace,'' for its management, 
pilot, and maintenance personnel, in lieu of certain drug and 
alcohol program requirements contained in part 121 and part 135.
GRANT, 4/20/99, Exemption No. 6074B

Docket No.: 28545
Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.135(a)93)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United to use 
electronic digital technology to document the revision of level in 
lieu of printing the last revision date on each page of the manual
GRANT, 4/21/99, Exemption No. 6612A

Docket No.: 29042
Petitioner: Schwartz Engineering Company
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.183(f) and 25.2(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Schwartz 
Engineering Company type and airworthiness certification of a Boeing 
Model 757-200 airplane with adjacent exists further than 60 feet 
apart.
GRANT, 4/29/99, Exemption No. 6710B

Docket No.: 29349
Petitioner: Texas Aero Engine Service, L.L.C.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TAESL to use 
computerized personal identification codes in lieu of physical 
signatures required to issue airworthiness releases and/or approvals 
for return to services of aeronautical products it maintains for its 
repair station customers.
GRANT, 4/21/99, Exemption No. 6890

Docket No.: 29383
Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation Complex
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To exempt Ilyushin 
Aviation Complex from the floor warpage test requirements of 
25.562(b)(2) for flight deck seating.
PARTIAL GRANT, 4/13/99, Exemption No. 6887612A

Docket No.: 29348
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing to 
conduct a 3400 psig test of the modified portions of the hydraulic 
system on the Boeing Model 767-400ER airplane.
GRANT, 4/8/99, Exemption No. 6886

Docket No.: 29427
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing type 
certification of Boeing Model 737-700C by testing only the hydraulic 
tubing added for the 737-700 Main Deck Cargo Door system at just 
below 3400 psig, the system relief pressure.
GRANT, 4/15/99, Exemption No. 6889

Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: 29354
Petitioner: Fairchild Aircraft Incorporated
Regulations Affected: 25.785(b)
Description of Petition: To permit side-facing divans on Dornier 
Model 328-100 airplanes.

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