[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44253-44254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21040]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-25]


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 disposition 
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

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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 August 26, 1999.

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 electrically 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, DC, on August 10, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29655.
    Petitioner: Rolls-Royce plc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 34.7(c)
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Rolls-Royce to 
obtain an exemption from the emissions standards of Sec. 34.7(c) for 
150 newly manufactured RB211-535E4/E4B engines.

    Docket No.: 29630.
    Petitioner: National Air Transportation Association, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 
Appendices I & J of part 121
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit NATA members to conduct 
local sightseeing flights, for compensation or hire, without complying 
with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of 
part 135. The flights would include, but would not be limited to (1) 
airport open house functions, (2) pancake breakfast functions, (3) fly-
ins, (4) functions providing flights in War Birds and other classic 
aircraft, (5) charity and fundraising functions, and (6) other annual 
community-oriented functions.

    Docket No.: 29468.
    Petitioner: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 
Appendices I & J of part 121
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit AOPA members to conduct 
local, nonstop, sightseeing flights under visual flight rules during 
the day for charity or community events, for compensation or hire, 
without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.

    Docket No.: 29651.
    Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 
Appendices I & J of part 121
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit members of local chapters 
of the EAA to conduct local sightseeing flights or provide flight 
experiences at various EAA chapter events, for compensation or hire, in 
experimental aircraft and aircraft with standard airworthiness 
certificates, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol 
misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 29513.
    Petitioner: Fairchild Dornier/Dornier Luftfarht GmbH.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR C36.9(e)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow for the 1-g 
stall speed used for the 14 CFR part 25 airworthiness certification to 
also be used for the 14 CFR part 36 noise certification for the 
approach reference and test limitations on the Dornier 328-300 model 
aircraft.

GRANT, 6/14/99, Exemption No. 6900

    Docket No.: 29572.
    Petitioner: Spectrum Aeromed, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562 and 25.785(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certification 
of medical stretchers for transport of persons whose medical condition 
dictates such accommodation. This exemption is for an installation on 
Gulfstream Model G-V model series airplanes.

GRANT, 7/1/99, Exemption No. 6911

    Docket No.: 29593.
    Petitioner: Empressa Brasileira da Aeronautica S.A.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.783(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To exempt EMBRAER from 
the requirement for a pressurization prevention means of Sec. 25.783(f) 
for the rear electronic compartment access hatch of the Embraer Model 
135 airplane.

PARTIAL GRANT, 7/13/99, Exemption No. 69-19

    Docket No.: 29614.
    Petitioner: United Way Center for Human Service.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
Appendices I & J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UWCHS to 
conduct local sightseeing rides over the Lawrence, Kansas, vicinity at 
a charitable event on June 26 or 27, 1999, for compensation or hire, 
without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.

GRANT, 6/24/99, Exemption No. 6908

    Docket No.: 29629.
    Petitioner: We Rent Aircraft, Inc. dba Starrett Aviation.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
Appendices I & J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Starrett 
Aviation to conduct local sightseeing rides at an airshow at Fairfield 
County Airport in Lancaster, Ohio, on July 10 and 11, 1999, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

GRANT, 7/9/99, Exemption No. 6918

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