[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70105-70106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32486]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-44]


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 January 4, 2000.

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: 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, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 or Vanessa 
Wilkins (202) 267-8029 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 December 9, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
    Docket No.: 29819.
    Petitioner: Bombardier.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.813(e).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit doors between passenger 
compartments on BD700-1A10 airplanes used for corporate transportation.

    Docket No.: 29436.
    Petitioner: Airport Services.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Airport Services to apply 
for a Federal Aviation Administration repair station certificate 
without having suitable permanent housing for at least one of the 
heaviest aircraft within the weight class of the rating it seeks.

    Docket No.: 29411.
    Petitioner: Spirit Aviation Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.225(g).
    Description of Relief Sought Disposition: To permit Spirit Aviation 
to conduct takeoffs in single-pilot, turbine powered airplanes where 
takeoff visibility is one-half of a mile down to 1,800 feet runway 
visual range, subject to certain conditions and limitations.

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Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 29805.
    Petitioner: Cambridge Valley Flying Club.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit allow CVFC to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at the Chapin Field Airport to raise 
funds for the George Chapin Memorial Scholarship Fund on October 9, 
1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-
drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135. GRANT, 10/
8/99, Exemption No. 7032

    Docket No.: 29811.
    Petitioner: Tri-Cities Pilot's Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow TCPA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at the Tri-Cities Airport to raise funds for 
the Human Society on October 9, 1999, with a rain date of Oct. 16, 
1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-
drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135. GRANT, 10/
8/99, Exemption No. 7033

    Docket No.: 27860.
    Petitioner: Skydive Academy of Hawaii Corporation.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
foreign national parachutists to participate in Skydive Hawaii-
sponsored parachute jumping events without complying with the parachute 
packing and equipment requirements of Sec. 105.43(a).
GRANT, 10/4/99, Exemption No. 7015.

    Docket No.: 29761.
    Petitioner: Champion Air.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344 (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Champion Air to 
operate two B-727-200 airplanes (Registration Nos. N292AS and N295AS; 
Serial Nos. 21458 and 22147, respectively) without installing the 
required DFDR on each airplane until January 15, 2000. GRANT, 10/1/99, 
Exemption No. 7014.

    Docket No.: 29770.
    Petitioner: Vermont Pilots' Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendices I and J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow VPA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights for a fundraising event on the weekend of 
September 25, 1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with 
certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 
135. GRANT, 9/24/99, Exemption No. 7003.

    Docket No: 29789.
    Petitioner: Michael D. Seeley.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendices I and J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow him to conduct 
local sightseeing flights for the fly-in/drive-in at the Taylorville 
Municipal Airport on the weekend of October 2, 1999, for compensation 
or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuses 
prevention requirements of part 135. GRANT, 10/1/99, Exemption No. 
7013.

    Docket No.: 29769.
    Petitioner: Lance Air.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendices I and J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Lance Air to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Grimes Airport for the airshow 
given by the Golden Age Air Museum on October 2 and 3, 1999, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135. GRANT, 10/1/99, 
Exemption No. 7011.

    Docket No.: 29767.
    Petitioner: Lowell City Airport.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendices I and J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow LCAB to conduct 
local sightseeing flights for a fundraising event on the weekend of 
September 25, 1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with 
certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 
135. GRANT, 9/24/99, Exemption No. 7005.

    Docket No.: 29752.
    Petitioner: Wallace State Community College.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendices I and J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    To allow WSCC to conduct local sightseeing flights at Folsom Field 
for the Cullman Airport Family Fun Day on September 25, 1999, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135. GRANT, 9/24/99, 
Exemption No. 7002.

    Docket No.: 29763.
    Petitioner: Fullerton Municipal Airport.
    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 FMA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights for a fundraising event on the weekend of 
September 25, 1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with 
certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 
135. GRANT, 9/24/99, Exemption No. 7004.

    Docket No.: 28962.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Services Corporation, West Virginia Air 
Center.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Bombardier to 
assign copies of its Inspections Procedures Manual (IPM) to key 
individuals within departments and to functionally place an adequate 
number of IPMs for access by all employees, rather than giving a copy 
of the IPM to all supervisory and inspection personnel. GRANT, 9/29/99, 
Exemption No. 6677A.

    Docket No.: 29759.
    Petitioner: Aviation Ventures, Inc., d.b.a. Vision Air.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aviation 
Ventures, Inc., doing business as Vision Air to operate up to 10 DO228 
airplanes under part 135 without the required DFDR. GRANT, 9/27/99, 
Exemption No. 7009.

    Docket No.: 29694.
    Petitioner: Angel Flight of Georgia.
    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 Angel Flight to 
conduct local sightseeing flights for a fundraising event on September 
18 and 19, 1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with 
certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 
135. GRANT, 9/17/99, Exemption No. 6997.

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