[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5013-5014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2259]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-01]


Petition 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.

DATE:  Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before February 22, 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: [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 January 27, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29854.
    Petitioner: LifePort, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b) and 25.562.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit installation of a medical 
stretcher for carriage of non-ambulatory persons on a Gulfstream GV 
airplane.

    Docket No.: 29859.
    Petitioner: Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(b)(3) and 
121.226(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Hawaiian to operate nine 
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airplanes after August 20, 2001, until their 
expected retirement dates, on or before December 31, 2001, without 
installing the required digital flight data recorder in each airplane.

    Docket No.: 29791.
    Petitioner: United Parcel Service, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit UPS to obtain special 
purpose pilots authorizations for certain holders of foreign pilot 
certificates to ferry U.S.-registered Boeing 727 aircraft listed on the 
UPS Operations Specifications between non-U.S. airports.

    Docket No.: 29626.
    Petitioner: Glen G. Rowlinson.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.91(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Glen G. Rowlinson to be 
eligible for an inspection authorization without holding a current 
mechanic certificate with airframe and powerplant ratings that have 
been in effect for a total of at least 3 years.

    Docket No.: 29745.
    Petitioner: C&S Aviation, Limited.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.25(b) and (c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit C&S to operate under part 
135 without having exclusive use of at least one aircraft that meets 
the requirements for at least one kind of operation authorized by C&S's 
operations specifications.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 29531.
    Petitioner: Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.841(a)(2) and (a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the Dornier 
Model 328-300 airplanes to operate up to a maximum altitude of 35,000 
feet instead of 31,000 feet, which is the currently approved 
limitation.

Denial, 12/22/99, Exemption No. 7090

    Docket No.: 29871.
    Petitioner: Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.723.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Construcciones 
Aeronauticas, S.A., have one additional year to demonstrate compliance 
with Sec. 25.723 for the CASA Model C-295 landing gear system.

Partial Grant, 12/17/99, Exemption No. 7088

    Docket: No.: 29687.
    Petitioner: R&M Aviation.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit R&M to operate 
its Agusta A-109E helicopter (Registration No. N97CH; Serial No. 11012) 
under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the 
aircraft.

Grant, 11/19/99, Exemption No. 7078

    Docket No.: 29818.
    Petitioner: Michael Hoeffler.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendices I and J to part 121
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Michael 
Hoeffler to conduct a local sightseeing flight at the Minute Man 
Airfield in Stow, Massachusetts, for the Bolton Historical Society, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-

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drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 12/3/99, Exemption No. 7085

    Docket No.: 23358.
    Petitioner: Clarke Environmental Mosquito Management, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.313(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow CEMM to carry 
passengers in its Bell 47G-4A and 47G-3B-1 helicopters and Piper PA23-
250, certificated in the restricted category, while performing aerial-
site survey flights.

Grant, 12/1/99, Exemption No. 6701A

    Docket No.: 29862.
    Petitioner: Fairbury Area Pilots.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendices I and J to part 121
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow FAP to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at an airport in the vicinity of Fairbury, 
Nebraska for a charity fundraiser on two days in December, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 12/15/99, Exemption No. 7086

    Docket No.: 29857.
    Petitioner: Flying Conestoga's.
    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 Flying 
Conestoga's to conduct local sightseeing flights at an airport in the 
vicinity of Beatrice, Nebraska for a charity fundraiser on two days in 
December, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain 
anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 12/15/99, Exemption No. 7087

    Docket No.: 26101.
    Petitioner: America West Airlines.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 93.123.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit America West to 
operate three flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 
(DCA). The slots for these flights previously were granted to Braniff 
Airlines, Inc., under Exemption No. 3927.

Grant, 12/15/99, Exemption No. 5133I

    Docket No.: 28470.
    Petitioner: Compoende Aeronautica Ltda.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Compoende to 
use the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial in lieu of the calibration 
standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
test its inspection and test equipment.

Grant, 10/28/99, Exemption No. 6550B

    Docket No.: 28924.
    Petitioner: STUNTS Adventure Equipment, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SAE to allow 
its employees, representatives, and other volunteer experimental 
parachute test jumpers under its direction and control to make tandem 
parachute jumps while wearing a dual-harness, dual-parachute pack 
having at least one main parachute and one approved auxiliary parachute 
packed in accordance with Sec. 105.43(a). The exemption also permits 
pilots in command of aircraft involved in these operations to allow 
such persons to make these parachute jumps.

Grant, 10/28/99, Exemption No. 6693A

    Docket No.: 28708
    Petitioner: Empire Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9 and 121.709(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit empire to use 
electronic signatures in lieu of physical signatures to satisfy 
airworthiness release or aircraft log entry signature requirements of 
Sec. 43.9 for operations conducted under 14 CFR part 135 and 
Sec. 121.709(b)(3) for operations conducted under part 121.

Grant, 11/2/99, Exemption No. 6668B

    Docket No.: 29810.
    Petitioner: IHC Life Flight.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit IHC Life Flight 
to operate three Super King Air B200 aircraft (Registration Nos. 
N301HC, N401HC and N501HC; Serial Nos. BB-1219, BB-1294, and BB-1306, 
respectively) and two Agusta A 109K2 rotorcraft (Registration Nos. 
N109RX and N123RX; Serial Nos. 10016 and 10018, respectively) under 
part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in each 
aircraft.

Grant, 11/19/99, Exemption No. 7079

    Docket No.: 28732.
    Petitioner: Vieques Air Link, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.356.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Vieques to 
operate its Britten-Norman BN-2A Mark III Trislander aircraft without 
TCAS equipment installed.

Partial Grant, 11/8/99, Exemption No. 7067

    Docket No.: 29776.
    Petitioner: Pomona Valley Pilots 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 the PVPA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Brackett Airport for the first 
annual Air Fair on November 6 and 7, 1999, for compensation or hire, 
without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.

Grant, 11/5/99, Exemption No. 7066

    Docket No.: 29566.
    Petitioner: ANA IHI Aero-engines Co., Ltd.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow AIA to 
substitute the calibration standards of the National Research 
Laboratory of Metrology (NRLM) and Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), 
Japan's national standards organizations, for the calibration standards 
of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and 
test equipment.

Grant, 11/22/99, Exemption No. 7071

    Docket No.: 29727.
    Petitioner: Trajen, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Trajen to 
operate its Mooney M20M aircraft (Registration No. N57TF, Serial No. 
270257) under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 10/28/99 Exemption No. 7062

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