[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16451-16453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7635]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-13


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 aspects 
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 April 18, 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

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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, DC, on March 23, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 25052.
    Petitioner: Promech, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Promech and six 
similarly situated certificate holders conducting operations under part 
135 to operate seaplanes inside the Ketchikan, Alaska, Class E airspace 
under Special Visual Flight Rules below 500 feet above the surface.
    Grant, 02/28/2000, Exemption No. 4760H.

    Docket No.: 25390.
    Petitioner: Airbus Industrie.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.35.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the production 
units of the members and associated partners of the Airbus consortium 
to be certificated collectively under Airbus as a U.S. foreign repair 
station to support the operation of U.S.-registered A300, A310, A319, 
A320, A321, A330, and A340 series airplanes.
    Grant, 02/28/2000, Exemption No. 6029B.

    Docket No.: 29052.
    Petitioner: Business Airfreight.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit appropriately 
trained and certificated pilots employed by BAF to replace navigation 
lightbulbs, landing lightbulbs, taxi lightbulbs, missing or broken 
static wicks, and missing or broken bonding straps on BAF's aircraft 
used in operations conducted under 14 CFR part 135.
    Denial, 02/29/2000, Exemption No. 7131.

    Docket No.: 29116.
    Petitioner: Taconite Aviation, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TAI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed on each aircraft.
    Grant, 02/09/2000, Exemption No. 6735A.

    Docket No.: 29288.
    Petitioner: Mr. Patrick J. Halloran.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.104(a)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Halloran to 
satisfy the eligibility requirement for a repairman certificate 
(experimental aircraft builder) without being the primary builder of 
the aircraft to which the certificate privileges would apply.
    Denial, 02/24/2000, Exemption No. 7127.

    Docket No.: 29410.
    Petitioner: U.S. Technical.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit U.S. Technical 
to install, modify, and retrofit passenger and cabin amenities at 
customer facilities without providing suitable permanent housing for at 
least one of the heaviest aircraft for which it is rated.
    Denial, 02/24/2000, Exemption No. 7130.

    Docket No.: 29695.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Systems Company.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Raytheon to 
make its Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) available electronically to 
its supervisory, inspection, and other personnel, rather than give a 
paper copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection 
personnel.
    Grant, 02/03/2000, Exemption No. 7115.

    Docket No.: 29799.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Bombardier to 
place an adequate number of repair station IPMs in inspection areas and 
to assign IPMs to key individuals.
    Grant, 02/03/2000, Exemption No. 7114.

    Docket No.: 29822.
    Petitioner: Mr. John A. Chunis.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Chunis to 
conduct one local sightseeing flight for compensation or hire, 
auctioned off to raise funds for the United Way, without complying with 
certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 
135.
    Grant, 02/04/2000, Exemption No. 7117.

    Docket No.: 29845.
    Petitioner: Mr. Ronald Drachenberg.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Drachenberg 
to conduct one local sightseeing flight for a fundraising event for the 
Plainville Congregational Church, Plainville, Connecticut, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 02/25/200, Exemption No. 7128.

    Docket No.: 29868.
    Petitioner: Dee Howard Aircraft Maintenance, L.P.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit DHM to assign 
its IPM to specific management personnel rather than give a copy of its 
IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
    Grant, 02/24/2000, Exemption No. 7123.

    Docket No.: 29929.
    Petitioner: Quest Aviation, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit QAI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 02/16/2000, Exemption No. 7125.

    Docket No.: 29931.
    Petitioner: Rotary Club of Kern River Valley.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Rotary Club 
of KRV to conduct local sightseeing flights at Kern Valley Airport on 
February 18, 19, and 20, 2000, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 02/18/2000, Exemption No. 7121.

    Docket No.: 29932.
    Petitioner: Mr. Maurice H. Witten.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Witten to 
conduct local sightseeing flights in the vicinity of Hays, Kansas, for 
the Hays Jaycee fund raising event, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and

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alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 02/22/2000, Exemption No. 7122.

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