[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30185-30187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11712]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-17]


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 May 31, 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, DC 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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271, Forest 
Rawls (202) 267-8033, or Venessa 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 May 5, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29900.
    Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines and Trans State Airlines.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(d)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit ASA and TSA to operate its 
Jetstream-41 (J-41) aircraft without meeting the requirements of 14 CFR 
121.344(d)(1).

    Docket No.: 29941.
    Petitioner: Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(c), 25.858, 121.314(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow Hawaiian Airlines to 
operate, until May 15, 2001, one DC10-10 airspace beyond the cargo 
compartment modification deadline of March 30, 2001.

    Docket No.: 29981.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(c), 25.858, 121.314(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Delta Air Lines to operate, 
until September 20, 2001, nine L-1011 airplanes beyond the cargo 
compartment modification deadline of March 19, 2001.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28419.
    Petitioner: United Parcel Service.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.440(s),

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121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1), and appendix F to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UPS to combine 
recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for UPS's 
pilots in command, seconds in command, and flight engineers in a single 
annual training and proficiency evaluation program.
    Grant, 04/06/2000, Exemption No. 6434B.

    Docket No.: 29883.
    Petitioner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.65(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ERAU to permit 
students enrolled in ERAU's AGATE III to take concurrently the private 
pilot and instrument rating practical test, subject to certain 
conditions and limitations.
    Grant, 04/14/2000, Exemption No. 7168.

    Docket No.: 29930.
    Petitioner: Gulfshore Helicopters.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Gulfshore to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 03/24/2000, Exemption No. 7155.

    Docket No.: 28434.
    Petitioner: Mercy Air Service, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mercy Air 
Service to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 03/27/2000, Exemption No. 6769A.

    Docket No.: 29782.
    Petitioner: Mr. Roy Earnest Duckworth.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.129(c)(4)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Duckworth 
to obtain a commercial pilot certificate with a rotorcraft category and 
helicopter class rating without accomplishing the requirement for 5 
hours of solo night flying, subject to certain conditions and 
limitations.
    Grant, 04/04/2000, Exemption No. 7165.

    Docket No.: 29195.
    Petitioner: Premium Jets, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Premier Jets to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 03/27/2000, Exemption No. 7160.

    Docket No.: 29737.
    Petitioner: Air Jamaica Limited.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Jamaica to 
use the calibration standards of the Jamaica Bureau of Standards rather 
than the calibration standards of the NIST, formerly the NBS, to test 
its inspection and test equipment, subject to certain conditions and 
limitations.
    Grant, 03/20/2000, Exemption No. 7152.

    Docket No.: 28144.
    Petitioner: Perris Valley Skydiving.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit nonstudent 
parachutists who are foreign nationals to participate in PVS-sponsored 
events without complying with the parachute equipment and packing 
requirements of Sec. 105.43(a).
    Grant, 03/29/2000, Exemption No. 6745A.

    Docket No.: 29913.
    Petitioner: Franklin County Sport Parachute Center, Inc., dba 
Carolina Sky Sports.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CSS to allow 
nonstudent parachutists who are foreign nationals to use parachutes 
that do not meet the requirements of 105.43(a), subject to certain 
conditions and limitations.
    Grant, 03/21/2000, Exemption No. 7175.

    Docket No.: 29949.
    Petitioner: Air Transport International, L.L.C.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.310(d)(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ATI to operate 
its DC-8 airplanes in passenger-carrying operations without a cockpit 
control device for each emergency light, subject to certain conditions 
and limitations.
    Grant, 03/29/2000, Exemption No. 7156.

    Docket No.: 29985.
    Petitioner: Alpha Aviation, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Alpha Aviation 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 04/07/2000, Exemption No. 7164.

    Docket No.: 29853.
    Petitioner: JRG Design Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit supplemental 
type certification of DC-10-30F and -40F freighter airplanes with a 
Class E cargo compartment, with accommodations for up to two 
supernumeraries immediately aft of the cockpit as proposed, to include 
the airplane being equipped as proposed with two floor-level emergency 
exists with escape slide/rafts subject to several conditions.
    Grant, 04/03/2000, Exemption No. 7161.

    Docket No.: 28118.
    Petitioner: King Airlines.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit King Airlines 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 03/30/2000, Exemption No. 6093B.

    Docket No.: 29496.
    Petitioner: Blue Mountain Air dba Blue Mountain Lodge.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and (g), and paragraph 
c of appendix A to part 43.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit BML's pilots to 
perform the preventative maintenance functions listed in paragraph c of 
appendix A to part 43 on an aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 135.
    Denial, 03/21/2000, Exemption No. 7158.

    Docket No.: 29483.
    Petitioner: Jackson Police Department.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.195(g)(1), 91.109(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Jackson PD 
pilots in training to use public aircraft to log the aeronautical 
experience required by Sec. 61.39 to take the practical test for 
issuance of a pilot certificate and aircraft rating.
    Denial, 02/28/2000, Exemption No. 7133.

    Docket No.: 29842.
    Petitioner: Mr. Lawrence M. Schilling.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Schilling 
to act as a pilot in-operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday.

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    Denial, 04/04/2000, Exemption No. 7166.

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