[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 135 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43397-43399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17786]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-22]


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 August 3, 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.
    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, Forest 
Rawls (202) 267-8033, 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, DC, on July 10, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 29422
Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4), 43.11(a)(3), appendix B 
to part 43, and 145.57(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Gulfstream qualified 
technicians and inspection personnel to use electronic signatures in 
lieu of physical signatures to satisfy approval for return-to-service 
signature requirements for the completions processes for Gulfstream 
aircraft.
Grant, 04/03/2000, Exemption No. 7163.

Docket No.: 28422
Petitioner: Broward County, Florida Public Works Department
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 137.53(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Broward to conduct 
aerial applications of insecticide materials from a Beechcraft C-45H 
aircraft (Registration No. N850BC, Serial No. 51-1184A) without the 
aircraft being equipped with a device that is capable of jettisoning at 
least one-half of the aircraft's maximum authorized load of 
agricultural materials within 45 seconds when operating over a 
congested area.
Grant, 04/04/2000, Exemption No. 6470B.


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Docket No.: 23869
Petitioner: The Uninsured Relative Workshop, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit employees, 
representatives, and other volunteer experimental test jumpers under 
TURWI's control to make tandem parachute jumps while wearing a dual-
harness, dual-parachute pack that has at lease one main parachute and 
one approved auxiliary parachute. That exemption also permits pilots in 
command of aircraft involved in these operations to allow such persons 
to make these parachute jumps.
Grant, 04/05/2000, Exemption No. 4943L.

Docket No.: 29661
Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association, Small Aircraft 
Manufacturers Association, and National Association of Flight 
Instructors
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a)(1) and (2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit members of the 
Experimental Aircraft Association, the Small Aircraft Manufacturers 
Association, and the National Association of Flight Instructors who own 
certain amateur- and kit-built aircraft certificated in the 
experimental category to receive compensation for the use of the 
aircraft for the purpose of conducting aircraft-specific flight 
training and flight reviews under 14 CFR 61.56.
Grant, 04/06/2000, Exemption No. 7162.

Docket No.: 27258
Petitioner: Air Methods Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AMC to operate 
certain aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without a TSO-C112 
(Mode S) transponder installed.
Grant, 04/13/2000, Exemption No. 5720C.

Docket No.: 29940
Petitioner: Parker Hannifin Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Parker to make its 
Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) available electronically to its 
supervisory and inspection personnel rather than give a copy to each.
Grant, 04/16/2000, Exemption No. 7185.

Docket No.: 27729
Petitioner: Skydive Sebastian, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SSI to allow 
nonstudent parachutists who are foreign nationals to use parachutes 
that do not meet the parachute equipment and packing requirements of 
the Federal Aviation Regulations.
Grant, 04/17/2000, Exemption No. 7169.

Docket No.: 29510
Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Cessna to 
distribute electronically its IPM to all repair station personnel, 
rather than give a paper copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and 
inspection personnel.
Grant, 04/17/2000, Exemption No. 7170.

Docket No.: 27577
Petitioner: Aviall
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit to maintain one 
copy of its repair station IPM at each facility rather than give a copy 
of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
Grant, 04/17/2000, Exemption No. 5940C.

Docket No.: 28468
Petitioner: Honolulu Community College Aeronautics.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.75(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HCC to use a 
continuous practical examination program in which students undergo FAA 
oral and practical testing concurrent with HCC's training program as an 
integral part of the education process, rather than conducting the oral 
and practical tests upon students' successful completion of the 
training program, and to allow HCC to use AERO Testing Board Members to 
administer the continuous oral and practical examinations to students 
of HCC's approved 14 CFR part 147 program at times and places 
identified in HCC's operations handbook.
Grant, 04/17/2000, Exemption No. 6764A.

Docket No.: 28590
Petitioner: Human Flight, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Human Flight 
employees, representatives, and other volunteer test jumpers under 
Human Flight's direction and control and Human Flight certified tandem 
instructors to continue 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), and to permit pilots in command of aircraft involved in 
these operations to continue to allow such persons to make these 
parachute jumps.
Grant, 04/17/2000, Exemption No. 6650C.

Docket No.: 25060
Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing to conduct 
training of Boeing's pilot flight crewmembers while operating under 
special flight permits issued for the purpose of production flight 
testing.
Grant, 04/17/2000, Exemption No. 4936D.

Docket No.: 29948
Petitioner: East Coast Aviation Service, Ltd., dba Executive Airlines
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Executive Airlines 
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
Grant, 04/19/2000, Exemption No. 7171.

Docket No.: 29984
Petitioner: Norman L. Westerbuhr and Crossville Flying Association
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, 
appendixes I and J to part 121
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Westerbuhr and 
CFA to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Crossville Memorial 
Airport, Crossville, Tennessee for an event on May 27, 2000, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 04/19/2000, Exemption No. 7172.

Docket No.: 29972
Petitioner: Western North Carolina Air Museum
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 WNCAM to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at Hendersonville, North Carolina airport for 
WNCAM's Air Fair on May 6 and 7, 2000, for compensation or hire, 
without complying with certain

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anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 04/19/2000, Exemption No. 7173.

Docket No.: 29933
Petitioner: Air Care, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Care to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.
Grant, 04/19/2000, Exemption No. 7174.

Docket No.: 29634
Petitioner: Petaluma Area Pilots Association
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 PAPA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at Petaluma Municipal Airport, for PAPA's 
``Penny-A-Pound'' charitable event on Father's Day weekend in June 2000 
and June 2001, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain 
anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements.
Grant, 04/19/2000, Exemption No. 6981A.

Docket No.: 29973
Petitioner: Mirabella Yachts, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mirabella to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
Grant, 04/21/2000, Exemption No. 7178.

Docket No.: 29993
Petitioner: Davis Aerospace Technical High School and Black Pilots of 
America
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 DATHS and BPA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Davis Aerospace Technical High 
School, Detroit, Michigan for its annual open house on May 21, 2000, 
for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements.
Grant, 04/21/2000, Exemption No. 7177.

Docket No.: 29902
Petitioner: Brim Equipment Leasing, Inc., dba Brim Aviation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Brim to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft. Grant, 04/21/2000, Exemption No. 7176.

Docket No: 29971
Petitioner: DeKalb Peachtree Airport
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 DPA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at DeKalb Peachtree Airport for its Good 
Neighbor Day Open House/Airshow on June 3, 2000, for compensation or 
hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse 
prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 04/21/2000, Exemption No. 7175.

Docket No.: 29935
Petitioner: Friends of Allen County Airport
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 FACA to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at Allen County Airport, Iola, Kansas for a 
fly-in and open house on May 6, 2000, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.
Grant, 04/21/2000, Exemption No. 7179.

Docket No.: 29962
Petitioner: Challenged Child, Inc. and friends
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 Challenged Child to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at the Gainesville, Georgia airport 
for charitable airlifts on May 6 and 7, 2000, for compensation or hire, 
without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.
Grant, 04/21/2000, Exemption No. 7180.

Docket No.: 29411
Petitioner: Spirit Aviation Incorporated
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 (ft) runway 
visual range (RVR), subject to certain conditions and limitations.
Denial, 04/23/2000, Exemption No. 7186.

Docket No.: 29942
Petitioner: Metro Ambulance Group
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MAG to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.
Grant, 04/25/2000, Exemption No. 7182.

Docket No.: 28148
Petitioner: Capital City Air Carrier, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: to permit CCAC to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.
Grant, 04/25/2000, Exemption No. 7181.

Docket No.: 29965
Petitioner: Hageland Aviation Services, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HAS to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.
Grant, 04/25/2000, Exemption No. 7183.

Docket No.: 30007
Petitioner: Charlie Wells Aviation Scholarship
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 CWMAS to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at Capital Airport, Springfield, Illinois for 
scholarship fund raising flights on April 29 and 30, 2000, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 04/26/2000, Exemption No. 7184.

Docket No.: 29092
Petitioner: Pratt & Whitney Engine Services, Inc,
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PWES to assign IPMs 
to key individuals within departments and to strategically place an 
adequate number of IPMs for access by all employees, in lieu of giving 
a copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
Grant, 04/28/2000, Exemption No. 6750A.

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