[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46036-46038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18896]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-25]


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 Ch. 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 16, 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.
    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 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 21, 2000.
Gary A. Michel,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 27672
Petitioner: Skydrive Chicago, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit SCI to allow 
nonstudent foreign nationals to participate in SCI-sponsored parachute 
jumping events held at SCI's facilities without complying with the 
parachute equipment and packing requirements of Sec. 105.43(a).
Grant, 07/10/00, Exemption No. 7275

Docket No.: 30030
Petitioner: Midcoast Aviation, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Midcoast to place 
and maintain its IPM in a number of fixed locations within its 
facilities in lieu of giving a copy of its IPM to each of its 
supervisory and inspection personnel.
Grant, 06/29/00, Exemption No. 7258

Docket No.: 28445
Petitioner: Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4) and 43.11(a)(3), 
appendix B to part 43, and Sec. 145.57(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ABSC to use 
computer-generated electronic signatures in lieu of physical signatures 
to satisfy approval for return-to-service signature requirements.
Grant, 06/14/00, Exemption No. 6542B

Docket No.: 29819
Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.813(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit installation of 
interior doors between passenger compartments, on the BD-700-1A10 
airplane.
Grant, 06/29/00, Exemption No. 7259

Docket No.: 29875
Petitioner: Airbus Industrie
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.857(e), Secs. 25.785(d), 25.791, 
25.807(c)(1), & (d)(1), 25.809(f)(1), 25.811(a), 25.812(g), 25.813(b), 
25.857(e), and 25.1447(c)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit type certification 
of the Airbus Model A300F4-600R airplane, with provisions for the 
carriage of supernumeraries when the airplane is equipped with one 
floor level exit with escape slide within the occupied area.
Grant, 06/30/00, Exemption No. 7260

Docket No.: 28092
Petitioner: B2W Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit B2W to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed on those aircraft.
Grant, 05/23/00, Exemption No. 6083B

Docket No.: 30014
Petitioner: Mission Aviation Fellowship
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 MAF to conduct 
local sightseeing flights at Santa Monica Municipal Airport, Santa 
Monica, California, for a one-day community fundraising event on May 
31, 2000, or alternately on June 1, 2000, for compensation of hire, 
without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.
Grant, 05/23/00, Exemption No. 7225

Docket No.: 30047
Petitioner: Brookings Flying Club, Inc.
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 Brookings to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Brookings, Oregon airport for a 
one-day Airport Day Scholarship Fundraising event in May 2000, for 
compensation of hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 05/23/00, Exemption No. 7223

Docket No.: 30013
Petitioner: Mr. Guy Forshey
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. Forshey to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Altoona-Blair County Airport, 
Martinsburg, PA, for a charitable cause on June 11, 2000, for 
compensation of hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 05/23/00, Exemption No. 7226

Docket No.: 29575
Petitioner: Air Wisconsin Airlines
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(b)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Wisconsin to 
operate 13 BAe-146 airplanes without installing the required, approved 
digital flight data recorder (DFDR) until the first heavy maintenance 
check after April 30, 2000.
Grant, 05/05/00, Exemption No. 6939B

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, 03.24/00, Exemption No. 7155

Docket No.: 29989

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Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1047
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.1(a)(5)
Description of Relief Sought Disposition: To permit EAA Chapter 1047 
and the Tar River CAP to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Rocky 
Mount/Wilson Airport in Rocky Mount, NC, for their annual 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, 05/05/00, Exemption No. 7198

Docket No.: 29722.
Petitioner: Flight Express.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.243(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Flight Express to 
allow each of its pilots to act as pilot in command under instrument 
flight rules with a minimum of 800 hours of total flight time, 
including 330 hours of cross-country flight time, 70 hours of night 
flight time, and 50 hours of actual or simulated instrument flight time 
of which 30 hours were in actual flight, in lieu of the flight-time 
requirements.
Denial, 05/05/00, Exemption No. 7199

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)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit EEA, SAMA, and NAFI 
members who own aircraft with an experimental certificate to be 
compensated for the use of the aircraft in transition training 
conducted by authorized flight instructors.
Grant, 04/06/00, Exemption No. 7162

Docket No.: 25177.
Petitioner: United States Coast Guard.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(b) and (c), 91.119(c), 
91.159(a) and 91.209(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit USCG to conduct air 
operations in support of drug law enforcement and drug traffic 
interdiction without meeting part 91 provisions governing: (1) Aircraft 
speed, (2) minimum safe altitudes, (3) cruising operations for flights 
conducted under visual flight rules (VFR), and (4) use of aircraft 
lights.
Grant, 05/19/00, Exemption No. 5231E

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