[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47575-47576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19523]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-28]


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 23, 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, D.C., on July 28, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28158.
    Petitioner: Twin Otter International, Ltd.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.345(c)(2) and 
135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TOIL to 
operate certain aircraft under part 121 and part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on each aircraft.

Grant, 02/15/00, Exemption No. 6111B

    Docket No.: 28597.
    Petitioner: U.S. Helicopters, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit U.S. 
Helicopters to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on each aircraft.

Grant, 02/15/00, Exemption No. 6452B

    Docket No.: 28496.
    Petitioner: Bohlke International Airways.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit BIA to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on each aircraft.

Grant, 02/15/00, Exemption No. 6454B

    Docket No.: 27136.
    Petitioner: Kenai Air Alaska, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit KAI to 
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on those aircraft.

Grant, 06/19/00, Exemption No. 5699C

    Docket No.: 30025.
    Petitioner: Ashland County Airport and Johnston Aviation.

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    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 ACA and JA 
to conduct local sightseeing flights at Ashland County Airport, 
Ashland, Ohio, for a one-day event in July 2000, and a one-day event 
in October 2000, for compensation or hire, without complying with 
certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 
135.

Grant, 06/15/00, Exemption No. 7245

    Docket No.: 30039.
    Petitioner: Big Foot 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 BFPA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Big Foot Airport, Walworth, 
Wisconsin, for a two-day fly-in-drive-in breakfast in June 2000, for 
compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and 
alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 06/15/00, Exemption No. 7244

    Docket No.: 30064.
    Petitioner: CP Aviation, Inc.
    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 CPA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights in the vicinity of Santa Paula, 
California for a one-day fundraising event on behalf of the Santa 
Paula Chamber of Commerce and the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula in 
July 2000, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain 
anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 06/15/00, Exemption No. 7242

    Docket No.: 30061.
    Petitioner: Grand Forks Flight Support.
    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 GFFS to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Grand Forks International 
Airport, Grand Forks, North Dakota, for its four-day charitable 
airlift event in June 2000, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.

Grant, 06/09/00, Exemption No. 7237

    Docket No.: 30050.
    Petitioner: Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 16.
    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 EAA Chapter 
16 to conduct local sightseeing flights at Flora Municipal Airport, 
Illinois, for the one-day Arora of Flora fly-in event in June 2000, 
for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug 
and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.

Grant, 06/09/00, Exemption No. 7238

    Docket No.: 30073.
    Petitioner: Plainwell Pilot's Association.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.33, 
and appendixes I and J to part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit PPA to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at Plainwell Airport, Michigan, 
for its one-day charitable airlift in July 2000, for compensation or 
hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse 
prevention requirement of part 135.

Grant, 06/15/00, Exemption No. 7243

    Docket No.: 26743.
    Petitioner: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Goodyear to 
establish and maintain a number of fixed locations for the 
distribution of its repair station inspection procedures manual at 
each facility rather than providing a copy of the manual to each of 
its supervisory and inspection employees.

Grant, 06/06/00, Exemption No. 5543D

    Docket No.: 29991.
    Petitioner: ELDEC Corporation.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ELDEC 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, 06/06/00, Exemption No. 7239

    Docket No.: 28320.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace, Learjet, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Learjet to 
assign a copy of its repair station Inspection Procedures Manual 
(IPM) to key individuals within departments and make the IPM 
available to all other repair station personnel rather than giving a 
copy of the manual to each of its supervisory and inspection 
personnel.

Grant, 06/06/00, Exemption No. 7240

    Docket No.: 28492.
    Petitioner: VARIG S.A.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit VARIG to use 
the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial, Brazil's national standards 
organization, in lieu of the calibration standards of the U.S. 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the 
National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test 
equipment at its Sao Paulo facility.

Grant, 07/02/00, Exemption No. 6831A

    Docket No.: 26710.
    Petitioner: Skydive DeLand, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 105.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Skydive to 
allow nonstudent parachutists who are foreign nationals to 
participate in parachute jumping events sponsored by Skydive without 
complying with the parachute equipment and packing requirements.

Grant, 06/27/00, Exemption No. 5542D

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