[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53074-53075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22368]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-40]


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 September 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule docket 
(AGC-200), Petition 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.

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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 August 28, 2000.
Joseph A. Conte,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No. 30056.
    Petitioner: Galaxy Aerospace Company and NORDAM Group.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit relief for the 
general occupant protection requirements for occupants of multiple 
place side-facing seats that are occupied during takeoff and landing 
manufactured by ERDA, Inc. in any Israel Aircraft Industries Galaxy 
(A53NM) model aircraft manufactured prior to January 1, 2004.

Grant, 08/02/00, Exemption No. 7296

    Docket No. 25588.
    Petitioner: The Soaring Society of America, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 45.11 (a) and (d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit all owners, 
operators, and manufacturers of gliders to continue to forgo the 
requirement to secure an identification plate or display the model and 
serial number on the exterior of the aircraft at specified locations.

Grant, 08/01/00, Exemption No. 4988E

    Docket No. 29909.
    Petitioner: KaiserAir, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.153(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit KaiserAir to 
operate one Gulfstream American G-1159A airplane (Registration No. 
N740SS, Serial No. 369) equipped with a Sperry (Honeywell) VA-100 Voice 
Advisory/Ground Proximity System rather than an approved ground 
proximity warning system until the third quarter of 2000.

Denial, 08/02/00, Exemption No. 7308

    Docket No. 29746.
    Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344 (a)(21) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American to (1) 
operate its Fokker 100 (F-100) airplanes without recording the leading 
edge slats/flaps position; (2) complete the required digital flight 
data recorder (DFDR) installations on its fleet of Boeing 727-200 (B-
727-200), F-100, and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (MD-80) airplanes using an 
alternative compliance schedule rather than at the next heavy 
maintenance check after August 18, 1999; and (3) extend by 14 months 
the August 20, 2001, final compliance deadline for the installation of 
the required DFDRs on 2 Airbus 300-600 (A300-600) and 23 Boeing 757-200 
(B-757-200) airplanes.

Denial, 08/02/00, Exemption No. 7309

    Docket No. 30080.
    Petitioner: Mid-Atlantic Freight, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MAFI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.

Grant, 07/31/00, Exemption No. 7291

    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 
those airplanes under part 121 and part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on each airplane.

Grant, 07/31/00, Exemption No. 6111C

    Docket No.: 30112.
    Petitioner: Elk Flyers, 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 Elk Flyers to 
conduct local sightseeing flights at St. Marys Municipal Airport for a 
one-day charity airlift in August 2000, for compensation or hire, 
without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.

Grant, 08/01/00, Exemption No. 7295

    Docket No.: 30076.
    Petitioner: TACA International Airlines.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TAI to operate 
five Airbus A300 (A300) airplanes (Registration Nos. N59106, N59107, 
N59139, N59140, and N68142) without installing the required DFDB on 
each airplane until August 20, 2001.

Grant, 08/08/00, Exemption No. 7305

    Docket No.: 29284.
    Petitioner: Falcon Aviation Consultants, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FACI flight 
instructors to conduct certain flight instruction to meet recent 
experience requirements in a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane equipped with 
a functioning throwover control wheel in place of functioning dual 
controls.

Grant, 08/02/00, Exemption No. 6803A

    Docket No.: 27712.
    Petitioner: American Airlines.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.401(c), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 
121.440(a), and 121.441(a)(1) and (b)(1); appendix F to part 121; and 
Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 58, paragraph 
6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American to (1) 
combine recurrent flight and ground training and proficiency checks for 
American's pilots in command, seconds in command, and flight engineers 
in a single annual training and proficiency evaluation program (i.e., a 
single-visit training program), and (2) meet the line-check 
requirements of Sec. 121.440(a) and SFAR No. 58 through an alternative 
line-check program.

Grant, 08/02/00, Exemption No. 5950C

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