[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 176 (Monday, September 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54882-54883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-43]


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 October 2, 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 September 5, 2000.
Joseph A. Conte,
Acting, Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 30011
Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.243(c)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit its pilots in 
command (PICs) of single-engine piston-powered airplanes to operate 
under instrument flight rules (IFR) with a minimum of 800 hours of 
flight time, including 400 hours of cross-country flight time and 75 
hours of night flight time; and (2) allow its PICs of multi-engine 
piston-powered airplanes with maximum takeoff weights not greater than 
8,000 pounds to operate under IFR with a minimum of 1,000 hours of 
flight time.
Denial, 08/18/00, Exemption No. 7321

Docket No.: 29934
Petitioner: Rotorcraft Leasing Company, L.L.C.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 136.152(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit RLC to operate a 
mixed fleet of Bell 212 and 412 helicopters without those helicopters 
being equipped with an approved digital flight data recorder.
Grant, 08/18/00, Exemption No. 7320

Docket No.: 30156
Petitioner: Continental Express Airlines, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CEA to operate ten 
newly manufactured EMB-145/135 airplanes that are delivered to 
Continental after August 18, 2000, and prior to January 31, 2001, 
without those airplanes being able to record data.
Grant, 08/21/00, Exemption No. 7323

Docket No.: 30158
Petitioner: Mesa Airlines, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MA to operate five 
newly manufactured EMB-145-LR airplanes that are delivered to Mesa 
after August 18, 2000, and prior to January 31, 2001, without those 
airplanes being able to record data.
Grant, 08/21/00, Exemption No. 7324

Docket No.: 30152
Petitioner: American Eagle Airlines, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.344(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AME to operate ten 
newly manufactured EMB-135 airplanes that are delivered to AME after 
August 18, 2000, and prior to January 31, 2001, without those airplanes 
being able to record data.
Grant, 08/18/00, Exemption No. 7319

Docket No.: 29986
Petitioner: Lifeport, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562 and 25.785(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certification of 
medical stretchers for transport of persons whose medical condition 
dictates such accommodation. The exemption is for an installation on a 
Cessna Model 560XL airplane.
Grant, 08/16/00, Exemption No. 7318

Docket No.: 28257
Petitioner: Flight Structures, Inc.
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(d), 25.813(b), 25.857(e), 
and 25.1447(c)(1) & (c)(3)(ii)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit supplemental type 
certification of Airbus Model A300-B4-100 series and -200 series 
passenger-to-freighter airplane conversions, with provisions for the 
carriage of up to six persons other than flight crewmembers when the 
airplane is equipped with two floor-level exits with escape slides, 
within the occupied main deck area.
Grant, 08/15/00, Exemption No. 6178B

Docket No.: 30023
Petitioner: Lufthansa Technik
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562, 25.785(gb), 25.785(h)(2), 
25.785(j), 25.813(e), and 25.853(d)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the installation of 
a medical berth that does not meet the dynamic seat requirements, 
flight attendant seats that do not provide direct view of the cabin, a 
``state room'' that does not provide firm ``handholds'' in the aisle, 
to allow the installation of interior doors between passenger 
compartments, and to install interior materials that do not comply with 
heat release and smoke emissions requirements for Boeing Model 777-2AN 
airplane serial number 29953.
Grant, 08/15/00, Exemption No. 7317

Docket No.: CE160
Petitioner: Ayres Corporation
Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.3
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ayres Corporation 
to certificate the Model LM200 ``Loadmaster,'' as a 19,000-pound 
maximum gross weight

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commuter category airplane with a novel and unique twin engine, single 
propeller propulsion system and limit seating to a maximum of 9 
passengers.
Grant, 08/07/00, Exemption No. 7306
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