[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 243 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79149-79150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32180]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-71]


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 
part 11 of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice 
contains a summary of certain petitions seeking relief from specified 
requirements of 14 CFR, 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 January 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2000-XXXX at the beginning of your comments. If you wish to 
receive confirmation that FAA received your comments, include a self-
addressed, stamped postcard.
    You may also submit comments through the Internet to http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the petition, 
any comments received, and any final disposition in person in the 
Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Dockets Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the NASSIF Building at the Department of 
Transportation at the above address. Also, you may review public 
dockets on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Forest Rawls (202) 267-8033, or 
Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267-8029, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800

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Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

    Issued in Washington, DC., on December 13, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8187.
    Petitioner: Department of the Air Force.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.169(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Department 
of Air Force to list alternate airports in instrument flight rules 
(IFR) flight plans for military aircraft in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Department of the Air Force Grant, 11/28/2000, 
Exemption No. 7389

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8140.
    Petitioner: Alaska Island Air, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ASA to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft. Grant, 11/28/2000, Exemption No. 7387

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8050.
    Petitioner: Alexandria Aviation, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AAI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft. Grant, 11/28/2000, Exemption No. 7384

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8084.
    Petitioner: Alpine Helicopters, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AHI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft. Grant, 11/28/2000, Exemption No. 7385

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-7990.
    Petitioner: Lake and Peninsula Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit LPA to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft. Grant, 11/28/2000, Exemption No. 7388

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-7988.
    Petitioner: RGT Air Freight.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit RGT to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft. Grant, 11/28/2000, Exemption No. 7386

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8178.
    Petitioner: Compoende Aeronautica Ltda.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Compoende to 
use the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial in lieu of the calibration 
standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, 11/30/2000, Exemption 
No. 6550C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-7983.
    Petitioner: Whisper Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 133.43(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Whisper Airlines, Inc., to 
use its helicopters to conduct acts by an aerial performer on certain 
rigging apparatuses without using an approved external-load-attaching 
means or an approved quick-release device. Grant, 11/20/2000, Exemption 
No. 6563B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8100.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR 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)(4)(ii)(A).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow NWA to combine recurrent 
flight and ground proficiency checks for NWA's flight crewmembers in a 
single annual training and proficiency evaluation program and meet the 
line check requirements of 121.440(a) and SFAR No. 58 through an FAA-
approved alternative line check program. Grant, 11/20/2000, Exemption 
No. 5815D.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-7945.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing 
production and engineering flight test pilots to use any type of Boeing 
airplane or Level B, C, or D simulator that represents any type of 
Boeing airplane to meet the takeoff and landing recency of experience 
requirements of Sec. 61.57 without Boeing holding a 14 CFR part 142 
certificate. Grant, 11/20/2000, Exemption No. 6843A.

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