[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79913-79915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32417]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2000-77]


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 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
(ABC-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 9150, FAA 
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Forest Rawls (202) 267-8033, or 
Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267-8029, Office

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of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    This notice is published pursuant to Secs. 11.85 and 11.91.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2000.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 30103.
Petitioner: HeliQwest International, Inc.
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 133.19(a)93) and 133.51.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HeliQwest to 
conduct external-load operations in the United States using its dry-
leased, Canadian-registered Bell 205A-1 helicopter (Registration Mark 
C-GEAK, Serial No. 30183).
Grant 11/20/00, Exemption No. 7383 

Docket No.: 26048
Petitioner: National Test Pilot School
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a)(1) and (2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NTPS to (1) train 
non-flight-test students, (2) revise the limits of the areas within 
which the NTPS operates its experimental category aircraft, (3) reduce 
the total flight time required for rated U.S. and certain foreign 
military or former military pilot students from 1,000 hours to 750 
hours, and (4) permit pilot students to operate aircraft in solo flight 
with a current Letter of Authorization (LOA).
Denial, 11/28/00, Exemption No. 5778F 

Docket No.: 29320
Petitioner: Wisconsin Aviation, Inc.
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.163 and 135.181
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit WAI to (1) conduct 
passenger-carrying operations in single-engine airplanes in certain, 
limited instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions as were permitted 
previously by Sec. Sec. 135.103 and 135.181 before the adoption of 
Amendment No. 135-70; (2) conduct such operations without equipping its 
airplanes with two independent electrical power-generating sources, or 
a standby battery or alternate source of electrical power; and (3) a 
redundant energy-system for gyroscopic instruments.
Denial, 11/20/00, Exemption No. 7382 

Docket No.: 30183
Petitioner: Aero Sports Connection, Inc.
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(a)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ASC members who own 
an aircraft with an experimental certificate to be compensated for the 
use of the aircraft in transition training conducted by authorized 
flight instructors.
Grant, 11/28/00, Exemption No. 7390 

Docket No.: 28663
Petitioner: Goodyear do Brasil Produtos de Borracha Ltda.
Section of the 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Goodyear 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, 11/30/00, Exemption No. 6547B 

Docket No.: 27001
Petitioner: BAE Systems Regional Aircraft (formerly British Aerospace 
Regional Aircraft)
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR Sec. Sec. 25.562(c)(5) and 
25.785(a)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the retrofit of 
front row passenger seating in Jetstream Series 4100 airplanes already 
delivered.
Grant, 11/21/00, Exemption No. 5587G 

Docket No.: 23495
Petitioner: Department of the Army
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209(a)(1) and (2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Army to conduct 
certain military training operations at night without lighted aircraft 
position lights.
Grant, 11/20/00, Exemption No. 3946F 

Docket No.: 29820
Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.785(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To provide relief from the 
general occupant protection requirements for occupants of multiple 
place side-facing seats that are occupied during takeoff and landing 
for Bombardier Global Model BD-7001A10 airplanes manufactured prior to 
January 1, 2004.
Partial Grant, 11/17/00, Exemption No. 7120A 

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 26649
Petitioner: Boeing Company
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(b)(2)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit flight deck seats on the Boeing 
Models 777-200LR and 777-300ER airplanes, without complying with the 
floor pitch and roll requirements of 25.562(b)(2) (Amendment 25-64).

Docket No.: 30162
Petitioner: Emerson Electric Co.
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: Paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b) of Appendix A 
to 14 CFR part 91
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Emerson to operate its aircraft, 
with Honeywell and Collins avionics installed, in an ``on-condition'' 
maintenance program in accordance with the equipment manufacturer's 
recommendations for on-aircraft ground or flight check, rather than 
meeting the bench check requirements of paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b) of 
Appendix A of part 91.

Docket No.: 30166
Petitioner: Balloon Federation of America
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.119(b) and (c)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit BFA to conduct a safety study 
during which BFA member pilots would be allowed to operate balloons (1) 
Below an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a 
horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft, when operated over 
congested areas, and (2) below an altitude of 500 feet above the 
surface in other than congested areas.

Docket No.: 30155
Petitioner: University of Oklahoma Department of Aviation
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 141.36(b)(2)(i), (c)(3)(i), and 
(d)(1)
Description of Relief Sought: To allow ODA to (1) Use an assistant 
chief instructor who has not had at least one year of flight training 
experience, (2) use an assistant chief instructor who has not had at 
least one year of instrument flight instructor experience, and (3) use 
an assistant chief instructor who has had at least 700 hours rather 
than 1,000 hours of experience as a pilot in command.

Docket No.: 30059
Petitioner: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.51(f)
Description of Relief Sought: To permit Saudi Aramco commercial 
helicopter pilots flying as second pilots aboard Bell 212, 412, or 
214ST helicopters operated by Saudi Aramco to count such time as 
second-in-command time toward fulfillment of the flight time 
requirements of 14 CFR necessary to take the airline transport pilot 
practical test.


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Docket No.: 30172
Petitioner: Raytheon Aerospace Support Services
Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.61
Description of Relief Sought: To allow Raytheon to perform work on U.S. 
Customs airplanes without retaining a copy of the records of the work 
performed.

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