[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16092-16093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7066]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2001-22]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition 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 April 11, 2001.

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: 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 Secs. 11.85 and 11.91.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2001.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29969.
    Petitioner: National Agricultural Aviation Association.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.313(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NAAA members to 
operate restricted category aircraft over densely populated areas, in 
congested airways, or near busy airports where passenger transport 
operations are conducted.

Disposition of Petitions

    Docket No.: 23753.
    Petitioner: Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 63.2.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Saudia pilots 
to be examined for and issued U.S. airmen certificates and ratings 
required to operate its fleet as if Saudia were a certificated U.S. air 
carrier. Grant, 01/26/2001, Exemption No. 3923J.

    Docket No.: 29512.
    Petitioner: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit IHI to use the 
calibration standards of the National Research Laboratory of Metrology 
(NRLM), the Electrotechnical Laboratory (ETL), and the National 
Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (NIMC) in lieu of the 
calibration standards of the National Institute of Standards (NIST) to 
test its inspection and test equipment. Grant, 01/19/2001, Exemption 
No. 7424.

    Docket No.: 25552.
    Petitioner: State of Alaska.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.29(h).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit persons 
operating aircraft within, to, or from the State of Alaska to fly their 
aircraft across the inner boundaries of the Alaskan Air Defense 
Identification Zone or the Defense Early Warning Identification Zone 
without displaying temporary or permanent registration marks at least 
12-inches high. Grant, 01/22/2001, Exemption No. 5630D.

    Docket No.: 29372.
    Petitioner: Helicopter Consultants, Inc, dba Aircraft Commercial 
Enterprise, Inc.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.163 and 135.181.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ACE to conduct 
passenger-carrying operations in single-engine airplanes in certain, 
limited instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions as were permitted 
previously by 135.103 and 135.181 before the adoption of Amendment No. 
135-70. The proposed exemption would also allow ACE to conduct such 
operations without equipping its airplanes with (1) two independent 
electrical power-generating sources, or a standby battery or alternate 
source of electrical power; and (2) a redundant energy system for 
gyroscopic instruments. Denial, 01/14/2001, Exemption No. 7415.

    Docket No.: 29791.
    Petitioner: United Parcel Service, Inc.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UPS to obtain 
special purpose pilot authorizations for certain holders of foreign 
pilot certificates to ferry between non-U.S. Airports U.S.--registered 
Boeing 727 (B-727) airplanes listed on UPS's Operations Specifications. 
Denial, 01/11/2001, Exemption No. 7416.

    Docket No.: 29990.
    Petitioner: FlightSafety Boeing Training International.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 142.53(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit FlightSafety

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Boeing to designate certain simulator instructors without those 
instructors completing actual aircraft flight time, a line observation 
with an approved line-oriented flight training program, or an approved 
in-flight observation training course. The designated instructors would 
be those who conduct training exclusively under 14 CFR part 61 within 
the scope of part 142 in a flight simulator that the Administrator has 
approved for all training and testing for the airline transport pilot 
(ATP) certification test, aircraft type rating test, or both. Denial, 
01/11/2001, Exemption No. 7418.

    Docket No.: 30132.
    Petitioner: Mr. Brian Daniel.
    Section of the 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.109(d)(2)(i).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Daniel to 
apply for a private pilot certificate with rotorcraft category and 
gyroplane class rating without meeting the 50-nautical-mile night 
cross-country flight training requirement. Grant, 01/11/2001, Exemption 
No. 7417.

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