[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3090-3091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1318]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-02]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 a certain petition seeking relief from specified 
requirements of 14 CFR. 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 February 11, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 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 docket number 
FAA-2002-13885-1 at the beginning of your comments. If you wish to 
receive confirmation that the 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: Carol Greb (816-329-4136), Small 
Airplane Directorate (ACE-111), Federal Aviation Administration, 901 
Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; 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 14 CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-13885-1.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Services.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR part 23, 23.807(d)(1)(ii).

[[Page 3091]]

    Description of Relief Sought: Raytheon Aircraft Services (RAS) 
seeks exemption from 14 CFR 23.807(d)(1)(ii) for the Model 1900D. This 
rule requires commuter category aircraft, with a passenger seating 
capacity of 16 or greater, to be equipped with an accessible emergency 
exit on the same side of the aircraft as the entry door and two exits 
on the opposite side of the aircraft. RAS seeks a Supplemental Type 
Certificate for the 1900D to install a cargo configuration floor plan. 
The floor plan design would allow access to the forward entry door, but 
block access to the emergency exit on that side of the airplane. An 
emergency exit on the opposite side of the airplane would remain 
accessible.
    The cargo configuration floor plan allows seating for three 
occupants: the pilot, co-pilot, and an observer. The baseline Model 
1900D is certificated to a total passenger seating capacity of 19, and 
is equipped with a main cabin door and three emergency exits, per 14 
CFR 23.807(d)(1)(ii). A simple comparison shows that egress for three 
persons through two exits, one on each side of the cabin, gives a level 
of safety equal to the original certification basis.

[FR Doc. 03-1318 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-13-M