[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21768]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-51]


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 September 15, 2003.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FAA-200X-XXXXX] by any of the following methods:
    [sbull] Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
    [sbull] Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    [sbull] Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-001.
    [sbull] Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    [sbull] Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal Holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Adams (202) 267-8033, Sandy 
Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, or Denise Emrick (202) 267-5174, 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 August 20, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15792.
    Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.505(b).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit pilots operating a single 
Northwest Airlines airplane to be on duty for more than 16 hours during 
24 consecutive hours. The proposed exemption will be used in a one-time 
operation to conduct a part 121 supplemental operation in an attempt to 
set an around the poles world speed record flight in conjunction with 
the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty 
Hawk.

[FR Doc. 03-21768 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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