[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75708-75710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32084]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-2003-79]
Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received;
Dispositions of Petitions Issued
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice 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 dispositions of certain petitions
previously received. The purpose of this notice is to improve the
public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's
regulatory activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Adams (202) 267-8033, or Sandy
Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, 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 December 23, 2003.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
Dispositions of Petitions
Docket No.: FAA-2002-13273.
Petitioner: Stuart Air Show.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353,
and appendices I and J to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Visiting
Nurse Association to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Martin
County Airport, Stuart, Florida, for the Stuart Air Show on November 8
and 9, 2003, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain
any-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
Grant, 10/23/2003, Exemption No. 8159
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16344.
Petitioner: Sky Care.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Sky Care to
operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSP-C112 (Mode S)
transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 8165
Docket No.: FAA-2001-11025.
Petitioner: Miller Aviation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Miller Aviation
to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSP-C112 (Mode S)
transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 7663A
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12354.
Petitioner: Keystone Helicopter Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Keystone
Helicopter Corporation to operate certain aircraft under part 135
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 7783A
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11493.
Petitioner: Central Copters, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Central
Copters, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 10/31/2003, Exemption No. 7724A
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16276.
Petitioner: Federal Express Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Federal Express
Corporation to transport medical personnel assigned to Project Orbis
without complying with all the passenger-carrying requirements in
Sec. Sec. 121.291, 121.309(f), 121.310, and 121.391.
Grant, 11/3/2003, Exemption No. 5129F
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10799.
Petitioner: Garrett Aviation Services.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Garrett
Aviation Services to place an maintain its inspection procedures manual
(IPM) in strategically located areas throughout its facility rather
than give a copy of the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection
personnel.
Grant, 11/3/2003, Exemption No. 7089B
Docket No.: FAA-2003-15045.
Petitioner: T.B.M., Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 36.1581(d).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit T.B.M., Inc. to
operate its Douglas DC-6 and Douglas DC-7 aircraft in aerial fire
suppression operations at landing weights greater than the maximum
landing weight.
Grant, 11/3/2003, Exemption No. 2745C
Docket No.: FAA-2003-15716.
Petitioner: Triad International Maintenance Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Triad
International Maintenance Corporation to place and maintain its
inspection procedures manual (IPM) in its hangar library and inspection
office rather than give a copy to each of its supervisory and
inspection personnel.
Grant, 11/4/2003, Exemption No. 8166
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16199.
Petitioner: Pacific Airways, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Pacific
Airways, Inc., to conduct operations under visual flight rules outside
controlled airspace, over water, at an altitude below 500 feet above
the surface.
Grant, 11/4/2003, Exemption No. 8167
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Docket No.: FAA-2002-11499.
Petitioner: Mr. Randy L. Bailey.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Randy L.
Bailey to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument
flights to meet the recent experience requirements in Beechcraft
Bonanza, and Travel Air airplanes equipped with a functioning throwover
control wheel in place of functioning dual controls.
Grant, 11/4/2003, Exemption No. 7734A
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9772.
Petitioner: Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Leading Edge
Aviation Services, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135
without a TSO-112C (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 11/5/2003, Exemption No. 8168
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16412.
Petitioner: Richland Aviation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Richland
Aviation to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-112C
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 11/7/2003, Exemption No. 8169
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10793.
Petitioner: Taconite Aviation, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.145(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Taconite
Aviation, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a
TSO-112C (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 11/7/2003, Exemption No. 6735C
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10605.
Petitioner: United Air Lines, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.440(a) and SFAR 58,
paragraph 6(b)(3)(ii)(A).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit United Air
Lines, Inc., to meet line check requirements using an alternative line
check program.
Grant, 11/7/2003, Exemption No. 3451N
Docket No.: FAA-2002-12573.
Petitioner: Regional Aviation Partners.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.21(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit members of
Regional Aviation Partners, that are direct air carriers conducting
domestic operations, in accordance with Sec. 119.3 with airplanes
having a passenger seat configuration of more than 9 and less than 31
seats, excluding and crewmember seat, required to conduct operations
under part 121 to instead conduct operations under part 135.
Denial, 11/10/2003, Exemption No. 8170
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10919.
Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Gulfstream
Aerospace Corporation to give copies of its Inspection Procedures
Manual (IPM) to individuals as necessary and make the manual available
electronically to all other employees, rather than give a paper copy of
the IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 7706A
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10452.
Petitioner: Air Logistics, LLC.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Logistics,
LLC, to place and maintain its inspection procedures manual (IPM) in a
number of fixed locations within the facility, in lieu of giving a copy
of its IPM to each of its supervisory and inspection personnel.
Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 7097B
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9783.
Petitioner: Lider Signature S.A.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Lider Signature
S.A., to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional
de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial, Brazil's national
standards organization, for the calibration standards of the U.S.
National Institute of Standards and Technology, for testing of its
inspection and test equipment.
Grant, 11/19/2003, Exemption No. 8177
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10676.
Petitioner: Air Transport Association.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: Appendix H to part 121.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit member airlines
of the Air Transport Association to use level C simulators for pilot-
in-command initial and upgrade training and checking.
Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 5400F
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10800.
Petitioner: Sierra industries, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and
(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain
qualified pilots of its Cessna Citation Model 500 series airplanes
equipped with supplemental type certificate (STC) No. SA8176SW or STC
No. SA09377SC and either STC No. SA2172NM or STC No. SA645NW to operate
those aircraft without a pilot who is designated as second in command.
Grant, 11/20/2003, Exemption No. 5517G
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16399.
Petitioner: New World Aviation, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit New World
Aviation to operate Business Aircraft Group's 1969 Gulfstream Aerospace
G-1159 aircraft under part 135 without the aircraft being equipped with
an approved digital flight data recorder.
Denial, 11/24/2003, Exemption No. 8181
Docket No.: FAA-2000-8533.
Petitioner: Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots employed
by, or under contract to, Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., to operate
any U.S.-registered airplane, for which they are licensed by the
Israeli CAA, to the United States from Israel, ferry and deliver U.S.-
registered airplanes from Israel to other countries for its customers,
and perform test and acceptance flights on U.S.-registered airplanes to
its customers.
Denial, 11/24/2003, Exemption No. 8180
Docket No: FAA-2003-14819.
Petitioner: AiRadio Corporation, d.b.a. ElectroSonics.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 145.57(a) and 145.09(d)(3) and
(4).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AiRadio
Corporation, d.b.a. ElectroSonics (ElectroSonics) to use manufacturer's
service manuals, instructions, and service bulletins provided by the
aircraft owners or operators rather than maintain current copies of
these documents at the repair station for each aircraft ElectroSonics
may repair or alter.
Denial, 10/27/2003, Exemption No. 8161
Docket No.: FAA-2003-15792.
Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
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Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.505(b).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots
operating a single Northwest Airlines, Inc., airplane to be on duty for
more than 16 hours during 24 consecutive hours.
Denial, 12/1/2003, Exemption No. 8182
Docket No: FAA-2001-9353.
Petitioner: Promech, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certain
certificate holders conducting operations under part 135 to operate
seaplanes inside the Ketchikan, Alaska, Class E airspace under Special
Visual Flight Rules below 500 feet above surface.
Grant, 11/24/2003, Exemption No. 4760J
Docket No.: FAA-2001-9142.
Petitioner: Honeywell International, Inc., Systems, and Services.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Honeywell
International, Inc., Systems, and Services (Honeywell ES&S) to issue
export airworthiness approval tags for class II and class III products
manufactured at Honeywell's Singapore facility, which is an approved
supplier to Honeywell ES&S under parts manufactured approval No.
PQ1222NM.
Grant, 11/17/2003, Exemption No. 7075C
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10475.
Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.11(a) and (d), 91.417(d), and
paragraph (d) of appendix B to part 43.
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit aircraft to be
operated without complying with the requirements pertaining to (1) the
location of the aircraft identification plates and (2) the carriage of
FAA Form 337 as evidence of installation approval for fuel tank
installation in the passenger compartment or a baggage compartment.
Grant, 11/10/2003, Exemption No. 4902I
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16576.
Petitioner: Martinair, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Martinair,
Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-112C
(Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 12/4/2003, Exemption No. 8186
Docket No.: FAA-2001-11050.
Petitioner: Big Sky Transportation Company d.b.a. Big Sky Airlines.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.345(c)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Big Sky
Transportation Company d.b.a. Big Sky Airlines to operate certain
aircraft under part 121 without a TSO-112C (Mode S) transponder
installed in those aircraft.
Grant, 12/4/2003, Exemption No. 7685A
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16561.
Petitioner: Alaska Coastal Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Wings Airways.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.203(a)(1).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Alaska Coastal
Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Wings Airways to conduct operations under visual
flight rules outside controlled airspace, over water, at an altitude
below 500 feet above the surface.
Grant, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 8185
Docket No.: FAA-2001-10384.
Petitioner: Weary Warriors Squadron, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 119.21(a).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Weary Warriors
Squadron, Inc., to operate its North American B-25 for the purpose of
carrying passengers for compensation or hire on local flights for
educational and historical purposes.
Grant, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 6786D
Docket No.: FAA-2003-16518.
Petitioner: Helicopter Association International.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.197(b)(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certificated
flight instructors who renewed their certificates at the Helicopter
Association International's HELI-EXPO in February 2002, and whose
certificates are due to expire on February 29, 2004, and extension
period to March 31, 2004.
Denial, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 8184
Docket No.: FAA-2002-11491.
Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1) and
(2).
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the Cessna
Aircraft Company to allow certain qualified pilots of Cessna Citation
Model 550, S550, 552, or 560 aircraft to operate those aircraft without
a pilot who is designated as second in command.
Grant, 12/2/2003, Exemption No. 4050M
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