[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51405-51408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17217]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2005-46]


Petitions for Exemption; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of disposition of prior petition.

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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 the disposition 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. Neither 
publication of this notice nor the inclusion or

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omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal 
status of any petition or its final disposition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Adams (202) 267-8033, Sandy 
Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, or John Linsenmeyer (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 24, 2005.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Disposition of Petitions

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10875.
    Petitioner: Fresh Water Adventures, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.323(b)(4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Fresh Water 
Adventures, Inc. to operate its Grumman Goose G-21A amphibian aircraft 
at a weight that is in excess of that airplane's maximum certified 
weight.
    Grant, 06/01/2005, Exemption No. 7070C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-12484.
    Petitioner: Dynamic Aviation.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 137.53(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit pilots employed 
by Dynamic Aviation, to conduct aerial applications of insecticides of 
pheromones for aircraft not equipped with a load jettisoning system; 
and to allow Dynamic Aviation pilots to operate additional aircraft 
under this exemption.
    Grant, 06/01/2005, Exemption No. 7827E.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-21697.
    Petitioner: George's Aviation Services, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit George's 
Aviation Services to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/05/2005, Exemption No. 8577.

    Docket No.: FAA-2002-11723.
    Petitioner: United States Coast Guard.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(b) and (c), 91.119(c), 
91.159(a), 91.209(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the United 
States Coast Guard to conduct air operations in support of drug law 
enforcement and drug traffic interdiction without meeting part 91 
provisions governing: (1) aircraft speed, (2) minimum safe altitudes, 
(3) cruising operations for flights conducted under visual flight 
rules, and (4) use of aircraft lights.
    Grant, 06/06/2005, Exemption No. 5231H.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15806.
    Petitioner: Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.203(a) and (b), 
121.153(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Ameristar Air 
Cargo, Inc., to operate its U.S. registered aircraft in domestic 
operations temporarily following the incidental loss or mutilation of 
that aircraft's unworthiness certificate or registration certificate, 
or both.
    Grant, 06/06/2005, Exemption No. 8127A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-20225.
    Petitioner: Era Helicopters, LLC.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Era 
Helicopters, LLC to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/06/2005, Exemption No. 8484A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-20948.
    Petitioner: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Honeywell's 
Organizational Designated Airworthiness representatives to issue export 
airworthiness approvals for Class II and Class III products 
manufactured at the Honeywell facility in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
    Denial, 06/08/2005, Exemption No. 8566.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-21319.
    Petitioner: Mentone Flying Club, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353, 
and appendices I and J.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mentone Flying 
Club, Inc., to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Fulton County 
Airport, Rochester, Indiana, for the Round Barn Festival on June 11, 
2005, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-
drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 06/07/2005, Exemption No. 8560.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-21386.
    Petitioner: Aris Helicopters.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aris 
Helicopters to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/09/2005, Exemption No. 8561.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-17395.
    Petitioner: Flying Boat, Inc. d.b.a Chalk's International Airlines.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.354(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Flying Boat, 
Inc. d.b.a Chalks International Airlines (Chalk's), to continue to 
operate four Grumman Turbine Mallard G73T aircraft after March 29, 
2005, without having an approved terrain awareness and warning system 
that meets the requirements for Class A equipment in Technical Standard 
Order (TSO)-C151 installed on these aircraft. The exemption also 
permits Chalk's to operate these aircraft without an approved terrain 
awareness display.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8563.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-20146.
    Petitioner: Mr. Mike Vande Guchte.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, and 135.353 
and appendices I and J.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Mike Vande 
Guchte to conduct local sightseeing flights at the Tulip City Airport, 
Holland, Michigan, on June 25, 2005, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8564.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15027.
    Petitioner: Liberty Aviation Services, LLC.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Liberty 
Aviation Services, LLC, to operate certain aircraft under part 135 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in those aircraft.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8035A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-21090.
    Petitioner: Air Arctic.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Arctic to

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operate aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8567.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9782.
    Petitioner: Clarke Mosquito Control.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.313(d).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Clarke Mosquito 
Control to carry passengers in certain aircraft, certificated in the 
restricted category, while performing aerial-site survey flights.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8568.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9463.
    Petitioner: Fare Share, Ltd.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Fare Share, 
Ltd., to operate certain aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 7542B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16067.
    Petitioner: Corporate Air.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Corporate Air 
to operate certain aircraft without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed on aircraft.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8133A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-17662.
    Petitioner: Liberty Foundation, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315, 119.5(g), and 
119.21(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Liberty 
Foundation, Inc., to operate it's Boeing B-17 aircraft with 
registration no. N390TH and serial no. 44-85734 to carry passengers for 
compensation or hire on local flights for educational and historical 
purposes.
    Grant, 06/10/2005, Exemption No. 8565.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9352.
    Petitioner: International Aerobatic Club.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.151(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit International 
Aerobatic Club members to carry less than the visual flight rules fuel 
requirements under certain conditions.
    Grant, 06/13/2005, Exemption No. 5745F.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-8754.
    Petitioner: Everts Air Fuel, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Everts Air Fuel, 
Inc., to operate its McDonnell Douglas DC-6 aircraft (registration no. 
N251CE, N444CE, N451CE, N888DG, and N400UA) at a 5-percent increased 
zero fuel weight and landing weight for all-cargo aircraft to provide 
supplies to people in isolated villages in Alaska.
    Grant, 06/13/2005, Exemption No. 4296M.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-20224.
    Petitioner: American Military Heritage Foundation.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 119.5(g) and 119.21(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American 
Military Heritage Foundation to operate its Lockheed PV-2 aircraft 
(with registration no. N7265C and serial no.15-1362) to carry 
passengers for compensation or hire on local flights for educational 
historical purposes.
    Grant, 06/17/2005, Exemption No. 8570.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-16009.
    Petitioner: Mr. Richard E. Druschel.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a) and (b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Richard E. 
Druschel to conduct certain flight instruction and simulated instrument 
flights to meet the recent experience requirements in certain Beech 
aircraft equipped with a functioning throw-over control wheel in place 
of functioning dual controls.
    Grant, 06/21/2005, Exemption No. 8125A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-9195.
    Petitioner: Helicopter Association International.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.213(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Helicopter 
Association International and Association of Air Medical Services to 
conduct Emergency Medical Services departures under instrument flight 
rules in weather that is at or above visual flight rules minimums from 
airports or helicopters at which a weather report is not available from 
the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS), a source approved by the NWS, 
or a source approved by the Administrator.
    Grant, 06/22/2005, Exemption No. 6175E.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10013.
    Petitioner: Federal Express.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.623(a) and (d), 121.643, 
and 121.645(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Federal Express 
to conduct supplemental operations within the 48 contiguous United 
States and the District of Columbia using flight regulations for 
alternate airports as required by Sec.  121.619 and the fuel reserve 
regulations as required by Sec.  121.639 that are applicable to 
domestic operations.
    Grant, 06/22/2005, Exemption No. 7608B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-12110.
    Petitioner: Nassau Helicopters.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Nassau 
Helicopters to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-
C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/23/2005, Exemption No. 8572.

    Docket No.: FAA-2000-8142.
    Petitioner: St. Louis Helicopters, LLC.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit St. Louis 
Helicopters, LLC, to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/23/2005, Exemption No. 8489A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14964.
    Petitioner: Republic Helicopters, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Republic 
Helicopters, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/23/2005, Exemption No. 6912C.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-21301.
    Petitioner: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.231(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Bell 
Helicopters, Inc., to apply for Delegation Option Authorization for 
type, production, and airworthiness certification of transport category 
and special class rotorcraft.
    Grant, 06/17/2005, Exemption No. 8574.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-19323.
    Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.619.

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    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition:
    To permit Delta Airlines, Inc., certificated dispatchers and Delta 
Airlines, Inc., pilots in command relief from Sec.  121.619 to the 
extent necessary to dispatch flights to domestic airports at which for 
at least 1 hour before and 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival 
at the destination airport the appropriate weather reports or 
forecasts, or any combination of them, indicate the ceiling may be 
reduced from at least 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet above the airport 
elevation, and visibility may be reduced from at least 3 miles to 2 
miles.
    Grant, 06/27/2005, Exemption No. 8575.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14356.
    Petitioner: TransMeridian Airlines.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit TransMeridian 
Airlines to substitute a qualified and authorized check airman or 
aircrew program designee for a Federal Aviation Administration 
inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in command who is completing 
initial or upgrade training specified in Sec.  121.424 during at least 
one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a landing.
    Grant, 06/27/2005, Exemption No. 8087A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2001-10028.
    Petitioner: Pemco World Air Services.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Pemco's 
Organizational Designated Airworthiness Representatives to issue export 
airworthiness approvals for Class II and Class III products 
manufactured at the Pemco supplier facilities in Foligno, Italy, and at 
the Pemco distribution facility in Xiamen, China.
    Grant, 06/29/2005, Exemption No. 7885B.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-14918.
    Petitioner: Aero Charter & Transport, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aero Charter & 
Transport, Inc., to operate certain aircraft under part 135 without a 
TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed in the aircraft.
    Grant, 06/29/2005, Exemption No. 8576.

    Docket No.: FAA-2004-18617.
    Petitioner: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Honeywell's 
Organizational Designated Airworthiness Representatives to issue export 
airworthiness approvals for Class II and Class III products 
manufactured at Honeywell facilities in the Peoples Republic of China, 
the Czech Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Poland, Romania, and Russia.
    Grant, 06/29/2005, Exemption No. 8504A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2003-15953.
    Petitioner: Boston-Maine Airways, Corp. d.b.a. Pan Am Clipper 
Connection.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(c)(1)(ii).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boston-Maine 
Airways, Corp. d.b.a. Pan Am Clipper Connection, to substitute a 
qualified and authorized check airman or aircrew designee for a Federal 
Aviation Administration inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in 
command who is completing initial upgrade training specified in Sec.  
121.424 during at least one flight leg that includes a takeoff and a 
landing.
    Grant, 06/29/2005, Exemption No. 8122A.

    Docket No.: FAA-2005-21160.
    Petitioner: Multi-Aero, Inc., d.b.a. Air Choice One.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 135.154(b)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Multi-Aero, 
Inc., d.b.a. Air Choice One, to operate its aircraft (registration no. 
N694MA) without being equipped with an approved terrain awareness and 
warning system that meets the requirements for Class B equipment in 
Technical Standard Order C151.
    Denial, 06/21/05, Exemption No. 8571.

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