[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 169 (Friday, August 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 50439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17371]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2007-32]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a 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 September 20, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2006-
25156 using any of the following methods:
     DOT Docket Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov and follow 
the instructions for sending your comments electronically.
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 
202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management 
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to 
http://dms.dot.gov, including any personal information you provide. 
Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and 
read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name 
of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
    Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to 
http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility in 
Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Thor (425-227-2127), Transport 
Standards Staff, Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue, 
SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356, or Frances Shaver (202) 267-9681, Office of 
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 
11.85.

Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2006-25156.
    Petitioner: Hawker Beechcraft Corporation.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  25.981(a)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: Hawker Beechcraft is petitioning for 
a full exemption from the fuel tank safety provisions of Sec.  
25.981(a)(3), as amended by Amendment 25-102, regarding the structural 
lightning protection of wing fasteners. The requirements include 
consideration of factors such as aging, wear, and maintenance errors as 
well as the existence of latent failures in developing designs that 
prevent ignition sources in fuel tanks. Hawker Beechcraft is concerned 
that the additional safety benefit gained by re-designing to comply 
completely with the provisions of Sec.  25.981(a)(3) for wing fasteners 
would not be commensurate with the additional costs.

 [FR Doc. E7-17371 Filed 8-30-07; 8:45 am]
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