[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 96 (Friday, May 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28547-28548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11010]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2008-23]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of certain petitions 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 June 5, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2008-
0081 using any of the following methods:
     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.
     Docket: To read background documents or comments received, 
go to http://www.regulations.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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We will post all comments we receive, 
without change, to http://www.regulations.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).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyneka Thomas (202) 267-7626 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2008.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2008-0081.
    Petitioner: NorthStar Trekking, LLC.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 136.9(a) and 136.11(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow NorthStar to conduct 
commercial air tour flights from Juneau, Alaska to the glaciers of the 
Juneau Icefield in NorthStar's helicopters with life preservers that 
are readily available for their intended use and easily accessible

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to each occupant rather than the occupants wearing a life preserver and 
to not have helicopter floats.
 [FR Doc. E8-11010 Filed 5-15-08; 8:45 am]
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