[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42075-42076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17370]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2012-28]


Petition for Exemption; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption; Reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This action reopens the comment period for a petition for 
exemption that was published on May 24, 2012. The relief sought in the 
petition for exemption would permit ICON Aircraft to incorporate a 
Spin-Resistant Airframe (SRA) in the ICON A5 at a weight above the 
current Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) definition. Independent Aircraft 
Inc. has requested

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a reopening of the comment period to allow additional time to address 
issues associated with an increase in weight of the ICON A5.

DATES: The comment period for the petition for exemption published on 
May 24, 2012 (77 FR 31063) closed June 13, 2012, and is reopened until 
July 27, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2012-
0514 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.
    Privacy: 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).
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Greb, ACE-114, (816) 329-4136, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
    Background: On May 24, 2012, the FAA published the petition for 
exemption (77 FR 31063) from ICON Aircraft to allow incorporation of a 
Spin-Resistant Airframe (SRA) in the ICON A5 at a weight above the 
current Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) definition. The FAA requested that 
comments on the petition be received on or before June 13, 2012, which 
allowed for a 20 day comment period as suggested by 14 CFR 11.89.
    By petition submitted June 28, 2012, Independent Aircraft Inc. 
requested that the FAA reopen the comment period for 90 days to allow 
additional time to address issues associated with an increase in weight 
of the ICON A5. Since Independent Aircraft Inc. has already submitted 
their comments the FAA will reopen the comment period for an additional 
10 days, in lieu of the 90 days requested, to assure that these and any 
other comments that may be received will be given full consideration.
    Reopening of the Comment Period: The FAA has reviewed the request 
made by Independent Aircraft Inc. for additional time to comment to the 
petition for exemption (Docket No. FAA-2012-0514.) The petitioner has 
shown a substantive interest in the petition and good cause for 
additional time to comment. The FAA has determined that reopening the 
comment period is consistent with the public interest, and that good 
cause exists for taking this action.
    Accordingly, the comment period for the petition for exemption 
[Docket No.: FAA-2012-0514] is reopened until July 27, 2012.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2012.
Lirio Liu,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2012-17370 Filed 7-16-12; 8:45 am]
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