[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 74914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30360]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2012-49]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for reconsideration received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking 
reconsideration of the FAA's decision to deny a petition for an 
exemption 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 the petition or its final 
disposition.

DATES:  Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before April 17, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2012-
0123 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: Ted Jones, ASW-111, (817) 222-5359, 
FAA Southwest Regional Office, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 
76137; or Andrea Copeland, ARM-208, Office of Rulemaking, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20591, email [email protected], (202) 267-8081. This notice is 
published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2012.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition For Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2012-0123.
    Petitioner: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  27.1.
    Description of Relief Sought: Reconsideration of decision denying 
an exemption from the maximum gross weight limit of 7,000 pounds, 
allowing type certification of the Bell 429 under part 27 with an 
increase in its maximum gross weight from 7,000 pounds to 7,500 pounds.

[FR Doc. 2012-30360 Filed 12-17-12; 8:45 am]
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