[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 60 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15785-15786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06269]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2017-17]


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 applicable Federal regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, this aspect of the 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 involved and must be received on or before April 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by docket number FAA-2017-
0133 using any of the following methods:
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov

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and follow the instructions for sending your comments digitally.
     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 the 
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: Deana Stedman, ANM-113, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356, 
email [email protected], phone (425) 227-2148.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 24, 2017.
Victor Wicklund,
Manager, Transport Standards Staff.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2017-0133.
    Petitioner: Erickson Aero Tanker, LLC.
    Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  25.201(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner seeks an exemption 
from the requirements of 14 CFR 25.201(b)(1) at Amendment 25-42, with 
respect to stall characteristics in the flaps 40/landing gear up 
configuration for its DC-9-87 (MD-87) airplanes. The exemption, if 
granted, would allow the airplanes to be used in aerial firefighting 
retardant drops.

[FR Doc. 2017-06269 Filed 3-29-17; 8:45 am]
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