[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 71 (Friday, April 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18072-18073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07569]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. 2016-96]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Classic 
Helicopters Group, LLC

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of Title 14 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's 
awareness of, and participation in, the FAA's exemption process. 
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 May 4, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2016-6999 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room 
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building

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Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations 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: Justin Barcas (202) 267-7, 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 March 21, 2017.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2016-6999.
    Petitioner: Classic Helicopters Group, LLC.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 135.619(g)(2)(i) and (iv).
    Description of Relief Sought: Classic Helicopters, which conducts 
Helicopter Air Ambulance operations under 14 CFR part 135, requests 
relief from the operations control specialists duty time limitations of 
14 CFR 135.619 (g)(2). Specifically, Classic Helicopters requests 
relief from 14 CFR 135.619(g)(2)(i), which states, ``Except in cases 
where circumstances or emergency conditions beyond the control of the 
certificate holder require otherwise, operations control specialists 
may not be scheduled for more than 10 consecutive hours of duty.'' In 
addition, Classic Helicopters requests relief from 14 CFR 135.619 
(g)(2)(iv), which requires operations control specialists to be 
relieved of all duty with the certificate holder for at least 24 
consecutive hours during any 7 consecutive days. The petitioner seeks 
relief to allow operations control specialists to be on duty for 12 
consecutive hours and for 7 consecutive days before being relieved of 
all duties with the certificate holder for at least 24 consecutive 
hours.

[FR Doc. 2017-07569 Filed 4-13-17; 8:45 am]
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