84 FR 18334 - Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Erickson Aero Tanker, LLC

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation 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.

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18334-18335]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08737]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2019-25]


Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Erickson 
Aero Tanker, LLC

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 Federal Aviation 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.

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DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before May 20, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2017-0133 
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 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: Deana Stedman, AIR-673, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, 
phone and fax 206-231-3187, email [email protected]; or Alphonso 
Pendergrass, ARM-200, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 
phone 202-267-4713, email [email protected].
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on April 24, 2019.
Victor Wicklund,
Manager, Transport Standards Branch.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2017-0133.
    Petitioner: Erickson Aero Tanker, LLC.
    Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec.  25.201(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: Erickson Aero Tanker, LLC, is 
amending their petition for reconsideration of the FAA's denial of 
exemption from the requirements of 14 CFR 25.201(b)(1) with respect to 
stall characteristics in the flaps 40/landing gear up configuration for 
its DC-9-87 (MD-87) airplanes. Erickson Aero Tanker, LLC, is installing 
a low speed alerting system into their design and is amending their 
related supplemental type certificate to support reconsideration. The 
exemption, if granted, would allow the airplanes to be used in aerial 
firefighting retardant drops in a flaps 40/landing gear up 
configuration.

[FR Doc. 2019-08737 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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