Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45007-45008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21457]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-27]


Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; 
Dispositions of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petitions for exemption received and of dispositions 
of prior petitions.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the 
application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption (14 
CFR Part 11), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 
seeking relief from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I), dispositions of certain petitions 
previously received, and corrections. 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 any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before September 8, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
(AGC-200), Petition Docket No. __, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591.
    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: 9-NPRM-cmts@faa.gov.
    The petition, any comments received, and a copy of any final 
disposition are filed in the assigned regulatory docket and are 
available for examination in the Rules Docket (AGC-200), Room 915G, FAA 
Headquarters Building (FOB 10A), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 or Terry 
Stubblefield (202) 267-7624 Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal 
Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20591.

    This notice is published pursuant to paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) 
of Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
Part 11).

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 29462.
    Petitioner: Dallas Airmotive, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow DAI to issue export 
airworthiness approvals for Class II products that are located but not 
manufactured in the United States.

    Docket No.: 29539.
    Petitioner: City College of San Francisco.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 65.3.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit mechanic certificats to be 
issued under subpart D of part 65, outside the United States, to 
persons trained by CCSF who are neither U.S. citizens nor resident 
aliens when the certificate is not needed for the operation or 
continued airworthiness of U.S.-registered aircraft.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 18881.
    Petitioner: International Aerobatic Club.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.151(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit IAC and IAC 
members participating in IAC-sponsored and/or sanctioned aerobatic 
competitions conducted in accordance with IAC Official Contest Rules, 
to begin flight in an airplane, considering local conditions effecting 
fuel consumption, when there is enough fuel on board the aircraft to 
take off, complete the planned flight maneuvers, and land at the same 
airport with enough fuel to fly for an additional 10 minutes at normal 
cruising speed.
    Grant, 07/15/99, Exemption No. 5745C.

    Docket No.: 26160.
    Petitioner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.319(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit MIT to operate 
certain multiengine and single-engine aircraft certficated in the 
experimental category, over densely populated areas or in congested 
airways.
    Grant, 7/15/99, Exemption No. 5210E.

    Docket No.: 26608.
    Petitioner: ARCO/BPX Aviation and Alaska Airlines.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a), 43.7(a), 91.407(a)(2), 
91.417(a)(2)(v), and 121.379.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit (1) ARCO Alaska 
and BPX to use ASA's approved maintenance recordkeeping procedures for 
Boeing 737-200 aircraft leased and operated by ARCO Alaska and BPX and 
(2) ASA to perform maintenance, preventative maintenance, alterations, 
inspections, major repairs, and major alterations, and subsequently 
return to service Boeing 737-200 aircraft leased and operated by ARCO 
Alaska and BPX in accordance with ASA's continuous airworthiness 
maintenance program and maintenance procedures.
    Grant, 6/30/99, Exemption No. 5667C.

    Docket No.: 27143.
    Petitioner: Columbia Helicopters, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CHI to operate 
certain aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder 
installed in each aircraft.
    Grant, 6/18/99, Exemption No. 6905.

    Docket No.: 27306.
    Petitioner: NockAir Helicopter, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.43(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit NockAir to use 
its helicopters to perform aerial trapeze acts without using an 
approved external-load attachment or quick-release device for carrying 
a person or trapeze bar.
    Grant, 7/15/99, Exemption No. 6685A.

    Docket No.: 27601.
    Petitioner: Austral Lineas Aereas.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit ALA to use the 
calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia 
Industrial (INTI), Argentina's national standards organization, for the 
calibration of standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards 
and Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), 
to test its inspection and test equipment.
    Grant, 6/30/99, Exemption No. 6651A.

    Docket No.: 28834.
    Petitioner: LifePort, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562 and 25.785(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit certification 
of medical stretchers for transport of persons whose medical condition 
dictates such accommodations. This exemption is for an installation on 
a Dassault Model Falcon 2000 airplane.
    Grant, 7/13/99, Exemption No. 69-20.

    Docket No.: 28884.
    Petitioner: Aero Sky.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.37(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aero Sky to 
continue to hold a FAA repair station certificate (certificate No. 
KQ7R556N) without having suitable permanent housing facilities for at 
least one of the heaviest aircraft within the weight class of the 
rating it holds.
    Grant, 7/15/99, Exemption No. 6673A.

    Docket No.: 29174.
    Petitioner: Hawaii Helicopters, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.152(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit HHI to operate 
its Sikorsky S-61N (U.S. Registration No. N29111, Serial No. 61711) and 
its Sikorsky S-76A (Canadian Registration No. C-GHJG, Serial No. 
760015) helicopters under part 135 without an approved DFDR.
    Grant, 7/15/99, Exemption No. 6789A.

    Docket No.: 29654.
    Petitioner: Michigan City Aviators-EAA chapter 966.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 
appendices I & J of part 121.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Michigan City 
Aviators-EAA chapter 966 to conduct local sightseeing flights at an 
airport in the Michigan City, Indiana, area for its annual pancake 
breakfast event on July 18, 1999, for compensation or hire, without 
complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 
requirements of part 135.
    Grant, 7/14/99, Exemption No. 69222.

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