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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2533-2534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-857]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-28]


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 February 4, 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, DC 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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Eichelberger (202) 267-7470 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, DC, on January 8, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: CE152
Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.775(e)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Raytheon Aircraft 
Company to operate the Raytheon Model 3000 airplane at altitudes 
greater than 25,000 feet and up to 31,000 feet, as requested for 
certification.

Docket No.: 29356
Petitioner: Grand Canyon Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 119.1(e)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Grand Canyon 
Airlines (GCA) to conduct sightseeing flights beyond the 25-statute-
mile radius of Grand Canyon National Park Airport without meeting 
certain requirements of part 119, for the purpose of allowing GCA to 
comply with the operating rules of 14 CFR part 135 rather than 14 CFR 
part 121.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28097
Petitioner: Columbia Helicopters, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 133.19(a)(3)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Columbia 
Helicopters, Inc. to conduct external-load operations in the United 
States using Canadian-registered rotorcraft.
Grant, December 16, 1998, Exemption No. 6045B

Docket No.: 23771
Petitioner: Cessna Aircraft Company
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 91.531(a)(1)(2)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow certain qualified 
pilots of Cessna Citation Model 550, S560, 552, or 560 aircraft to 
operate those aircraft without a pilot who is designated as second in 
command.
Grant, December 23, 1998, Exemption No. 4050K

Docket No.: 28440
Petitioner: GE Celma S.A.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit GE to use the 
calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) in lieu of the 
calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST) to test its inspection and test equipment.
Denial, November 25, 1998, Exemption No. 6546A

Docket No.: 29256
Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit American to place 
copies of its inspection procedures manual (IPM) in strategically 
located libraries at its Tulsa Maintenance Base Repair Station in 
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and its alliance maintenance Base Repair Station in 
Fort Worth, Texas, rather than providing a copy of its IPM to each of 
its supervisory and inspection personnel at those locations.
Grant, December 22, 1998, Exemption No. 6848

Docket No.: 28492
Petitioner: VARIG S. A.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit VARIG to use the 
calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO) in lieu of the 
calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST) to test its inspection and test equipment.
Grant, November 25, 1998, Exemption No. 6552

Docket No.: 28663
Petitioner: Goodyear do Brasil Produtos de Borracha Ltda.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Goodyear to use the 
calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia 
Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial in lieu of the calibration 
standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
test its inspection and test equipment.
Grant, November 27, 1998, Exemption No. 6547A

Docket No.: 28470
Petitioner: Compoende Aeronautica Ltda.
Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b)
Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Compoende to use 
the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia

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Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial in lieu of the calibration 
standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
test its inspection and test equipment.
Grant, November 27, 1998, Exemption No. 6550A

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