[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3731-3734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1779]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-5]


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.

DATE: Comments on petitions received must identify the petition docket 
number involved and must be received on or before February 13, 1997.

ADDRESS: Send comments on any petition in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket 
No. (AGC-200), Petition Docket No. ________, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, D.C. 20591.

    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: [email protected].

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    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 or Angela 
Anderson (202) 267-9681 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 January 21, 1997.
Michael E. Chase,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 132CE.
    Petitioner: Raytheon Aircraft Company.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 23.25, 23.29, 23.235, 23.471, 
23.473, 23.477, 23.479, 23.481, 23.483, 23.485, 23.493, 23.499, 23.723, 
23.725, 23.726, 23.727, 23.959, 23.1583(C)(1) and (2), Appendix C23.1, 
Appendix D23.1, through Amendment 23-52
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to modify 
the Raytheon Model 390 airplane landing gear loads and associated 
airframe loads required by 14 CFR Part 23. GRANT, December 12, 1996, 
Exemption No. 6558.

    Docket No.: 18324.
    Petitioner: American Airlines, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(a) and 121.709(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit American Airlines, Inc. to 
allow its properly trained and certificated flight engineers to stow 
passenger supplemental oxygen masks during flight and to make the 
appropriate entry in the aircraft maintenance logbook. GRANT, November 
21, 1996, Exemption No. 2678J.

    Docket No.: 24800.
    Petitioner: Tennessee Air Cooperative, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 103.1(e)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Tennessee Air Cooperative, 
Inc. to operate powered ultralight vehicles with an empty weight of up 
to 350 pounds to accommodate physically disabled persons. GRANT, 
November 29, 1996, Exemption No. 5001D.

    Docket No.: 25636.
    Petitioner: IAE International Aero Engines AG.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b) (1) and (3).
    Description of Relief Sought: To amend Exemption No. 4991, to 
permit export airworthiness approvals to be issued for Class I products 
(engines) assembled and tested in the United Kingdom (UK), and for 
Class II and III products manufactured in the IAE consortium countries 
of Italy, Germany, Japan, and the UK. GRANT, November 26, 1996, 
Exemption No. 4991D.

    Docket No.: 26649.
    Petitioner: Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562.
    Description of Relief Sought: To amend Exemption 5436, which gives 
relief from the floor warpage testing requirements for flight deck 
seats in the Boeing 777-300 airplanes, to limit that exemption to 
Boeing 777 series airplanes only and apply only to crew seats on the 
flight deck. Flight attendant or passenger seats are not exempted. 
GRANT, January 3, 1997, Exemption No. 5436A.

    Docket No.: 26821.
    Petitioner: MCI Telecommunications.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(d).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow MCI Telecommunications 
pilots in command (PICs) who hold an airline transport pilot (ATP) 
certificate to maintain night takeoff and landing recency of experience 
requirements through a combination of training in Level C and Level D 
flight simulators, actual aircraft landings, and periodic night 
training, subject to certain conditions and limitations. DENIAL, 
December 11, 1996, Exemption No. 6560.

    Docket No.: 26845.
    Petitioner: University of North Dakota.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit University of North Dakota 
to continue to recommend graduates of its approved certification 
courses for flight instructor certificates and ratings without those 
graduates taking the FAA practical test. GRANT, November 22, 1996, 
Exemption No. 5546B.

    Docket No.: 26855.
    Petitioner: Academics of Flight.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Academics of Flight to 
recommend graduates of its approved certification courses for airline 
transport pilot (ATP) certificates and ratings without those graduates 
taking the FAA written test. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption No. 
6553.
    Docket No.: 26914.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Air Transport Association 
of America member airlines and other similarly situated part 121 
certificate holders to carry FAA air traffic controllers and certain 
technical representatives in the cockpit observer's seat of all-cargo 
aircraft without meeting the passenger-carrying requirements of part 
121. GRANT, November 27, 1996, Exemption No. 5562B.

    Docket No.: 26966.
    Petitioner: Airman Flight School, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Airman Flight School, Inc. 
to recommend graduates of its approved certification course for flight 
instructor certificates and ratings without those graduates having to 
take the FAA written or practical tests. GRANT, November 22, 1996, 
Exemption No. 5559B.

    Docket No.: 27001.
    Petitioner: Jetstream Aircraft Limited.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c)(5) and 25.785(a).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow relief from compliance with 
the Head Injury Criterion of part 25 for the front row passenger seats 
of the Jetstream Model 4100 airplane until December 31, 1997. GRANT, 
December 23, 1996, Exemption No. 5587D.

    Docket No.: 27155.
    Petitioner: Saab Aircraft AB.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.562(c)(5).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow relief from 
compliance with the Head Injury Criterion of part 25 for the front row 
seats of the SAAB 200 airplane until September 30, 1997. GRANT, 
December 23, 1996, Exemption No. 5623D.

    Docket No.: 27193.
    Petitioner: Rocky Mountain Holdings, L.L.C.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to operate 
without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on its aircraft 
operating under the provisions of part 135. GRANT, December 18, 1996, 
Exemption No. 5774B.

    Docket No.: 27196.

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    Petitioner: Stephen L. Gelband.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Tower Air, Inc. 
to use flight attendants who were formerly employed by Garuda Indonesia 
Airlines (Garuda) to act as required flight attendants on Hadj flights 
without each of those flight attendants having received 5 hours of 
supervised operating experience as required by part 121. GRANT, 
November 22, 1996, Exemption No. 5628B.

    Docket No.: 27227.
    Petitioner: Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.434(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit World Airways, 
Inc. to use flight attendants who were formerly employed by Garuda 
Indonesian Airlines (Garuda) and Malaysian Airlines (MAS) to act as 
required flight attendants on certain flight operations, limited to 
Hadj flights only, without each of those flight attendants having 
received 5 hours of supervised operating experience required by part 
121. GRANT, November 22, 1996 Exemption No. 5640B.

    Docket No.: 27294.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.3099f)(2).
    Description of relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Air Transport 
Association of America member airlines to locate the aft megaphone at 
door 4-left on their Boeing 747 aircraft. GRANT, December 3, 1996 
Exemption No. 6140A.

    Docket No.: 27911.
    Petitioner: Lider Taxi Aereo S.A.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de 
Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's 
national standards organization, for the calibration standards of the 
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly 
the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test 
equipment. GRANT, November 21, 1996 Exemption No. 6549.

    Docket No.: 28058
    Petitioner: Blackhawk International Airways.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Blackhawk 
International Airways to operate without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed on its aircraft operating under the provisions of 
part 135. GRANT, December 3, 1996 Exemption No. 6022A.

    Docket No.: 28220.
    Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.571(a)(1)(i) and 
121.585(i)(1), (2) (3), and (4).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit part 121 
certificate holders to omit certain smoking and exit seating 
announcements from their passenger safety briefings. DENIAL, December 
12, 1996, Exemption No. 6559.

    Docket No.: 28440.
    Petitioner: Companhia Eletromecanica Celma.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Companhia 
Eletromecanica Celma to substitute the calibration standards of the 
Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial 
(INMETRO), Brazil's national standards organization, for the 
calibration standards of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test 
its inspection and test equipment. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption 
No. 6546.

    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 
Aeronautica LTDA to substitute the calibration standards of the 
Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial 
(INMETRO), Brazil's national Institute of Standards and Technology 
(NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its 
inspection and test equipment. GRANT, November 21, 1996, Exemption No. 
6550.

    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 S.A. to 
substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional de 
Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's 
national standards organization, for the calibration standards of the 
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly 
the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test 
equipment. GRANT, November 21, 1996, Exemption No. 6552.

    Docket No.: 28576.
    Petitioner: Taxi Aereo Marilia S.A.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Taxi Aereo 
Marilia S.A. to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto 
Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), 
Brazil's national standards organization, for the calibration standards 
of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
formerly the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and 
test equipment. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption No. 6548.

    Docket No.: 28593.
    Petitioner: Empresa De Aerotaxi E Manutencao Pampulha LTDA.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Empresa De 
Aerotaxi E Manutencao Pampulha LTDA to substitute the calibration 
standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizacao e 
Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's national standards 
organization, for the calibration standards of the U.S. National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National 
Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment. GRANT, 
November 21, 1996, Exemption No. 6551.

    Docket No.: 28649.
    Petitioner: Motores Rolls-Royce Limitada.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.47(b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Motores Rolls-
Royce to substitute the calibration standards of the Instituto Nacional 
de Metrologia, Normalizacao e Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's 
national standards organization, for the calibration standards of the 
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly 
the National Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test 
equipment. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption No. 6545.

    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 De

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Brasil Produtos De Borracha LTDA to substitute the calibration 
standards of the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalizaco e 
Qualidade Industrial (INMETRO), Brazil's national standards 
organization, for the calibration standards of the U.S. National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly the National 
Bureau of Standards, to test its inspection and test equipment. GRANT, 
November 21, 1996, Exemption No. 6547.

    Docket No.: 28670.
    Petitioner: Joseph W. Frederick.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to act as a pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60 birthday. DENIAL, December 3, 1996, Exemption No. 6556.

    Docket No.: 28682.
    Petitioner: Michael Thomas McQuillen.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to act as a 
pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching his 60th 
birthday. DENIAL, December 3, 1996, Exemption No. 6555.

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