[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31826-31827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15459]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-98-11]


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 June 30, 1998.

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: [email protected].
    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:
Tawana Matthews (202) 267-9783 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 June 4, 1998.
Mardi R. Thompson,
Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No. 29203.
    Petitioner The Boeing Company.
    Regulations Affected 25.783(h), 25.807(d)(1), 25.810(a)(1), 
25.812(e), 25.819(a), 25.857(e), 25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Petition To exempt The Boeing Company from the 
requirements of 14 CFR 25.783(h), 25.807(d)(1), 25.810(a)(1), 
25.812(e), 25.819(a), 25.857(e), 25.1447(c)(1) to permit McDonnell 
Douglas Model MD-17 freighter airplanes operating with Class E cargo 
compartments to carry up to two supernumeraries in a courier seat on 
the flight deck.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No. 28888.

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    Petitioner PEMCO AEROPLEX INC.
    Regulations Affected CAR 4b.362(c)(1), 4b.362(e)(7), and 4b.382(d).
    Description of Petition PEMCO AEROPLEX INC. petitions for exemption 
from the noted requirements to permit the accommodation of two 
supernumeraries forward of a rigid cargo bulkhead and smoke-tight door, 
on 727-200 aircraft with Class E compartments.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No: 29148.
    Petitioner: Performance Designs, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.307(a)(1) and 105.43(a)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit an owner or operator of a 
PDI Ram-Air reserve parachute to operate the parachute on a progressive 
inspection program consisting of an annual repack and detailed external 
inspections every 120 days.

    Docket No: 29196
    Petitioner: Lucent Aviation
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.57(b)(1)(ii)
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit pilots employed by Lucent 
to meet the night currency requirements to act as pilot in command of 
an aircraft by accomplishing three takeoffs and three landings in the 
same category and class, but not type, of aircraft in which the pilot 
will act as pilot in command. The proposed exemption would also permit 
those pilots to maintain pilot-in-command night currency by 
accomplishing the required takeoffs, and landings in a flight simulator 
representative of the category and class, but not type, of aircraft to 
be flown.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No: 28639.
    Petitioner: PenAir.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.574(a)(1) and (3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the carriage 
and operation of oxygen storage and dispensing equipment for medical 
use by patients requiring emergency or continuing medical attention 
while on board an aircraft operated by PenAir when the equipment is 
furnished and maintained by a hospital treating the patient. GRANT, May 
22, 1998, Exemption No. 6523A.

    Docket No: 28485.
    Petitioner: Polar Air Cargo, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.583(a)(8).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit up to three 
dependents of Polar employees who are accompanied by an employee 
sponsor traveling on official business only and who are trained and 
qualified in the operation of the emergency equipment on Polar's 
Boeing-747 cargo aircraft to be added to the list of persons Polar is 
authorized to transport without complying with the passenger-carrying 
requirements of Secs. 121.309(f), 121.310, 121.391, 121.571, and 
121.587; the passenger-carrying operation requirements in 
Secs. 121.157(c), 121.161, and 121.291; and the requirements pertaining 
to passengers in Secs. 121.285, 121.313(f), 121.317, 121.547, and 
121.573. GRANT, May 22, 1998, Exemption No. 6530A.

    Docket No: 17145.
    Petitioner: United Airlines.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.665 and 121.697(a) and (b)
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit UAL to use 
computerized load manifests that bear the printed name and position of 
the person responsible for loading the aircraft, instead of that 
person's signature. GRANT, May 22, 1998, Exemption No. 2466K.

    Docket No: 29188.
    Petitioner: Civil Air Patrol.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.113(e).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the CAP to 
reimburse CAP members who are private pilots for fuel, oil, 
supplemental oxygen, fluids, lubricants, preheating, deicing, airport 
expenses, servicing, and maintenance expenses and certain per diem 
expenses incurred while serving on official USAF-assigned CAP missions, 
subject to certain conditions and limitations. GRANT, May 28, 1998, 
Exemption No. 6771.

    Docket No.: 29013.
    Petitioner: Vintage Flying Museum.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.315.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Vintage to 
operate its Boeing B-17G (B-17G) aircraft, which is certificated in the 
limited category, for the purpose of carrying passengers for 
compensation or hire. GRANT, May 27, 1998, Exemption No. 6775.

    Docket No.: 29097.
    Petitioner: Daniel Webster College.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.35(d)(2)(i).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Mr. Joyce to be 
eligible to serve as the chief flight instructor for DWC without 
meeting the required minimum flight training experience of 1,000 flight 
hours. DENIAL, May 21, 1998, Exemption No. 6774.

    Docket No.: 29209.
    Petitioner: AirNet Systems, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit AirNet to 
operate eight Learjet aircraft under the provisions of part 135 without 
a TSO-C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on those aircraft. GRANT, May 
22, 1998, Exemption No. 6772.

    Docket No.: 29201.
    Petitioner: Capt. Richard P. Siano.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to act as pilot in operations conducted under part 121 after reaching 
his 60th birthday. DENIAL, May 22, 1998, Exemption No. 6773.

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