Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 210 / Monday, October 31, 2016 / Notices 75477 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2016–98] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Pentastar Aviation 

Charter, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Title 14 

of the Code of Federal 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. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before November 

21, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2016–5027 

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: Dale 

Williams (202) 267–4179, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 25, 

2016. 

Dale A. Bouffiou, 

Deputy Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2016–5027. 

Petitioner: Pentastar Aviation Charter, 

Inc. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 135.25 

(b)(c). 

Description of Relief Sought: Pentastar 

Aviation Charter, Inc. (Pentastar) seeks 

exemption from § 135.25 (b), which 

requires a part 135 certificate holder to 

have the exclusive use of at least one 

aircraft that meets the requirements for 

at least one kind of operation authorized 

in its operations specifications. In 

addition, Pentastar seeks exemption 

from § 135.25 (c), which specifies that, 

for the purposes of § 135.25 (b), a person 

has exclusive use of an aircraft if that 

person has the sole possession, control, 

and use of it for flight, as owner, or has 

a written agreement (including 

arrangements for performing required 

maintenance), in effect when the aircraft 

is operated, giving the person that 

possession, control, and use for at least 

6 consecutive months. In addition, the 

FAA notes that an exemption from 

§ 135.419 may be relevant to the 

disposition of this petition. Section 

135.419 states that the FAA 

Administrator may require or allow an 

approved aircraft inspection program for 

any make and model aircraft of which 

the certificate holder has exclusive use 

of at least one aircraft (as defined in 

§ 135.25(b)). 

Pentastar operates under part 135 as 

an eligible on demand air carrier under 

Certificate No. UG8A235J, which was 

issued initially in 1999. Pentastar 

currently operates 8 turbo jet aircraft 

and one Cessna-172 aircraft, all of 

which are leased aircraft. Pentastar 

retains responsibility for all 

maintenance of the aircraft on its part 

135 certificate through its part 145 

repair station (No. BTVR626C). None of 

these aircraft are operated under part 

91K, however, all aircraft are operated 

under part 91 by owners when not in 

use by Pentastar. Pentastar is currently 

in compliance with §§ 135.25 (b) and (c) 

by leasing a C–172 aircraft. Pentastar 

maintains this aircraft on its part 135 

operations specifications although it has 

never utilized this aircraft for on 

demand operations. The petitioner 

contends that a grant of exemption 

would provide an equivalent level of 

safety because all the aircraft utilized in 

actual on demand operations under its 

part 135 certificate would remain the 

same. 

[FR Doc. 2016–26238 Filed 10–28–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257, Notice No. 83] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the fiftyseventh meeting of the RSAC, a Federal 

Advisory Committee that develops 

railroad safety regulations through a 

consensus process. The RSAC meeting 

agenda topics will include: Opening 

remarks from the FRA Administrator 

and the FRA Associate Administrator 

for Railroad Safety and Chief Safety 

Officer; status reports from the Remote 

Control Locomotive, Track Standards, 

Hazardous Materials Issues, Rail 

Integrity Working Groups, and the 

Engineering Task Force; an 

informational presentation on the highspeed passenger rail equipment (Tier III) 

rulemaking; and an update on the status 

of Positive Train Control 

implementation. This agenda is subject 

to change, including possibly adding 

further proposed tasks. 

DATES: The RSAC meeting is scheduled 

to commence at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 

January 26, 2017, and will adjourn by 

4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the National Association of 

Home Builders, National Housing 

Center, located at 1201 15th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. The meeting is 

open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis, and is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. Sign and 

oral interpretation can be made 

available if requested 10 calendar days 

before the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kenton Kilgore, RSAC Administrative 


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