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October 23, 2014

Exemption No. 11091 Regu latory Docket No. FAA

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Michael J. Gutierrez Chief Inspector, FDER140A Federal Express 7401 World Way West Los Angeles, CA, 90045

Dear Mr. Gutierrez :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limita tions of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated September 2

, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Federal Express ( FedEx) for an exemption from § 145.103(b) of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessa ry to allow FedEx to operate its r epair

s tation (FDER140A) with an airframe rating without housing to enclose the largest type and

model of aircraft listed on its operations specifications.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be det rimental to FedEx

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The FAA h as issued a grant of exemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. In G rant of Exemption No. 10149 (copy enclosed), the FAA

found that i n view of the tropical climate in Brazil, the best way to protect wo rkers from heat (absent air conditioning) would be to leave hangar doors (if they were i nstalled) open. T he petitioner showed that a grant of this exemption would not adversely affect safety because, the petitioner

, would position the airplanes being worked on well inside its hangars to protect them from whatever adverse weather conditions might be presented. Therefore, to the extent2

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Having reviewed your reason s for requesting an exemption, the FAA finds that

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 they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the enclosed Grant of Exemption N o 10149 ;

 the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No. 10149 also apply to the situation you present; and

 for the reasons stated i n Grant of Exemption No. 10149

, a grant of exemption in this case

is in the

Public interest.

The FAA’s Decision

Under the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113 and 44701

, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, I hereby grant Fed eral Ex press an exemption from

14 CFR § 145.103(b) to the extent necessary to allow Federal Express to operate its r e pair

s tation (FDER140A) with an airframe rating without housing to enclose the largest type and

model of aircraft listed on its operations specifications. This exemption is s ubj ect to the

conditions and limitations described below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Federal Express must cease maintenance activities at any time when and if there is a change in environmental conditions where the lack of hangar doors would adversely affect the ability to protect aircraft parts, assemblies, and s ubassemblies during disassembly; as well as any cleaning, inspection, repair, alteration, or assembly as applicable to its ratings.

2. Repair station personnel must be protected so the quality of the work performed

will not be impaired.3

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Sincerely,

/s/

Michael J. Zenkovich Depu ty Director, F light Standards Service

Enclosure Exemption 101494

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