Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2004 / Notices 75589

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2004–89] 

Petitions for Exemption; Dispositions 

of Petitions Issued

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of dispositions of prior 

petitions. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to FAA’s rulemaking 

provisions governing the application, 

processing, and disposition of petitions 

for exemption part 11 of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this 

notice contains a summary of certain 

dispositions of certain petitions 

previously received. The purpose of this 

notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Adams (202) 267–8033, or Sandy 

Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267–7271, 

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 

CFR 11.85 and 11.91.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

10, 2004. 

Anthony F. Fazio, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking.

Dispositions of Petitions 

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8634. 

Petitioner: Comair, Inc., d.b.a. Delta 

Connection. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

93.127. 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Comair, Inc., 

d.b.a. Delta Connection, to conduct 

domestic operations using its eight 

international slots at LaGuardia Airport. 

Grant, 10/28/2004, Exemption No. 

7434B.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19341. 

Petitioner: Bell Agusta Aerospace 

Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

61.77(a). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Bell Agusta 

Aerospace Company to obtain special 

purpose pilot authorizations for its 

pilots to ferry and operate U.S.-

registered AB 139 helicopters to various 

U.S. locations for the purpose of flight 

training. 

Grant, 10/28/2004, Exemption No. 

8431.

Docket No.: FAA–2002–11883. 

Petitioner: Department of the Army. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.169(a)(2) and (c). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the Department 

of the Army to file instrument flight 

rules flight plans in accordance with the 

regulations prescribed by the United 

States Army. 

Grant, 10/28/2004, Exemption No. 

8430.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–7980. 

Petitioner: Air Transport Association 

of America. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

121.311(b). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Air Transport 

Association of America-member airlines 

and other similarly situated part 121 

operators to permit qualified flight 

attendants not required by § 121.391(c) 

to perform duties related to the safety of 

the airplane and its occupants during 

aircraft movement on the surface. 

Grant, 10/26/2004, Exemption No. 

5533F.

Docket No.: FAA–2002–13588. 

Petitioner: United States Hang Gliding 

Association, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

103.1(a) and (b). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the United States 

Hang Gliding Association, Inc., to 

operate unpowered ultralight vehicles 

(hang gliders) weighing less than 155 

pounds, with another occupant, for the 

purpose of sport, training, or recreation. 

Grant, 10/25/2004, Exemption No. 

4721I.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8841. 

Petitioner: Hammerhead Aerobatics, 

Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.315. 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Hammerhead 

Aerobatics, Inc., to operate its Sukhoi 

Su–29 aircraft, which holds an 

experimental airworthiness certificate, 

for the purpose of dual instruction and 

demonstration flights for compensation, 

until the Su–29 can be certificated 

under 14 CFR part 23. 

Denial, 10/21/2004, Exemption No. 

8427.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19374. 

Petitioner: The Boeing Company. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.529(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit flight engineers, 

employed by The Boeing Company, to 

serve as flight engineers on B–707 and 

B–747 aircraft if they have logged a 

minimum of 20 hours in lieu of the 

required 50 hours flight time as flight 

engineers on the particular type aircraft 

within the preceding 12 calendar 

months, provided the combined flight 

time in any Boeing model 707 or 747 

aircraft, or Level B, C, or D simulator 

that represents any Boeing model 707 or 

747 aircraft, is at least 100 hours in the 

preceding 12 calendar months. 

Grant, 10/21/2004, Exemption No. 

2718A.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9032. 

Petitioner: Ameriflight, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

61.3(a) and (c), 91.203(a) and (b), 

121.153(a)(1), and 121.383(a)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Ameriflight, Inc., 

to temporarily operate its aircraft in 

accordance with parts 121 and 135 of 14 

CFR without airworthiness and 

registration certificates onboard (and 

properly displayed in the case of 

airworthiness certificates) while 

obtaining replacements, subject to 

certain conditions and limitations. 

Grant, 10/28/2004, Exemption No. 

7143C.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–18703. 

Petitioner: ABX Air, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

121.613, 121.623, and 121.625. 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit ABX Air, Inc., to 

dispatch aircraft under instrument flight 

rules when conditional language in a 

one-time increment of weather forecast 

states that the weather at the destination 

airport, alternate airport, or both 

airports could be below the authorized 

weather minimums when other time 

increments of the weather forecast state 

that the weather conditions will be at or 

above the authorized weather 

minimums, subject to certain conditions 

and limitations. 

Grant, 10/28/2004, Exemption No. 

8432.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19324. 

Petitioner: Pomona Valley Pilots 

Association. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 

appendices I and J to part 121. 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Pomona Valley 

Pilots Association to conduct local 

sightseeing flights for the Pomona 

Valley Air Fair at the Cable Airport, 

Upland, California, on or about January 

8 and 9, 2005, for compensation and 

hire, without complying with certain 

anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention 

requirements of part 135, subject to 

certain conditions and limitations. 

Grant, 11/1/2004, Exemption No. 

8435.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19047. 

Petitioner: Mr. James Vernon Ricks, Jr.

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Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and 

appendices I and J to part 121. 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Mr. James 

Vernon Ricks, Jr., to conduct local 

sightseeing flights at the GreenwoodLeflore Airport, Greenwood, 

Mississippi, on or about the dates 

mentioned in the petition, for 

compensation or hire, without 

complying with certain anti-drug and 

alcohol misuse prevention requirements 

of part 135, subject to certain conditions 

and limitations. 

Grant, 11/4/2004, Exemption No. 

8436.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19417. 

Petitioner: Lufthansa Cargo AG. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

61.77(a). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit pilots employed 

by Lufthansa Cargo AG to be eligible for 

the issuance of special purpose pilot 

authorizations under part 61, subject to 

certain conditions and limitations.

Grant, 11/4/2004, Exemption No. 

8437.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8182. 

Petitioner: Washoe County Sheriff’s 

Office. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

61.113(e). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit members of the 

Washoe County Sheriff’s Air Squadron 

who hold private pilot certificates an 

amendment to Exemption No. 7473A, 

which would permit them to transport 

needed supplies and search specialists 

or teams, such as dogs, mantrackers, and 

technical rescue teams, to the scene of 

a rescue when conducting search and 

location missions. 

Denial, 11/4/2004, Exemption No. 

7473B.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–10205. 

Petitioner: Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology, Lincoln Laboratory. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

142.57(a)(1). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

Lincoln Laboratory, to use a Boeing 707 

airplane that operates as a public 

aircraft to conduct training under 14 

CFR part 61 for Lincoln Laboratory 

flight crewmembers. 

Denial, 11/4/2004, Exemption No. 

8438.

Docket No.: FAA–2003–14309. 

Petitioner: Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.203(a)(1). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Kenmore Air 

Harbor, Inc., to conduct seaplane 

operations under visual flight rules, 

outside controlled airspace, over water, 

and at an altitude below 500 feet above 

ground level. 

Grant, 11/15/2004, Exemption No. 

2528M.

Docket No.: FAA–2002–13066. 

Petitioner: Department of the Army. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.209(a)(1) and (2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the Department 

of the Army to conduct certain military 

training operations at night without 

lighted aircraft position lights. 

Grant, 11/15/2004, Exemption No. 

3946I.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8337. 

Petitioner: Alaska’s Lake Clark Inn. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Alaska’s Lake 

Clark Inn to operate certain aircraft 

under part 135 without a TSO–C112 

(Mode S) transponder installed on those 

aircraft. 

Grant, 11/15/2004, Exemption No. 

7426B.

Docket No.: FAA–2002–11715. 

Petitioner: Chevron U.S.A. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Chevron U.S.A. 

to operate certain aircraft under part 135 

without a TSO–C112 (Mode S) 

transponder installed on those aircraft. 

Grant, 11/15/2004, Exemption No. 

8440.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19611. 

Petitioner: Seattle Jet Services, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Seattle Jet 

Services, Inc., to operate certain aircraft 

under part 135 without a TSO–C112 

(Mode S) transponder installed on those 

aircraft. 

Grant, 11/15/2004, Exemption No. 

8441.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19553. 

Petitioner: Flightworks Executive 

Charter. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Flightworks 

Executive Charter to operate certain 

aircraft under part 135 without a TSO–

C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on 

those aircraft. 

Grant, 11/15/2004, Exemption No. 

8443.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19514. 

Petitioner: Midwest Airlines, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

121.623(a) and (d), 121.643, and 

121.645(e). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Midwest Airlines, 

Inc., to conduct its supplemental 

operations within the 48 contiguous 

United States and the District of 

Columbia using the flight regulations for 

alternate airports as required by 

§ 121.619 and fuel reserve requirements 

as required by § 121.639 that are 

applicable to domestic operations, 

subject to certain conditions and 

limitations. 

Grant, 11/16/2004, Exemption No. 

8444.

Docket No.: FAA–2002–13297. 

Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

121.665 and 121.697(a) and (b). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit United Airlines, 

Inc., to continue 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, 11/16/2004, Exemption No. 

2466O.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8180. 

Petitioner: Regional Airline 

Association. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

61.3(a) and (c). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Regional Airline 

Association member carriers and 

similarly situated 14 CFR part 135 air 

carriers the establishment of special 

procedures that enable an operator to 

issue to its flight crewmembers, on a 

temporary basis, confirmation of any 

required crewmember certificate based 

on information contained in the 

operator’s approved record system. 

Grant, 11/16/2004, Exemption No. 

5560E.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–10501. 

Petitioner: Mr. P. Barton Richards. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

61.129(c)(4)(ii). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Mr. P. Barton 

Richards to obtain a commercial pilot 

certificate with a rotorcraft category and 

helicopter class rating by substituting 

the requirement for 5 hours of solo night 

flight time with 5 hours of night flight 

time as pilot in command with another 

pilot aboard the helicopter. 

Denial, 11/17/2004, Exemption No. 

8445.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19545. 

Petitioner: Omni Aviation Services. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Omni Aviation

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Services to operate certain aircraft under 

part 135 without a TSO–C112 (Mode S) 

transponder installed on those aircraft 

listed in the petition.

Grant, 11/19/2004, Exemption No. 

8446.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19650. 

Petitioner: Smoky Mountain 

Helicopters, Inc., d.b.a. Inter Island 

Helicopters of Kauai. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Smoky Mountain 

Helicopters, Inc., d.b.a. Inter Island 

Helicopters of Kauai, to operate certain 

aircraft under part 135 without a TSO–

C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on 

those aircraft. 

Grant, 11/22/2004, Exemption No. 

8447.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19662. 

Petitioner: Mulchatna Air Service, 

LLC. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Mulchatna Air 

Service, LLC to operate certain aircraft 

under part 135 without a TSO–C112 

(Mode S) transponder installed on those 

aircraft. 

Grant, 11/22/2004, Exemption No. 

8448.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19481. 

Petitioner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 

University. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

61.71(a). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Embry-Riddle 

Aeronautical University to issue a 

commercial pilot certificate to John 

Robert Bounds, Joseph Sylvester Vidas, 

Peter Scott Vallely, and Luke Klassen 

Snyder upon successfully completing 

their practical test, subject to certain 

conditions and limitations. 

Grant, 11/18/2004, Exemption No. 

8449.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19663. 

Petitioner: Global Lift Helicopters, 

LLC. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Global Life 

Helicopters, LLC, to operate certain 

aircraft under part 135 without a TSO–

C112 (Mode S) transponder installed on 

those aircraft. 

Grant, 11/22/2004, Exemption No. 

8450.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8881. 

Petitioner: Mr. Allen N. Banen. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

91.109(a) and (b)(3). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Mr. Allen N. 

Banen to conduct certain flight 

instruction and simulated instrument 

flight to meet recent instrument 

experience requirements in Beechcraft 

Baron and Bonanza airplanes equipped 

with a functioning throwover control 

wheel in place of functioning dual 

controls. 

Grant, 11/19/2004, Exemption No. 

7467B.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–9141. 

Petitioner: Business Aviation Courier. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition:To permit Business Aviation 

Courier an amendment to Exemption 

No. 7488, which will allow the 

Fairchild Metro III aircraft, N366AE–

AC681B, to operate under part 135 

without a TSO–C112 (Mode S) 

transponder installed on the aircraft. 

Grant, 11/26/2004, Exemption No. 

7488B.

Docket No.: FAA–2003–14227. 

Petitioner: Kenmore Air Harbor, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected:14 CFR 

135.154(b)(2).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Kenmore Air 

Harbor, Inc., to operate nine single-pilot, 

single-engine, turbine-powered 

seaplanes (two De Havilland DHC–2 MK 

III Turbo Beavers and seven De 

Havilland DHC–3 Turbo Otters) within 

and outside the United States 

afterMarch 29, 2005, without being 

equipped with an approved terrain 

awareness and warning system that 

meets the requirements for class B 

equipment in Technical Standard Order 

C151. 

Denial, 11/30/2004, Exemption No. 

8451.

Docket No.: FAA–2001–8744. 

Petitioner: Evergreen Aviation 

Museum. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.315, 91.319(a), 119.5(g), and 

119.21(a). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Evergreen 

Aviation Museum to operate its Boeing 

B–17 aircraft, Serial No. 44–83785, and 

its Grumman TBM–3E Avenger Torpedo 

Bomber, Serial No. 91726, which hold a 

limited category airworthiness 

certificate for purpose of carrying 

passengers on local flights in return for 

donations. 

Grant, 11/30/2004, Exemption No. 

6632F.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19105. 

Petitioner: C & S Aviation, Ltd. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.152(a). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit C & S Aviation 

Ltd., to operate one Gulfstream G1159 

airplane, U.S. Registration No. N400WY, 

Serial No. 467, without the digital flight 

data recorder required by the regulation. 

Denial, 11/30/2004, Exemption No. 

8452.

Docket No.: FAA–2000–8148. 

Petitioner: Epps Aviation. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Epps Aviation to 

operate certain aircraft under part 135 

without a TSO–C112 (Mode S) 

transponder installed on those aircraft. 

Grant, 11/30/2004, Exemption No. 

6037E.

Docket No.: FAA–2002–11285. 

Petitioner: Commemorative Air Force. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.319, 119.5(g), and 119.25(b). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Commemorative 

Air Force to operate certain military 

aircraft for the purpose of carrying 

passengers on local educational flights. 

Grant, 12/1/2004, Exemption No. 

6802D.

Docket No.: FAA–2004–19488. 

Petitioner: Air Maui. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

135.143(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Air Maui to 

operate certain aircraft under part 135 

without a TSO–C112 (Mode S) 

transponder installed on those aircraft. 

Grant, 11/15/204, Exemption No. 

8442.

[FR Doc. 04–27685 Filed 12–16–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 

(05–05–CX–00–DRO) To Impose and To 

Use a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) 

at the Durango-La Plata County 

Airport, Submitted by the County of La 

Plata and the City of Durango, CO

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on 

application. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the 

application to impose and use a PFC at 

the Durango-La Plata County Airport 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 

and part 158 of the Federal Aviation 

Regulations (14 CFR 158).

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 18, 2005.