Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 158 / Friday, August 15, 1997 / Notices 43769

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–42]

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.

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 Ch. 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.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before September 4, 1997.

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. lllll,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

Comments may also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: 9–NPRM–CMNTS@faa.dot.gov.

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:

Heather Thorson (202) 267–7470 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 § 11.27 of

Part II of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 11).

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11,

1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 28952.

Petitioner: Minebea Technologies PTE

Ltd.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

119.5(h).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Minebea Technologies PIT Ltd.,

the holder of a 14 CFR part 125

operating certificate authorizing

noncommon or private carriage to and

from the United States, to operate its

McDonnell Douglas DC–10 aircraft

outside the United States under a cargo

wet lease agreement with Thai Airways.

Docket No.: 26490.

Petitioner: Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.310(m).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Delta Air Lines to operate certain

Lockheed L–1011–385–3 aircraft that

have more than a 60-foot distance

between emergency exits.

Docket No.: 28974.

Petitioner: The Ask First Society.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.319(a) (1) and (2).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit The Ask First Society to conduct

pilot and flight instructor training in

experimental gyroplanes for

compensation or hire.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 26302.

Petitioner: FlightSafety International.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.293; 135.297; 135.299; 135.377 (a)

(2) and (3), and (b)(2); 135.339 (a)(2), (b),

and (c); and appendix H to part 121.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit FlightSafety

International (FSI) to use its qualified

instructor pilots or pilot check airmen

in approved simulators to train and

check the pilot of part 135 certificate

holders that contract with FSI for

training. Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No.

5241G.

Docket No.: 26067.

Petitioner: SimuFlite Training

International.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.293; 135.297; 135.299; 135.337 (a)

(2) and (3), and (b)(2); 135.339 (a) (2),

(b), and (c); and appendix H to part 121.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit SimuFlite to use

its qualified instructor pilots or pilot

check airmen in approved simulators to

train and check pilots of part 135

certificate holders that contract with

SimuFlite for training. Grant, 7/29/97,

Exemption No. 5187E.

Docket No.: 28846.

Petitioner: SouthCentral Air.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.359(g).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit SouthCentral to

operate certain Beechcraft 1900C aircraft

with oxygen masks that are not

equipped with installed microphones.

Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No. 6596C.

Docket No.: 24541.

Petitioner: Boeing Commercial

Airplane Group.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.611.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Boeing to

conduct ferry flights with one engine

inoperative on its Boeing 707, 720, 727,

and 747 aircraft without obtaining a

special ferry permit. Grant, 7/29/97,

Exemption No. 4467F.

Docket No.: 26721.

Petitioner: Regional Airline

Association.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.63(a)(4) and subparts E, G, and H of

part 135.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Regional Airline

Association-member airlines and other

similarly situated air carriers to train,

check, and qualify flight crewmembers

in accordance with 14 CFR 121.681 and

121.683; subparts N and O of part 121;

and appendixes E, F, and H to part 121.

Grant, 7/29/97, Exemption No. 5450C.

Docket No.: 28781.

Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.438(a)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit United Airlines,

Inc., to allow time as second-incommand (SIC) pilots that have fewer

than 100 hours of flight time as SIC in

part 121 operations in the type of

airplanes being flown to perform

takeoffs and landings at airports

designated as special airports. Denial,

7/24/97, Exemption No. 6662.

[FR Doc. 97–21726 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement:

Johnston, Rhode Island

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), RIDOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

Environmental Impact Statement will be

prepared for the development of

Improved Highway Access to the

Environmental Management District of

Western Johnston and Cranston.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dan Berman, Assistant Division

Administrator, Federal Highway

Administration, 380 Westminster Mall,

Room 547, Providence, RI, 02903,

Telephone: (401) 528–4560. OR

Edmund T. Parker, Jr., P.E., Chief Design

Engineer, Rhode Island Department of

Transportation, 2 Capitol Hill, Room

231–D, Providence, RI, 02903,

Telephone: (401) 277–4911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the Rhode

Island Department of Transportation

(RIDOT) and the Rhode Island Resource

Recovery Corporation (RIRRC), will

prepare the Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) for the development of

Improved Highway Access to the

Environmental Management District of

Western Johnston and Cranston.

This EIS will investigate scientific

and engineering studies and other

activities necessary to determine the

environmental and socioeconomic

impacts of various alternative routing

scenarios to improve the highway access

to the Environmental Management

District.

Improved highway access is deemed

necessary because of the high volume of

heavy truck traffic generated daily by

the industries located there. There are

currently between 1,200 and 1,500 oneway trips into the District by heavy

trucking to serve the Central Landfill

and the Materials Recycling Facility,

both of which are operated by the Rhode

Island Resource Recovery Corporation,

nine private waste management firms,

and a number of heavy industry waste

management satellite firms, all of which

are located in the Environmental

Management District.

It is expected that the daily volume of

heavy trucking into and out of the

District will expand appreciably and

steadily into the foreseeable future.

Most of the truck traffic is currently

utilizing Rhode Island Route 14

(Plainfield Pike), which is also rapidly

developing as a commercial artery. The

objective of this project is to determine

the best route, if any, alternative to the

existing principal access now provided

by Plainfield Pike. This would

accommodate the increasing volume of

heavy trucking safely and efficiently

and eliminate or minimize the negative

impacts of such heavy industrial

trucking on the commercial and retail

development potential of Plainfield

Pike.

A cursory review of the project area

and existing roadways was performed

using the 1996 Aerial Topographic

Mapping provided by the RIRRC, and

USGS Quadrangle Maps. This review

identified three (3) different options for

an improved access roadway to the site

with enough merit to be considered for

further evaluations. The following

paragraphs give a brief discussion of

each option.

Option No. 1—No Build/Green Hill

Avenue and Shun Pike

This option would consist of

maintaining the current infrastructure as

it is today. The industrial park site

currently can be accessed by

commercial vehicles from Plainfield

Pike (Rte 14) via Green Hill Road and

Shun Pike. Both of these raodways do

not have the structural capacity to

support the proposed traffic volumes

from the industrial park at build-out.

Therefore, Green Hill Avenue, a section

of Shun Pike from Green Hill Avenue to

the proposed industrial park, and the

access roadway would be maintained as

two (2) twelve foot (12′) travel lanes

with paved shoulders and would be

structurally upgraded from their present

capacity.

Option No. 2—New Access Roadway

From Comstock Parkway to Site

This option would consist of

constructing a roadway on new location

from the intersection of the Plainfield

Pike and Comstock Parkway in a

northerly direction to the industrial

park site. The roadway would travel

somewhat parallel to the Simmons

Lower Reservoir, then cross between the

Simmons Upper and Lower Reservoirs

at an existing earthen causeway and

then turn north to Shun Pike.

Option No. 3—New Diamond

Interchange at I–295 and Scituate

Avenue

This option would consist of

constructing new I–295 northbound

‘‘on’’ and ‘‘off’’ ramps and new I–295

southbound ‘‘on’’ and ‘‘off’’ ramps at the

existing Scituate Avenue overpass to

create a new ‘‘Diamond’’ style

interchange. Also, Scituate Avenue will

be reconstructed from the interchange to

the site; and on the easterly side of the

interchange, Scituate Avenue would be

broken into two (2) segments by

installing two (2) new cul-de-sacs.

Finally, a section of Shun Pike would be

reconstructed to provide better access to

the Central Landfill.

A scoping meeting to discuss the

environmental impacts will be held on

Wednesday September 15, 1997, from

9:00 am to 12:00 am, in the Rhode

Island Resource Recovery Corporation

Board Room. Written comments

received will be incorporated into this

NEPA scoping process.

In addition, a public hearing will be

held in June 1998 to receive verbal

comments regarding the Environmental

Impact Statement. Public notice will be

given of the time and place of the public

hearing. The draft EIS will be available

for public and agency review and

comment prior to the public hearing.

To provide that a full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues are

identified, comments and suggestions

regarding this scoping session are

invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to the Rhode Island Department

of Transportation at the above address.

Dan Berman,

Assistant Division Administrator, Federal

Highway Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–21644 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 97–052; Notice 1]

Notice of Receipt of Petition for

Decision That Nonconforming 1996–

1997 Ducati 748 Biposto Motorcycles

Are Eligible for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for

decision that nonconforming 1996–1997

Ducati 748 Biposto motorcycles are

eligible for importation.

SUMMARY: This document announces

receipt by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a

petition for a decision that 1996–1997

Ducati 748 Biposto motorcycles that

were not originally manufactured to

comply with all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards are

eligible for importation into the United

States because (1) they are substantially

similar to vehicles that were originally

manufactured for importation into and

sale in the United States and that were

certified by their manufacturer as

complying with the safety standards,

and (2) they are capable of being readily

altered to conform to the standards.

DATES: The closing date for comments

on the petition is September 15, 1997.