[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25182]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-47]


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 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 October 13, 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. ____________, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, D.C. 20591.
    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c1501627c7e61016f6162787f6c4a4d4d02484358024b435a02">[email protected]</a>
    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 Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 
Part 11).

    Issued in Washington, DC., on September 17, 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, the 
holder of a 14 CFR part 125 operating certificate to conduct common 
carriage operations.

    Docket No.: 28955.
    Petitioner: James W. Shafer.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.307(c).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to 
permanently mount and use a BRS 1050 ballistic parachute in his Rans S-
10 experimental category aircraft (Registration No. N141EB) in lieu of 
the individual approved parachutes required by Sec. 91.307(c).

    Docket No.: 28909.
    Petitioner: Casey Holdings, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.307(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit the petitioner to perform 
certain intentional maneuvers in its Boeing 707-300 aircraft that cause 
the aircraft to exceed 30 degrees of pitch altitude, without requiring 
each occupant aboard that aircraft to wear an approved parachute.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 28977.
    Petitioner: Freight Runners Express.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.143(c)(2).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to operate its aircraft under part 135 without a TSO-C112 (Mode S) 
transponder installed.
    Grant, 9/8/97, Exemption No. 6675.

    Docket No.: 12656.
    Petitioner: Department of Defense.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR part 139.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the issuance of 
FAA Airport Operating Certificates for those DOD airports equipped and 
operated in accordance with applicable DOD standards and procedures 
that serve, or expect to serve, air carrier aircraft having a seating 
capacity of more than 30 passenger seats, without those airports 
complying with the certification and operating requirements of part 
139.
    Grant, 9/2/97, Exemption No. 5750B.

    Docket No.: 29002.
    Petitioner: Peninsula Airways, Inc.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.709(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit properly 
trained PenAir flight crewmembers to install and/or remove medevac 
stretchers on PenAir Fairchild Metro III aircraft and make the 
appropriate entries in the aircraft maintenance records.
    Grant, 8/29/97, Exemption No. 6674.

    Docket No.: 21882.
    Petitioner: China Airlines, Ltd.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a) and (b), and 63.23(a) 
and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit CAL airmen who 
operate two U.S.-registered Boeing 747-SP aircraft (Registration Nos. 
N4508H and N4522V) and three U.S.-registered Airbus A300-600R aircraft 
(Registration Nos. N88881, N88887, and N8888B) that are leased to a 
person who is not a citizen of the United States, for carrying persons 
or property for compensation or hire, to be eligible for special 
purpose airmen certificates.
    Grant, 8/29/97, Exemption No. 4849G.

    Docket No.: 28952.
    Petitioner: Minebea Technologies PTE Ltd.
    Section 14 CFR 119.5(h).
    To permit Minebea Technologies, the holder of a 14 CFR part 125 
operating certificate to conduct common carriage operations.

[FR Doc. 97-25182 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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