49722 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 184 / Tuesday, September 23, 1997 / Notices

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.

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. llllll,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 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 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 § 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]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33452]

Brownsville & Rio Grande International

Railroad—Lease and Operation

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Brownsville & Rio Grande

International Railroad, a Class III rail

carrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to

lease and operate a total of

approximately 7.92 miles of rail line

(known as the Port Lead) owned by

Union Pacific Railroad Company

(UPRR) between milepost 0.0 at

Brownsville, TX (from the Port Lead

connection with UPRR’s rail yard in

downtown Brownsville) and milepost

7.92 at the Port of Brownsville, TX. The

transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after September 8,

1997.