55666 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 207 / Monday, October 27, 1997 / Notices

pursuant to Part 215 of the Economic

Regulations, request that the

Department register its new corporate

name as PRESTIGE AIRWAYS, INC.,

reissue its Certificate in the name

PRESTIGE AIRWAYS, INC., and grant

such other relief that it may find to be

in the public interest. It is further

requested that the effective date for all

such changes be October 1, 1997.

Docket Number: OST–97–3011.

Date Filed: October 14, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 11, 1997.

Description: Joint Application of

American International Airways, Inc.

and Kitty Hawk Aircargo, Inc., pursuant

to 49 U.S.C., Section 41105 and Subpart

Q, applies for approval of a de facto

transfer of route authority for foreign air

transportation held by AIA, to Kitty

Hawk, Inc., (‘‘KHI’’) the parent company

of Kitty Hawk.

Docket Number: OST–97–3017.

Date Filed: October 15, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 12, 1997.

Description: Application of Sky King,

Inc. pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section 41102

and Subpart Q, requesting authority to

engage in interstate and foreign charter

air transportation of persons and

property (passenger and cargo).

Docket Number: OST–97–3020.

Date Filed: October 15, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 12, 1997.

Description: Application of United

Air Lines, Inc., pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

41101, Part 210 of the Economic

Regulations and Subpart Q of the

Department’s Regulations, applies for

renewal of its Experimental Certificate

of Public Convenience and Necessity for

Route 246 authorizing service between

the United States and the People’s

Republic of China (P.R.C) via Japan.

This temporary experimental certificate

is presently scheduled to expire on May

1, 1998.

Docket Number: OST–97–3022.

Date Filed: October 16, 1997.

Due Date for Answers, Conforming

Applications, or Motion to Modify

Scope: November 13, 1997.

Description: Application of Servant

Air, Inc., pursuant to 49 U.S.C., Section

41101, and Subpart Q of the

Regulations, applies for a certificate of

public convenience and necessity for an

indefinite term to perform scheduled,

interstate transportation of persons,

property and mail.

Paulette V. Twine,

Documentary Services.

[FR Doc. 97–28327 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–53]

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 Chapter 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 November 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rules Docket

(AGC–200), Petition Docket No.

llll, 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, D.C. 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) of § 11.27 of

Part 11 of the Federal Aviation

Regulation (14 CFR Part 11).

Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 21,

1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 21780.

Petitioner: Civil Air Patrol.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

61.118.

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit members of the CAP who are

private pilots to continue to receive

reimbursement for fuel, oil, and

maintenance costs that are directly

related to the performance of official

CAP missions.

Docket No.: 28975.

Petitioner: AOG, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.37(b).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit AOG to perform maintenance on

flexible and integral fuel cells at its

customers’ facilities and maintenance

on flexible fuel cells at the petitioner’s

facility without providing suitable

permanent housing for at least one of

the heaviest aircraft for which it is rated.

Docket No.: 28905.

Petitioner: Petroleum helicopters, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit PHI to place two Bell 214ST

helicopters (Registration Nos. N59805

and N59806, and Serial Nos. 28141 and

28140, respectively), and one Bell

412SP helicopter (Registration No.

N142PH, Serial No. 33150), on PHI’s

Operations Specifications and to operate

those aircraft in nonscheduled part 135

operations until August 18, 2001,

without a digital flight data recorder

installed in those aircraft.

Docket No.: 28855.

Petitioner: Offshore Logistics, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Offshore to operate certain

multiengine turbine-powered rotorcraft

with a seating configuration of 10 to 19

seats, excluding any required

crewmember seat, that was brought onto

the U.S. register after, or was registered

outside the United States and added to

Offshore’s Operations Specifications

after, October 11, 1991, without an

approved digital flight data recorder.
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Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 26939.

Petitioner: Northern Air Cargo, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

43.3(f), 43.7(e), and 121.379.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To Permit NAC to perform

maintenance, preventive maintenance,

major repairs, and alterations under the

authority of its part 121 air carrier

certificate on a Douglas DC–6B aircraft

(Registration No. N7919C, Serial No.

43554) that has been dry leased to and

is operated by Aero Petroleum

Corporation, a 14 CFR part 91 operator.

Grant, September 15, 1997, Exemption

No. 6678.

Docket No.: 28962.

Petitioner: Bombardier Services

Corporation West Virginia Air Center.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.45(f).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Bombardier to

assign copies of its Inspection

Procedures Manual (IPM) to key

individuals within its departments and

functionally place an adequate number

of IPMs for all employees to access,

rather than provide a copy of the IPM

for each of its supervisory and

inspection personnel. Grant, September

17, 1997, Exemption No. 6677.

Docket No.: 27674.

Petitioner: IBM Corporation Flight

Operations.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

43.9(a), 43.11(a)(3), 91.407(a)(2), and

145.57(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit IBM Flight

Operations to use computerized

personal identification codes in lieu of

the physical signatures required to issue

an airworthiness release and/or

approval for return to service for the

aircraft operated by IBM Flight

Operations and the aeronautical

products that IBM Flight Operations

maintains for its repair station

customers. Grant, September 25, 1997,

Exemption No. 6176A.

Docket No.: 28919.

Petitioner: Baldev. S. Bambhra.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

65.93.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Mr. Bambhra to

renew his inspection authorization even

though he did not apply to an FAA

Flight Standards District Office for

renewal before the March 31, 1997,

deadline required by CFR 14 part 65.93.

Denial, September 15, 1997, Exemption

No. 6679.

Docket No.: 28186.

Petitioner: MTU Maintenance GMBH.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

3(a)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit MTU–H to

develop and approve major repair data;

as well as to inspect, repair, maintain,

overhaul, and return to service aircraft

engines, appliances, parts, and

components for installation on any U.S.

-registered aircraft. These functions

would be performed without

geographical limitations and in

accordance with MTU–H’s ratings.

Denial, September 24, 1997, Exemption

No. 6683.

Docket No.: 27601.

Petitioner: Cielos Del Sur S.A. D/B/A/

Astral Lineas Aereas.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.47(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Astral to

substitute the calibration standards of

the instituto Nacional de Tecnologia

Industrial, for the calibration standards

of the U.S. National Institute of

Standards and Technology, formerly the

National Bureau of Standards, to test its

inspection and test equipment. Denial,

October 6, 1997, Exemption No. 6690.

[FR Doc. 97–28413 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Tariff Classification of Drilled

Softwood Lumber

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of Treasury.

ACTION: Solicitation of comments

regarding the commercial uses of wood

studs with drilled holes.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that Customs is soliciting information

about drilled softwood lumber studs

that pertains to their classification

under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

of the United States (HTSUS).

New York Ruling Letter (NY) B81564,

dated February 18, 1997, addressed the

classification of studs measuring 2′ by

4′, and 2′ by 6′, in lengths of 8 to 10 feet.

These studs also featured two one-inch

diameter holes drilled in the center of

each board about 16 inches from the

end. It was indicated that the holes

served the purpose of allowing electrical

wiring, cables or pipes to be run through

the studs during wall construction.

Pursuant to NY Ruling Letter B81564

the merchandise was classified in

heading 4418, HTSUS, which provides

for, among other things, builder’s

joinery and carpentry of wood.

Since the issuance of NY B81564

Customs’ classification of drilled

softwood lumber used for structural

purposes has been called into question.

Generally, it is alleged that Customs’

decision could result in circumvention

of the ‘‘1996 Softwood Lumber

Agreement between the Government of

the United States of America and the

Government of Canada’’ by shifting

certain lumber from heading 4407,

which is subject to the Agreement, to

heading 4418, which is not subject to

the Agreement. Among the questions

are: (1) Whether the holes that are

drilled into the studs actually serve a

purpose and cause the studs to be suited

to a particular use? (2) whether the

drilling of the studs limits their

application in construction? (3) whether

there are other commercially recognized

uses for drilled softwood lumber of

heading 4418, HTSUS?

The purpose of this notice therefore,

is to solicit information pertaining to the

commercial uses of drilled softwood

lumber which Customs has classified in

heading 4418, HTSUS, which provides

for, among other things, builder’s

joinery and carpentry of wood. This

classification is based on the belief that

the holes drilled into the wood suit it

for certain structural purposes and

disqualify it for others.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before December 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

(preferably in triplicate) may be

addressed to U.S. Customs Service,

Office of Regulations and Rulings,

Attention: Textile Classification Branch,

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C., 20229. Comments

submitted may be inspected at the

Textile Classification Branch, Office of

Regulations and Rulings, located at 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Josephine Baiamonte, Textile

Classification Branch, (202) 927–2380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This notice advises interested parties

that Customs is soliciting information

about the commercial uses of drilled

softwood lumber studs. A distinction

between drilled lumber and rough or

dressed lumber existed in the former

Tariff Schedules of the United States

(TSUS). This distinction has been

carried over to the present Harmonized

Tariff so that less processed wood

appears at the beginning of Chapter 44,

HTSUS, followed by more advanced

wood in later headings within the same

chapter. Thus, for example, heading