65846 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 16, 1997 / Notices

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 December 11,

1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29057.

Petitioner: The Boeing Company.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.785(d), 25.807(c)(1), 25.857(e),

25.1447(c)(1).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit a McDonnell Douglas Model

MD–11 Freighter Aircraft operating with

a Class E Cargo compartment to carry up

to five supernumeraries in a Courier

Area (aft of the cockpit door and

forward of the rigid cargo barrier).

Docket No.: 28999.

Petitioner: Intimate Air, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

119.3.

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the petitioner, an on-demand

charter operator, to operate more than

four round-trip scheduled operations

per week under the on-demand rules in

14 CFR part 135 rather than the

commuter rules in part 135. The

petitioner desires to operate between

Long Beach, California; Brown Field

Municipal Airport, San Diego,

California; and San Felipe, Mexico.

Docket No.: 28989.

Petitioner: Renown Aviation, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.434(g).

Description of Relief Sought: To allow

each Renown pilot in command and

second in command to substitute 50

hours of line-operating flight time and

50 takeoffs and landings for the required

100 hours of line-operating flight time

required under 14 CFR 121.443(g) for

the consolidated of knowledge and

skills.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28952.

Petitioner: Minebea Technologies PTE

Ltd.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

119.5(h).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner,

the holder of a 14 CFR part 125

operating certificate, to conduct

common carriage cargo operations.

Denial, November 24, 1997,

Exemption No. 6700.

Docket No.: 28997.

Petitioner: Israel Aircraft Industries.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.813(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit an interior

arrangement that does not provide the

required passageway to the main entry

door of the Astra SPX airplane.

Grant, November 20, 1997, Exemption

No. 6699.

Docket No.: 28824.

Petitioner: Triad International

Maintenance Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.807(c)(1) and 25.857(e).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To allow the

accommodation of up to four

supernumerary occupants forward of

the main deck Class E cargo

compartment on Boeing 767–200

aircraft converted by the petitioner from

a passenger to an all-freighter

configuration, and to deactivate the

existing R1 passenger emergency escape

exit.

Grant, November 12, 1997, Exemption

No. 6698.

Docket No.: 23358.

Petitioner: Clarke Environmental

Mosquito Management, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.313(c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

carry passengers in its Bell 47G–4A and

47G–3B–1 helicopters, certificated in

the restricted category, while

performing aerial-site survey flights.

Grant, November 21, 1997, Exemption

No. 6701.

Docket No.: 25624.

Petitioner: Boeing Commercial

Airplane Group, Douglas Products

Division.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.411(a)(2), (3), and (b)(2); 121.413(b),

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

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Douglas Aircraft

Company (DAC), without holding an air

carrier operating certificate to train part

121 certificate holders’ pilots and flight

engineers in initial, transition, upgrade,

differences, and recurrent training in

FAA-approved simulators and in

turbojet-powered airplanes

manufactured by DAC, without DAC’s

instructors meeting all applicable

training requirements of part 121,

subpart N.

Grant, December 1, 1997, Exemption

No. 5117D.

Docket No.: 29011.

Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

61.57(e), 121.433(c)(1)(iii), 121.441

(a)(1) and (b)(1), and Appendix F to part

121.

Description of Relief South/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct an FAA-monitored training

program under which Atlantic Coast

Airlines pilots in command and seconds

in command meet ground and flight

recurrent training and proficiency check

requirement through a single visit

training program.

Grant, December 1, 1997, Exemption

No. 5783C.

Docket No.: 2899.

Petitioner: Sun ’N Fun Aviation

Foundation Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.413(a).

Decription of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Sun ’N Fun

members to use an air traffic control

transponder specified in 14 CFR

91.215(a) without meeting the test and

inspection requirements of the

transponder every 24 calendar months,

provided the transponder has been

operationally checked within the last 30

days with an ATC facility and found to

be functioning properly.

Denial, December 4, 1997, Exemption

No. 6703.

Petition for Exemption

Docket No: 29057.

Petitioner: The Boeing Company.

Regulations Affected: 25.785(d),

25.807(c)(1), (25.857(e), 25.1447(c)(1).

Description of Petition: To exempt

The Boeing Company from the

requirements of 14 CFR 25.785(d),

25.807(c)(1), 25.857(e), 25.1447(c)(1) to

permit a McDonnell Douglas Model

MD–11 Freighter Aircraft operating with

a Class E Cargo compartment to carry up

to five supernumeraries in a Courier

Area (aft of the cockpit door and

forward of the rigid cargo barrier).

[FR Doc. 97–32774 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. 97–3161]

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of

an Expired Information Collection;

Transportation of Hazardous Materials,

Highway Routing

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3051, 3506(c)(2)(A)), the FHWA

solicits comment on its intent to request

the Office of Management and Budget
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(OMB) to reinstate the expired

information collection for FHWA’s

Transportation of Hazardous Materials,

Highway Routing.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Signed, written comments

should refer to the docket number that

appears at the top of this document and

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590–0001. All comments received

will be available for examination at the

above address between 10 a.m. and 5

p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. Those desiring

notification of receipt of comments must

include a self-addressed, stamped

envelope or postcard. Interested parties

are invited to send comments regarding

any aspect of this information

collection, including, but not limited to:

(1) The necessity and utility of the

information collection for the proper

performance of the functions of the

FHWA; (2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the collected

information; and (4) ways to minimize

the collection information. Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB clearance of this

information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Kenneth Rodgers, Office of Motor

Carrier Safety and Technology, Safety

and Hazardous Materials Division, (202)

366–4016, Department of

Transportation, Federal Highway

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, D.C. 20590–0001.

Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Availability

An electronic copy of this document

may be downloaded using a modem and

suitable communications software from

the Federal Register electronic bulletin

board service (telephone number: 202–

512–1661). Internet users may reach the

Federal Register’s web page at: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs.

Title: Transportation of Hazardous

Materials; Highway Routing.

OMB Number: 2125–0554.

Background

Public comment is requested

regarding the burden associated with

this collection of information. The data

for the Transportation of Hazardous

Materials; Highway Routing

designations are collected under

authority of 49 U.S.C. 5112 and 5125,

which places the responsibility on the

Secretary of Transportation to specify

and regulate standards for establishing,

maintaining, and enforcing routing

designations. The Federal Highway

Administrator has the authority, as

required in 49 CFR 397.73, to request

that each State and Indian tribe, through

its routing agency, provide information

identifying hazardous materials routing

designations within their respective

jurisdictions. This information will be

consolidated by the FHWA and

published annually in whole or as

updates in the Federal Register.

Respondents: The reporting burden is

shared by the 50 States, the District of

Columbia, Puerto Rico, American

Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and

the Virgin Islands.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The

annual reporting burden is estimated to

be 63 hours.

Frequency: The data is collected by

the respondents and submitted to

FHWA within 60 days after any routing

designation changes occur.

Authority: 49 U.S. Code 5112 and 5125;

Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of Pub. L. 104–13; 49

CFR 1.48.

Issued on: December 3, 1997.

George S. Moore,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–32736 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. MC–96–40; FHWA–1997–

2287]

Motor Carrier Regulatory Relief and

Safety Demonstration Project

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Extension of deadline for

submission of applications.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is extending the

deadline for motor carriers to submit

applications to participate in the

agency’s Motor Carrier Regulatory Relief

and Safety Demonstration Project (the

Project). The Project will allow eligible

motor carriers operating light- to

medium-weight commercial motor

vehicles in interstate commerce to

qualify for an exemption from certain

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Regulations (FMCSRs) for a three-year

period.

DATES: Applications must be received

on or before June 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert W. Miller, Office of Motor

Carrier Field Operations, HMC–DC,

(202) 523–0178, Federal Highway

Administration, Union Center Plaza,

Suite 750, 820 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20002; or Mr. Charles

E. Medalen, Office of the Chief Counsel,

HCC–20, (202) 366–1354, Federal

Highway Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 28, 1995, the President

signed the National Highway System

Designation Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–

59, 109 Stat. 568) (the Act). Section 344

of the Act, codified at 49 U.S.C.

31136(e)(2), requires the Secretary to

implement a commercial motor vehicle

regulatory relief and safety pilot

program to grant and to monitor

exemptions from provisions of the

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Regulations. The exemptions would be

applicable to motor carriers operating

commercial motor vehicles with a gross

vehicle weight rating (GVWR) between

4,537 and 11,794 kilograms (10,001 and

26,000 pounds), inclusive. However,

commercial motor vehicles designed to

transport more than 15 passengers,

including the driver, and vehicles

transporting hazardous materials in a

quantity requiring placarding are not

covered under the Project.

On August 28, 1996 (61 FR 44385),

the FHWA requested public comment

on the implementation of section

31136(e)(2). In response to comments

which raised the concerns about the

relationship between the Project and

existing State motor carrier safety

regulations, a supplemental notice was

published on October 29, 1996 (61 FR

55835). The supplemental notice

requested comment on the use of the

FHWA’s preemption authority to

resolve any conflicts between the

Project and State regulations. The

FHWA issued the notice of final

determination for the Project on June 10,

1997 (62 FR 31655).

Reason for Extending the Application

Deadline

The FHWA has received numerous

telephone calls from motor carriers

interested in participating in the Project

but uncertain about how to document

the information that must be submitted

with their requests to participate. These

inquiries indicate there is need for

additional information to assist motor

carriers in understanding the criteria for