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November 17 , 2015

Exemption No. 13751 Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Mr. Pat Hulsey

Director of Operations Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc.

P.O. Box 700548 Dallas, TX 75370

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Dear Mr. Hulsey :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated July 1, 2015 , you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. (Ameristar ) for an extension of Exemption No

. 10313 , as amended . That exemption from § § 91.203(a) and (b) and 121.153(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) al lows Ameristar to operate its U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic operations temporarily following the incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft’s airworthiness certificate or registration certificate or both. Although you requested an extension of Exemption No.10313 , as amended (copy enclosed), that exemption expired on July 31, 2015. Therefore, we are issuing Amerista r a new exemption.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition

in the Federal Register because the reques ted extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this p etition would be detrimental to Ameristar.2

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that

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• they are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in the

e nclosed Grant of Exemption No

. 10313 , as amended ;

• the reasons stated by the FAA for gran ting the enclosed Grant of Exemption No

. 10313 , as amended also apply to the situation you present; and

• for the reasons stated in Grant of Exemption No

. 10313 , as amended, a grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

Therefore, under the authority provide d by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113

, and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegat ed to me, I grant Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc. (Ameristar) an exemption from §§ 91.203(a) and (b) and 121.153(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations to allow Ameristar to operate its U.S.

- registered aircraft in domestic operations temporarily following the incidental loss or mutilation of that aircraft’s ai rworthiness

certificate or re gistration certificate or both, subject to the conditions and limitations listed

below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. B efore operating under this exemption, Ameristar must apply for and receive from the FAA district office respon sible for its air carrier certificate an amendment to its operations specifications authorizing it to exercise the privileges of this exemption.

2. Before operating under this exemption, Ameristar must develop a comprehensive program that provides for contin ued operation of the aircraft logbook when the airworthiness certificate and/or registration certificate for such aircraft is lost, stolen, or mutilated; ensure that timely application is made to the FAA for the replacement certificate; and provide for the temporary operation of the aircraft during the interim required to receive a replacement certificate from the FAA and install it on the affected aircraft. This program must be FAA

- approved and instructions for its use

must be included in Ameristar’s manu al required by § 121.133.

3. The comprehensive program specified in C ondition /Limitation No. 2 must contain

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a. A requirement that the following statement be entered into the appropriate section of the aircraft logbook whenever this exemption is to be used:

“Th is aircraft is being operated without an airworthiness certificate (or registration certificate, as applicable) under the provisions of Exemption No.____ for a period of 48 hours beginning: TIME: ___________ DATE: ________ 20__”

b. The signature, title, and station location of the person(s) authorized by this

condition must be affixed to the above statement. An identification of the designated person or persons within Ameristar’s maintenance organization3

authorized to e nter the statement outlined in C onditi on /Limitation No. 3a and the method, or methods, wherei n the documents required under

C ondition /Limitation No. 5 will be transmitted to the affected aircraft.

c. An arrangement whereby those persons within Ameristar’s organization responsible for airworthines s certificates and registration certificates will

maintain a current record of the data from the certificates of each aircraft within its fleet that may be affected by this exemption. The data must be made readily available to that element within Amerista r’s maintena nce organization

identified in C ondition /Limitation No. 3b and must be kept current at all times.

d. Procedures to ensure that the FAA principal maintenance inspector with the responsibility for Ameristar is notified immediately of a missing of mu tilated certificate and that timely application is made to the FAA for a replacement certificate (in the case of an airworthiness certificate) or duplicate certificate (in the case of a registration certificate).

e. Procedures that will describe specific duti es and responsibilities by job title.

4. Ameristar may exercise the privileges of this exemption only for temporary replacement of a missing or mutilated certificate that is current, in effect, and applies to only the U.S.

- registered aircraft listed in Ameri star’s FAA

- approved operations specifications.

5. When Ameristar exercises the privileges of this exemption, a copy of this exemption and a copy of the operations specifications authorizing its use must be carried onboard

the aircraft.

6. Under this exemption, Ameristar must operate the affected aircraft totally within the contiguous 48 States of the United States and the District of Columbia.

Thi s exemption terminates on November 30, 2017 , unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan Director, Flight Standards Service