[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-662]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Summary Notice No. PE-97-1]


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 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 January 30, 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, DC 20591.
    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#204e50524d434d5453604641410e444f540e474f56"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c322c2e313f31282f1c3a3d3d72383328723b332a">[email protected]</span></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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Fred Haynes (202) 267-3939 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 January 7, 1997.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

    Docket No.: 28679.
    Petitioner: King County Department of Public Safety.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135 and 49 CFR Sec. 41102.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit King County Department of 
Public Service to be reimbursed for the use of its military surplus 
Bell UH-1H and OH-58C helicopters for law enforcement operations in 
support of other political subdivisions that are not of a common 
treasury with King County.

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 10633
    Petitioner: FAA Technical Center
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(a), 91.119(c), 
91.159(a), and 91.303(e)
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the FAA 
Technical Center to conduct flight operations in support of its 
research and development projects without meeting certain FAA 
regulations governing: 1) aircraft speed, 2) minimum safe altitudes, 3) 
cruising altitudes for flights conducted under visual flight rules, and 
4) aerobatic flight. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption No. 1200B.

    Docket No.: 23495.
    Petitioner: U.S. Army Aeronautical Service Agency.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.209 (a) and (b).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To continue to permit the 
Army to conduct certain military training operations at night without 
lighted aircraft position lights. GRANT, November 22, 1996, Exemption 
No. 3946E.

    Docket No.: 26695.
    Petitioner: Comair Aviation Academy.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.65.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Comair Aviation 
academy to recommend graduates of its approved flight instructor-
airplane certification course for flight instructor certificates 
without those graduates taking the FAA flight test. GRANT, November 14, 
1996, Exemption No. 5523C.

    Docket No.: 28445.
    Petitioner: Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a)(4), 43.11(a)(3), 
appendix B to part 43, and 145.57(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to use computer-generated electronic signatures in lieu of physical 
signatures to satisfy approval for return-to-service signature 
requirements. GRANT, October 31, 1996, Exemption No. 6542.

    Docket No.: 28563.
    Petitioner: Mercer County Community College.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 141.91.
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner 
to provide ground school courses over interactive television 
simultaneously to three institutions while notifying only one Flight 
Standards District Office (FSDO), instead of notifying each FSDO having 
jurisdiction over the individual satellite base. DENIAL, November 12, 
1996, Exemption No. 6543.

    Docket No.: 28628.
    Petitioner: William W. Webb.
    Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.109(a).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the petitioner 
to conduct certain flight instruction in Beechcraft Bonanza airplanes 
equipped with a functioning throwover control wheel in place of 
functional dual controls. GRANT, November 21, 1996, Exemption No. 6544.

[FR Doc. 97-662 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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