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that makes up the shape of the balloon

portion of the airship. The NTSB

subsequently investigated and

recommended several changes to the

FAA’s airship design standards. One of

the recommendations called for an

envelope tear warning system. The primary reason for the NTSB’s

recommendation for the envelope tear

warning system came from the crew’s

report. The pilot and passenger both

stated that they were not aware of the

loss of envelope pressure until the

airship began to collapse, even though

there was a pressure gauge and a low

pressure indicator light to alert them of

envelope damage. Although crew

procedures for both major and minor

envelope tears had been established,

those actions were not accomplished

because the crew did not initially

recognize that the envelope was

damaged. The emergency procedures for this

airship, relating to a tear in the

envelope, are to operate the airship with

a very low pressure. Very low pressure

causes the airship to lose rigidity, but

minimizes the loss of helium while

maintaining controllability. If the

emergency procedure is not followed,

ballonets will automatically attempt to

keep the envelope pressure constant,

forcing helium out through the tear.

Ballonets are airbags contained within

the envelope that are inflated with air to

control the rigidity and sometimes the

center of gravity (trim) of the airship. A

warning light and alarm activate when

the envelope pressure drops below a

nominal level; however, if the ballonets

continue to automatically inflate to

maintain envelope pressure, the alarm

system does not activate until

substantial helium is lost.

The NTSB noted that the airship was

not equipped nor required to be

equipped with a ballonet inflation rate

transducer or other device, which might

have alerted the crew to the loss of

significant quantities of helium. The

NTSB believes that had the airship been

equipped with a better warning system,

the pilot would have been alerted to the

loss of pressure earlier and could have

taken prudent emergency actions to

improve the possibility of a controlled

emergency landing.

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April

30, 1998.

Michael Gallagher,

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service.

Proposed Change #3 To FAA–P–8110–2

Airship Design Criteria (ADC)

New Item: Add to 6.2 ‘‘(i)’’

Change 3 is based on a National

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

recommendation calling for envelope

tear warning systems on new airship

certification projects. The

recommendation stems from an airship

accident that resulted from an envelope

failure. Change 3 requires that some

means of indication or warning system

will alert the pilot of envelope tears.

The new paragraph will be added to

item 6.2 as follows:

(i) Means to warn the pilot of

envelope tears.

Acceptable compliance means

include systems as simple as locating

and marking both envelope and ballonet

pressure gauges so that unusual

indications (rapid loss of helium) are

immediately noticeable to the pilot. If

an airship valving system is complex or

automatic, a system such as a ballonet

airflow rate change sensor connected to

a warning system may be more

appropriate.

[FR Doc. 98–12293 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–98–8]

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 May 28, 1998.

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. lll, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20591. Comments

may also be sent electronically to the

following internet address: 9–NPRM–

CMTS@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:

Tawana Matthews (202) 267–9783 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, D.C., on May 4,

1998.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 29161.

Petitioner: World Airways, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.434(e).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit World Airways to use flight

attendants who previously served with,

and were trained by Aer Lingus as

required crew members without those

flight attendants having received five

hours of supervised operating

experience under part 121.

Docket No.: 25080.

Petitioner: Aeroservice Aviation

Center, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

61.55(b)(3); 61.56(h)(1), (2), and (3); and

61.57(c)(3) and (d)(2); 61.58(e);

61.64(e)(3); 61.65(e)(2), and (g)(1) and

(3); 61.67(c)(4) and (d)(2); 61.158(d)(1);

61.191(d); and 61.197(e).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Aeroservice and persons who

contract for services from Aeroservice to

continue to use Federal Aviation

Administration-approved flight

simulators to meet certain flight

experience requirements of part 61
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without Aeroservice holding the

certificate required by 14 CFR part 142.

Docket No.: 28853.

Petitioner: Sully Produits Spe ́ciaux.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.75(d).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Sully to authorize its inspectors

who cannot read, write, and understand

English to approve parts for return to

service with Federal Aviation

Administration Form 8130–3,

‘‘Airworthiness Approval Tag.’’

Docket No.: 28888.

Petitioner: Pemco Aeroplex, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: CAR

4b.362(c)(1), 4b.362(e)(7), and 4b.382(d).

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit the accommodations of two

supernumeraries forward of a rigid

cargo bulkhead and smoke-tight door,

on 727–200 aircraft with Class E

compartments.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 27446.

Petitioner: State of New Jersey,

Department of Transportation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

156.5(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

use up to $75,000 annually of State

Block Grant Program funds for the

period currently authorized for the

Airport Improvement Program, which is

fiscal years 1997 and 1998, for program

administrative costs. GRANT, April 3,

1998, Exemption No. 5835A.

Docket No.: 28630.

Petitioner: Kevin Seddon.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.311(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Ms. Seddon to

travel on the lap(s) of one or both of her

parents, without her occupying an

approved seat or berth with a separate

belt properly secured about her during

movement on the surface, takeoff, and

landing. GRANT, March 30, 1998,

Exemption No. 6486A.

[FR Doc. 98–12294 Filed 5–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Indian Reservation Roads Program

Transportation Planning Procedures

and Guidelines; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Federal Highway

Administration in cooperation with the

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) will

jointly hold a meeting to present the

final draft of the document, ‘‘Indian

Reservation Roads (IRR) Program

Transportation Planning Procedures and

Guidelines’’ and to verify that all

comments received were addressed.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June

8–11, 1998, beginning at 2:00 p.m. on

June 8, running from 9:00 a.m. until

5:00 p.m on June 9–10, and from 9:00

a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on June 11.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Wool Warehouse, located at 516

First Street, NW, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the FHWA: Ms. Julianne Stevenson,

HFL–11, Room 4206, (202) 366–9490,

Federal Lands Highway Office; or Mr.

Wilbert Baccus, HCC–10, Room 4230,

(202) 366–0780, Office of the Chief

Counsel, 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. For the BIA: Mr.

LeRoy Gishi, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Division of Transportation, (202) 208–

4359, U.S. Department of the Interior,

1849 C. Street, NW. (Code 260 MS 4058

MIB), Washington, DC 20240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this public

meeting notice may be downloaded

using a modem and suitable

communications software from the

Federal Register Electronic Bulletin

Board Service at (202) 512–1661.

Internet users may reach the Federal

Register’s home page at: http://

www.nara.gov/nara/fedreg and the

Government Printing Office’s database

at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs.

The final draft IRR Program

Transportation Planning Procedures and

Guidelines will be available May 15,

1998, on the Federal Lands Highway

Office home page at: http://

www.fhwa.dot.gov/lands.html.

Public Meeting

The purpose of this public meeting is

to present the final draft of the

document, ‘‘Indian Reservation Roads

Program Transportation Planning

Procedures and Guidelines and to verify

that all comments received were

addressed.

On March 24, 1997, the first draft of

this document was mailed to all Indian

Tribal Governments, the Bureau of

Indian Affairs, and the Federal Highway

Administration for review and

comment. June 9–12, 1997, the

comments were reviewed and the

second draft of the document was

prepared. On September 4, 1997, the

second draft of this document was

mailed to all Indian Tribal

Governments, the Bureau of Indian

Affairs, the Federal Highway

Administration and other interested

parties for review and comment. The

comment period closed on November

21, 1997. In addition, a national meeting

was held on September 24–25, 1997, in

Denver, Colorado to review and discuss

the subject document in detail.

Comments were solicited and received

at this meeting. On December 8–12,

1997, February 3–6, 1998, March 10–13,

1998, and April 6–10, 1998, the

comments received were addressed by

the Transportation Planning Policy and

Procedures Team (the Team). This team

is comprised of the following

individuals:

Francine Shaw-Whitson—Federal

Highway Administration, Federal

Lands Highway Office, Washington,

DC

Julianne Stevenson—Federal Highway

Administration, Federal Lands

Highway Office, Washington, DC

Dee Spann—Federal Highway

Administration, Office of

Environment and Planning,

Washington, DC

Joseph Martin—Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Division of Transportation,

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Galen Balster—Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Aberdeen Area Office, Aberdeen,

South Dakota

Robert D. Maxwell, Jr.—Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Phoenix Area Office,

Phoenix, Arizona

Harold Riley—Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Navajo Area Office, Gallop, New

Mexico

R. Evan Fulton—Tribal Technical

Assistance Program, Houghton, MI

Everett Waller—Intertribal

Transportation Association (Osage

Nation, of Oklahoma, Oklahoma)

Don Ellis—Oklahoma Department of

Transportation (Comanche Indian

Tribe, Oklahoma)

Robert Endicott—Cherokee Nation of

Oklahoma, Oklahoma

Roy Begay—Navajo Nation of Arizona,

New Mexico, and Utah; Arizona

James Mark Wright—Jicarilla Apache

Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian

Reservation, New Mexico

Becky Rey—Confederated Tribes of the

Colville Reservation, Washington

Larry L. Keeler—Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community of the

Salt River Reservation, Arizona

Alvin Moyle—Paiute Shoshone Tribe of

the Fallon Reservation and Colony,

Nevada