24838 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 86 /Tuesday, May 5, 1998 / Notices

Dated: April 29, 1998.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 98–11854 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–97–7]

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 Ch. 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 26, 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. lllll,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC. 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, DC. 20591; telephone (202)

267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tawana Matthews (202) 267–9783 or

Terry Stubblefield (202) 267–7624

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, DC., on April 29,

1998.

Joseph A. Conte,

Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for

Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 144CE.

Petitioner: Sino Swearingen Aircraft

Company.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

23.35; 23.29; 23.235; 23.471; 23.473;

23.477; 23.479; 23.481; 23.483; 23.485;

23.493; 23.499; 23.723; 23.725; 23.726;

23.727; 23.959; 23.1583(c)(1), (2),

Appendix C23, and Appendix D23.1.

Description of Relief Sought: To

permit Sino Swearigen Aircraft

Company to modify the SJ30–2 airplane

landing gear loads and associated

airframe loads.

Docket No.: 29175.

Petitioner: Associated Air Center.

Regulations Affected: § 25.813(e).

Description of Petition: To exempt

Associated Air Center from the

requirements of 14 CFR 25.813(e), to

permit installation of doors between

passenger compartments on a Boeing

737–39A Airplane intended for nonrevenue use only.

Docket No.: 29192.

Petitioner: Air Transport Association.

Regulations Affected: 119.21(a)(1).

Description of Petition: The Air

Transport Association requests an

exemption on behalf of Hawaii Airlines,

Aloha Airlines, and Aloha Islandair

from § 119.21(a)(1) of Title 14, Code of

Federal Regulations to allow those air

carriers to conduct inter-island flights

within the State of Hawaii as flag

operations, rather than conducting those

flights as domestic operations under

subpart U of part 121.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28881.

Petitioner: Douglas Aircraft Company,

McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

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

25.1447(c)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit type certification

of the DC–10 freighter aircraft with a

Class E cargo compartment, with

accommodation for up to four

supernumeraries immediately aft of the

cockpit, in the two configurations

proposed, when the airplane is

equipped with two floor-level

emergency exits with escape slide/rafts

within the immediate vicinity of the

occupied area, subject to certain

conditions.

GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption

No. 6752.

Docket No.: 29057.

Petitioner: McDonnell Douglas

Corporation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

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

25.1447(c)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit type certification

of the MD–11 freighter aircraft with a

Class E cargo compartment, with

accommodation for up to five

supernumeraries immediately aft of the

cockpit, in the configuration proposed,

when the airplane is equipped with two

floor-level emergency exits with escape

slide/rafts within the immediate vicinity

of the occupied area, subject to certain

conditions..

GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption

No. 6753.

Docket No.: 29129.

Petitioner: Ilyushin Aviation

Complex.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.1435(b)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit type certification

of the Model IL–96T by conducting a

test of the complete hydraulic system at

240±5 atm (the system relief pressure),

all hydraulic components testing at 1.5

times the operating pressure (315 atm)

per the current § 25.1435(a)(2), and a

test of the complete hydraulic system

during flight and ground tests at

operating pressure.

GRANT, April 21, 1998, Exemption

No. 6754.

Docket No.: 581.

Petitioner: Department of the Air

Force.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.159(c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the USAF to

operate its U–2 aircraft at or above flight

level 600 without maintaining the

appropriate cruising altitudes as

required under 91.159(c).

GRANT, April 23, 1998, Exemption

No. 130D.

Docket No.: 581.

Petitioner: Department of the Air

Force.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.159.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the USAF to

conduct nontraining photographic

reconnaissance missions that require
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flying a series of tracks at a constant

altitude, without maintaining the

appropriate cruising altitude required

under 91.159.

GRANT, April 23, 1998, Exemption

No. 134I.

Docket No.: 28454.

Petitioner: Civil Air Patrol.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

part 91, subpart F.

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Civil Air Patrol

(CAP) to operate small aircraft under

subpart F of part 91 and receive limited

reimbursement for certain flights within

the scope of and incidental to the CAP’s

corporate purposes and U.S. Air Force

Auxiliary status.

GRANT, April 13, 1998, Exemption

No. 6485A.

Docket No.: 27577.

Petitioner: Availl.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.445(f).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Availl to

maintain one copy of its repair station

Inspection Procedures Manual (IPM) at

each facility, rather than give a copy of

the IPM to each of its supervisory and

inspection personnel.

GRANT, April 8, 1998, Exemption No.

5940B.

Docket No.: 28479.

Petitioner: Strong Enterprises, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

105.43(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Strong

Enterprises, Inc., and Strong Certified

Tandem Instructors to conduct

parachute jumps while wearing a dualharness, dual-parachute pact, having at

least one main parachute and one

auxiliary parachute. This exemption

also authorizes the pilot-in-command of

aircraft involved in these operations to

allow such persons to make tandem

parachute jumps.

GRANT, April 8, 1998, Exemption No.

6474B.

Docket No.: 29092.

Petitioner: Pratt & Whitney Engine

Services, Inc..

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.45(f).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

assign copies of its Inspection

Procedures Manual (IPM) to key

individuals within its departments and

key areas within its shop and

functionally place an adequate number

of IPM’s for access to all employees,

rather than provide a copy of the IPM

for each of its Supervisory and

inspection personnel.

GRANT, April 13, 1998, Exemption

No. 6750.

Docket No.: 28144.

Petitioner: Perris Valley Skydiving.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

105.43(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit nonstudent

parachutist who are foreign nationals to

participate in PVS-sponsored events

without complying with the parachute

equipment and packing requirements of

the Federal Aviation Regulations.

GRANT, March 23, 1998, Exemption

No. 6745.

GRANT, April 13, 1998, Exemption

No. 64750.

Docket No.: 29108.

Petitioner: Skydrive Dallas, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

105.43(d).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit nonstudent

parachutist who are foreign nationals to

participate in Skydive Dallas-sponsored

events without complying with the

parachute equipment and packing

requirements of 105.43(a).

GRANT, March 23, 1998, Exemption

No. 6744.

Docket No.: 28628.

Petitioner: Mr. William W. Webb.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.109(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Mr. Webb to

conduct certain flight instruction in

Beechcraft Bonanza airplanes equipped

with a functioning throwover control

wheel instead of functioning dual

controls.

GRANT, April 24, 1998, Exemption

No. 6544A

[FR Doc. 98–11858 Filed 5–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Transfer of Federally Assisted Land or

Facility

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer

Federally assisted land or facility.

SUMMARY: 49 U.S.C. Section 5334(g)

(formerly Section 12(k)) of the Federal

Transit Act, as amended) permits the

Administrator of the Federal Transit

Administration (FTA) to authorize a

recipient of FTA funds to transfer land

or a facility to a local public body for

any public purpose with no further

obligation to the Federal Government if,

among other things, no Federal agency

is interested in acquiring the asset for

Federal use. Accordingly, FTA is

issuing this Notice to advise Federal

agencies that the Tri-County

Metropolitan Transportation District of

Oregon (Tri-Met) intends to transfer

railroad right-of -way (RROW) between

N.W. Division Street and Spring Water

Trail (formerly Linneman Junction ) in

the City Of Gresham, Oregon. The

RROW has been abandoned and

declared surplus.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Any Federal agency

interested in acquiring the land or

facility must notify the FTA Region 10

Office of its interest, by June 4, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

notify the Regional Office by writing

FTA Region 10, 915 Second Avenue,

Room 3142, Seattle, Washington 98174–

1002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. Williams, Regional Engineer

at (206) 220–7965; or Pat Berkley, FTA

Headquarters Office of Program

Management at (202) 366–6470.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

49 U.S.C. Section 5334(g) provides

guidance on the transfer of capital

assets. Specifically, if a recipient of FTA

assistance decides an asset acquired

under this chapter, at least in part with

that assistance, is no longer needed for

the purpose for which it was acquired,

the Secretary of Transportation may

authorize the recipient to transfer the

asset to a local governmental authority

to be used for a public purpose with no

further obligation to the Government.

Determinations

The Secretary may authorize a

transfer to a local governmental

authority for a public purpose other

than mass transportation only if the

Secretary decides—

(A) The asset will remain in public

use for not less than 5 years after the

date of the transfer;

(B) There is no purpose eligible for

assistance under this chapter for which

the asset should be used;

(C) The overall benefit of allowing the

transfer is greater than the interest of the

Government in liquidation and return of

the financial interest of the Government

in the asset, after considering fair

market value and other factors; and

(D) Through an appropriate screening

or survey process, that there is interest

in acquiring the asset for Government

use if the asset is a facility or land.

Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or

Facility

This document implements the

requirements of 49 U.S.C. Section

5334(g) (formerly Section 12(k) of the