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Exemption No. 8629D

Regulatory Docket No. FAA

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Ms. Yolanda F lores

Principal

Lorenzo W alker Institute of T echnology

3702 Estey A venue Naples, F l 34104

Dear Ms. Johnson :

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 8629,

as amended . It explains the basis for our decision and describes its effect.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated April 19, 2013

, y ou petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on

behalf of Lorenzo Walk er Institute of Technology ( LWIT ) for an extension of Exemption

No. 8629, as amended. That exemption from § § 65.17(a), 65.19(b), 65. 75(a) , a nd 65.75( b) of

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows LWIT to conduct sections of the FAA

oral and practical tests as an integral part of an approved curriculum and before the applicant

passes each section of the written test . The grant also authorize s the aviation mechanic general

written test to be administered immediately after students complete the general curriculum

, but before meeting the experience requirements of § 65.77

.

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons

re lative 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 reque sted extension of the exempti on would not set a

precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be det rimental to Lorenzo Walker

Institute of Technology

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Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for th e issuance of Exemption No. 8629, as

amended, remains v alid with respect to this exemption and is in the public interest.

Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 40113 and 44701, which the FAA

Administrator has delegat ed to me, I grant your petition, subject to the conditions and

limitations list ed below.

Conditions and Limitations

1. Before exercising the pr ivileges of this exemption, LWI T must provide its operations

handbook to its certificate holding district office (CHDO) and receive approval of the

operations handbook from the CHDO.

2. LWI T ’s ope rations handbook must contain the manner in which oral and practical

tests are to be administrated by a D esignated Mechanic Examiner ( DME) . It must

also contain th e times and places at which LWI T intends to administer tests under this

exemption.

3. LWI T ’s operations handbook must contain procedures for retesting after failure of the

oral or practical test for an instructional unit.

4. Befo re retesting after failure, LWI T must require a student to repeat the entire

instructional unit associated with the failed test and receive authorization fro m LWIT

to retake the test. LWI T ’s operations handbook must contain procedures for

documenting and tracking compliance with all retesting procedures.

5. LWI T`s Operations handbook must include proce dures to authorize the g e neral

w ritten test (knowledge test) to be administered to authorized stud ents immediately

following the completion of the general curriculum

, but prior to meeting the

experience requirements of § 65.77

.

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termin ation date of Exemption No. 8629, as amended, to

September 30, 201 5

, unless so oner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John M. Allen

Director, Flight Stand ards Service