30232 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 100 / Tuesday, May 24, 2011 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

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 

the petitions or their final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on these petitions 

must identify the petition docket 

number involved and must be received 

on or before June 13, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2011–0370 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyneka L. Thomas, 202–267–7626, or 

Keira Jones, 202–267–4025, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18, 

2011. 

Dennis Pratte, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2011–0370. 

Petitioner: Chrysler Aviation, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 135.267(c). 

Description of Relief Sought: Chrysler 

Aviation, Inc. (Chrysler Aviation), 

requests an exemption from § 135.267(c) 

to allow Chrysler to extend the duty 

limit from 14 hours to 16 hours in the 

event of a bona fide medical emergency. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12745 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation Safety Approval 

Performance Criteria 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notification of criteria used to 

evaluate the Zero Gravity Corporation 

(Zero Gravity) safety approval 

application. 

SUMMARY: The FAA issued Zero Gravity 

a safety approval, subject to the 

provisions of Title 51 U.S.C Subtitle V, 

ch. 509, and the orders, rules and 

regulations issued under it. Pursuant to 

14 CFR 414.35, this Notice publishes the 

criteria that were used to evaluate the 

safety approval application. 

Background: Zero Gravity applied for, 

and received, a safety approval for its 

capability to provide a reduced gravity 

environment using a Boeing 727 aircraft. 

The performance criteria for this safety 

approval are applicant developed per 14 

CFR 414.19 (a)(4). Zero Gravity is 

capable of replicating three reduced 

gravity levels associated with suborbital 

space flight. The reduced gravity levels 

are: 

—0.00 g ± 0.05 g for 17 continuous 

seconds. 

—0.16 g ± 0.05 g for 20 continuous 

seconds. 

—0.38 g ± 0.05 g for 20 continuous 

seconds. 

Criteria Used To Evaluate Safety 

Approval Application: The reduced 

gravity environment provided by Zero 

Gravity was evaluated by the FAA as a 

component of a flight crew qualification 

and training process. The evaluation 

included the FAA’s assessment of Zero 

Gravity’s ability to accurately replicate 

the specified reduced gravity levels. 

Zero-G submitted the following data 

to show how they were in compliance 

with the criteria: 

—Parabolic Aircraft Acceleration 

Measurement System (PAAMS) power 

and calibration procedures, 

—Parabolic Aircraft Acceleration Flight 

Data, and 

—Gravity Level Reports. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the performance 

criteria, you may contact Randy Maday, 

Licensing and Evaluation Division 

(AST–200), FAA Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation (AST), 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–8652; e-mail randal.maday@

faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17, 

2011. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–12732 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–28043] 

Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers; 

Application of American Pyrotechnics 

Association (APA) for Exemption From 

the 14-Hour Rule During Independence 

Day Celebrations 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The American Pyrotechnics 

Association (APA) has applied for a 

limited exemption from FMCSA’s 

regulation that drivers of commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) may not drive 

after the 14th hour after coming on duty. 

The exemption would apply solely to 

the operation of CMVs by 9 designated 

APA-member motor carriers in 

conjunction with staging fireworks 

shows celebrating Independence Day 

during the periods June 28—July 8, 

2011, and June 28—July 8, 2012, 

inclusive. During these two periods, the 

approximately 375 CMVs and drivers 

employed by these 9 APA-member 

motor carriers would be allowed to 

exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time 


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