Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 118 / Friday, June 19, 1998 / Notices 33755

Dated: May 31, 1998.

Madeleine K. Albright.

Secretary of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice No. 2839]

State Department Consultation With

American Indigenous Groups

The Department of State will hold a

consultation between U.S. Government

officials, federally recognized American

Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, and

other interested groups/parties to

discuss issues of interest to indigenous

groups and to provide tribal leaders

with an update on progress on the

United Nations (U.N.) and Organization

of American States (OAS) draft

declarations on the indigenous rights.

This consultation is intended to build

upon previous consultations held in

1996 and 1997, providing a regular

forum for discussions between the

Department of State and federally

recognized American Indian and Alaska

Native Tribes. The consultation, which

is open to the general public, is

scheduled for Tuesday, July 14 from

8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday, July

15, from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the

Department of State in Washington, D.C.

A reception will be held following the

meeting from 5–7 p.m. at the

Department.

The consultation will take place in

the Loy Henderson Auditorium,

Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC. Registration begins at

8:15 a.m, on both days, at the main

entrance, 2201 C Street, of the

Department of State. The public is

invited to attend the meetings.

Those interested in attending or

seeking additional information should

contact Karen Jo McIsaac (202–647–

2362; fax: 202–647–9519) in the Bureau

of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

at the Department of State. To ensure

that your name is on the list of

participants, please contact the

Department of State no later than July

10, 1998.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

John Shattuck,

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy,

Human Rights, and Labor, Department of

State.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE–98–12]

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 July 9, 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, 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 June 15,

1998.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petition For Exemption

Docket No.: 29204.

Petitioner: The Boeing Company.

Regulations Affected: 25.562(b)(2),

25.562(c)(5), 25.562(c)(6).

Description of Petition: To exempt

The Boeing Company Model MD–17

freighter airplanes from the floor

warpage and femur compression test

requirements, and from the head injury

criteria requirements of 14 CFR

5.562(b)(2), 25.562(c)(5), 25.562(c)(6),

for the pilot, co-pilot, and observer’s

seat.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 28541.

Petitioner: Isaac B. Weathers.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.109 (a) and (b)(3).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct certain flight instruction and

simulated instrument flights to meet the

recent instrument experience

requirements, in certain Beechcraft

airplanes equipped with a functioning

throwover control wheel in place of

functioning dual controls. GRANT, June

2, 1998, Exemption No. 6526A.

Docket No.: 29243.

Petitioner: Atlantic Coast Airlines.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

25.562(c)(5) and 25.785(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To allow front row

passenger seating on the petitioner’s

Jetstream Series 4100 Model 4101

airplane. GRANT, June 2, 1998,

Exemption No. 6776.

Docket No.: 29120.

Petitioner: Air Lab.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

145.45(f).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Air Lab to assign

Inspection Procedures Manuals (IPM) to

key individuals within departments and

to functionally place an adequate

number of IPM’s for access by all

employees, in lieu of providing a copy

of the IPM to all supervisory and

inspection personnel, subject to certain

conditions and limitations. GRANT,

May 18, 1998, Exemption No. 6777.

Docket No.: 28934.

Petitioner: Covington Aircraft

Engines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

45.13 (b) and (c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Covington,

instead of the engine manufacturer, to
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replace mutilated or unreadable data

plates with a copy of the original data

plate on Pratt & Whitney Wasp, Wasp

Jr., R985, and R1340 engines when an

engine or component is overhauled at

its facility. The operation would be

accomplished using the conditions

specified in Covington’s petition in lieu

of the procedures set forth in FAA Order

8130.2C for the removal of aircraft

engine identification plates and the

placement of the same data plate on a

different engine assembly. DENIAL, May

29, 1998, Exemption No. 6778.

Docket No.: 29112.

Petitioner: Pennsylvania Bureau of

Aviation.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

156.5(b).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

use up to 1 percent of the State

apportionment annual funds issued

during fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for

program and administrative training

costs under the Airport Improvement

Program. GRANT, May 20, 1998,

Exemption No. 6779.

Docket No.: 27821.

Petitioner: Cedar Rapids Police

Department Air Support Division.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.209(a) and (d).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct air operations in support of law

enforcement and drug interdiction

without illuminating the lighted

position and anticollision aircraft lights

required by § 91.209, subject to certain

conditions and limitations. GRANT,

June 2, 1998, Exemption No. 6780.

Docket No.: 29075.

Petitioner: Mercy Medical Center

Redding.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.213(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

conduct emergency medical system

departures in fixed-wing aircraft under

instrument flight rules in weather that is

at or above visual flight rules minimums

from airports at which a weather report

is not available from the U.S. National

Weather Service (NWS), a source

approved by the NWS, or a source

approved by the Administrator.

DENIAL, June 2, 1998, Exemption No.

6781.

Docket No.: 29025.

Petitioner: Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.434(c)(1)(ii).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

substitute a qualified and authorized

check airman in place of an FAA

inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in

command who is completing the initial

or upgrade training specified in

§ 121.424 during at least one flight leg

that includes a takeoff and a landing,

subject to certain conditions and

limitations. GRANT, June 3, 1998,

Exemption No. 6782.

Docket No.: 29012.

Petitioner: Continental Airlines, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

121.434(c)(1)(ii).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit Continental to

substitute a qualified and authorized

check airman in place of an FAA

inspector to observe a qualifying pilot in

command who is completing the initial

or upgrade training specified in

§ 121.424 during at least one flight leg

that includes a takeoff and a landing,

subject to certain conditions and

limitations. GRANT, June 11, 1998,

Exemption No. 6783.

Docket No.: 29151.

Petitioner: Aramco Associated

Company.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.609(c).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its four Bell Model 212

helicopters in part 91 operations

without a digital flight data recorder

installed in each of those aircraft, as

required by part 91, subject to certain

conditions and limitations. GRANT,

June 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6784.

Docket No.: 29142.

Petitioner: Geo-Seis Helicopters, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

135.152(a).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate its Bell Model 212 helicopter

without an approved digital flight data

recorder installed subject to certain

conditions and limitations. GRANT,

June 12, 1998, Exemption No. 6785.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Establishment of an Aviation Research

Grants Program Involving Primarily

Undergraduate Institutions and

Technical Colleges

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of criteria.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) is providing

notice of the principal criteria for the

awarding of grants under the Research

Grants Program Involving

Undergraduate Students, as provided

under the FAA Research, Engineering,

and Development Authorization Act of

1997, Public Law 105–155. The FAA is

soliciting proposals for research grants

from primarily undergraduate

institutions and technical colleges,

including Historically Black Colleges

and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic

Serving Institutions (HSIs), for research

on subjects of relevance to the FAA.

Grants may be awarded in the

following three categories:

1. Research projects to be carried out

at primarily undergraduate institutions

and technical colleges;

2. Research projects that combine

research at primarily undergraduate

institutions and technical colleges with

other research supported by the FAA; or

3. Research on future training

requirements on projected changes in

regulatory requirements for aircraft

maintenance and power plant licensees.

The principal criteria for the awarding

of grants under this program are:

1. The relevance of the proposed

research to technical research needs

identified by the FAA;

2. The scientific and technical merit

of the proposed research; and

3. The potential for participation by

undergraduate students in the proposed

research.

The FAA explicitly reserves the right

to make one award, multiple awards, or

no awards under this program.

A solicitation, entitled ‘‘Grants for

Undergraduate Aviation Research’’ will

be available through the Internet

beginning June 12, 1998. The ftp

address is: ftp://ftp.tc.faa.gov/Grants/

Solicitations/ungrad.doc.

Colleges and universities not eligible

under the program described in this

notice are encouraged to submit

applications under our existing grant

program. Interested parties may access

the current solicitation, Grants for

Aviation Research, Program No. 97.2 at

any time throughout the year at the ftp

site: ftp://ftp.tc.faa.gov/Grants/

Solicitations/solic97.doc.

DATES: The solicitation for applications

under this program will be available on

the Internet beginning June 12, 1998.

The Opening Date for receipt of grant

applications is July 01, 1998 and the

Closing Date is July 31, 1998. Proposals

postmarked on or before the closing date

will be accepted for review. Applicants

should allow at least 90 days for review

and processing.

ADDRESSES: Grant applications should

be submitted to Clare J. Nanni, Grants

Officer, Aviation Research Grants