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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
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Program, Office of Research and

Technology Applications, AAR–201,

FAA, William J. Hughes Technical

Center, Atlantic City International

Airport, New Jersey 08405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clare J. Nanni, Grants Officer, Aviation

Research Grants Program, Office of

Research and Technology Applications,

AAR–201, FAA, William J. Hughes

Technical Center, Atlantic City

International Airport, New Jersey 08405,

e-mail: clare.nanni@faa.dot.gov. Voice:

(609) 485–6970, Fax: (609) 485–6509, or

the FAA Aviation Research Grants

Program hotline at 609–485–8410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ‘‘Research

Grants Program Involving

Undergraduate Students’’, appearing at

Section 3 of the FAA Research,

Engineering, and Development

Authorization Act of 1997 (Public Law

105–155), authorizes the FAA to

establish a research grants program to

utilize primarily undergraduate and

technical colleges, including

Historically Black Colleges and

Universities and Hispanic Serving

Institutions, in research on subjects of

relevance to the FAA. The central

purpose of the FAA Aviation Research

Grants Program involving

undergraduate students is to encourage

the participation of undergraduate

students in proposed projects that

support innovative research of potential

benefit to the long-term growth of civil

aviation.

Research Areas

Areas that contribute to the FAA’s

mission of improving aviation safety,

capacity, efficiency, human factors, and

security, are as follows:

a. Capacity and Air Traffic Control

Technology;

b. Communications, Navigation, and

Surveillance;

c. Aviation Weather;

d. Airports;

e. Aircraft Safety Technology;

f. System Security Technology;

g. Human Factors and Aviation

medicine;

h. Environment and Energy;

i. Systems Science/Operations

Research; and

In addition, research on future

training requirements on projected

changes in regulatory requirements for

aircraft maintenance and power plant

licensees are highlighted in the recent

legislation. Detailed descriptions of

these programs and additional research

areas are contained in the program

solicitation.

Eligibility

Applications may be submitted by

two- and four-year colleges and

universities, including HBCUs, HSIs

and other minority institutions that

meet the following definition of

‘‘technical college’’ or ‘‘primarily

undergraduate’’ institutions:

1. Technical College is defined as an

institution that offers associate degree

programs in arts and science.

2. Primarily undergraduate

institutions are such institutions that

focus primarily on undergraduate

education. Included by the definition

are two- and four-year colleges, masterslevel institutions, and smaller doctoral

institutions that institution-wide did not

award a total of more than 20 doctoral

degrees during the past two academic

years in science and engineering fields

supported by the National Science

Foundation (NSF).

Proposal Submission

Guidelines for the application format

and content are contained in the

Solicitation. Every effort will be made to

reach a decision and inform the

applicant promptly. Unless and until an

award is made, the FAA is not

responsible for any costs incurred by the

proposing organization.

Award Date

Recipients of FAA research grants

will be announced on a continuous

basis.

Issued in Atlantic County, New Jersey on

June 12, 1998.

Jan Brecht-Clark,

Acting Director, Office of Aviation Research,

AAR–1.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Air Traffic Procedures Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public that a meeting of

the Federal Aviation Administration Air

Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee

(ATPAC) will be held to review present

air traffic control procedures and

practices for standardization,

clarification, and upgrading of

terminology and procedures.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

July 13–16, 1998, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Tower Building, Minneapolis

Airport, 6311 34th Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota, from July 13–

14, and the Fort Snelling Officers Club,

Highway 5 and Post Road, building 395,

from July 15–16.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Thomas Lintner, Executive Director,

ATPAC, Strategic Operations/

Procedures Division, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,

telephone (202) 267–3725.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the ATPAC to be

held at the Tower Building,

Minneapolis Airport, 6311 34th Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota, from July

13–14, 1998, and the Fort Snelling

Officers Club, Highway 5 and Post Road,

building 395, from July 15–16, 1998.

The agenda for this meeting will

cover: a continuation of the Committee’s

review of present air traffic control

procedures and practices for

standardization, clarification, and

upgrading of terminology and

procedures. It will also include:

1. Approval of Minutes.

2. Submission and Discussion of

Areas of Concern.

3. Discussion of Potential Safety

Items.

4. Report from Executive Director.

5. Items of Interest.

6. Discussion and agreement of

location and dates for subsequent

meetings.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to the space

available. With the approval of the

Chairperson, members of the public may

present oral statements at the meeting.

Persons desiring to attend and persons

desiring to present oral statements

should notify the person listed above

not later than July 9, 1998. The next

quarterly meeting of the FAA ATPAC is

planned to be held from October 5–8,

1998, in Washington, DC.

Any member of the public may

present a written statement to the

Committee at any time at the address

given above.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 12,

1998.

Thomas Lintner,

Executive Director, Air Traffic Procedures

Advisory Committee.

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