Document ID: FAA-2020-0492-0002
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary: Airlines for America
Posted Date: 2020-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 31850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11288]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2020-31]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Airlines 
for America

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.

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SUMMARY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief 
from specified requirements of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and 
participation in, the FAA's exemption process. Neither publication of 
this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary 
are intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final 
disposition.

DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket 
number and must be received on or before June 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2020-0492 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30; U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room 
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket 
Operations 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.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251.
    Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at 
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions 
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations 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: Deana Stedman, AIR-673, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, 
phone and fax 206-231-3187, email Deana.Stedman@faa.gov.
    This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

    Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on May 20, 2020.
James E. Wilborn,
Acting Manager, Transport Standards Branch.

Petition for Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2020-0492.
    Petitioner: Airlines for America.
    Sections of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec.  91.9(a) and (b), 
121.153(a), 121.337(b)(9)(iii).
    Description of Relief Sought: Airlines for America petitions for 
relief from 14 CFR 91.9(a) and (b), 121.153(a), and 121.337(b)(9)(iii) 
to allow its member airlines to transport cargo, subject to the FAA's 
conditions, on the floor of the main deck of transport category 
airplanes without revenue passengers onboard. COVID-19 has dramatically 
reduced the demand for commercial air travel. Due to this extreme 
reduction in demand, passenger carriers now have the capacity to carry 
cargo, including critical medical cargo, in-cabin. The relief that 
would be provided by this exemption would also support the need to 
replace the cargo capacity provided on airplanes normally flown by 
passenger carriers.

[FR Doc. 2020-11288 Filed 5-26-20; 8:45 am]
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