Document ID: FAA-2020-0492-0014
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Petition for Exemption; Summary: Airlines for America
Posted Date: 2021-04-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20785-20786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08263]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-2021-2069]

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 Federal Aviation Regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to improve the public's

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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 is 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 May 11, 2021.

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-612, 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 Washington, DC, on April 16, 2021.
Daniel J. Elgas,
Manager, Strategic Policy Management Branch, Policy and Innovation 
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

Petition For Exemption

    Docket No.: FAA-2020-0492.
    Petitioner: Airlines for America.
    Section(s) 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 a 
one-year extension of FAA Exemption No. 18584 that is set to terminate 
on July 10, 2021. That exemption permits relief from 14 CFR 91.9(a) and 
121.153(a)(2) and allows member airlines to transport cargo, subject to 
the FAA's conditions, on the main deck of transport category airplanes 
(secured to seats or secured to seat tracks) when no revenue passengers 
are being transported. Due to the ongoing reduction in demand, 
passenger carriers continue to have the capacity to carry cargo, 
including critical medical cargo, in cabin. Approval of the petition 
would allow operators of passenger airplanes to support COVID-19 
response efforts by continuing to carry cargo in-cabin, including 
critical medical cargo.

[FR Doc. 2021-08263 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
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