[Federal Register: March 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 53)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-99-5]

 
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.

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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 April 11, 1999.

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. ____, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20591.

    Comments may also be sent electronically to the following internet 
address: 9-NPRM-cmts@faa.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, D.C. 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 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, D.C., on March 16, 1999.
Donald P. Byrne,
Assistance Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions For Exemption

    Docket No.: 29401.
    Petitioner: Hollingsead International, Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.855(a), 25.857(e), and 
25.1447(c)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: To allow the installation of a groom 
station with palletized seating provisions for up to 16 supernumeraries 
in the aft portion of the main deck cargo compartment on an A300 series 
passenger to freighter conversion with a Class E cargo compartment.

    Docket No.: 29422.
    Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.9(a) (3) and (4), 145.59(a), 
and 145.61.
    Description of Relief Sought: To permit Gulfstream authorized 
technicians and inspection personnel to permanently use electric 
signatures in lieu of physical signatures to satisfy the signature and 
recordkeeping requirements of 43.9(a) (3) and (4), 145.59(a), and 
145.61.

    Docket No.: 29466.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Inc.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought: In lieu of the requirements of 14 CFR 
Sec. 25.1435(b)(1), for a complete hydraulic system proof pressure test 
on the airplane, Bombardier proposes to conduct a proof pressure test 
at the system relief pressure, 3750 psig, and component testing at 1.5 
times operating pressure (4500 psig) per Sec. 25.1435(a)(2).

Dispositions of Petitions

    Docket No.: 29270.
    Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Boeing Company 
to issue export airworthiness approvals for Class II and Class III 
products manufactured in Canada by Boeing Toronto, Ltd., as an approved 
supplier to Boeing under Boeing's production certificate No. 700. 
Grant, 2/11/99, Exemption No. 6860

    Docket No.: 29409.
    Petitioner: Bombardier Aerospace.
    Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.1435(b)(1).
    Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Bombardier 
Aerospace type certification of the Model DHC-8 Series 400. The type 
certification would be accomplished by conducting a proof pressure test 
of the hydraulic system at 3250 psig (the system relief pressure) per 
the proposed 25.1435(c)(3) and by component testing at 1.5 times the 
operating pressure (4500 psig) per the current 25.1435(a)(2). Grant, 2/
22/99, Exemption No. 6864

[FR Doc. 99-6753 Filed 3-18-99; 8:45 am]
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