[Federal Register: November 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 226)] [Notices] [Page 66226-66227] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr24no99-109] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Summary Notice No. PE-99-39] NMS 11/19/99 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), [[Page 66227]] 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 December 14, 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, DC 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, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3132. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherie Jack (202) 267-7271 or Vanessa Wilkins (202) 267-8029 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 Sec. 11.27 of Part 11 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 11). Issued in Washington, DC, on November 19, 1999. Michael E. Chase, Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. Petitions for Exemption Docket No.: 25559. Petitioner: Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. (AIA). Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.182(a) and 45.11(a). Description of Relief Sought: To allow aircraft manufacturers to manufacture aircraft for use in operations conducted under 14 CFR part 121, aircraft intended to be used for commuter operations under 14 CFR part 135, aircraft used for export, and aircraft certificated under 14 CFR part 25 and manufactured for use in operations under 14 CFR part 91 and 14 CFR part 129, without installing an identification plate during the production phase on the exterior of those aircraft. Docket No.: 29659. Petitioner: Aviation Services Int'l, Inc. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.51(e)(1)(i) and 61.129(c). Description of Relief Sought: To permit ASII pilots in training to use public aircraft to log pilot-in-command flight time and aeronautical experience for a helicopter rating. Dispositions of Petitions Docket No.: 27180. Petitioner: EVA Airways Corporation. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 61.77(a) and (b) and 63.23(a) and (b). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the issuance of U.S. special purpose pilot authorizations and special purpose flight engineer certificates to airmen employed by EVA without those airmen meeting the requirement to hold a current foreign certificate or license issued by a foreign contracting State to the International Civil Aviation Organization, provided the airmen hold appropriate certificates issued by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Republic of China. GRANT, 9/24/99, Exemption No. 6689B. Docket No.: 28559. Petitioner: Rockwell Collins, Inc. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.327(a). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Rockwell to use a printout from its Order Management System for Class II products instead of the Application for Export Certificate of Airworthiness (Form 8130-1). GRANT, 10/1/99, Exemption No. 6604B. Docket No.: 25863. Petitioner: Department of Defense. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.117(a) and (b), 91.159(a), and 91.209(a). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the DOD to conduct air operations in support of drug law enforcement and traffic interdiction without meeting certain requirements pertaining to (1) aircraft speed, (2) cruising altitudes for flights conducted under visual flight rules, and (3) the use of aircraft position lights. GRANT, 9/25/99, Exemption No. 5100E. Docket No.: 28718. Petitioner: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.325(b)(3). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the issuance of export airworthiness approvals for aircraft tires manufactured and located at Goodyear's Bangkok, Thailand, facility. GRANT, 10/15/99, Exemption No. 6682A. Docket No.: 29146. Petitioner: TRAMCO, Inc., doing business as BFGoodrich Aerospace. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.45(f). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow BFGoodrich to make its inspection procedures manual (IPM) available to its supervisory and inspection personnel in lieu of giving a copy of the IPM to each if its supervisory and inspection personnel. GRANT, 10/4/99, Exemption No. 7024. Docket No.: 29536. Petitioner: Astral Aviation, Inc., doing business as Skyway Airlines. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.409(d). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow Skyway to use the EMB-145 flight simulator as a temporary substitute for that required by Sec. 121.409(d) to conduct low altitude windshear flight training. PARTIAL GRANT, 9/23/99, Exemption No. 7001. Docket No.: 29606. Petitioner: The Ninety-Nines of North Jersey, Inc. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 135.251, 135.255, 135.353, and appendixes I and J to part 121. Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To allow the Ninety-Nines to conduct local sightseeing flights for its annual Pennies-a-Pound event on October 9, 1999, or October 10, 1999, for compensation or hire, without complying with certain anti-drug and alcohol misuse prevention requirements of part 135. GRANT, 9/24/99, Exemption No. 7006. Docket No.: 29710. Petitioner: Airbus Industrie. Section of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.144(c)(1). Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit relief from the requirement for passenger oxygen masks to be automatically presented before the cabin pressure altitude exceeds 15,000 feet for Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. PARTIAL GRANT, 9/16/99, Exemption No. 6994. [FR Doc. 99-30664 Filed 11-23-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-M