Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received; Dispositions of Petitions Issued

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Summary Notice No. PE-94-6]

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 March 2, 1994.

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.

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:Mr. Frederick M. Haynes, Office of

Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-3939.

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 February 4, 1994.

Joseph Conte,

Acting Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: 20049.

Petitioner: T.B.M. Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.529(a)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No.

2956 to continue to permit the petitioner to operate McDonnell Douglas

DC-6 and DC-7 aircraft without a flight engineer during flight crew

training, ferry, and test flights conducted in preparation for

firefighting operations under part 137.

Docket No.: 27553.

Petitioner: Mr. Duane J. Lehman.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121.383(c).

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit the petitioner

to serve as a pilot in part 121 air carrier operations after reaching

his 60th birthday.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No.: 22286.

Petitioner: Finnair Oy (Finnair).

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.197

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No.

4598 to continue to allow Finnair to obtain a special flight permit

with continuing authorization for its McDonnell Douglas Model DC-10-30

aircraft, with United States Registration No. N-345HC, which allows

operation of that aircraft when it does not meet all applicable

airworthiness requirements but is capable of safe flight for the

purpose of flying the aircraft to a base where repairs, alterations, or

maintenance may be performed.

Partial grant, January 28, 1994, Exemption No. 4598D

Docket No.: 25210.

Petitioner: Air Transport Association of America (ATA).

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 63.39(b) (1) and (2) and

121.425(a)(2) (i) and (ii)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No.

4901 as amended, to continue to permit part 121 certificate holders to

train and check flight engineer candidates in the performance of the

airplane pre-flight inspection using advanced pictorial means instead

of the airplane and to continue to permit part 121 certificate holders

and operators of part 63 flight engineer schools to complete training

and checking of flight engineer applicants in an appropriate simulator

instead of taking that portion of the practical test in an airplane in

flight.

Grant, January 7, 1994, Exemption No. 4901C

Docket No.: 25238.

Petitioner: Chromalloy American Corporation (Chromalloy) and

Chromizing Southwest (CSW).

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 145.49(a)

Description of Relief Sought: To renew Exemption No. 5394 to

continue to allow the petitioner to meet the equipment and materials

requirements of the regulation by utilizing the services of its

affiliate facility in Mexicalli, Mexico, to perform certain maintenance

functions on turbine-engine components.

Grant, January 31, 1994, Exemption No. 5394A

Docket No.: 25501.

Petitioner: Lockeed Aircraft Service Company.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.19(b)(1)

Description of Relief Sought: To amend Exemption No. 3612 to allow

the petitioner to replace the existing three Pratt and Whitney JT8D

series turbofan engines with two Pratt and Whitney PW2037 turbofan

engines, as a design change from three engines to two engines, on the

Boeing Model 727-200 airplane STC.

Grant, January 31, 1994, Exemption No. 3612A

Docket No.: 25345.

Petitioner: National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA).

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 91.511(a)(2)

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To extend Exemption No.

5127 to continue to permit NBAA members to operate in certain specified

areas of the Western Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico with a

single long-range navigation device.

Grant, January 25, 1994, Exemption No. 5127B

Docket No.: 26477.

Petitioner: Alaska Mountain Air, Inc.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 43.3(g)

Description of Relief Sought: To extend and amend Exemption No.

5446 to allow pilots employed by the petitioner to remove and reinstall

aircraft cabin seats in the company's Cessna 185 aircraft.

Grant, January 11, 1994, Exemption No. 5446A

Docket No.: 26774.

Petitioner: United Parcel Service.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 121 appendix H

Description of Relief Sought: To allow the petitioner to employ

simulator instructors who have met the 1-year employment requirement

through service with another part 121 certificate holder or the

military, subject to certain conditions and limitations.

Grant, February 2, 1994, Exemption No. 5447A

Docket No.: 27423.

Petitioner: Mr. Lawrence E. Davis.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 21.183(d)(2)

Description of Relief Sought: To allow issuance of a Standard

Airworthiness Certificate for a Falcon Biplane, Model F-1.

Withdrawn, February 2, 1994

Docket No.: 27446.

Petitioner: Ms. Christine M. Johnson.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 156.5(b).

Description of Relief Sought: To allow the State of New Jersey to

use a total of up to $225,000 of block grant funds issued during fiscal

years 1993 through 1996 for program administrative costs.

Grant, January 18, 1994, Exemption No. 5835

Docket No.: 27559.

Petitioner: Aerolineas Centrales de Columbia, S.A. d/b/a Aces.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 129.118

Description of Relief Sought/Disposition: To permit Aces to operate

a Boeing 727-100 aircraft that is not equipped with a traffic alert and

collision avoidance system (TCAS) into and from San Juan Airport,

Puerto Rico over a three month period after December 30, 1993.

Denial, January 28, 1994, Exemption No. 5834

Docket No.: 27573.

Petitioner: Richard A. Henson.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR 25.811(f)

Description of Relief Sought: To allow type certification of his

Learjet Model 31A without the required emergency exit outline bands.

Grant, January 20, 1994, Exemption No. 5832

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