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Notice of petition for exemption
received.
ACTION:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR.
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
the petitions or their final disposition.
DATES: Comments on these petitions
must identify the petition docket
number involved and must be received
on or before June 13, 2011.
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Administration, 800 Independence
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This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 18,
2011.
Dennis Pratte,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition For Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2011–0370.
Petitioner: Chrysler Aviation, Inc.
Section of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 135.267(c).
Description of Relief Sought: Chrysler
Aviation, Inc. (Chrysler Aviation),
requests an exemption from § 135.267(c)
to allow Chrysler to extend the duty
limit from 14 hours to 16 hours in the
event of a bona fide medical emergency.
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component of a flight crew qualification
and training process. The evaluation
included the FAA’s assessment of Zero
Gravity’s ability to accurately replicate
the specified reduced gravity levels.
Zero-G submitted the following data
to show how they were in compliance
with the criteria:
—Parabolic Aircraft Acceleration
Measurement System (PAAMS) power
and calibration procedures,
—Parabolic Aircraft Acceleration Flight
Data, and
—Gravity Level Reports.
For
questions about the performance
criteria, you may contact Randy Maday,
Licensing and Evaluation Division
(AST–200), FAA Office of Commercial
Space Transportation (AST), 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331,
Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)
267–8652; e-mail randal.maday@
faa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space
Transportation Safety Approval
Performance Criteria
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17,
2011.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial
Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2011–12732 Filed 5–23–11; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notification of criteria used to
evaluate the Zero Gravity Corporation
(Zero Gravity) safety approval
application.
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AGENCY:
The FAA issued Zero Gravity
a safety approval, subject to the
provisions of Title 51 U.S.C Subtitle V,
ch. 509, and the orders, rules and
regulations issued under it. Pursuant to
14 CFR 414.35, this Notice publishes the
criteria that were used to evaluate the
safety approval application.
Background: Zero Gravity applied for,
and received, a safety approval for its
capability to provide a reduced gravity
environment using a Boeing 727 aircraft.
The performance criteria for this safety
approval are applicant developed per 14
CFR 414.19 (a)(4). Zero Gravity is
capable of replicating three reduced
gravity levels associated with suborbital
space flight. The reduced gravity levels
are:
—0.00 g ± 0.05 g for 17 continuous
seconds.
—0.16 g ± 0.05 g for 20 continuous
seconds.
—0.38 g ± 0.05 g for 20 continuous
seconds.
Criteria Used To Evaluate Safety
Approval Application: The reduced
gravity environment provided by Zero
Gravity was evaluated by the FAA as a
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–28043]
Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers;
Application of American Pyrotechnics
Association (APA) for Exemption From
the 14-Hour Rule During Independence
Day Celebrations
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application for
exemption; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The American Pyrotechnics
Association (APA) has applied for a
limited exemption from FMCSA’s
regulation that drivers of commercial
motor vehicles (CMVs) may not drive
after the 14th hour after coming on duty.
The exemption would apply solely to
the operation of CMVs by 9 designated
APA-member motor carriers in
conjunction with staging fireworks
shows celebrating Independence Day
during the periods June 28—July 8,
2011, and June 28—July 8, 2012,
inclusive. During these two periods, the
approximately 375 CMVs and drivers
employed by these 9 APA-member
motor carriers would be allowed to
exclude off-duty and sleeper-berth time
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Office of Commercial Space Transportation Safety Approval
Performance Criteria
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notification of criteria used to evaluate the Zero Gravity
Corporation (Zero Gravity) safety approval application.
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SUMMARY: The FAA issued Zero Gravity a safety approval, subject to the
provisions of Title 51 U.S.C Subtitle V, ch. 509, and the orders, rules
and regulations issued under it. Pursuant to 14 CFR 414.35, this Notice
publishes the criteria that were used to evaluate the safety approval
application.
Background: Zero Gravity applied for, and received, a safety
approval for its capability to provide a reduced gravity environment
using a Boeing 727 aircraft. The performance criteria for this safety
approval are applicant developed per 14 CFR 414.19 (a)(4). Zero Gravity
is capable of replicating three reduced gravity levels associated with
suborbital space flight. The reduced gravity levels are:
--0.00 g 0.05 g for 17 continuous seconds.
--0.16 g 0.05 g for 20 continuous seconds.
--0.38 g 0.05 g for 20 continuous seconds.
Criteria Used To Evaluate Safety Approval Application: The reduced
gravity environment provided by Zero Gravity was evaluated by the FAA
as a component of a flight crew qualification and training process. The
evaluation included the FAA's assessment of Zero Gravity's ability to
accurately replicate the specified reduced gravity levels.
Zero-G submitted the following data to show how they were in
compliance with the criteria:
--Parabolic Aircraft Acceleration Measurement System (PAAMS) power and
calibration procedures,
--Parabolic Aircraft Acceleration Flight Data, and
--Gravity Level Reports.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about the performance
criteria, you may contact Randy Maday, Licensing and Evaluation
Division (AST-200), FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
(AST), 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331, Washington, DC 20591,
telephone (202) 267-8652; e-mail randal.maday@faa.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2011.
George C. Nield,
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2011-12732 Filed 5-23-11; 8:45 am]
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