Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Cities of Mendota and Reedley, California, 67336 [2019-26468]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 236 / Monday, December 9, 2019 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. 2019–71]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Cities of Mendota
and Reedley, California
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before December
30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2019–0691
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://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, 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 20590–
0001, 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
https://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
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West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Linda S. Lane (202) 267–7280, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3,
2019.
Brandon Roberts,
Acting Executive Director, Office of
Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2019–0691.
Petitioner: Cities of Mendota and
Reedley, California.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:
§§ 21.181(a)(3)(i), 21.190(a), 43.1(d),
43.3(g), 43.7(g) and (h), 61.23(c),
61.31(1)(2)(vi), 61.89(c), 61.303(a) and
(b)(4), 61.305(a)(2), 61.315(a) and (c),
61.317, 61.321, 61.325, 61.327(b)(2),
61.403(b), 61.411, 61.415(e)(g) and (h),
61.417, 61.419, 61.423(a)(2)(iii)(A) and
(D) and (a)(2)(iv), 61.423(b), 61.429(c),
and 65.107(b) and (c).
Description of Relief Sought: The
relief sought by the petitioners will
allow them to operate four Pipistrel
Alpha Electro aircraft with the issuance
of a Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA)
airworthiness certificate, to conduct
flight training in the aircraft for primary
and differences training.
[FR Doc. 2019–26468 Filed 12–6–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2018–0649]
Discontinuation of Hazardous Inflight
Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) in
the Contiguous United States
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final decision.
AGENCY:
This action sets forth the final
determination by the FAA to
discontinue the Hazardous Inflight
Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS).
DATES: This action begins January 8,
2020.
SUMMARY:
Jeff
Black, Flight Service, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591;
telephone: (202) 267–6500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory
Service (HIWAS) is a continuous
broadcast of weather advisories over a
limited nationwide network of VORs
that provide pilots with meteorological
information relating to hazardous
weather. Since the early 1980s, the
broadcast, available in various locations
of the contiguous United States
(CONUS) allows pilots to access
hazardous weather information while
inflight without going through a Flight
Service specialist.
With the advent of the internet and
other technology, the demand for
inflight services from Flight Service
specialists has declined. Staffing was
3,000+ specialists in more than 300
facilities during the early 1980s and
now consists of three hub facilities. In
2018, radio contacts dropped to less
than 900 per day from an average of
10,000 radio contacts per day.
Demand for inflight services has
diminished since the inception of
HIWAS while access has never been
greater, which indicates that pilots are
migrating to other means of obtaining
inflight weather advisories. Multiple
sources are available that provide access
to weather and aeronautical information
to pilots in the cockpit, often presented
in a graphical format, making it easier
to visualize what is going on along the
route of flight. Pilots are no longer
limited to only contacting a Flight
Service specialist in order to adhere to
14 CFR 91.103, numerous options are
available to them to help maintain
awareness of hazardous weather
advisories along their route of flight.
On July 23, 2018, the FAA published
a notice of proposal to discontinue
HIWAS in the CONUS.
Discussions of Comments
The FAA received 27 comments on
the proposed agency action. The
following summary identifies the issues
raised from all the commenters to our
initial proposal but does not restate each
comment received. Thirteen (13)
comments either supported the
initiative or were neutral towards the
FAA’s proposal. Three (3) comments
did not apply as they referred to HIWAS
in Alaska, which does not exist. Of the
remaining comments, a number of them
focused on technology and the inability
of pilots to obtain weather from
alternate sources such as Electronic
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. 2019-71]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Cities of
Mendota and Reedley, California
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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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 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 December 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2019-0691
using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://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, 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 20590-0001, 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 https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.dot.gov/privacy.
Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
https://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 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda S. Lane (202) 267-7280, Office
of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20591.
This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 3, 2019.
Brandon Roberts,
Acting Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA-2019-0691.
Petitioner: Cities of Mendota and Reedley, California.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. Sec. 21.181(a)(3)(i),
21.190(a), 43.1(d), 43.3(g), 43.7(g) and (h), 61.23(c),
61.31(1)(2)(vi), 61.89(c), 61.303(a) and (b)(4), 61.305(a)(2),
61.315(a) and (c), 61.317, 61.321, 61.325, 61.327(b)(2), 61.403(b),
61.411, 61.415(e)(g) and (h), 61.417, 61.419, 61.423(a)(2)(iii)(A) and
(D) and (a)(2)(iv), 61.423(b), 61.429(c), and 65.107(b) and (c).
Description of Relief Sought: The relief sought by the petitioners
will allow them to operate four Pipistrel Alpha Electro aircraft with
the issuance of a Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) airworthiness
certificate, to conduct flight training in the aircraft for primary and
differences training.
[FR Doc. 2019-26468 Filed 12-6-19; 8:45 am]
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