Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Bombardier Inc.

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of title 14 of the Code of Federal 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 February 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES:

Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2015-3836 using any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://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 (DOT), 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, 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 http://www.regulations.gov , as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.

Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at http://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, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deana Stedman, ANM-113, Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356, email deana.stedman@faa.gov, phone (425) 227-2148.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

PETITION FOR EXEMPTION

Docket No.: FAA-2015-3836.

Petitioner: Bombardier Inc.

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: § 25.813(e)

Description of Relief Sought:

Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Section 25.813(e) prohibits the installation of a door that separates any passenger seat that is occupiable during takeoff and landing from any passenger emergency exit. Bombardier Inc., seeks relief from this requirement for the BD-700-2B12 Global 7000 and BD-700-2B13 Global 8000 to allow installation of one or more doors between passenger seats and passenger emergency exits.

Furthermore, Bombardier Inc., requests that the exemption, if granted, not include a condition (limitation) that would prohibit the aircraft from being operated for hire pursuant to 14 CFR part 135.

The petitioner asserts that the aircraft and door(s) will incorporate design features that assure passengers' ability to recognize the location of emergency exits and access those exits; thereby providing for an overall level of safety that is consistent with the intent of the regulations.