Petitions for Exemption; Summary of Petitions Received

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of petition for exemption received.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant to FAA's rulemaking provisions governing the application, processing, and disposition of petitions for exemption, part 11 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), this notice contains a summary of certain petitions 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 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 August 24, 2004.

ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number FAA-200X-XXXXX by any of the following methods:

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov.

Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.

• Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
• Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov . Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Linsenmeyer (202) 267-5174, Tim Adams (202) 267-8033, or Sandy Buchanan-Sumter (202) 267-7271, Office of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

Petitions for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA-2004-18242.

Petitioner: U.S. Airways, Inc.

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 121.703(d).

Description of Relief Sought: To allow U.S. Airways to submit the report of major repairs, cracks, permanent deformation, or corrosion of aircraft structure, as required by 14 CFR 121.703, within 72 hours of the aircraft airworthiness release. U.S. Airways proposes to use this schedule instead of the reporting schedule required by the regulation.

Docket No.: FAA-2004-18662.

Petitioner: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 45.21, 45.23, 45.25, 45.27, 45.29.

Description of Relief Sought: To allow use of nationality and registration marks that conform to a livery developed by the Department of Homeland Security for their aircraft and which may not meet the location and size requirements of part 45.