Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of petition for exemption received.

SUMMARY:

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 petition or its final disposition.

DATES:

Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before July 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2010-0468 using any of the following methods:

• Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management Facility 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.

Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://www.regulations.gov,, including any personal information you provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).

Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility 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:

Mr. Peter L. Rouse, Aerospace Engineer, Standards Office (ACE-111), Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA; telephone number (816) 329-4135, fax number (816) 329-4090, e-mail at peter.rouse@faa.gov.

This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Petition for Exemption

Petitioner: Air Tractor, Inc.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 23.1001.

Description of Relief Sought: To allow Air Tractor Inc. to modify ten model AT-802s with fuselage fuel tanks without meeting the fuel jettison maximum weight demonstration, fuel discharges clear of any part of the aircraft, and fuel or fumes do not enter any parts of the airplane requirements in § 23.1001(b), (c)(2), and (c)(3). Air Tractor, Inc. proposes conducting the maximum weight demonstration at 13,000 pounds or more versus the model AT 802 certificated weight of 16,000 pounds because the agricultural hopper removal will reduce the weight of the modified model AT-802. Air Tractor, Inc. also proposes using red dye water instead of fuel for the jettison test to conserve resources.