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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/179** |
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|                                                  | 27 March 2006     |
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|                                                  | (06-1368)         |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Federal Aviation          |   |                                 |
| ** | Administration (FAA)      |   |                                 |
|    | (185)                     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[** X **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered: (HS   |   |                                 |
| 4. | or CCCN where applicable, |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Aircraft (HS: Chapter     |   |                                 |
|    | 8802, 8803) (ICS: 49).    |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Reduction of Fuel Tank    |   |                                 |
|    | Flammability in Transport |   |                                 |
|    | Category Airplanes (2     |   |                                 |
|    | pages, English).          |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** This action    |   |                                 |
| ** | extends the comment       |   |                                 |
|    | period for an NPRM        |   |                                 |
|    | published on November 23, |   |                                 |
|    | 2005. In the NPRM, the    |   |                                 |
|    | FAA proposed new rules    |   |                                 |
|    | that would require        |   |                                 |
|    | operators and             |   |                                 |
|    | manufacturers of          |   |                                 |
|    | transport category        |   |                                 |
|    | airplanes to take steps   |   |                                 |
|    | that, in combination with |   |                                 |
|    | other required actions,   |   |                                 |
|    | should greatly reduce the |   |                                 |
|    | chance of a catastrophic  |   |                                 |
|    | fuel tank explosion. The  |   |                                 |
|    | extension of the comment  |   |                                 |
|    | period is a result of     |   |                                 |
|    | requests from a number of |   |                                 |
|    | entities to allow public  |   |                                 |
|    | comment on new            |   |                                 |
|    | information that has      |   |                                 |
|    | recently been placed in   |   |                                 |
|    | the public docket.        |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of human       |   |                                 |
|    | health                    |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | 71 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 14122 21 March 2006;      |   |                                 |
|    | Title 14 Code of Federal  |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Parts   |   |                                 |
|    | 25, 91, 121, 125, and     |   |                                 |
|    | 129. Will appear in the   |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register when     |   |                                 |
|    | adopted.                  |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 8 May 2006    |   |                                 |
| 0. |                           |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from: National enquiry point \[** X **\] or   |
| *1 | address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site         |
| 1. | addresses, if available of the other body:**                    |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | **Full Texts are Now Available on the Internet at URLs:**       |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/                                |
|    | 257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-4025.htm> |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/                            |
|    | 2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-4025.pdf> |
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