G/TBT/N/USA/1906  
2 August 2022  
(22-5787) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [1937]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated i f different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Flightdeck 
installed physical secondary barriers; Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Protection 
against crime (ICS code(s): 13.310); Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS code(s): 
49.020); On -board equipment and instruments (ICS code(s): 49.090)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Installation and 
Operation of Flightdeck Inst alled Physical Secondary Barriers on Transport Category 
Airplanes in Part 121 Service; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - This proposed rule would 
implement a mandate in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by requiring that certain 
airplanes used to conduct domestic, flag, or supplemental passenger -carrying operations 
have an installed physical secondary barrier that protects the flightdeck from 
unauthorized intrusion when the flightdeck door is opened.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
87 Federal Register (FR) 46892, 1 August 2022; Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 25 and 121:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-01/html/2022 -16443.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-01/pdf/2022 -16443.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by Docket Number FAA -2022-0772. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA -2022-0772/document  and provides access to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and 
their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or G/TBT/N/USA/1906  
 
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  before 4pm Eastern Time  on 30 September 2022. Comments received by the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point from WTO Members and thei r stakeholders will be shared with the regulator 
and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  30 September 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/22_5102_00_e.pdf