This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 79, No. 47 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0128; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–133–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

Correction 

In proposed rule document 2014– 

04568, appearing on pages 11725 

through 11728 in the issue of Monday, 

March 3, 2014, make the following 

correction: 

On page 11725, in the third column, 

in the third line of the SUMMARY, 

‘‘Boeing Company Model airplanes’’ 

should read ‘‘Boeing Company Model 

777 airplanes’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2014–04568 Filed 3–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 121, 135, and 142 

[AC 120–UPRT and AC 120–109A] 

Advisory Circular for Upset Prevention 

and Recovery Training and Advisory 

Circular for Stall Prevention and 

Recovery Training 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed Advisory Circular for Upset 

Prevention and Recovery Training and 

proposed revision to Advisory Circular 

for Stall Prevention and Recovery 

Training, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is announcing the 

availability of proposed Advisory 

Circulars (AC) 120–UPRT and 120– 

109A. AC 120–UPRT provides 

recommended practices and guidance 

for academic and flight simulation 

training device (FSTD) training for 

pilots to prevent developing upset 

conditions and ensure correct and 

consistent recovery responses to upsets. 

AC 120–109A provides guidance and 

best practices for training, testing, and 

checking for pilots to ensure correct 

responses to impending and full stalls. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by AC 120–UPRT or AC 120–109A 

using any of the following methods: 

• Aviation Safety Draft Document 

Open for Comment Web site: Go to 

http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/ 

afs_ac/ and follow the online 

instructions for sending your comments 

electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to 1625 K 

Street NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20006. 

• Fax: Fax comments to 202–223– 

4615. Attn: Susan Hill. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the 1625 K Street NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robyn LaPorte, Air Transportation 

Division, Flight Standards Service, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202– 

267–8166; facsimile: 202–267–5229; 

email: robyn.laporte@faa.gov. 

Background 

These draft ACs provide guidance 

regarding the new training requirements 

contained in the Qualification, Service, 

and Use of Crewmembers and Aircraft 

Dispatchers final rule published 

November 12, 2013 (FAA Docket FAA– 

2008–0677). 

Advisory Circular 120–UPRT 

The primary goal of this proposed AC 

is to provide recommended practices 

and guidance for academic and flight 

simulation training device (FSTD) 

training for pilots to prevent developing 

upset conditions and ensure correct and 

consistent recovery responses to upsets. 

This AC was developed based on a 

review of recommended practices 

developed by major airplane 

manufacturers, labor organizations, air 

carriers, training organizations, 

simulator manufacturers, and industry 

representative organizations. This AC 

provides guidance to Title 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 121 

air carriers implementing the regulatory 

requirements of § § 121.419, 121.423, 

121.424, and 121.427. Core principles of 

this AC include: 

• Enhanced instructor training on the 

limitations of simulation. 

• Comprehensive pilot academic 

training on aerodynamics. 

• Early recognition of divergence 

from intended flight path. 

• Upset prevention through 

improvements in manual handling 

skills. 

• Progressive intervention strategies 

for the pilot monitoring. 

Advisory Circular 120–109A 

The primary goal of this proposed AC 

revision is to provide guidance and best 

practices for training, testing, and 

checking for pilots to ensure correct 

responses to impending and full stalls. 

This AC was developed based on a 

review of recommended practices 

developed by major airplane 

manufacturers, labor organizations, air 

carriers, training organizations, 

simulator manufacturers, and industry 

representative organizations. Core 

principles of this Advisory Circular 

include: 

• Reducing angle of attack is the most 

important pilot action in an impending 

or full stall. 

• Pilot training should emphasize 

teaching the same recovery technique 

for impending stalls and full stalls. 

• Evaluation criteria for a recovery 

from an impending stall should not 

include a predetermined value for 

altitude loss. Instead, criteria should 

consider the multitude of external and 

internal variables which affect the 

recovery altitude. 

• Once the stall recovery procedure is 

mastered by maneuver-based training, 

stall prevention training should include 

realistic scenarios that could be 

encountered in operational conditions, 

including impending stalls with the 

autopilot engaged and at high altitudes. 

• Full stall training should be led by 

the instructor, but must allow the pilot 

to experience the associated flight 

dynamics and execute a recovery. 

The agency will consider all 

comments received by May 12, 2014. 

Comments received after that date may 

be considered if consideration will not 

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delay agency action on the review. A 

copy of the advisory circulars is 

available for review at http:// 

www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/ 

afs_ac/. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 5, 

2014. 

John S. Duncan, 

Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05287 Filed 3–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Parts 16 and 112 

[Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0921] 

RIN 0910–AG35 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Rule, Standards for 

Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 

Holding of Produce for Human 

Consumption; Public Meeting on 

Scoping of Environmental Impact 

Statement and Extension of Comment 

Period for Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notification of public scoping 

meeting; extension of comment period 

for the Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or we) is 

announcing the extension of the public 

scoping period for Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS), as well as a 

public scoping meeting to discuss the 

scope of the EIS for the proposed rule 

to establish standards for growing, 

harvesting, packing, and holding of 

produce for human consumption. FDA 

is holding a public scoping meeting as 

part of our ongoing efforts to seek public 

input on the issues and alternatives that 

we should consider when preparing the 

EIS and to provide information about 

the EIS process (including how to 

submit comments, data, and other 

information to the rulemaking docket), 

to solicit oral stakeholder and public 

comments on the scope of the EIS, and 

to respond to questions about the EIS. 

DATES: See section II, ‘‘How to 

Participate in the Public Meeting’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document for date and time of the 

public meeting, closing dates for 

advance registration, and information 

on deadlines for submitting either 

electronic or written comments to FDA’s 

Division of Dockets Management. 

Comments on the scope of issues the 

Agency should include in the EIS may 

be submitted until April 18, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: See section II, ‘‘How to 

Participate in the Public Meeting’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. You may submit 

comments on the scope of issues the 

Agency should include in the EIS, 

identified by Docket No. FDA–2011–N– 

0921 and/or Regulatory Information 

Number (RIN) 0910–AG35, by any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Submissions 

Submit electronic comments in the 

following way: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Written Submissions 

Submit written submissions in the 

following ways: 

• Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for 

paper submissions): Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Agency name and 

Docket No. FDA–2011–N–0921, and RIN 

0910–AG35 for this rulemaking. All 

comments received may be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

additional information on submitting 

comments, see the ‘‘Request for 

Comments’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and insert the 

docket number, found in brackets in the 

heading of this document, into the 

‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts 

and/or go to the Division of Dockets 

Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about registering for the 

meeting, to register by phone, or to 

submit a notice of participation by mail, 

FAX or email: Rick Williams, c/o FDA 

EIS, 72 Loveton Circle, Sparks, MD 

21152, 410–316–2377; FAX: 410–472– 

3289, email: RWilliams@jmt.com. 

For general questions about the 

meeting, to request an opportunity to 

make an oral presentation at the public 

meeting, to submit the full text, 

comprehensive outline, or summary of 

an oral presentation, or for special 

accommodations due to a disability: 

Cynthia Wise, Center for Food Safety 

and Applied Nutrition (HFS–009), Food 

and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint 

Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 

240–402–1357, email: cynthia.wise@

fda.hhs.gov. 

For further information about 

comments for the docket: Annette 

McCarthy, Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition (HFS–205), Food and 

Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch 

Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 240– 

402–1200. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The FDA Food Safety Modernization 

Act (FSMA) (Pub. L. 111–353), signed 

into law by President Obama on January 

4, 2011, enables FDA to better protect 

public health by helping to ensure the 

safety and security of the food supply. 

FSMA amends the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) to 

establish the foundation of a 

modernized, prevention-based food 

safety system. As part of our 

implementation of FSMA, we published 

the Proposed Rule, Standards for the 

Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 

Holding of Produce for Human 

Consumption (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘the Produce Safety proposed rule’’) to 

establish science-based minimum 

standards for the safe growing, 

harvesting, packing, and holding of 

produce (78 FR 3503, January 16, 2013). 

We recently announced plans to 

propose revised rule language for key 

parts of the Produce Safety proposed 

rule, including those related to water 

quality and the use of raw manure and 

compost (Ref. 1). 

In publishing the Produce Safety 

proposed rule, we relied on a categorical 

exclusion from the need to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment or EIS under 

21 CFR 25.30(j) (78 FR 3503 at 3616). 

However, on August 19, 2013, we issued 

a Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Proposed Rule, Standards for Growing, 

Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of 

Produce for Human Consumption (NOI), 

based on additional information, 

including comments received, and upon 

further analysis. In the NOI, we 

explained that FDA has determined that 

the proposed action may significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment (21 CFR 25.22(b)), and 

therefore, an EIS is necessary for the 

final rule (78 FR 50358, August 19, 

2013). In the NOI, FDA also announced 

the beginning of the scoping process 

and solicited public comments to 

identify issues to be analyzed in an EIS. 

The NOI asked for public comment by 

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