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PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new AD: 

2013–17–06 Fokker Services B.V.: 

Amendment 39–17570. Docket No. 

FAA–2012–0270; Directorate Identifier 

2011–NM–113–AD. 

(a) Effective Date 

This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes 

effective October 18, 2013. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to all Fokker Services B.V. 

Model F.27 Mark 050 airplanes, and Model 

F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes, 

certificated in any category. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 24, Electric power. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by reports of loose 

nuts on contactors in the electrical power 

center (EPC), and in some cases, burned 

contactors. We are issuing this AD to detect 

and correct loose nuts, which could result in 

arcing and potentially an onboard fire, 

possibly resulting in damage to the airplane 

and injury to occupants or maintenance 

personnel. 

(f) Compliance 

You are responsible for having the actions 

required by this AD performed within the 

compliance times specified, unless the 

actions have already been done. 

(g) Actions 

Within 24 months after the effective date 

of this AD, do the actions specified in 

paragraphs (g)(1), (g)(2), and (g)(3) of this AD. 

(1) Do a torque check of the nuts and 

circuit breakers, contactors, and terminal 

blocks of the EPC and battery relay panel, as 

applicable; and do all applicable adjustments 

of the torque values; in accordance with the 

Accomplishment Instructions of Fokker 

Service Bulletin SBF50–24–032, dated 

February 10, 2011 (for Model F.27 Mark 050 

airplanes); or the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Fokker Service Bulletin 

SBF100–24–043, Revision 1, dated December 

15, 2011 (for Model F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 

airplanes). Do all applicable adjustments 

before further flight. 

(2) Do a general visual inspection of the 

contacts and nuts on circuit breakers, 

contactors, and terminal blocks of the EPC 

and battery relay panel to determine if either 

the lock washer, flat washer and nut, or 

locking nut and flat washer are installed; and 

do all applicable installations; in accordance 

with the Accomplishment Instructions of 

Fokker Service Bulletin SBF50–24–032, 

dated February 10, 2011 (for Model F.27 

Mark 050 airplanes); or the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Fokker Service Bulletin 

SBF100–24–043, Revision 1, dated December 

15, 2011 (for Model F.28 Mark 0070 and 0100 

airplanes). Do all applicable installations 

before further flight. 

(3) Before further flight, after 

accomplishing any check required by 

paragraph (g)(1) of this AD or any inspection 

required by paragraph (g)(2) of this AD: 

Apply torque inspection lacquer, in 

accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Fokker Service Bulletin 

SBF50–24–032, dated February 10, 2011 (for 

Model F.27 Mark 050 airplanes); or the 

Accomplishment Instructions of Fokker 

Service Bulletin SBF100–24–043, Revision 1, 

dated December 15, 2011 (for Model F.28 

Mark 0070 and 0100 airplanes). 

(h) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, International 

Branch, ANM–116, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, FAA, has the authority to 

approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. 

In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your 

request to your principal inspector or local 

Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the International Branch, send it to ATTN: 

Tom Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98057– 

3356; telephone (425) 227–1137; fax (425) 

227–1149. Information may be emailed to: 

9-ANM-116-AMOC-REQUESTS@faa.gov. 

Before using any approved AMOC, notify 

your appropriate principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office/

certificate holding district office. The AMOC 

approval letter must specifically reference 

this AD. 

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement 

in this AD to obtain corrective actions from 

a manufacturer or other source, use these 

actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective 

actions are considered FAA-approved if they 

are approved by the State of Design Authority 

(or their delegated agent). You are required 

to assure the product is airworthy before it 

is returned to service. 

(i) Related Information 

Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information (MCAI) European 

Aviation Safety Agency Airworthiness 

Directive 2012–0050, dated March 27, 2012, 

for related information, which can be found 

in the AD docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

(j) Material Incorporated by Reference 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

(IBR) of the service information listed in this 

paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 

part 51. 

(2) You must use this service information 

as applicable to do the actions required by 

this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. 

(i) Fokker Service Bulletin SBF50–24–032, 

dated February 10, 2011. 

(ii) Fokker Service Bulletin SBF100–24– 

043, Revision 1, dated December 15, 2011. 

(3) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Fokker Services B.V., 

Technical Services Dept., P.O. Box 231, 2150 

AE Nieuw-Vennep, the Netherlands; 

telephone +31 (0)252–627–350; fax +31 

(0)252–627–211; email 

technicalservices.fokkerservices@stork.com; 

Internet http://www.myfokkerfleet.com. 

(4) You may review copies of the service 

information at the FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 

WA. For information on the availability of 

this material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

(5) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, call 

202–741–6030, or go to: http://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on August 

16, 2013. 

Jeffrey E. Duven, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21672 Filed 9–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY 

CORPORATION 

29 CFR Parts 4022 and 4044 

Allocation of Assets in SingleEmployer Plans; Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans; 

Interest Assumptions for Valuing and 

Paying Benefits 

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s 

regulations on Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans and 

Allocation of Assets in Single-Employer 

Plans to prescribe interest assumptions 

under the benefit payments regulation 

for valuation dates in October 2013 and 

interest assumptions under the asset 

allocation regulation for valuation dates 

in the fourth quarter of 2013. The 

interest assumptions are used for 

valuing and paying benefits under 

terminating single-employer plans 

covered by the pension insurance 

system administered by PBGC. 

DATES: Effective October 1, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine B. Klion (Klion.Catherine@

PBGC.gov), Assistant General Counsel 

for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit 

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street 


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NW., Washington, DC 20005, 202–326– 

4024. (TTY/TDD users may call the 

Federal relay service toll free at 1–800– 

877–8339 and ask to be connected to 

202–326–4024.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC’s 

regulations on Allocation of Assets in 

Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR Part 

4044) and Benefits Payable in 

Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29 

CFR Part 4022) prescribe actuarial 

assumptions—including interest 

assumptions—for valuing and paying 

plan benefits under terminating singleemployer plans covered by title IV of 

the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974. The interest 

assumptions in the regulations are also 

published on PBGC’s Web site (http://

www.pbgc.gov). 

The interest assumptions in Appendix 

B to Part 4044 are used to value benefits 

for allocation purposes under ERISA 

section 4044. PBGC uses the interest 

assumptions in Appendix B to Part 4022 

to determine whether a benefit is 

payable as a lump sum and to determine 

the amount to pay. Appendix C to Part 

4022 contains interest assumptions for 

private-sector pension practitioners to 

refer to if they wish to use lump-sum 

interest rates determined using PBGC’s 

historical methodology. Currently, the 

rates in Appendices B and C of the 

benefit payment regulation are the same. 

The interest assumptions are intended 

to reflect current conditions in the 

financial and annuity markets. 

Assumptions under the asset allocation 

regulation are updated quarterly; 

assumptions under the benefit payments 

regulation are updated monthly. This 

final rule updates the benefit payments 

interest assumptions for October 2013 

and updates the asset allocation interest 

assumptions for the fourth quarter 

(October through December) of 2013. 

The fourth quarter 2013 interest 

assumptions under the allocation 

regulation will be 3.00 percent for the 

first 20 years following the valuation 

date and 3.31 percent thereafter. In 

comparison with the interest 

assumptions in effect for the third 

quarter of 2013, these interest 

assumptions represent no change in the 

select period (the period during which 

the select rate (the initial rate) applies), 

an increase of 0.40 percent in the select 

rate, and a decrease of 0.12 percent in 

the ultimate rate (the final rate). 

The October 2013 interest 

assumptions under the benefit payments 

regulation will be 1.75 percent for the 

period during which a benefit is in pay 

status and 4.00 percent during any years 

preceding the benefit’s placement in pay 

status. In comparison with the interest 

assumptions in effect for September 

2013, these interest assumptions 

represent an increase of 0.25 percent in 

the immediate annuity rate and are 

otherwise unchanged. 

PBGC has determined that notice and 

public comment on this amendment are 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest. This finding is based on the 

need to determine and issue new 

interest assumptions promptly so that 

the assumptions can reflect current 

market conditions as accurately as 

possible. 

Because of the need to provide 

immediate guidance for the valuation 

and payment of benefits under plans 

with valuation dates during October 

2013, PBGC finds that good cause exists 

for making the assumptions set forth in 

this amendment effective less than 30 

days after publication. 

PBGC has determined that this action 

is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under the criteria set forth in Executive 

Order 12866. 

Because no general notice of proposed 

rulemaking is required for this 

amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act of 1980 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C. 

601(2). 

List of Subjects 

29 CFR Part 4022 

Employee benefit plans, Pension 

insurance, Pensions, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

29 CFR Part 4044 

Employee benefit plans, Pension 

insurance, Pensions. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 29 

CFR parts 4022 and 4044 are amended 

as follows: 

PART 4022—BENEFITS PAYABLE IN 

TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER 

PLANS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 4022 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302, 1322, 1322b, 

1341(c)(3)(D), and 1344. 

■ 2. In appendix B to part 4022, Rate Set 

240, as set forth below, is added to the 

table. 

Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum 

Interest Rates For PBGC Payments 

* * * * * 

Rate set 

For plans with a valuation 

date Immediate 

annuity rate 

(percent) 

Deferred annuities 

(percent) 

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

*******

240 10–1–13 11–1–13 1.75 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8 

■ 3. In appendix C to part 4022, Rate Set 

240, as set forth below, is added to the 

table. 

Appendix C to Part 4022—Lump Sum 

Interest Rates For Private-Sector 

Payments 

* * * * * 

Rate set 

For plans with a valuation 

date Immediate 

annuity rate 

(percent) 

Deferred annuities 

(percent) 

On or after Before i1 i2 i3 n1 n2

*******

240 10–1–13 11–1–13 1.75 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8 


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PART 4044—ALLOCATION OF 

ASSETS IN SINGLE-EMPLOYER 

PLANS 

■ 4. The authority citation for part 4044 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3), 

1341, 1344, 1362. 

■ 5. In appendix B to part 4044, a new 

entry for October–December 2013, as set 

forth below, is added to the table. 

Appendix B to Part 4044—Interest 

Rates Used to Value Benefits 

* * * * * 

For valuation dates occurring in the month— 

The values of it are: 

it for t = it for t = it for t = 

*******

October–December 2013 ................................................. 0.0300 1–20 0.0331 >20 N/A N/A 

Issued in Washington, DC, on this 9th day 

of September 2013. 

Judith Starr, 

General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22355 Filed 9–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7709–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2013–0243] 

RIN 1625–AA09 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Lafourche Bayou, Larose, LA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is modifying 

its drawbridge operation regulations by 

replacing the reference to the SR 310 

(Larose Pontoon) Bridge with the LA 

657 (Larose) Vertical Lift Bridge. The SR 

310 bridge has been taken out of service 

and has been replaced by the LA 657 

bridge. This substitution will also 

permit the LA 657 bridge to operate 

under the same schedule as the five 

other bridges in this area, as opposed to 

its current open-on-demand schedule. 

DATES: This rule is effective October 15, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Documents mentioned in 

this preamble are part of docket [USCG– 

2013–0243]. To view documents 

mentioned in this preamble as being 

available in the docket, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, type the docket 

number in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click 

‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket 

Folder on the line associated with this 

rulemaking. You may also visit the 

Docket Management Facility in Room 

W12–140 on the ground floor of the 

Department of Transportation West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this rule, call or 

email Kay Wade, Bridge Branch Office, 

Coast Guard; telephone 504–671–2128, 

email Kay.B.Wade@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Barbara Hairston, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone 202–366– 

9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Acronyms 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations 

DHS Department of Homeland Security 

FR Federal Register 

NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

§ Section Symbol 

U.S.C. United States Code 

A. Regulatory History and Information 

The Coast Guard is issuing this final 

rule without prior notice and 

opportunity to comment pursuant to 

authority under section 4(a) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision 

authorizes an agency to issue a rule 

without prior notice and opportunity to 

comment when the agency for good 

cause finds that those procedures are 

‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 

to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b), the Coast Guard finds that good 

cause exists for not publishing a notice 

of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) with 

respect to this rule. Providing an 

opportunity for comment regarding this 

rule is unnecessary because this rule 

does not impose any new operational 

restrictions on the waterway. It merely 

changes the bridge to which these 

restrictions apply. Providing an 

opportunity for comment regarding this 

rule is impracticable because the SR 310 

bridge no longer exists and traffic from 

this bridge has been diverted to the new 

LA 657 bridge. 

The SR 310 (Larose Pontoon) Bridge 

was removed from the waterway in 

April 2013 and replaced by the new LA 

657 (Larose) Vertical Lift Bridge, which 

is located approximately one-half mile 

away from the old bridge. The old SR 

310 bridge was one in a series of six 

bridges that feed the local school 

system, and operated in accordance 

with the requirements of 33 CFR 

117.465(a). The operating requirements 

for the old SR 310 bridge are specifically 

located at 33 CFR 117.465(a)(6). 

The new LA 657 bridge is located less 

than one-half mile from the old SR 310 

bridge, and essentially replaces the SR 

310 bridge in this series. However, the 

new LA 657 bridge currently operates 

under the default operating 

requirements of 33 CFR 117.5, which 

require that the bridge open on signal. 

This default operating requirement 

conflicts with the operating 

requirements of the other five bridges in 

this area. Therefore, this rule will 

essentially replace the SR 310 bridge 

with the LA 657 bridge at 33 CFR 

117.465(a)(6), thus allowing the new 

bridge to operate under the same 

requirements as the old bridge, and 

under the same requirements as the 

other five bridges in this area. 

B. Basis and Purpose 

The purpose of this rule is to modify 

paragraph (a)(6) of 33 CFR 117.465. This 

paragraph currently refers to the SR 310 

(Larose Pontoon) Bridge across 

Lafourche Bayou at mile 39.1. This 

bridge has been replaced by the newly 

constructed LA 657 (Larose) Vertical 

Lift Bridge across Lafourche Bayou at 

mile 38.7. 

The LA 657 Bridge is the first bridge 

south of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 

intersection. This bridge is located just 

south of a flood control structure that 

has a horizontal clearance of 56 feet and 

a depth over the sill of 10 feet. 

Navigation at the site of the bridge 

consists primarily of tugs with tows, 

fish, shrimp, crew, and pleasure boats. 

There is considerable commerce on the 

bayou in seafood products, sugar, 

petroleum products, cement, lumber 

and piles, clays and drilling mud, liquid 

sulfur, sand and gravel, oil well pipe, 


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