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and white types of potatoes monthly. 

While this rule requires a reporting 

requirement for shipments of yellow 

fleshed and white types of potatoes, 

their exemption from handling 

regulations also eliminates the more 

frequent reporting requirements 

imposed under the order’s special 

purpose shipment exemptions 

(§ 946.336(d) and (e)). Under these 

paragraphs, handlers are required to 

provide detailed reports whenever they 

divert regulated potatoes for livestock 

feed, charity, seed, prepeeling, 

processing, grading and storing in 

specified counties in Oregon, and 

experimentation. 

Therefore, any additional reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements on either 

small or large handlers of yellow fleshed 

and white types of potatoes are expected 

to be offset by the elimination of the 

other reporting requirements currently 

in effect. In addition, the exemption 

from handling regulations and 

inspection requirements for yellow 

fleshed and white types of potatoes is 

expected to reduce industry expenses. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

USDA has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap or 

conflict with this rule. 

The Committee’s meetings were 

widely publicized throughout the 

Washington potato industry, and all 

interested persons were invited to 

participate in Committee deliberations. 

Like all Committee meetings, the 

December 10, 2013, meeting was a 

public meeting. All entities, both large 

and small, were able to express views 

on this issue. Further, interested 

persons are invited to submit comments 

on this interim rule, including the 

regulatory and informational impacts of 

this action on small businesses. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Jeffrey Smutny 

at the previously mentioned address in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

This interim rule invites comments on 

the exemption of yellow fleshed and 

white types of potatoes from the 

handling regulations for the 2014–2015 

and subsequent fiscal periods. Any 

comments received will be considered 

prior to finalization of this rule. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

Committee’s recommendation, and 

other information, it is found that this 

interim rule, as hereinafter set forth, 

will tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it is also 

found and determined upon good cause 

that it is impracticable, unnecessary, 

and contrary to the public interest to 

give preliminary notice prior to putting 

this rule into effect and that good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register 

because: (1) Any changes resulting from 

this rule should be effective July 1, 

2014, because the temporary exemption 

for Washington yellow fleshed and 

white types of potatoes from the 

handling regulations ends on June 30, 

2014; (2) the Committee discussed and 

unanimously recommended these 

changes at a public meeting, and all 

interested parties had an opportunity to 

provide input; (3) potato handlers are 

aware of this action and want to take 

advantage of this handling regulation 

relaxation; and (4) this rule provides a 

60-day comment period, and any 

comments received will be considered 

prior to finalization of this rule. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 946 

Marketing agreements, Potatoes, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 946 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 946—IRISH POTATOES GROWN 

IN WASHINGTON 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 946 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. The introductory text of § 946.336 

is revised to read as follows: 

§ 946.336 Handling regulation. 

No person shall handle any lot of 

potatoes unless such potatoes meet the 

requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), 

and (g) of this section or unless such 

potatoes are handled in accordance with 

paragraphs (d) and (e), or (f) of this 

section, except that shipments of the 

blue or purple flesh varieties of potatoes 

shall be exempt from both this handling 

regulation and the assessment 

requirements specified in § 946.41: 

Provided, That yellow fleshed, white, 

red, and russet type potatoes shall be 

exempt from the requirements of 

paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), and (g) of this 

section. 

* * * * * 

Dated: May 1, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10369 Filed 5–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 23 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0155; Notice No. 23– 

262–SC] 

Special Conditions: Extra 

Flugzeugproduktions and Vertriebs 

[Extra] GmbH, EA–300/LC; Acrobatic 

Category Aerodynamic Stability 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for the Extra EA–300/LC 

airplane. This airplane will have a novel 

or unusual design feature(s) associated 

with static stability. This airplane can 

perform at the highest level of aerobatic 

competition. To be competitive, the 

aircraft was designed with positive and, 

at some points, neutral stability within 

its flight envelope. Its lateral and 

directional axes are also decoupled from 

each other providing more precise 

maneuvering. The applicable 

airworthiness regulations do not contain 

adequate or appropriate safety standards 

for these design features. These special 

conditions contain the additional safety 

standards that the Administrator 

considers necessary to establish a level 

of safety equivalent to that established 

by the existing airworthiness standards 

to EA–300/LC airplanes certified solely 

in the acrobatic category. 

DATES: These special conditions are May 

7, 2014, and are applicable beginning 

April 25, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ross Schaller, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Small Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification 

Service, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64106; telephone (816) 

329–4162; facsimile (816) 329–4090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 3, 2011, Extra GmbH 

applied for an amendment to Type 

Certificate No. A67EU to include the 

model number, EA–300/LC. The EA– 


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300/LC, which is a derivative of the EA– 

300/L, currently approved under Type 

Certificate No. A67EU, is a single 

engine, two-place tandem canopy 

cockpit, low wing aerobatic monoplane 

with conventional landing gear. 

Its maximum takeoff weight is 2095 

pounds (950 kilograms). VNE is 219 

knots, VNO is 138 knots, and VA is 154 

knots, indicated airspeed. Maximum 

altitude is 10,000 feet. The engine is a 

Lycoming AEIO–580–B1A with a rated 

power of 315 Horsepower (Hp) at 2,700 

revolutions per minute (rpm). The 

airplane is proposed to be approved for 

Day-VFR operations with no icing 

approval. The EA–300/LC is certified 

under European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) authority (Type Certificate Data 

Sheet EASA.A.362) as a dual category 

(normal/acrobatic) airplane. 

Acrobatic airplanes previously type 

certificated by the FAA did comply with 

the stability provisions of part 23, 

subpart B. However, airplanes like the 

EA–300/LC are considered as 

‘‘unlimited’’ acrobatic aircraft because 

they can perform at the highest level of 

aerobatic competition and can perform 

any maneuvers listed in the Aresti 

Catalog. The evolution of the 

‘‘unlimited’’ types of acrobatic airplanes 

with very low mass, exceptional roll 

rates, and very high G capabilities, in 

addition to power to mass ratios that are 

unique to this type of airplane, have led 

to airplanes that cannot comply with the 

regulatory stability requirements. These 

airplanes can still be type-certificated, 

but in the acrobatic category only and 

with special conditions and limitations. 

The FAA will only consider certifying 

the EA–300/LC in the acrobatic 

category. Extra GmbH will not be able 

to offer a normal category-operating 

envelope to accommodate the increased 

fuel load designed for cross-country 

operations. The FAA does recognize 

that fuel exhaustion is one of the top 

accident causes associated with this 

class of aircraft. For this reason, the 

FAA proposes to allow Extra to seek 

certification of a limited acrobatic 

envelope at a higher weight that will 

still meet the minimum load 

requirements of +6/¥3 g associated 

with § 23.337. The EA–300/LC airplane 

would be approved for unlimited 

maneuvers at or below its designed 

unlimited acrobatic weight. The 

airplane would also be approved, at 

some higher weight (for fuel/passenger), 

that would still meet the requirements 

of § 23.337 for acrobatic category and 

may have restrictions on the maneuvers 

allowed. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under the provisions of 14 CFR 

21.101, Extra GmbH must show that the 

EA–300/LC meets the applicable 

provisions of part 23, as amended by 

Amendment 23–34 effective September 

14, 1987 and Special Condition 23– 

ACE–65, published in the Federal 

Register (57 FR 175), September 9, 1992. 

These regulations will be incorporated 

into Type Certificate No. A67EU after 

type certification approval of the EA– 

300/LC. The regulations incorporated by 

reference in the type certificate are 

commonly referred to as the ‘‘original 

type certification basis.’’ The regulations 

incorporated by reference in A67EU are 

as follows: 

14 CFR part 36, effective December 1, 

1969, as amended by Amendments 36– 

1 through 36–28. 

Not approved for ditching; 

compliance with provisions for ditching 

equipment in accordance with 14 FR 

23.1415(a)(b) has not been 

demonstrated. 

Approved for VFR-day only. Flight in 

known icing prohibited. 

In addition, the certification basis 

includes other regulations, special 

conditions and exemptions that are not 

relevant to these special conditions. 

Type Certificate No. A67EU will be 

updated to include a complete 

description of the certification basis for 

this model airplane. 

If the Administrator finds that the 

applicable airworthiness regulations 

(i.e., 14 CFR part 23) do not contain 

adequate or appropriate safety standards 

for the EA–300/LC because of a novel or 

unusual design feature, special 

conditions are prescribed under the 

provisions of § 21.16. 

Special conditions are initially 

applicable to the model for which they 

are issued. Should the type certificate 

for that model be amended later to 

include any other model that 

incorporates the same or similar novel 

or unusual design feature, or should any 

other model already included on the 

same type certificate be modified to 

incorporate the same or similar novel or 

unusual design feature, the special 

conditions would also apply to the other 

model under § 21.101. 

In addition to the applicable 

airworthiness regulations and special 

conditions, the EA–300/LC must 

comply with the fuel vent and exhaust 

emission requirements of 14 CFR part 

34 and the noise certification 

requirements of 14 CFR part 36. 

The FAA issues special conditions, as 

defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in accordance 

with § 11.38, and they become part of 

the type-certification basis under 

§ 21.101. 

Novel or Unusual Design Features 

The Extra GmbH EA–300/LC will 

incorporate the following novel or 

unusual design features: 

For acrobatic category airplanes with 

unlimited acrobatic capability: Neutral 

longitudinal and lateral static stability 

characteristics 

Discussion 

The Code of Federal Regulations 

states static stability criteria for 

longitudinal, lateral, and directional 

axes of an airplane. However, none of 

these criteria is adequate to address the 

specific issues raised in the flight 

characteristics of an unlimited aerobatic 

airplane. Therefore, the FAA has 

determined after a flight-test evaluation 

that, in addition to the requirements of 

parts 21 and 23, special conditions are 

needed to address these static stability 

characteristics. 

Discussion of Comments 

Notice of proposed special conditions 

No. 23–14–01–SC for the Extra 

Flugzeugproduktions and Vertriebs 

(Extra) GmbH, EA–300/LC airplane was 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 18, 2014 (79 FR 15062). No 

comments were received, and the 

special conditions are adopted as 

proposed. 

Applicability 

As discussed above, these special 

conditions are applicable to the EA– 

300/LC. Should Extra GmbH apply at a 

later date for a change to the type 

certificate to include another model 

incorporating the same novel or unusual 

design feature, the special conditions 

would apply to that model as well. 

Under standard practice, the effective 

date of final special conditions would 

be 30 days after the date of publication 

in the Federal Register; however, as the 

certification date for the Extra GmbH 

EA–300/LC is imminent, the FAA finds 

that good cause exists to make these 

special conditions effective upon 

issuance. 

Conclusion 

This action affects only certain novel 

or unusual design features on one model 

of airplanes. It is not a rule of general 

applicability. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 23 

Aircraft, Aviation safety, Signs and 

symbols. 

Citation 

The authority citation for these 

special conditions is as follows: 

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

44702, 44704. 


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The Special Conditions 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me by the 

Administrator, the following special 

conditions are issued as part of the type 

certification basis for Extra GmbH EA– 

300/LC airplanes. 

1. Acrobatic Category Static Stability 

Requirements 

SC23.171 Flight—General: Acrobatic 

category airplanes must be neutrally or 

positively stable in the longitudinal, 

directional, and lateral axes under Secs. 

SC23.173 through SC23.177. 

Additionally, the airplane must show 

suitable stability and control ‘‘feel’’ 

(static stability) in any condition 

normally encountered in service, if 

flight tests show it is necessary for safe 

operation. 

SC23.173 Static longitudinal 

stability: Under the conditions specified 

in SC23.175 and with the airplane 

trimmed as indicated, the characteristics 

of the elevator control forces, positions, 

and the friction within the control 

system must be as follows: 

(a) A pull on the yoke must be 

required to obtain and maintain speeds 

below the specified trim speed and a 

push on the yoke required to obtain and 

maintain speeds above the specified 

trim speed. This must be shown at any 

speed that can be obtained, except that 

speeds requiring a control force in 

excess of 40 pounds or speeds above the 

maximum allowable speed or below the 

minimum speed for steady unstalled 

flight need not be considered. 

(b) The stick force or position must 

vary with speed so that any substantial 

speed change results in a stick force or 

position clearly perceptible to the pilot. 

SC23.175 Demonstration of static 

longitudinal stability: 

(a) Climb. The stick force curve must 

have, at a minimum, a neutrally stable 

to stable slope at speeds between 85 and 

115 percent of the trim speed, with— 

(1) Maximum continuous power; and 

(2) The airplane trimmed at the speed 

used in determining the climb 

performance required by § 23.69(a). 

(b) Cruise. With the airplane power 

and trim set for level flight at 

representative cruising speeds at high 

and low altitudes, including speeds up 

to VNO, except the speed need not 

exceed VH— 

(1) The stick force curve must, at a 

minimum, have a neutrally stable to 

stable slope at all speeds within a range 

that is the greater of 15 percent of the 

trim speed plus the resulting free return 

speed range, or 40 knots plus the 

resulting free return speed range above 

and below the trim speed, except the 

slope need not be stable— 

(i) At speeds less than 1.3 VS1; or 

(ii) For airplanes with VNE established 

under § 23.1505(a), at speeds greater 

than VNE. 

(c) Landing. The stick force curve 

must, at a minimum, have a neutrally 

stable to stable slope at speeds between 

1.1 VS1 and 1.8 VS1 with— 

(1) Landing gear extended; and 

(2) The airplane trimmed at— 

(i) VREF, or the minimum trim speed 

if higher, with power off; and 

(ii) VREF with enough power to 

maintain a 3-degree angle of descent. 

SC23.177 Static directional and 

lateral stability: 

(a) The static directional stability, as 

shown by the tendency to recover from 

a wings level sideslip with the rudder 

free, must be positive for any landing 

gear and flap position appropriate to the 

takeoff, climb, cruise, approach, and 

landing configurations. This must be 

shown with symmetrical power up to 

maximum continuous power, and at 

speeds from 1.2 VS1 up to the maximum 

allowable speed for the condition being 

investigated. The angle of sideslip for 

these tests must be appropriate for the 

airplane type. At larger angles of 

sideslip, up to where full rudder is used 

or a control force limit in § 23.143 is 

reached, whichever occurs first, and at 

speeds from 1.2 VS1 to VO, the rudder 

pedal force must not reverse. 

(b) In straight, steady slips at 1.2 VS1

for any landing gear and flap positions, 

and for any symmetrical power 

conditions up to 50 percent of 

maximum continuous power, the rudder 

control movements and forces must 

increase steadily, but not necessarily in 

constant proportion, as the angle of 

sideslip is increased up to the maximum 

appropriate to the type of airplane. The 

aileron control movements and forces 

may increase steadily, but not 

necessarily in constant proportion, as 

the angle of sideslip is increased up to 

the maximum appropriate for the 

airplane type. At larger slip angles, up 

to the angle at which the full rudder or 

aileron control is used or a control force 

limit contained in § 23.143 is reached, 

the aileron and rudder control 

movements and forces must not reverse 

as the angle of sideslip is increased. 

Rapid entry into, and recovery from, a 

maximum sideslip considered 

appropriate for the airplane must not 

result in uncontrollable flight 

characteristics. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 

25, 2014. 

Earl Lawrence, 

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10392 Filed 5–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 1 

[TD 9663] 

RIN 1545–BL42 

Information Reporting for Affordable 

Insurance Exchanges 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Final regulations. 

SUMMARY: This document contains final 

regulations relating to requirements for 

Affordable Insurance Exchanges 

(Exchanges) to report information 

relating to the health insurance 

premium tax credit enacted by the 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

Act and the Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010. These final 

regulations apply to Exchanges that 

make qualified health plans available to 

individuals. 

DATES: Effective date: These regulations 

are effective on May 7, 2014. 

Applicability Dates: For dates of 

applicability, see § 1.36B–1(o). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shareen S. Pflanz or Arvind 

Ravichandran, (202) 317–4718 (not a 

toll-free call). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collection of information 

contained in these regulations has been 

reviewed and approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) under control 

number 1545–2232. 

The collection of information in these 

final regulations is in § 1.36B–5 and will 

be reported on Form 1095–A. The 

collection of information is necessary to 

compute the premium tax credit and to 

reconcile the amount of the premium 

tax credit with advance payments of the 

premium tax credit (advance credit 

payments) made under section 1412 of 

the Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18082). The 

collection of information is needed for 

compliance with the provisions of 

section 36B(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

Code (Code). The likely respondents are 

Exchanges established under section 

1311 or 1321 of the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

13031 or 42 U.S.C. 18041). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid control 


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