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Vol. 69, No. 204

Friday, October 22, 2004

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

5 CFR Part 1201 

Final Regulatory Changes Designating 

the Dallas Field Office as the Dallas 

Regional Office

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection 

Board (MSPB or Board) is amending 

Appendix II and Appendix III of this 

part to rename the Dallas Field Office as 

the Dallas Regional Office. This change 

is being made to eliminate an 

unnecessary layer of supervision and 

achieve parity with other regional 

offices in the supervision of the 

administrative judges and support staff. 

This change will better reflect the actual 

workload and size of the Board’s Dallas 

office.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 22, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy L. Korb, Information Services, 

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20419; 

(202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 653–7130; email: mspb@mspb.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

is amending Appendix II and Appendix 

III of this part to rename the Dallas Field 

Office as the Dallas Regional Office. 

This change is being made to better 

reflect the actual status of the office. 

Specifically, the workload, at 821 case 

receipts in fiscal year 2003, was similar 

to that of the regional offices, and well 

in excess of that of the other field 

offices. In fact, this has been the trend 

in all fiscal years since 1999. Further, 

the staffing level of the office is 

comparable to that of the regional 

offices, and again, greater than that of 

the other field offices. This, too, has 

consistently been the case in recent 

years. Finally, the Dallas office, alone 

among the current field offices, was a 

Regional Office even after the Board 

created a field office structure, and lost 

that designation only as a result of the 

retirement of the Regional Director. 

The Board is publishing this rule as 

a final rule pursuant to 5 CFR part 1201.

List of Subjects in Part 1201 

Administrative Practice and 

Procedure.

PART 1201—PRACTICES AND 

PROCEDURES

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1201 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204 and 7701, unless 

otherwise noted.

Appendix II [Amended]

■ 2. Amend Appendix II to Part 1201 at 

paragraph 2a by removing the word 

‘‘Field’’ and adding in its place the word 

‘‘Regional,’’ and redesignating paragaph 

2a as paragraph 6.

Appendix III [Amended]

■ 3. Amend Appendix III to Part 1201 by 

removing the term ‘‘Dallas Field Office’’ 

and by adding in its place ‘‘Dallas 

Regional Office’’.

Dated: October 18, 2004. 

Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., 

Clerk of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–23644 Filed 10–21–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7400–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25

[Docket No. NM292, Special Conditions No. 

25–275–SC] 

Special Conditions: Dassault-Breguet 

Model Falcon 10 Airplanes; High 

Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for Dassault-Breguet Model 

Falcon 10 airplanes modified by Flight 

Test Associates Incorporated, of Mojave, 

California. The modified airplanes will 

have novel and unusual design features 

when compared to the state of 

technology envisioned in the 

airworthiness standards for transport 

category airplanes. The modification 

incorporates the installation of 

Honeywell Model AM–250 Altimeters. 

The applicable airworthiness 

regulations do not contain adequate or 

appropriate safety standards for the 

protection of these systems from the 

effects of high-intensity radiated fields 

(HIRF). These special conditions 

contain the additional safety standards 

that the Administrator considers 

necessary to establish a level of safety 

equivalent to that provided by the 

existing airworthiness standards.

DATES: The effective date of these 

special conditions is October 22, 2004. 

Comments must be received on or 

before November 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments on these special 

conditions may be mailed in duplicate 

to: Federal Aviation Administration, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, Attn: 

Rules Docket (ANM–113), Docket No. 

NM292, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, Washington 98055–4056; or 

delivered in duplicate to the Transport 

Airplane Directorate at the above 

address. All comments must be marked: 

Docket No. NM292.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Dunn, FAA, Airplane and Flight Crew 

Interface Branch, ANM–111, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, Washington 98055–4056; 

telephone (425) 227–2799; facsimile 

(425) 227–1320.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA has determined that notice 

and opportunity for prior public 

comment is impracticable, because 

these procedures would significantly 

delay certification of the airplane and 

thus delivery of the affected aircraft. In 

addition, the substance of these special 

conditions has been subject to the 

public comment process in several prior 

instances with no substantive comments 

received. The FAA, therefore, finds that 

good cause exists for making these 

special conditions effective upon 

issuance; however, the FAA invites 

interested persons to participate in this 

rulemaking by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. The most 

helpful comments reference a specific 

portion of the special conditions,