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(2) The capacity of each required 

built-in fire extinguishing system must 

be adequate for any fire likely to occur 

in the compartment where used, 

considering the volume of the 

compartment and the ventilation rate. 

For purposes of this section, a system is 

adequate if there is sufficient quantity of 

agent to extinguish the fire or suppress 

the fire anywhere baggage or cargo is 

placed within the cargo compartment 

for the duration required to land and 

evacuate the airplane. 

■ 3. Amend § 25.855 by revising 

paragraphs (b), (c), and (h)(3) to read as 

follows: 

§ 25.855 Cargo or baggage compartments. 

* * * * * 

(b) Each of the following cargo or 

baggage compartments, as defined in 

§ 25.857, must have a liner that is 

separate from, but may be attached to, 

the airplane structure: 

(1) Any Class B through Class E cargo 

or baggage compartment, and 

(2) Any Class F cargo or baggage 

compartment, unless other means of 

containing a fire and protecting critical 

systems and structure are provided. 

(c) Ceiling and sidewall liner panels 

of Class C cargo or baggage 

compartments, and ceiling and sidewall 

liner panels in Class F cargo or baggage 

compartments, if installed to meet the 

requirements of paragraph (b)(2) of this 

section, must meet the test requirements 

of part III of appendix F of this part or 

other approved equivalent methods. 

* * * * * 

(h) * * * 

(3) The dissipation of the 

extinguishing agent in all Class C 

compartments or, if applicable, in any 

Class F compartments. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 25.857 by revising 

paragraph (b)(1) and adding a new 

paragraph (f) to read as follows: 

§ 25.857 Cargo compartment 

classification. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) There is sufficient access in flight 

to enable a crewmember, standing at 

any one access point and without 

stepping into the compartment, to 

extinguish a fire occurring in any part 

of the compartment using a hand fire 

extinguisher. 

* * * * * 

(f) Class F. A Class F cargo or baggage 

compartment is located on the main 

deck, readily accessible in flight, and is 

one in which— 

(1) There is a separate approved 

smoke detector or fire detector system to 

give warning at the pilot or flight 

engineer station; 

(2) There are means to extinguish or 

control a fire without requiring a 

crewmember to enter the compartment; 

and 

(3) There are means to exclude 

hazardous quantities of smoke, flames, 

or extinguishing agent from any 

compartment occupied by the crew or 

passengers. 

■ 5. Amend part I of appendix F to part 

25 by revising paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and 

(a)(2)(iii) to read as follows: 

Appendix F to Part 25 

Part I—Test Criteria and Procedures for 

Showing Compliance with § 25.853 or 

§ 25.855. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ii) Floor covering, textiles (including 

draperies and upholstery), seat cushions, 

padding, decorative and nondecorative 

coated fabrics, leather, trays and galley 

furnishings, electrical conduit, air ducting, 

joint and edge covering, liners of Class B and 

E cargo or baggage compartments, floor 

panels of Class B, C, E, or F cargo or baggage 

compartments, cargo covers and 

transparencies, molded and thermoformed 

parts, air ducting joints, and trim strips 

(decorative and chafing), that are constructed 

of materials not covered in paragraph 

(a)(1)(iv) of part I of this appendix, must be 

self-extinguishing when tested vertically in 

accordance with the applicable portions of 

part I of this appendix or other approved 

equivalent means. The average burn length 

may not exceed 8 inches, and the average 

flame time after removal of the flame source 

may not exceed 15 seconds. Drippings from 

the test specimen may not continue to flame 

for more than an average of 5 seconds after 

falling. 

* * * * * 

(2) * * * 

(iii) A cargo or baggage compartment 

defined in § 25.857 as Class B, C, E, or F must 

have floor panels constructed of materials 

which meet the requirements of paragraph 

(a)(1)(ii) of part I of this appendix and which 

are separated from the airplane structure 

(except for attachments). Such panels must 

be subjected to the 45 degree angle test. The 

flame may not penetrate (pass through) the 

material during application of the flame or 

subsequent to its removal. The average flame 

time after removal of the flame source may 

not exceed 15 seconds, and the average glow 

time may not exceed 10 seconds. 

* * * * * 

Issued under the authority provided by 49 

U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), and 44703 in 

Washington, DC, on June 26, 2014. 

Frank P. Paskiewicz, 

Acting Director, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15789 Filed 7–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2014–0312; FRL–9911–92– 

Region 9] 

Revisions to the California State 

Implementation Plan, Ventura County 

Air Pollution Control District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve 

revisions to the Ventura County Air 

Pollution Control District portion of the 

California State Implementation Plan 

(SIP). These revisions concern volatile 

organic compound (VOC) emissions 

from aerospace assembly and 

component manufacturing and marine 

coating operations. We are proposing to 

approve local rules to regulate these 

emission sources under the Clean Air 

Act (CAA or the Act). 

DATES: Any comments on this proposal 

must arrive by August 6, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments, 

identified by docket number EPA–R09– 

OAR–2014–0312, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions. 

2. Email: steckel.andrew@epa.gov. 

3. Mail or deliver: Andrew Steckel 

(Air–4), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

Instructions: All comments will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may be made available 

online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information that 

you consider CBI or otherwise protected 

should be clearly identified as such and 

should not be submitted through 

www.regulations.gov or email. 

www.regulations.gov is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, and EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send email 

directly to EPA, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the public comment. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

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encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: Generally, documents in the 

docket for this action are available 

electronically at www.regulations.gov 

and in hard copy at EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, 

California 94105–3901. While all 

documents in the docket are listed at 

www.regulations.gov, some information 

may be publicly available only at the 

hard copy location (e.g., copyrighted 

material, large maps), and some may not 

be publicly available in either location 

(e.g., CBI). To inspect the hard copy 

materials, please schedule an 

appointment during normal business 

hours with the contact listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Levin, EPA Region IX, (415) 942– 

3848, levin.nancy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposal addresses the following 

Ventura County Air Pollution Control 

District rules: Rule 74.13 Aerospace 

Assembly and Component 

Manufacturing Operations and Rule 

74.24 Marine Coating Operations. In the 

Rules and Regulations section of this 

Federal Register, we are approving 

these local rules in a direct final action 

without prior proposal because we 

believe these SIP revisions are not 

controversial. If we receive adverse 

comments, however, we will publish a 

timely withdrawal of the direct final 

rule and address the comments in 

subsequent action based on this 

proposed rule. Please note that if we 

receive adverse comment on an 

amendment, paragraph, or section of 

this rule and if that provision may be 

severed from the remainder of the rule, 

we may adopt as final those provisions 

of the rule that are not the subject of an 

adverse comment. 

We do not plan to open a second 

comment period, so anyone interested 

in commenting should do so at this 

time. If we do not receive adverse 

comments, no further activity is 

planned. For further information, please 

see the direct final action. 

Dated: May 23, 2014. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15390 Filed 7–1–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 140529461–4526–01] 

RIN 0648–BE26 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

Provisions; Fisheries of the 

Northeastern United States; Atlantic 

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Based on request from the 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 

NMFS proposes to lift the closure area 

referred to as the Northern Temporary 

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Closed 

Area for bivalve harvesting. NMFS takes 

this action because this area has not 

been subject to a toxic algal bloom for 

several years and testing of bivalve 

shellfish has demonstrated toxin levels 

well below those known to cause 

human illness. In addition, the U.S. 

Food and Drug Administration has 

developed an agreement with the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts to 

conduct paralytic shellfish poisoning 

monitoring of bivalves from the area in 

accordance with currently accepted 

paralytic shellfish poisoning testing 

procedures. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

this action by July 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by NOAA–NMFS–2014–0073, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2014- 

0073, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast 

Regional Office, 55 Great Republic 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope: ‘‘Comments on 

Lift PSP Closure.’’ 

Instructions: All comments received 

are part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit confidential business 

information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments. Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted via 

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, 

WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats 

only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Berthiaume, Fishery Management 

Specialist, phone: (978) 281–9177, or 

Jason.Berthiaume@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In 2005, at the request of the U.S. 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) closed an area of 

Federal waters off the coasts of New 

Hampshire and Massachusetts to fishing 

for bivalve shellfish due to the presence 

in those waters of the toxins that cause 

paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). 

Shellfish contaminated with the toxin, if 

eaten in large enough quantity, can 

cause illness or death from PSP. 

The closure was modified a number of 

times from 2005–2008, and the 

remaining closure was subsequently 

extended from 2008 until 2013. 

Beginning in 2014, the closure also 

included a prohibition on the harvest of 

gastropods. 

Recently, NMFS, the FDA, the clam 

industry, and the Massachusetts 

Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) 

investigated whether this closure is still 

warranted, and on May 19, 2014, the 

FDA sent NMFS a letter requesting that 

we reopen the area known as the 

Northern Temporary Paralytic Shellfish 

Poisoning (PSP) Closed Area for bivalve 

harvesting. This request is based on the 

premise that the area has not been 

subject to a toxic algal bloom for several 

years and testing of bivalve shellfish has 

demonstrated toxin levels well below 

those known to cause human illness. In 

addition, the FDA has developed an 

agreement with the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts to conduct PSP 

monitoring of bivalves from the area in 

accordance with currently accepted PSP 

testing procedures. If the closure is 

lifted, DMF would test the reopened 

waters, and if the results yield samples 

that exceed the threshold for public 

safety, DMF would inform us to that 

effect, and we would work with the 

FDA to reinstate the closure. 

If this action is implemented, NMFS 

would reopen the area referred to as the 

Northern Temporary PSP Closed Area 

for bivalve harvesting. This includes the 

fisheries for Atlantic surfclam and ocean 


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