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and training. To accomplish this 

objective and achieve its overall safety 

goals, the ACS documents support the 

safety management system (SMS) 

framework. SMS methodology provides 

a systematic approach to achieving 

acceptable levels of safety risk. The 

ATSTWG is constructing ACS, 

associated guidance, and test item bank 

question components of the airman 

certification system around the four 

functional components of SMS: 

• Safety Policy that demonstrates 

FAA senior management commitment to 

continually improve safety through 

enhancements to the airman 

certification testing and training system; 

specifically, better integration of the 

aeronautical knowledge, flight 

proficiency, and risk management 

components of the airman certification 

system; 

• Safety Risk Management processes 

that create a structured means of safety 

risk management decision making to 

identify, assess, and determine 

acceptable level of risk associated with 

regulatory changes, safety 

recommendations, or other factors 

requiring modification of airman testing 

and training materials; 

• Safety Assurance processes which 

allow increased confidence on the part 

of industry and FAA stakeholders in 

risk controls through a continual review 

of FAA products and the systematic, 

prompt and appropriate incorporation 

of changes arising from new regulations, 

data analysis, and safety 

recommendations; and 

• Safety Promotion framework to 

support a positive safety culture in the 

form of training and ongoing 

engagement with both external 

stakeholders (e.g., the aviation training 

industry) and FAA policy divisions. 

Given the foundational nature of the 

ACS documents and their importance in 

the ongoing evolution of the FAA’s 

airman certification testing and training 

system, the ATSTWG wishes to make 

draft ACS documents for the private 

pilot certificate and the instrument 

rating available to the public for review 

and comment. The ATSTWG will use 

the comments it receives to refine and 

inform its continuing work on this 

project. Future drafts developed by the 

ATSTWG may also be published for this 

purpose. 

Issued in Washington, DC on April 19, 

2013. 

Brenda D. Courtney, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09684 Filed 4–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Furlough Implementation 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action gives notice to the 

American public and aviation industry 

of the FAA’s Aviation Safety Office’s 

(AVS) furlough implementation. Under 

the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended 

by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and 

the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 

2012, across-the-board budget cuts 

require the FAA to implement 

furloughs. AVS and its Services/Offices 

will implement the required 11 days of 

furlough beginning April 21, 2013 and 

continuing through September 30, 2013. 

AVS will continue to focus resources on 

those initiatives that would have the 

highest safety and economic value for 

the American public and aviation 

industry. The furlough days vary, with 

each office scheduling those days in 

accordance with mission requirements, 

workload considerations, and applicable 

collective bargaining agreements. For 

specific information, please see the FAA 

Web site at http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/ 

operations_sequestration. 

DATES: The furlough will take place 

beginning April 21 through September 

30, 2013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

specific information, please see the FAA 

Web site at http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/ 

operations_sequestration. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 22, 

2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09775 Filed 4–22–13; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2013–17] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before May 14, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2013–0156 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark B. James, Aerospace Engineer, 

Standards Office (ACE–111), Small 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, FAA; telephone 

number (816) 329–4137, fax number 

(816) 329–4090, email at 

mark.james@faa.gov. Andrea Copeland, 

ARM–208, Office of Rulemaking, FAA, 


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