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§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new airworthiness 

directive (AD): 

2015–03–02 Airbus: Amendment 39–18098. 

Docket No. FAA–2015–0087; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NM–234–AD. 

(a) Effective Date 

This AD becomes effective February 24, 

2015. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Airbus Model A319– 

115, A319–133, A320–214, A320–232, and 

A320–233 airplanes, certificated in any 

category, manufacturer serial numbers (MSN) 

5817, 5826, 5837, 5848, 5855, 5864, 5875, 

5886, 5896, and 5910, and MSNs 5918 and 

subsequent. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 57, Wings. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by reports of failure 

of certain fasteners on the main landing gear 

(MLG) support rib lower flange. We are 

issuing this AD to detect and correct 

discrepancies of the fasteners at the outboard 

MLG support rib lower flange, which could 

result in an airplane not meeting its 

maximum loads expected in service. This 

condition could result in structural failure. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Repetitive Inspections 

Within 4 months after the effective date of 

this AD, or within 4 months after the date of 

issuance of the original certificate of 

airworthiness or the original export 

certificate of airworthiness, or before further 

flight for any airplane that is not in operation 

for more than 4 months, whichever occurs 

latest: Do a detailed visual inspection of the 

left and right outboard MLG support rib 

lower flange to detect any discrepancy 

(broken or missing fastener tails or nuts), in 

accordance with Airbus Alert Operators 

Transmission (AOT) A57N006–14, Revision 

00, dated December 4, 2014. Repeat the 

inspection thereafter at intervals not to 

exceed 4 months. 

(h) Corrective Actions for the Inspections 

Required by Paragraph (g) of This AD 

If, during any inspection required by 

paragraph (g) of this AD, any discrepancy is 

found on the left or right outboard MLG 

support rib lower flange: Before further flight, 

replace all affected fasteners on the affected 

side(s), in accordance with Airbus AOT– 

A57N006–14, Revision 00, dated December 4, 

2014. Replacement of fasteners on an 

airplane does not constitute terminating 

action for the repetitive inspections required 

by paragraph (g) of this AD. 

(i) Other FAA Provisions 

(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: 

Sanjay Ralhan, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356; 

telephone 425–227–1405; 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) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any 

requirement in this AD to obtain corrective 

actions from a manufacturer, the action must 

be accomplished using a method approved 

by the Manager, International Branch, ANM– 

116, Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA; or 

the European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA); or Airbus’s EASA Design 

Organization Approval (DOA). If approved by 

the DOA, the approval must include the 

DOA-authorized signature. 

(j) Special Flight Permits 

Special flight permits, as described in 

Section 21.197 and Section 21.199 of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197 

and 21.199), are not allowed. 

(k) Related Information 

Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information (MCAI) EASA 

Airworthiness Directive 2014–0270R1, dated 

December 15, 2014, for related information. 

You may examine the MCAI on the Internet 

at http://www.regulations.gov by searching 

for and locating Docket No. FAA–2015–0087. 

(l) 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 this AD specifies otherwise. 

(3) The following service information was 

approved for IBR on February 6, 2015 (80 FR 

3155, January 22, 2015). 

(i) Airbus Alert Operators Transmission 

A57N006–14, Revision 00, dated December 4, 

2014. 

(ii) Reserved. 

(4) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Airbus, Airworthiness 

Office—EIAS, 1 Rond Point Maurice 

Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac Cedex, France; 

telephone +33 5 61 93 36 96; fax +33 5 61 

93 44 51; email account.airworth-eas@

airbus.com; Internet http://www.airbus.com. 

(5) You may view this 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. 

(6) 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 January 

30, 2015. 

Jeffrey E.Duven, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02407 Filed 2–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 91 

[Docket No. FAA–2007–29305; Amdt. No. 

91–334] 

RIN 2120–AI92 

Automatic Dependent SurveillanceBroadcast (ADS–B) Out Performance 

Requirements To Support Air Traffic 

Control (ATC) Service; Technical 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a final 

rule published on May 28, 2010. In that 

rule, the FAA amended its regulations 

by adding equipage requirements and 

performance standards for Automatic 

Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast 

(ADS–B) Out avionics on aircraft 

operating in Classes A, B, and C 

airspace, as well as other specified 

classes of airspace within the U.S. 

National Airspace System (NAS). This 

document corrects errors in regulatory 

provisions addressing ADS–B Out 

equipment and use. 

DATES: Effective February 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Robert F. Nichols, Jr., 

Surveillance Services Group Manager, 

AJM–23, Air Traffic Organization, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 600 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–0629; email Robert.nichols@

faa.gov. 

For legal questions concerning this 

action, contact Lorelei Peter, Office of 

the Chief Counsel, AGC–200, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 


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Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 202– 

267–3073; email Lorelei.Peter@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Good Cause for Immediate Adoption 

Without Prior Notice 

Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 551 et seq.) authorizes agencies 

to dispense with notice and comment 

procedures for rules when the agency 

for ‘‘good cause’’ finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Under this section, an agency, 

upon finding good cause, may issue a 

final rule without seeking comment 

prior to the rulemaking. 

Section 553(d)(3) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act requires 

that agencies publish a rule not less 

than 30 days before its effective date, 

except as otherwise provided by the 

agency for good cause found and 

published with the rule. 

This document is correcting an error 

that is in 14 CFR 91.225, ADS–B Out 

equipment and use. This correction will 

not impose any additional restrictions 

on the persons affected by these 

regulations. Furthermore, any additional 

delay in making the regulations correct 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Accordingly, the FAA finds that (i) 

public comment on these standards 

prior to promulgation is unnecessary, 

and (ii) good cause exists to make this 

rule effective in less than 30 days. 

Background 

On May 28, 2010, the FAA published 

a final rule entitled, ‘‘Automatic 

Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast Out 

Performance Requirements To Support 

Air Traffic Control Service’’ (75 FR 

30160). 

In that final rule, the FAA established 

§ 91.225, which provides the ADS–B 

equipment requirements necessary to 

operate in certain classes of airspace 

effective January 1, 2020. Under 

paragraph (a)(1) of that section and in 

order to operate an aircraft in Class A 

airspace, an aircraft must have installed 

equipment that ‘‘meets the requirements 

of TSO–C166b.’’ Under paragraph (b)(1) 

of that section, in order to operate an 

aircraft below 18,000 feet MSL and in 

identified airspace described 

subsequently in § 91.225, an aircraft 

must be equipped with equipment that 

‘‘meets the requirements of TSO–C166b; 

or TSO–C154c . . .’’. In reviewing these 

paragraphs, the FAA notes that the 

regulatory text implies that the 

equipment must meet all the 

requirements of the referenced TSOs. As 

the ADS–B Out rule is a performancebased rule, it was not the FAA’s intent 

to arguably limit operators to only 

install equipment marked with a TSO in 

accordance with 14 CFR part 21, subpart 

O. The FAA’s intent was to permit 

equipment that meets the performance 

requirements set forth in the referenced 

TSOs. Evidence of that intent is found 

in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

(NPRM) for this rule. In the NPRM, the 

FAA proposed in § 91.225(a)(1) and 

(c)(1) that the equipment installed 

‘‘Meets the performance requirements in 

TSO–C–166a’’ (72 FR 56947, 56971). 

The inadvertent removal of the word 

‘‘performance’’ in the paragraphs 

implementing these provisions in the 

final rule was in error and resulted in 

confusion as to whether the regulation 

permits other than equipment marked 

with a TSO, provided that equipment 

met the specified performance 

requirements. 

Technical Amendment 

In order to address any confusion and 

clarify the equipage requirements 

permitted under this rule, the FAA is 

amending § 91.225 to insert text 

specifying the necessary performance 

requirements. 

Because the changes in this technical 

amendment result in no substantive 

change, we find good cause exists under 

5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make the 

amendment effective in less than 30 

days. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR part 91 

Air traffic control, Aircraft, Airports, 

Aviation safety. 

The Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends chapter I of title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND 

FLIGHT RULES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 91 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 1155, 

40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 

44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 

44715, 44716, 44717, 44722, 46306, 46315, 

46316, 46504, 46506–46507, 47122, 47508, 

47528–47531, 47534, articles 12 and 29 of the 

Convention on International Civil Aviation 

(61 Stat. 1180), (126 Stat. 11). 

■ 2. In § 91.225, revise paragraphs (a) 

and (b) to read as follows: 

§ 91.225 Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) Out 

equipment and use. 

(a) After January 1, 2020, and unless 

otherwise authorized by ATC, no person 

may operate an aircraft in Class A 

airspace unless the aircraft has 

equipment installed that— 

(1) Meets the performance 

requirements in TSO–C166b, Extended 

Squitter Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) and 

Traffic Information Service-Broadcast 

(TIS–B) Equipment Operating on the 

Radio Frequency of 1090 Megahertz 

(MHz); and 

(2) Meets the requirements of 

§ 91.227. 

(b) After January 1, 2020, and unless 

otherwise authorized by ATC, no person 

may operate an aircraft below 18,000 

feet MSL and in airspace described in 

paragraph (d) of this section unless the 

aircraft has equipment installed that— 

(1) Meets the performance 

requirements in— 

(i) TSO–C166b; or 

(ii) TSO–C154c, Universal Access 

Transceiver (UAT) Automatic 

Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast 

(ADS–B) Equipment Operating on the 

Frequency of 978 MHz; 

(2) Meets the requirements of 

§ 91.227. 

* * * * * 

Issued under authority of 49 U.S.C. 106(f) 

and in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02579 Filed 2–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of the Census 

15 CFR Part 30 

[Docket Number: 140626542–4999–02] 

RIN 0607–AA52 

Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR): 

Clarification on Uses of Electronic 

Export Information 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) issues this final rule 

amending the Foreign Trade Regulations 

(FTR) to reflect changes related to the 

implementation of the International 

Trade Data System (ITDS) and 

subsequent changes to access the 

Electronic Export Information (EEI). The 

ITDS was established to eliminate 

redundant information requirements, 

efficiently regulate the flow of 

commerce, and to effectively enforce 

laws and regulations relating to 

international trade by establishing a 


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