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criteria for the evaluation and award of 

grants. 

(c). Services and benefits provided 

under the ACE grants program are 

limited to those which will assist 

eligible farmworkers in securing, 

retaining, upgrading or returning from 

agricultural jobs. 

(d) Such services will include the 

following: 

(1) Agricultural labor skills 

development; 

(2) Provision of agricultural labor 

market information; 

(3) Transportation; 

(4) Short-term housing while in 

transit to an agricultural worksite; 

(5) Workplace literacy and assistance 

with English as a second language; 

(6) Health and safety instruction, 

including ways of safeguarding the food 

supply of the United States; 

(7) Such other services as the 

Secretary deems appropriate. 

(e) Grant funds shall not be used to 

deliver or replace any services or 

benefits which an agricultural employer, 

association, contractor, or any other 

entity is legally obliged to provide. 

§ 2502.6 Recipients of program benefits or 

services. 

(a) Those eligible to receive program 

services or benefits under the ACE 

program are farmworkers who meet the 

definition of ‘‘United States Workers’’ as 

set forth in § 2502.2. 

(b) Grantees shall be responsible for 

verifying the employment of 

farmworkers who are actively employed 

and are seeking to participate in 

program services or benefits. 

Unemployed farmworkers seeking to 

participate shall be required to certify to 

grantees that they are eligible for 

program services and benefits as 

provided herein. Additional eligibility 

requirements may be included in the 

RFP. 

§ 2502.7 Responsibilities of grantees. 

Each grantee is responsible for 

providing services and/or benefits 

authorized by this program in accord 

with a service delivery strategy 

described in its approved grant plan. 

The services must reflect the needs of 

the relevant farmworker population in 

the area to be served and be consistent 

with the goals of assisting farmworkers 

in securing, retaining, upgrading, or 

returning from agricultural jobs. The 

necessary components of a service 

delivery strategy and grant plan will be 

fully set forth in an RFP but the plan 

shall include, at a minimum, the 

following: 

(a) The employment and education 

needs of the farmworker population to 

be served; 

(b) The manner in which the 

proposed services to be delivered will 

assist agricultural employers and 

farmworkers in securing, retaining, 

upgrading or returning from agricultural 

jobs; 

(c) The manner in which the proposed 

services will be coordinated with other 

available services; 

(d) The number of participants the 

grantee expects to serve for each service 

provided, the results expected and the 

anticipated expenditures for each 

category of service. 

Subpart C—Grant Applications and 

Administration 

§ 2502.8 Pre-award, award, and post-award 

procedures and administration of grants. 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in this 

part, the requirements governing preaward solicitation and submission of 

proposals and/or applications, the 

review and evaluation of such, the 

award of grant funds, and post-award 

and close-out procedures are those set 

forth at 7 CFR part 2500, subparts A, B, 

C, D and E. 

(b) For purposes of the ACE Grants 

Program, the provisions § 2500.49 of 

this chapter shall not apply. In lieu of 

that provision, the following 

requirements shall apply: Awardees 

may not subcontract more than 20 

percent of the award to other parties 

without prior written approval of the 

ADO. To request approval a justification 

for the proposed subcontract, a 

performance statement, and a detailed 

budget for the subcontract must be 

submitted in writing to the ADO. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on October 14, 

2011. 

Pearlie S. Reed, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration for the 

Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27109 Filed 10–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3412–89–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–1172: Notice No. 25– 

11–17–SC] 

Special Conditions: Gulfstream 

Aerospace LP (GALP) Model G280 

Airplane, Operation Without Normal 

Electrical Power 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed special 

conditions. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes special 

conditions for the Gulfstream Aerospace 

LP (GALP) Model G280 airplane. This 

airplane will have a novel or unusual 

design feature associated with operation 

without normal electrical power. The 

applicable airworthiness regulations do 

not contain adequate or appropriate 

safety standards for this design feature. 

These proposed 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. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

by November 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You must mail two copies 

of your comments to: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Attn: Rules Docket (ANM– 

113), Docket No. FAA–2011–1172, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 

98057–3356. You may deliver two 

copies to the Transport Airplane 

Directorate at the above address. You 

must mark your comments: Docket No. 

FAA–2011–1172. You can inspect 

comments in the Rules Docket 

weekdays, except Federal holidays, 

between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nazih Khaouly, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification 

Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, Washington 98057–3356; 

telephone (425) 227–2432; facsimile 

(425) 227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite interested people to take 

part in this rulemaking by sending 

written comments, data, or views. The 

most helpful comments reference a 

specific portion of the special 

conditions, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. We ask that you send 

us two copies of written comments. 

We will file in the docket all 

comments we receive, as well as a 

report summarizing each substantive 

public contact with FAA personnel 

concerning these special conditions. 

You can inspect the docket before and 

after the comment closing date. If you 

wish to review the docket in person, go 

to the address in the ADDRESSES section 

of this preamble between 7:30 a.m. and 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

We will consider all comments we 

receive on or before the closing date for 

comments. We will consider comments 

filed late if it is possible to do so 

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may change these special conditions 

based on the comments we receive. 

If you want us to acknowledge receipt 

of your comments on this proposal, 

include with your comments a selfaddressed, stamped postcard on which 

you have written the docket number. 

We will stamp the date on the postcard 

and mail it back to you. 

Background 

On March 30, 2006, GALP applied for 

a type certificate for their new Model 

G280 airplane. The G280 will have a 

novel or unusual design feature 

associated with operation without 

normal electrical power. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under the provisions of Title 14 Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.17, 

GALP must show that the Model G280 

airplane meets the applicable provisions 

of part 25 as amended by Amendments 

25–1 through 25–117. 

If the Administrator finds that the 

applicable airworthiness regulations 

(i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain 

adequate or appropriate safety standards 

for the Model G280 airplane 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 novel or unusual 

design feature, the special conditions 

would also apply to the other model. 

In addition to the applicable 

airworthiness regulations and special 

conditions, the Model G280 airplane 

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; and the 

FAA must issue a finding of regulatory 

adequacy under § 611 of Public Law 92– 

574, the ‘‘Noise Control Act of 1972.’’ 

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 

§ 21.17(a)(2). 

Novel or Unusual Design Features 

The Model G280 airplane will 

incorporate the following novel or 

unusual design features: 

The Model G280 airplane is equipped 

with electrical and electronic systems 

that control critical functions and 

systems. Examples of these include the 

electronic displays, rudder, brakes, 

spoilers, flaps, and electronic engine 

controls. The G280 electrical power 

generation and distribution architecture 

is equipped with an essential APU and 

not equipped with a Ram Air Turbine 

(RAT) generator. The loss of all 

electrical power to certain functions and 

systems impacts the airplane ability to 

land safely. Therefore, these special 

conditions are issued to retain the level 

of safety intended by the current 

§ 25.1351(d). 

Discussion 

The Model G280 airplane requires a 

continuous source of electrical power 

for continued safe flight and landing. 

The current regulation in § 25.1351(d), 

‘‘Operation without normal electrical 

power,’’ states that the airplane must be 

operated safely in VFR conditions, for a 

period of not less than five minutes, 

with the normal electrical power 

(electrical power sources excluding the 

battery) inoperative. This rule was 

structured around a traditional design 

utilizing mechanical controls for flight 

systems while the crew took time to sort 

out the electrical failure, start engine(s) 

if necessary, and re-establish some of 

the electrical-power-generation 

capability. 

To maintain the same level of safety 

associated with traditional designs, the 

Model G280 airplane electrical-system 

design must not be time-limited in its 

operation. It should be noted that 

service experience has shown that the 

loss of all electrical power, which is 

generated by the airplane’s engine 

generators or auxiliary power unit 

(APU) is not extremely improbable. 

Thus, it must be demonstrated that the 

airplane can continue through safe flight 

and landing (including steering and 

braking on ground for airplanes using 

steer/brake-by-wire) with the use of its 

emergency electrical-power systems. 

These emergency electrical-power 

systems must be able to power loads 

that are required for continued safe 

flight and landing. 

Applicability 

As discussed above, these special 

conditions are applicable to the GALP 

Model G280 airplane. Should GALP 

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. 

Gulfstream Model G280 certification 

is currently scheduled for December 

2011. The substance of these special 

conditions has been subject to the notice 

and public-comment procedure in 

several prior instances. Therefore, 

because a delay would significantly 

affect the applicant’s certification of the 

airplane, we are shortening the publiccomment period to 20 days. 

Conclusion 

This action affects only certain novel 

or unusual design features on the GALP 

Model G280 airplane. It is not a rule of 

general applicability and it affects only 

the applicant who applied to the FAA 

for approval of these features on the 

airplane. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25 

Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

The authority citation for these 

special conditions is as follows: 

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

44702, 44704. 

The Proposed Special Conditions 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me by the 

Administrator, the following proposed 

special conditions are issued as part of 

the type-certification basis for GALP 

Model G280 airplanes. The special 

conditions are issued in lieu of 

§ 25.1351(d) and are required to ensure 

that the airplane has sufficient electrical 

power for continued safe flight and 

landing. 

1. The applicant must show by test or 

a combination of test and analysis that 

the airplane is capable of continued safe 

flight and landing with all normal 

electrical power sources inoperative, as 

prescribed by paragraphs (1)(a) and 

(1)(b) below. 

For purposes of this special condition, 

normal sources of electrical-power 

generation do not include any alternate 

power sources such as a battery, ram-air 

turbine (RAT), or independent power 

systems such as the flight-control 

permanent-magnet generating system. In 

showing capability for continued safe 

flight and landing, consideration must 

be given to systems capability, effects on 

crew workload and operating 

conditions, and the physiological needs 

of the flightcrew and passengers for the 

longest diversion time for which 

approval is sought. 

a. Common cause failures, cascading 

failures, and zonal physical threats must 

be considered in showing compliance 

with this requirement. 

b. The ability to restore operation of 

portions of the electrical-power 

generation and distribution system may 

be considered if it can be shown that 

unrecoverable loss of those portions of 

the system is extremely improbable. An 

alternative source of electrical power 

must be provided for the time required 

to restore the minimum electricalpower-generation capability required for 

safe flight and landing. Unrecoverable 


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loss of all engines may be excluded 

when showing that unrecoverable loss 

of critical portions of the electrical 

system is extremely improbable. 

Unrecoverable loss of all engines is 

covered in 2, below, and thus may be 

excluded when showing compliance 

with this requirement. 

2. Regardless of any electricalgeneration and distribution-system 

recovery capability shown under 

paragraph 1, sufficient electrical-system 

capability must be provided to: 

a. Allow time to descend, with all 

engines inoperative, at the speed that 

provides the best glide slope, from the 

maximum operating altitude to the 

altitude at which the soonest possible 

engine restart could be accomplished, 

and 

b. Subsequently allow multiple start 

attempts of the engines and APU. This 

capability must be provided in addition 

to the electrical capability required by 

existing 14 CFR part 25 requirements 

related to operation with all engines 

inoperative. 

3. The airplane emergency electricalpower system must be designed to 

supply: 

a. Electrical power required for 

immediate safety, which must continue 

to operate without the need for crew 

action following the loss of the normal 

electrical power, for a duration 

sufficient to allow reconfiguration to 

provide a non-time limited source of 

electrical power. 

b. Electrical power required for 

continued safe flight and landing for the 

maximum diversion time. 

4. If APU-generated electrical power 

is used in satisfying the requirements of 

these special conditions, and if reaching 

a suitable runway upon which to land 

is beyond the capacity of the battery 

systems, then the APU must be able to 

be started under any foreseeable flight 

condition prior to the depletion of the 

battery or the restoration of normal 

electrical power, which ever occurs 

first. This capability must be 

demonstrated by flight tests at the most 

critical condition. 

a. It must be shown that the APU will 

provide adequate electrical power for 

continued safe flight and landing. 

b. The AFM must incorporate nonnormal procedures that will direct the 

pilot to take appropriate actions to 

activate the APU after loss of normal 

engine-driven generated electrical 

power. 

As a part of showing compliance with 

these special conditions, the tests by 

which loss of all normal electrical 

power is demonstrated must also take 

into account the following: 

1. The failure condition should be 

assumed to occur during night 

instrument meteorological conditions 

(IMC), at the most critical phase of the 

flight, relative to the worst possible 

electrical-power distribution and 

equipment-loads-demand condition. 

2. After the unrestorable loss of 

normal engine generator power, the 

airplane-engine restart capability must 

be provided and operations continued 

in IMC. 

3. It should be demonstrated that the 

aircraft is capable of continued safe 

flight and landing. The length of time 

must be computed based on the 

maximum diversion-time capability for 

which the airplane is being certified. 

Consideration for airspeed reductions 

resulting from the associated failure or 

failures must be made. 

4. The airplane must provide 

adequate indication of loss of normal 

electrical power to direct the pilot to the 

non-normal procedures, and the AFM 

must incorporate non-normal 

procedures that will direct the pilot to 

take appropriate actions. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on October 

14, 2011. 

Ali Bahrami, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27765 Filed 10–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0611; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AWP–11] 

Proposed Amendment of Class D 

Airspace; Santa Monica, CA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

modify Class D airspace at Santa Monica 

Municipal Airport, CA, to accommodate 

aircraft departing and arriving under 

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) at Santa 

Monica Municipal Airport. This action 

is a result of the FAA’s biennial review, 

along with a study of the Santa Monica 

Municipal Airport airspace area that 

would further enhance the safety and 

management of aircraft operations at the 

airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 12, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 

366–9826. You must identify FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–0611; Airspace 

Docket No. 11–AWP–11, at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Roberts, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Operations Support 

Group, Western Service Center, 1601 

Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 98057; 

telephone (425) 203–4517. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in this proposed rulemaking 

by submitting such written data, views, 

or arguments, as they may desire. 

Comments that provide the factual basis 

supporting the views and suggestions 

presented are particularly helpful in 

developing reasoned regulatory 

decisions on the proposal. Comments 

are specifically invited on the overall 

regulatory, aeronautical, economic, 

environmental, and energy-related 

aspects of the proposal. 

Communications should identify both 

docket numbers (FAA Docket No. FAA 

2011–0611 and Airspace Docket No. 11– 

AWP–11) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management System (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

on this action must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: ‘‘Comments to FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2011–0611 and 

Airspace Docket No. 11–AWP–11’’. The 

postcard will be date/time stamped and 

returned to the commenter. 

All communications received on or 

before the specified closing date for 

comments will be considered before 

taking action on the proposed rule. The 

proposal contained in this action may 

be changed in light of comments 

received. All comments submitted will 

be available for examination in the 

public docket both before and after the 

closing date for comments. A report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerned 

with this rulemaking will be filed in the 

docket. 

Availability of NPRMs 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded through the 


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