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§ 849.502 Liability for misused funds. 

(a) A representative payee who 

misuses benefits, as determined in 

§ 849.501(a), is responsible for 

repayment of the misused benefits. 

(b) OPM will seek restitution from the 

former representative payee. 

Subpart F—Changes of the 

Representative Payee 

§ 849.601 When a new representative 

payee will be selected. 

(a) When the agency learns that the 

interests of the annuitant are not served 

by continuing payment to the present 

representative payee or that the present 

representative payee is no longer able or 

willing to carry out the payee 

responsibilities, the agency will 

undertake to find a new representative 

payee. 

(b) The agency will select a new 

representative payee if the agency finds 

a preferred payee or if the present 

payee: 

(1) Has been found by the agency or 

a court of competent jurisdiction to have 

misused the benefits; 

(2) Has not used the benefit payments 

on the annuitant’s behalf in accordance 

with the rules in this part; 

(3) Has not carried out the other 

responsibilities described in this 

subpart; 

(4) Dies; 

(5) No longer wishes to be the 

representative payee; 

(6) Is unable to manage the benefit 

payments; or 

(7) Fails to cooperate, within a 

reasonable time, in providing evidence, 

accounting, or other information 

requested by the agency. 

(c) The agency may suspend payment 

as explained in § 849.202(c) if we 

determine that making direct payment 

to the annuitant would cause substantial 

harm. Payments, including all 

retroactive amounts due, will resume 

once a representative payee is located. 

§ 849.602 When representative payments 

will be stopped. 

If an annuitant demonstrates that he 

or she is mentally and physically able 

to manage or direct the management of 

benefit payments, the agency will make 

direct payment to the annuitant. 

Information which the annuitant may 

give to the agency to support his or her 

request for direct payment includes, but 

is not limited to, the following: 

(a) A physician’s statement regarding 

the annuitant’s condition, or a statement 

by a medical officer of the institution 

where the annuitant is or was confined, 

showing that the annuitant is able to 

manage or direct the management of his 

or her funds; 

(b) A certified copy of a court order 

restoring the annuitant’s rights in a case 

where an annuitant was adjudged 

legally incompetent; or 

(c) Other evidence which establishes 

the annuitant’s ability to manage or 

direct the management of benefits. 

§ 849.603 Transfer of conserved or 

accumulated funds. 

A representative payee who has 

conserved or invested annuity payments 

shall transfer these funds and any 

interest earned from the invested funds 

to either a successor payee, to the 

annuitant, or to the agency as we will 

specify. If the funds and the earned 

interest are returned to the agency, we 

will recertify them to the successor 

representative payee or to the annuitant. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–38–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Chapter I 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

9 CFR Chapter III 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0079] 

RIN 0579–AE60 

Regulation of the Movement of 

Animals Modified or Developed by 

Genetic Engineering 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, Department of 

Agriculture (USDA); Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking; reopening of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our advance notice 

of proposed rulemaking on establishing 

regulations for the movement of certain 

animals modified or developed by 

genetic engineering. This action will 

allow interested persons additional time 

to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

advance notice of proposed rulemaking 

published on December 28, 2020 (85 FR 

84269) is reopened. We will consider all 

comments that we receive on or before 

May 7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2020–0079 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0079, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Alan Pearson, Assistant Deputy 

Administrator, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services; APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 98, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1238; (301) 851–3944; Alan.Pearson@

usda.gov. Dr. Kis Robertson Hale, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office 

of Public Health Science, USDA Food 

Safety and Inspection Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Room 341– 

E. Whitten Building; (202) 720–4819; 

Kis.Robertson1@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 28, 2020, we published in the 

Federal Register (85 FR 84269–84275, 

Docket No. APHIS–2020–0079) an 

advance notice of proposed rulemaking 

(ANPR) on establishing regulations for 

the movement of certain animals 

modified or developed by genetic 

engineering. As outlined in the ANPR, 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture would promulgate 

regulations using the authorities granted 

to the Department through the Animal 

Health Protection Act, the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act (FMIA), and the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act (PPIA). 

Pursuant to these authorities, the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service would conduct a safety 

assessment of animals subject to the 

FMIA or PPIA that have been modified 

or developed using genetic engineering 

that may increase the animal’s 

susceptibility to pests or diseases of 

livestock, including zoonotic diseases, 

or ability to transmit the same. The 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

would conduct a pre-slaughter food 

safety assessment to ensure that the 

slaughter and processing of certain 

animals modified or developed using 

genetic engineering would not result in 

a product that is adulterated or 

misbranded. 


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Comments on the ANPR were 

required to be received on or before 

February 26, 2021. We are reopening the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2020–0079 for an additional 60 days. 

The comment period will now close on 

May 7, 2021. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301–8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 

2.80, and 371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

March 2021 . 

Heather Pichelman, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing 

and Regulatory Programs. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Office for 

Food Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04716 Filed 3–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–0857; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2020–00707–A] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus 

Aircraft Ltd. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (SNPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is revising a notice 

of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to 

supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 

2014–25–04, which applies to all Pilatus 

Aircraft Ltd. (Pilatus) Model PC–6, PC– 

6–H1, PC–6–H2, PC–6/350, PC–6/350– 

H1, PC–6/350–H2, PC–6/A, PC–6/A–H1, 

PC–6/A–H2, PC–6/B–H2, PC–6/B1–H2, 

PC–6/B2–H2, PC–6/B2–H4, PC–6/C–H2, 

and PC–6/C1–H2 airplanes. This action 

revises the NPRM by adding an eddy 

current inspection of each fuselage wing 

fitting if an earlier version of the service 

information was accomplished. The 

FAA is proposing this AD to address the 

unsafe condition on these products. 

Since these actions would impose an 

additional burden over those in the 

NPRM, the FAA is requesting comments 

on this SNPRM. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this SNPRM by April 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this SNPRM, contact Pilatus Aircraft 

Ltd., Customer Support General 

Aviation, CH–6371 Stans, Switzerland; 

phone: +41 848 24 7 365; email: 

Techsupport@pilatus-aircraft.com; 

website: https://www.pilatusaircraft.com/en. You may view this 

service information at the FAA, 

Airworthiness Products Section, 

Operational Safety Branch, 901 Locust, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. For information 

on the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call (816) 329–4148. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2020– 

0857; or in person at Docket Operations 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The AD docket contains the NPRM, this 

SNPRM, any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Rudolph, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, General Aviation & 

Rotorcraft Section, International 

Validation Branch, 901 Locust, Room 

301, Kansas City, MO 64106; phone: 

(816) 329–4059; fax: (816) 329–4090; 

email: doug.rudolph@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2020–0857; Project Identifier 

MCAI–2020–00707–A’’ at the beginning 

of your comments. The most helpful 

comments reference a specific portion of 

the proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. The FAA will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend the proposal 

because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. The 

agency will also post a report 

summarizing each substantive verbal 

contact received about this proposed 

AD. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this SNPRM 

contain commercial or financial 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this SNPRM, it is 

important that you clearly designate the 

submitted comments as CBI. Please 

mark each page of your submission 

containing CBI as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA 

will treat such marked submissions as 

confidential under the FOIA, and they 

will not be placed in the public docket 

of this SNPRM. Submissions containing 

CBI should be sent to Doug Rudolph, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, General 

Aviation & Rotorcraft Section, 

International Validation Branch, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 

64106. Any commentary that the FAA 

receives which is not specifically 

designated as CBI will be placed in the 

public docket for this rulemaking. 

Background 

The FAA issued an NPRM to amend 

14 CFR part 39 to supersede AD 2014– 

25–04, Amendment 39–18045 (79 FR 

73803, December 12, 2014) (AD 2014– 

25–04). AD 2014–25–04 applies to all 

Pilatus Model PC–6, PC–6–H1, PC–6– 

H2, PC–6/350, PC–6/350–H1, PC–6/ 

350–H2, PC–6/A, PC–6/A–H1, PC–6/A– 

H2, PC–6/B–H2, PC–6/B1–H2, PC–6/ 

B2–H2, PC–6/B2–H4, PC–6/C–H2, and 

PC–6/C1–H2 airplanes and resulted 

from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

issued by an aviation authority of 

another country to identify and correct 

an unsafe condition on an aviation 

product. AD 2014–25–04 requires 

incorporating revised airworthiness 

limitations into the aircraft maintenance 

manual (AMM) for your FAA-approved 

maintenance program. 

The NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on October 2, 2020 (85 FR 

62266). The NPRM was prompted by 


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