This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains regulatory documents having general

applicability and legal effect, most of which

are keyed to and codified in the Code of

Federal Regulations, which is published under

50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.

The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by

the Superintendent of Documents.

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

5 CFR Part 532 

RIN 3206–AO10 

Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment 

of the Special Wage Schedules for 

Ship Surveyors in Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Office of Personnel 

Management. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel 

Management (OPM) is issuing a final 

rule to abolish the special wage 

schedule pay plan practice previously 

established for nonsupervisory and 

supervisory ship surveyor positions in 

Puerto Rico. The Department of the 

Navy no longer has such positions in 

Puerto Rico. This change is based on a 

consensus recommendation of the 

Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 

Committee (FPRAC). 

DATES: 

Effective date: This regulation is 

effective on March 5, 2021. 

Applicability date: This change 

applies on the first day of the first 

applicable pay period beginning on or 

after April 5, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Allen, by telephone at (202) 606– 

2838 or by email at pay-leave-policy@

opm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 19, 2020, OPM issued a 

proposed rule (85 FR 66282) to abolish 

the special wage schedule pay plan 

practice previously used for 

nonsupervisory and supervisory ship 

surveyor positions in Puerto Rico 

because the schedule is no longer being 

used by the Department of the Navy. 

FPRAC, the national labor-management 

committee that advises OPM on Federal 

Wage System pay matters, reviewed and 

concurred by consensus with this 

change. 

The 30-day comment period ended on 

November 18, 2020. OPM received one 

comment in support of the abolishment 

of the special wage schedule for ship 

surveyor positions and one comment 

that is beyond the scope of this rule. 

Since there are no FWS employees 

remaining in the special wage schedule 

for ship surveyor positions, this final 

rule removes § 532.275 from title 5, 

Code of Federal Regulations. 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

OPM has examined the impact of this 

rule as required by Executive Order 

12866 and Executive Order 13563, 

which direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives and, if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public, health, and 

safety effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). This rule has not been 

designated as a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action,’’ under Executive Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

OPM certifies that this rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Federalism 

We have examined this rule in 

accordance with Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, and have determined that 

this rule will not have any negative 

impact on the rights, roles and 

responsibilities of State, local, or tribal 

governments. 

Civil Justice Reform 

This regulation meets the applicable 

standard set forth in Executive Order 

12988. 

Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995 

This rule will not result in the 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

in any year and it will not significantly 

or uniquely affect small governments. 

Therefore, no actions were deemed 

necessary under the provisions of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995. 

Congressional Review Act 

This action pertains to agency 

management, personnel, and 

organization and does not substantially 

affect the rights or obligations of 

nonagency parties and, accordingly, is 

not a ‘‘rule’’ as that term is used by the 

Congressional Review Act (Subtitle E of 

the Small Business ‘‘Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996’’ 

(SBREFA)). Therefore, the reporting 

requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801 does not 

apply. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not impose any new 

reporting or record-keeping 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 532 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Freedom of information, 

Government employees, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Wages. 

Office of Personnel Management. 

Alexys Stanley, 

Regulatory Affairs Analyst. 

Accordingly, OPM is amending 5 CFR 

part 532 as follows: 

PART 532—PREVAILING RATE 

SYSTEMS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 532 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5343, 5346; § 532.707 

also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552. 

§ 532.275 [Removed] 

■ 2. Remove § 532.275. 

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BILLING CODE 6325–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 983 

[Doc. No. AMS–SC–20–0069; SC20–983–2 

FR] 

Pistachios Grown in California, 

Arizona, and New Mexico; Increased 

Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule implements a 

recommendation from the 

Administrative Committee for 

Pistachios (Committee) to increase the 

assessment rate established for the 


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2020–21 and subsequent production 

years. The assessment rate will remain 

in effect indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated. 

DATES: Effective April 5, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Sommers, Marketing Specialist, 

California Marketing Field Office, or 

Andrew Hatch, Deputy Director, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (559) 538– 

1670 or Email: PeterR.Sommers@

usda.gov or Andrew.Hatch@usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Richard Lower, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Specialty Crops Program, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

2491, or Email: Richard.Lower@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, 

implements an amendment to 

regulations issued to carry out a 

marketing order as defined in 7 CFR 

900.2(j). This rule is issued under 

Marketing Agreement and Order No. 

983, as amended (7 CFR part 983), 

regulating the handling of pistachios 

grown in California, Arizona, and New 

Mexico. Part 983 (referred to as the 

‘‘Order’’) is effective under the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), 

hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’ The 

Committee locally administers the 

Order and is comprised of producers 

and handlers of pistachios operating 

within the production area, and a public 

member. 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this rule in 

conformance with Executive Orders 

13563 and 13175. This rule falls within 

a category of regulatory actions that the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) exempted from Executive Order 

12866 review. 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. Under the Order now in effect, 

pistachio handlers are subject to 

assessments. Funds to administer the 

Order are derived from such 

assessments. It is intended that the 

assessment rate be applicable to all 

assessable pistachios for the 2020–21 

production year and continue until 

amended, suspended, or terminated. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to an order may file 

with USDA a petition stating that the 

order, any provision of the order, or any 

obligation imposed in connection with 

the order is not in accordance with law 

and request a modification of the order 

or to be exempted therefrom. Such a 

handler is afforded the opportunity for 

a hearing on the petition. After the 

hearing, USDA would rule on the 

petition. The Act provides that the 

district court of the United States in any 

district in which the handler is an 

inhabitant, or has his or her principal 

place of business, has jurisdiction to 

review USDA’s ruling on the petition, 

provided an action is filed no later than 

20 days after the date of the entry of the 

ruling. 

This final rule increases the 

assessment rate from $0.00010 per 

pound of assessed weight pistachios, the 

rate that was established for the 2017– 

18 and subsequent production years, to 

$0.00015 per pound of assessed weight 

pistachios for the 2020–21 and 

subsequent production years. 

The Order authorizes the Committee, 

with the approval of USDA, to formulate 

an annual budget of expenses and 

collect assessments from handlers to 

administer the program. The members 

are familiar with the Committee’s needs 

and with the costs of goods and services 

in their local area and are in a position 

to formulate an appropriate budget and 

assessment rate. The assessment rate is 

formulated and discussed in a public 

meeting. Thus, all directly affected 

persons have an opportunity to 

participate and provide input. 

For the 2017–18 and subsequent 

production years, the Committee 

recommended, and USDA approved, an 

assessment rate of $0.00010 per pound 

of assessed weight pistachios. That 

assessment rate continued until 

modified, suspended, or terminated by 

USDA upon recommendation and 

information submitted by the 

Committee or other information 

available to USDA. 

The Committee met on July 14, 2020, 

and unanimously recommended 

expenditures of $679,800 and an 

assessment rate of $0.00015 per pound 

of assessed weight pistachios handled 

for the 2020–21 and subsequent 

production years. In comparison, last 

year’s budgeted expenditures were 

$677,100. The assessment rate of 

$0.00015 is $0.00005 higher than the 

rate currently in effect. The Committee 

recommended increasing the assessment 

rate to provide adequate income, along 

with California Pistachio Research 

Board (CPRB) management income and 

reserve funds, to cover the Committee’s 

budgeted expenses for the 2020–21 

production year. Funds in the reserve 

are expected to be approximately 

$197,585 at the end of the 2020–21 

production year, which is within the 

Order’s requirement of carryover funds 

no more than approximately two 

production years’ budgeted expenses. 

The major expenditures 

recommended by the Committee for the 

2020–21 production year include 

$74,800 for various administrative 

expenses, $10,000 for compliance 

expenses, $346,500 for salaries and 

related employee expenses, $125,000 for 

research, and $80,000 for a contingency 

fund. Budgeted expenses for these items 

for the 2019–20 production year were 

$48,900, $10,000, $336,500, $125,000, 

and $80,000, respectively. 

The Committee derived the 

recommended assessment rate by 

considering anticipated expenses, an 

estimated crop of 950 million pounds of 

assessed weight pistachios, and the 

amount of funds available in the 

authorized reserve. Income derived from 

handler assessments, calculated at 

$142,500 (950,000,000 pounds assessed 

weight pistachios multiplied by 

$0.00015 assessment rate), along with 

CPRB management income ($175,200), 

and funds from the Committee’s 

authorized reserve ($559,685), will be 

adequate to cover budgeted expenses of 

$679,800. Funds in the reserve are 

estimated to be $197,585 at the end of 

the 2020–21 production year ($142,500 

in assessment income plus $175,200 

from CPRB management income plus 

$559,685 from the Committee’s reserves 

minus $679,800 in Committee estimated 

expenses equals $197,585 remaining in 

the reserve fund). 

The assessment rate established in 

this rule will continue in effect 

indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated by USDA 

upon recommendation and information 

submitted by the Committee or other 

available information. 

Although this assessment rate will be 

in effect for an indefinite period, the 

Committee will continue to meet prior 

to or during each production year to 

recommend a budget of expenses and 

consider recommendations for 

modification of the assessment rate. The 

dates and times of Committee meetings 

are available from the Committee or 

USDA. Committee meetings are open to 

the public and interested persons may 

express their views at these meetings. 

USDA will evaluate Committee 

recommendations and other available 

information to determine whether 

modification of the assessment rate is 

needed. Further rulemaking would be 

undertaken as necessary. The 

Committee’s 2020–21 production year 

budget, and those for subsequent 


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production years, will be reviewed and, 

as appropriate, approved by USDA. 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 

U.S.C. 601–612), the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) has 

considered the economic impact of this 

rule on small entities. Accordingly, 

AMS has prepared this final regulatory 

flexibility analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

businesses subject to such actions in 

order that small businesses will not be 

unduly or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 21 handlers 

subject to the regulation under the 

Order, and approximately 1,501 

producers of pistachios in the 

production area. Small agricultural 

producers are defined by the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) as those 

having annual receipts of less than 

$1,000,000, and small agricultural 

service firms have been defined as those 

whose annual receipts are less than 

$30,000,000 (13 CFR 121.201). 

According to the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 

the national average producer price for 

pistachios for the 2018 production year 

was $2.65 per pound. Committee data 

indicates 2018–19 pistachio total 

production was 746,858,150 pounds. 

The total 2018 value of the pistachio 

crop was $1,979,174,098 (746,858,150 

pounds times $2.65 per pound). 

Dividing the crop value by the estimated 

number of producers (1,501) yields an 

estimated average receipt per producer 

of $1,318,570 which is above the SBA 

threshold for small producers. 

According to USDA Market News 

data, the reported terminal price for 

2018 for pistachios ranged between 

$155.00 to $165.00 per 25-pound carton. 

The average of this range is $160.00 

($155.00 plus $165.00 divided by 2). 

Dividing the average value by the 25- 

pound carton yields an estimated 

average price per pound of $6.40 

($160.00 average value for 25-pound 

carton divided by 25). Multiplying the 

2018–19 pistachio total production of 

746,858,150 pounds by the estimated 

average price per pound of $6.40 equals 

$4,779,892,160. 

Dividing this figure by 21 regulated 

handlers yields estimated average 

annual handler receipts of 

$227,613,912, which is also above the 

SBA threshold for small agricultural 

service firms. Therefore, using the above 

data, and assuming a normal 

distribution, the majority of producers 

and handlers of pistachios may be 

classified as large entities. 

The assessment rate of $0.00015 that 

the committee recommended complies 

with section 983.71(b) of the Order 

which states that any assessment rate 

must not exceed one-half of one percent 

of the average price received by 

producers in the preceding production 

year. The average price received by 

producers in the preceding production 

year was $2.65 per pound of pistachios. 

Thus, $2.65 times 0.5 percent equals 

$0.01325, which is greater than the 

assessment rate increase of $0.00015. 

This rule increases the assessment 

rate collected from handlers for the 

2020–21 and subsequent production 

years from $0.00010 to $0.00015 per 

pound assessed weight pistachios. The 

Committee unanimously recommended 

2020–21 expenditures of $679,800 and 

an assessment rate of $0.00015 per 

pound assessed weight pistachios. The 

assessment rate of $0.00015 per pound 

assessed weight pistachios is $0.00005 

higher than the rate currently in effect. 

The volume of assessable pistachios for 

the 2020–21 production year is 

estimated at 950 million pounds. Thus, 

the $0.00015 per pound assessed weight 

pistachios should provide $142,500 in 

assessment income (950,000,000 pounds 

assessed weight pistachios multiplied 

by $0.00015 assessment rate). Income 

derived from handler assessments, along 

with CPRB management income and 

funds from the Committee’s authorized 

reserve, will be adequate to cover 

budgeted expenses for the 2020–21 

production year. 

The major expenditures 

recommended by the Committee for the 

2020–21 production year include 

$74,800 for various administrative 

expenses, $10,000 for compliance 

expenses, $346,500 for salaries and 

related employee expenses, $125,000 for 

research, and $80,000 for a contingency 

fund. Budgeted expenses for these items 

in the 2019–20 production year were 

$48,900, $10,000, $336,500, $125,000, 

and $80,000 respectively. 

In recent years, the Committee has 

utilized reserve funds to partially fund 

its budgeted expenditures. The 

Committee recommended increasing the 

assessment rate to provide income to 

partially cover the Committee’s 

budgeted expenses for the 2020–21 

production year while maintaining its 

financial reserve within the limit 

required by the Order. 

Prior to arriving at this budget and 

assessment rate, the Committee 

discussed various alternatives, 

including maintaining the current 

assessment rate of $0.00010 per pound 

assessed weight pistachios, and 

increasing the assessment rate by a 

different amount. However, the 

Committee determined that the 

recommended assessment rate will fund 

budgeted expenses and avoid drawing 

down reserves at an unsustainable rate. 

This rule increases the assessment 

obligation imposed on handlers. 

Assessments are applied uniformly on 

all handlers, and some of the costs may 

be passed on to producers. However, 

these costs are expected to be offset by 

the benefits derived by the operation of 

the Order. 

The Committee’s meeting was widely 

publicized throughout the pistachio 

industry. All interested persons were 

invited to attend the meeting and 

encouraged to participate in Committee 

deliberations on all issues. Like all 

Committee meetings, the July 14, 2020, 

meeting was a public meeting, and all 

entities, both large and small, were able 

to express views on this issue. Finally, 

interested persons were invited to 

submit comments on this rule, 

including the regulatory and 

information collection impacts of this 

action on small businesses. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35), the Order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by the OMB and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0215, 

Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, 

and New Mexico. No changes in those 

requirements will be necessary as a 

result of this rule. Should any changes 

become necessary, they would be 

submitted to OMB for approval. 

This rule will not impose any 

additional reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements on either small or large 

pistachio handlers. As with all Federal 

marketing order programs, reports and 

forms are periodically reviewed to 

reduce information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. USDA has not 

identified any relevant Federal rules 

that duplicate, overlap, or conflict with 

this final rule. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

A proposed rule concerning this 

action was published in the Federal 

Register on October 5, 2020 (85 FR 

62615). The Committee notified all 

pistachio handlers of the proposed 


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assessment rate increase. The proposed 

rule was made available through the 

internet by USDA and the Office of the 

Federal Register. A 45-day comment 

period ending November 19, 2020, was 

provided for interested persons to 

respond to the proposal. Two comments 

were received. One favored the 

increased assessment rate, and the other 

was not pertinent to the rule. 

The commenter supportive of the 

assessment rate increase felt that this 

action was within the agency’s 

rulemaking power. The comment stated 

that the Committee determined that the 

assessment rate would help with some 

of the financial necessities, but would 

not significantly decrease the amount in 

the reserve fund. The second comment 

received was not pertinent to the 

proposal and did not address the merits 

of this action. 

Accordingly, no changes will be made 

to the rule as proposed. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: https://

www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/ 

moa/small-businesses. Any questions 

about the compliance guide should be 

sent to Richard Lower at the previously 

mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

information and recommendation 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, it is hereby found 

that this rule will tend to effectuate the 

declared policy of the Act. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 983 

Marketing agreements, Pistachios, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 983 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 983—PISTACHIOS GROWN IN 

CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEW 

MEXICO 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 983 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Section 983.253 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 983.253 Assessment rate. 

On and after September 1, 2020, an 

assessment rate of $0.00015 per pound 

is established for California, Arizona, 

and New Mexico pistachios. 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–1111; Product 

Identifier MCAI–2020–01374–T; Amendment 

39–21442; AD 2021–04–20] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Dassault 

Aviation Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is superseding 

Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018–24– 

03, which applied to all Dassault 

Aviation Model Falcon 10 airplanes. AD 

2018–24–03 required revising the 

existing maintenance or inspection 

program, as applicable, to incorporate 

new or more restrictive maintenance 

requirements and airworthiness 

limitations. This AD requires revising 

the existing maintenance or inspection 

program, as applicable, to incorporate 

new or more restrictive airworthiness 

limitations; as specified in a European 

Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 

AD, which is incorporated by reference. 

The FAA is issuing this AD to address 

the unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: This AD is effective April 9, 

2021. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of April 9, 2021. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain other publication listed in 

this AD as of January 4, 2019 (83 FR 

61523, November 30, 2018). 

ADDRESSES: For EASA material 

incorporated by reference (IBR) in this 

AD, contact the EASA, KonradAdenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, 

Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 000; 

email ADs@easa.europa.eu; internet 

www.easa.europa.eu. You may find this 

IBR material on the EASA website at 

https://ad.easa.europa.eu. For Dassault 

Aviation service information identified 

in this final rule, contact Dassault 

Falcon Jet Corporation, Teterboro 

Airport, P.O. Box 2000, South 

Hackensack, NJ 07606; telephone 201– 

440–6700; internet https://

www.dassaultfalcon.com. You may 

view this IBR material at the FAA, 

Airworthiness Products Section, 

Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 

216th St., Des Moines, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

It is also available in the AD docket on 

the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2020– 

1111. 

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– 

1111; or in person at Docket Operations 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

The AD docket contains this final rule, 

any comments received, and other 

information. The address for Docket 

Operations is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom 

Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, Large 

Aircraft Section, International 

Validation Branch, FAA, 2200 South 

216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; 

telephone and fax 206–231–3226; email 

tom.rodriguez@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The EASA, which is the Technical 

Agent for the Member States of the 

European Union, has issued EASA AD 

2020–0215, dated October 6, 2020 

(EASA AD 2020–0215) (also referred to 

as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or the 

MCAI), to correct an unsafe condition 

for all Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 

10 airplanes. 

The FAA issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to supersede AD 2018–24–03, 

Amendment 39–19507 (83 FR 61523, 

November 30, 2018) (AD 2018–24–03). 

AD 2018–24–03 applied to all Dassault 

Aviation Model Falcon 10 airplanes. 

The NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on December 7, 2020 (85 FR 

78808). The NPRM was prompted by a 

determination that new or more 

restrictive airworthiness limitations are 

necessary. The NPRM proposed to 

require revising the existing 

maintenance or inspection program, as 


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