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Application 

No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permits thereof 

15180–N ....... ............................ Roche Diagnostics Corporation Indianapolis, 

IN.

49 CFR 173.242(e)(1) ..... To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain PG II corrosive liquids in UN 50G fiberboard 

large packagings by motor vehicle. (mode 1). 

15181–N ....... ............................ JBI Helicopter .................. 49 CFR 172.101 Column 

(9B), 172.204(c)(3), 

173.27(b)(2), 

175.30(a)(1), 172.200, 

172.300 and 172.400.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain hazardous materials by external load on helicopter in remote areas of the US without being 

subject to hazard communication requirements 

and quantity limitations where no other means of 

transportation is available. (mode 4). 

15182–N ....... ............................ BASF Corporation 

Florham Park, NJ.

49 CFR 73.4a(b) ............. To authorize the transportation in commerce of an 

Oxidizing solid, water-reactive as an excepted 

quantity. (modes 1, 2, 4). 

15183–N ....... ............................ Jack Oldham Oil Co. Inc 49 CFR 173.315(m) ........ To authorize the transportation in commerce of anhydrous ammonia in non-DOT specification cargo 

tanks (nurse tanks) when transported to refineries for purposes of pollution control by motor 

vehicle within a 50 mile radius. (mode 1). 

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BILLING CODE 4909–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0154] 

Terrafugia, Inc.; Receipt of Application 

for Temporary Exemption From 

Requirements for Tire Selection and 

Rims for Motor Vehicles FMVSS No. 

110, Electronic Stability Control 

Systems FMVSS No. 126, Glazing 

Materials FMVSS No. 205, and 

Occupant Crash Protection FMVSS No. 

208 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

temporary exemption and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures in 49 CFR Part 555, 

Terrafugia, Inc. (‘‘Terrafugia’’), has 

petitioned the agency for a temporary 

exemption from certain FMVSS 

requirements for the Transition®, a 

Light Sport Aircraft that has road-going 

capability. Terrafugia seeks exemption 

from the FMVSS requirements for tire 

selection and rims for motor vehicles 

(FMVSS No. 110), electronic stability 

control systems (FMVSS No. 126), 

glazing materials (FMVSS No. 205), and 

occupant crash protection, specifically 

advanced air bags (FMVSS No. 208). 

The basis for the application is that 

compliance would cause substantial 

economic hardship to a manufacturer 

that has tried in good faith to comply 

with the standard. 

NHTSA is publishing this notice of 

receipt of an application for temporary 

exemption and providing an 

opportunity to comment in accordance 

with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

§ 30113(b)(2). NHTSA has not made any 

judgment on the merits of the 

application. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments not later than December 16, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Shakely, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, NCC–112, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 4th 

Floor, Room W41–318, Washington, DC 

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–2992; Fax: 

(202) 366–3820. 

COMMENTS: We invite you to submit 

comments on the application described 

above. You may submit comments 

identified by docket number at the 

heading of this notice by any of the 

following methods: 

• Online: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the electronic docket site by clicking 

on ‘‘Help’’ or ‘‘FAQs.’’ 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act discussion 

below. We will consider all comments 

received before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above. To the extent possible, we will 

also consider comments filed after the 

closing date. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. Telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of 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) or you may visit http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Confidential Business Information: If 

you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. In addition, you should 

submit two copies, from which you 

have deleted the claimed confidential 

business information, to Docket 

Operations at the address given above. 

When you send a comment containing 

information claimed to be confidential 

business information, you should 

include a cover letter setting forth the 

information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR Part 512). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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1To view the petition, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and enter the docket number 

set forth in the heading of this document. The 

company requested confidential treatment under 49 

CFR Part 512 for certain business and financial 

information submitted as part of its petition for 

temporary exemption. Accordingly, the information 

placed in the docket does not contain such 

information that the agency has determined to be 

confidential. 

2See Terrafugia Petition, p. 3. 

3 49 U.S.C. 30113(g). 

4 49 CFR 1.50. 

5 49 CFR 555.5. 

6 49 U.S.C. 30113(d). 

7 49 U.S.C. 30113(b)(1). 

8Terrafugia Petition, p. 3. 

I. Overview of Terrafugia, Inc. and Its 

Petition for an Economic Hardship 

Exemption 

In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 30113 

and the procedures in 49 CFR Part 555, 

Terrafugia has petitioned (dated July 20, 

2010) the agency for a temporary 

exemption from certain FMVSS 

requirements for the Transition®, a 

Light Sport Aircraft that has road-going 

capability. Terrafugia seeks an 

exemption from requirements for tire 

selection and rims for motor vehicles 

(FMVSS No. 110), electronic stability 

control systems (FMVSS No. 126), 

glazing materials (FMVSS No. 205), and 

advanced air bags (FMVSS No. 208). 

The basis for the application is that 

compliance would cause substantial 

economic hardship to the manufacturer 

who has tried in good faith to comply 

with the standard. Terrafugia has 

requested a three-year hardship 

exemption. A copy of the petition is 

available for review and has been placed 

in the docket of this notice.1

According to the petition, Terrafugia 

is a small, privately held company that 

was incorporated in the state of 

Delaware in 2006, and maintains 

headquarters in Woburn, Massachusetts. 

Terrafugia states that the company 

employs ten full-time employees. The 

company identifies itself as a 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

(MIT) spin-off company, but states that 

it does not have access to MIT’s 

financial resources. The company also 

states that it is not affiliated with any 

other aircraft or automobile 

manufacturer. 

Terrafugia has designed and built the 

first prototype of the Transition®, which 

it describes as a ‘‘Roadable Aircraft.’’ 

Terrafugia characterizes the Transition®

as a Light Sport Aircraft (LSA), as 

defined by the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), and states that 

the road-going capability in the aircraft 

will ‘‘provide a significant increase in 

operational functionality and safety for 

the General Aviation pilot community 

by allowing pilots to safely continue 

their travel plans in the event of 

inclement weather.’’ 2

To date, Terrafugia has not produced 

any vehicles for sale, but intends to 

begin delivery of the Transition® in 

2011 and anticipates producing 200 

aircraft during the three-year requested 

exemption period. Terrafugia states that 

it expects to remain a low-volume 

manufacturer for the foreseeable future, 

continuing to market the Transition® as 

an aircraft with road-going capability, 

not as a ‘‘flying car.’’ Thus, the primary 

market for the Transition® will be U.S. 

pilots. 

The agency has not made any 

judgment on the eligibility of the 

petitioner or the merits of the 

application, and is placing a nonconfidential copy of the petition in the 

docket. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

30113(b)(2), NHTSA invites comments 

on the subject petition as discussed in 

the ‘‘COMMENTS’’ section of this notice. 

After considering public comments and 

other available information, the agency 

will publish a notice of final action on 

the application in the Federal Register.3

II. Statutory Basis for Requested Part 

555 Exemption 

The National Traffic and Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, 

codified as 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301, 

provides the Secretary of Transportation 

authority to exempt, on a temporary 

basis and under specified 

circumstances, motor vehicles from a 

motor vehicle safety standard or bumper 

standard. This authority is set forth at 

49 U.S.C. 30113. The Secretary has 

delegated the authority for this section 

to NHTSA.4

NHTSA established part 555, 

Temporary Exemption from Motor 

Vehicle Safety and Bumper Standards, 

to implement the statutory provisions 

concerning temporary exemptions. 

Vehicle manufacturers may apply for 

temporary exemptions on several bases, 

one of which is that compliance would 

cause substantial economic hardship to 

a manufacturer that has tried in good 

faith to comply with the standard. 

A petitioner must provide specified 

information in submitting a petition for 

exemption.5 Foremost among these 

requirements are that the petitioner 

must set forth the basis of the 

application under § 555.6, and the 

reasons why the exemption would be in 

the public interest and, as applicable, 

consistent with the objectives of 49 

U.S.C. Chapter 301. 

A manufacturer is eligible to apply for 

a hardship exemption if its total motor 

vehicle production in its most recent 

year of production did not exceed 

10,000 vehicles, as determined by the 

NHTSA Administrator.6 In determining 

whether a manufacturer of a vehicle 

meets that criterion, NHTSA considers 

whether a second vehicle manufacturer 

also might be deemed the manufacturer 

of that vehicle. 

Finally, while 49 U.S.C. 30113(b) 

states that exemptions from a Federal 

motor vehicle safety standard prescribed 

under Chapter 301 are to be granted on 

a ‘‘temporary basis,’’ the statute also 

expressly provides for renewal of an 

exemption on reapplication.7

Manufacturers are nevertheless 

cautioned that the agency’s decision to 

grant an initial petition in no way 

predetermines that the agency will 

repeatedly grant renewal petitions. 

Exempted manufacturers seeking 

renewal must bear in mind that the 

agency is directed to consider financial 

hardship as but one factor, along with 

the manufacturer’s on-going good faith 

efforts to comply with the regulation 

and the public interest among other 

factors provided in the statute. 

III. Terrafugia’s Petition for an 

Economic Hardship Exemption 

Terrafugia’s basis for the petition is 

that requiring compliance with the 

stated provisions ‘‘would cause 

substantial economic hardship to a 

manufacturer that has tried to comply 

with the standard in good faith.’’ 49 

U.S.C. 30113(b)(3)(B)(i). Terrafugia 

requests that the exemption period 

begin with the first delivery of the 

Transition® on or near December 2011 

and extend for a period of three years. 

This section broadly discusses 

Terrafugia’s statements of economic 

hardship and public interest. Please 

refer to the petition in the docket for 

more details. 

A. Terrafugia’s Statement of Economic 

Hardship 

Terrafugia states that the denial of the 

requested exemption will result in 

substantial economic hardship. The 

Transition’s® dual-purpose as an aircraft 

and ground vehicle has necessitated the 

application of both FAA regulations for 

LSA and the FMVSS established by 

NHTSA and applicable to 

manufacturers of new motor vehicles 

and motor vehicle equipment. 

Terrafugia contends that ‘‘it is not 

always possible to completely merge the 

two regulations without compromising 

safety, incurring prohibitive costs, and/ 

or reducing core functionality.’’ 8 For 

example, in order to comply with the 

maximum weight requirement of the 

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9Terrafugia obtained a partial grant of exemption 

from the FAA (FAA Docket No. FAA–2009–1087), 

allowing the Transition® to have a maximum 

takeoff weight (MTOW) of 1,430 pounds (650 kg) 

instead of the general MTOW requirement of 1,320 

pounds (600 kg). 

10Terrafugia explains that this is based on the 

experience of removing weight between the Proof 

of Concept vehicle to the prototype and the fact that 

as more and more weight must be removed, it 

becomes increasingly more difficult to do so. 

11Terrafugia explains that this figure is based on 

identified cost vs. weight trade-offs, such as 

material replacement, and a minimal margin. 

12Terrafugia notes that there is a physical 

limitation as to how much weight can be removed 

from the vehicle, at any cost, before it is no longer 

capable of safely performing its function. The dollar 

values provided by Terrafugia are applicable until 

that limit is reached, past which very little can be 

done at any price and the product is no longer 

viable. 

13Terrafugia explains that General Aviation is the 

segment of the air transportation industry 

characterized by flight outside of the commercial 

airline system and military operations. 

14Terrafugia Petition, p. 22. 

15 49 CFR 571.110. 

16 49 CFR 571.126. 

17 73 FR 54526, 54527 (September 22, 2008). 

18 Id. 

FAA for LSA,9 Terrafugia calculates that 

for each pound of weight that can be 

removed from the aircraft to 

accommodate additional equipment in 

conformity with FMVSS, it costs 

$14,500 per pound 10 in development 

costs and adds $4,200 11 to the cost of 

the aircraft.12 Terrafugia estimates that 

the denial of this petition for exemption 

would double the price point of the 

Transition®, significantly lowering the 

demand for the vehicle and, likely, 

forcing the company to abandon LSA 

certification and the development of the 

Transition®. 

Terrafugia states that a grant of the 

requested exemptions would allow the 

company to continue with LSA 

certification for the Transition® while 

pursuing lightweight compliance 

solutions and researching additional 

ways of reducing the weight of nonsafety critical systems for the aircraft. 

B. Terrafugia’s Statement of Public 

Interest 

Terrafugia asserts that the requested 

exemptions are in the public interest 

because the Transition® will increase 

the safety of flight for General Aviation 

(GA) 13 in the United States, contribute 

to the advancement of technology for 

light aircraft and light-weight, fuel 

efficient automobiles, and improve the 

environment and economy. 

According to Terrafugia’s petition, 

one of the most significant causes of GA 

accidents and fatalities is weather, and 

a leading cause of weather-related 

accidents is when pilots flying primarily 

on visual references find themselves in 

a situation where those references are 

compromised, get disoriented, and enter 

an unrecoverable situation that results 

in an often fatal accident.14 According 

to Terrafugia, the Transition® offers a 

new alternative to pilots, which allows 

them to divert to the nearest airport and 

continue the trip on the ground. 

Although the trip may take longer, 

Terrafugia states that the Transition® is 

expected to eliminate the possibility of 

an indeterminately long delay caused by 

either retracing the flight route to clearer 

weather or diverting and waiting for the 

weather to pass. Terrafugia expects that 

the Transition® will contribute to 

significantly reducing a major source of 

fatal aviation accidents, while also 

making GA more appealing and 

accessible to a greater number of people. 

Additionally, because the Transition® is 

equipped with basic FMVSS occupant 

crash protection features, it is advancing 

passenger safety technology in light 

aircraft. 

The Transition® uses an FAA 

certified, four cylinder, 100 horsepower, 

unleaded gasoline-fueled aircraft engine 

to power the vehicle both in the air and 

on the ground. Terrafugia contends that 

the use of unleaded gasoline will 

provide ‘‘significant ecological and 

energy benefits,’’ as compared to the 

leaded gasoline used in other GA 

aircraft. Terrafugia also envisions that 

one day a future version of the 

Transition® may play a role in reducing 

highway congestion and CO2 emissions 

by enabling more people to shift from 

highway-based travel to a combination 

of flight and road use for mid-range 

trips. Terrafugia expects that the 

Transition® will cruise in the air at 

approximately 105 miles per hour and 

maintain highway speeds on the 

ground, while attaining between 25 and 

40 miles per gallon in flight and on the 

road. Terrafugia anticipates that the 

Transition® will only be operated on 

public roadways in conjunction with a 

flight. The company expects that the 

typical recreational owner will operate 

the vehicle as an aircraft for at least 65 

percent of its engine-on-time, with less 

than 2,000 miles of road driven 

annually. Terrafugia contends that the 

combination of low sales volume and 

limited use on roadways limits the 

Transition’s® overall impact on motor 

vehicle safety. 

Terrafugia also anticipates that by 

2015 the production of the Transition®

will provide 500 manufacturing, 

engineering, and support jobs to the 

U.S. economy. 

IV. Terrafugia’s Requested Temporary 

Exemptions 

As always, we are concerned about 

the potential safety implication of any 

temporary exemption granted by this 

agency. In the present case, we are 

addressing a petition submitted for a 

temporary exemption from FMVSS 

requirements pertaining to tire and rim 

selection, electronic stability control 

(ESC), glazing materials, and advanced 

air bags. According to the petition, the 

three-year requested exemption period 

will give the petitioner, Terrafugia, the 

needed time and revenue to reach 

compliant solutions. 

A. FMVSS No. 110, Tire Selection and 

Rims and Motor Home/Recreation 

Vehicle Trailer Load Carrying Capacity 

Information for Motor Vehicles With a 

GVWR of 4,536 Kilograms (10,000 

pounds) or Less, Sections S4.1, S4.4 15

Terrafugia seeks an exemption from 

the tire and rim requirements of FMVSS 

No. 110 S4.1 (general requirements), 

S4.4 (rim requirements). Terrafugia 

states that compliance with the tire and 

rim requirements for motor vehicles 

with a gross weight rating of 4,536 

kilograms or less would cause 

substantial economic hardship, and that 

Terrafugia has tried to comply with the 

standard in good faith. Terrafugia 

intends on using tires and rims with 

proper load and speed ratings that are 

certified for motorcycle use. See 49 CFR 

571.119. The company states that the 

lighter motorcycle tire and rim 

combination would provide an 

equivalent level of safety as tires 

certified for traditional passenger 

vehicles, while allowing for a weight 

savings of 25 pounds (11.3 kg). 

Terrafugia successfully flight tested the 

proposed tires for takeoff and landing 

operations in spring 2009 and plans to 

conduct further tests to include 

handling and braking. 

B. FMVSS No. 126, Electronic Stability 

Control Systems 16

Terrafugia seeks an exemption from 

the electronic stability control (ESC) 

systems requirements of FMVSS No. 

126. ESC systems employ automatic 

computer-controlled braking of 

individual wheels to assist the driver in 

maintaining control in critical driving 

situations.17 NHTSA’s crash data study 

shows that ESC systems reduce the 

number of fatal single-vehicle crashes of 

passenger cars and sport utility vehicles 

(SUVs). NHTSA also estimates that ESC 

has the potential to prevent 70 percent 

of the fatal passenger car rollovers and 

88 percent of the fatal SUV rollovers 

that would otherwise occur in singlevehicle crashes.18

Terrafugia states that it faces two 

challenges with an off-the-shelf ESC 

unit. First, an ESC system would add 

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19 49 CFR 571.205. 

20We assume Terrafugia is referring to 

certification as Item 1 glazing, or traditional 

laminated safety glass. 21 49 CFR 571.208. 

6 pounds of weight to the Transition®

(i.e., assuming weight could not be 

removed elsewhere in the vehicle). 

Second, an ESC system poses a flight 

risk because by design an ESC system 

may automatically cut the engine power 

when activated in a vehicle, which 

would create a single point failure that 

could shut down the Transition’s®

engine in flight. Terrafugia believes that 

this additional flight risk outweighs the 

benefit of the ESC system to braking 

performance on the ground. Terrafugia 

states that it currently does not have the 

technical or financial resources to 

independently develop an ESC system 

for its dual purpose vehicle and, to date, 

potential vendors have been unwilling 

to provide an ESC system for use on the 

Transition® because it is an aircraft. 

C. FMVSS No. 205, Glazing Materials, 

Section S5 19

Terrafugia seeks an exemption from 

the glazing material requirements of 

FMVSS No. 205, S5 (‘‘Requirements’’), 

which affect the Transition’s®

windshield and side windows. 

Terrafugia states that installing 

compliant glazing materials, such as 

traditional laminated safety glass, would 

result in a weight penalty of 29 pounds 

(13.2 kg). The company contends that it 

may not be able to remove this 

additional weight without 

compromising the safety of existing 

crash protection structures. Further, 

Terrafugia states that traditional 

automotive glazing materials, when 

subjected to loading similar to a bird 

strike in flight, either shatter, exposing 

the occupants to the free-stream air, or 

craze to a level that would substantially 

inhibit the pilots view. 

Alternatively, Terrafugia plans to 

install polycarbonate glazing material, 

which is normally used in aircraft, and 

withstands aircraft bird strikes well. 

According to the petition, the 

polycarbonate material has passed 

intrusion tests without cracking, but 

Terrafugia is still pursuing options for 

scratch-resistant coating that can be 

certified to tier 1 glass.20 In the 

meantime, Terrafugia intends to require 

that the Transition’s® windshield be 

subject to regular inspections and 

contends that Transition® owners, as 

pilots, already are accustomed to strict 

maintenance standards. Terrafugia 

states that the exemption period will 

allow it to continue working on the 

capacity of modern coated 

polycarbonate glazing materials to be 

certified to the FMVSS requirements. 

D. FMVSS No. 208, Occupant Crash 

Protection, Section S14 (Advanced Air 

Bags) 21

Terrafugia seeks an exemption from 

the advanced air bag requirements of 

FMVSS No. 208 (S14) because the 

company currently does not have the 

financial resources to design and install 

an advanced air bag system. The 

company, however, intends to install 

basic air bags in the Transition®. 

Terrafugia states that the Transition®

also will be equipped with a carbon 

fiber omega beam ‘‘safety cage’’ 

surrounding the passenger 

compartment, energy-absorbing crush 

structures, seat belts, and other 

necessary passenger safety equipment 

not traditionally installed in LSA. 

According to the petition, Terrafugia 

anticipates using the sales revenue to 

pursue the development of an advanced 

air bag system, ideally one that would 

be able to differentiate between the 

needs of an automotive crash and an 

aviation crash. 

V. Request for Comments 

We are providing a 30-day comment 

period and instructions for submitting 

comments are described in the 

‘‘COMMENTS’’ section of this notice. As 

described in Terrafugia’s petition, the 

Transition® offers a pilot an alternative 

mode of transportation during periods 

of inclement weather, allowing the pilot 

to drive on roads rather than fly the 

vehicle. Given the safety features for 

which Terrafugia seeks exemption, 

NHTSA specifically seeks comment on 

whether the safety benefits of reducing 

weather-related accidents for flights of 

the Transition® in inclement weather 

outweigh the safety risks associated 

with road use of the Transition® in 

inclement weather. NHTSA further 

seeks comment on the likelihood that a 

child would be a passenger in the 

Transition® (i.e., there is one front 

passenger seat and no rear seats) to 

evaluate the safety risks posed by 

noncompliance with the advanced air 

bag requirements. 

Issued on: November 9, 2010. 

Nathaniel Beuse, 

Director, Office of Crash Avoidance 

Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Consensus Standards, Light-Sport 

Aircraft 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of seven revised consensus 

standards to previously accepted 

consensus standards relating to the 

provisions of the Sport Pilot and LightSport Aircraft rule issued July 16, 2004, 

and effective September 1, 2004. ASTM 

International Committee F37 on Light 

Sport Aircraft developed the revised 

standards with Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) participation. By 

this notice, the FAA finds the revised 

standards acceptable for certification of 

the specified aircraft under the 

provisions of the Sport Pilot and LightSport Aircraft rule. 

DATE: Comments must be received on or 

before January 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed 

to: Federal Aviation Administration, 

Small Airplane Directorate, Programs 

and Procedures Branch, ACE–114, 

Attention: Terry Chasteen, Room 301, 

901 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri 

64106. Comments may also be e-mailed 

to: 9-ACE-AVR-LSA-Comments@faa.gov. 

All comments must be marked: 

Consensus Standards Comments, and 

must specify the standard being 

addressed by ASTM designation and 

title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Chasteen, Light-Sport Aircraft 

Program Manager, Programs and 

Procedures Branch (ACE–114), Small 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 901 Locust, Room 301, 

Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone 

(816) 329–4147; e-mail: 

terry.chasteen@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the availability of 

seven revised consensus standards to 

previously accepted consensus 

standards relating to the provisions of 

the Sport Pilot and Light-Sport Aircraft 

rule. ASTM International Committee 

F37 on Light Sport Aircraft developed 

the new and revised standards. The 

FAA expects a suitable consensus 

standard to be reviewed at least every 

two years. The two-year review cycle 

will result in a standard revision or 

reapproval. A standard is issued under 

a fixed designation (i.e., F2244); the 

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