This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. NM436; Special Conditions No. 

25–10–01–SC] 

Special Conditions: Boeing Model 747– 

8 Airplanes, Systems and Data 

Networks Security—Isolation or 

Protection From Unauthorized 

Passenger Domain Systems Access 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed special 

conditions. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes special 

conditions for the Boeing Model 747–8 

airplane. This airplane will have novel 

or unusual design features associated 

with connectivity of the passenger 

domain computer systems to the 

airplane critical systems and data 

networks. The applicable airworthiness 

regulations do not contain adequate or 

appropriate safety standards for these 

design features. 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: Comments must be received on 

or before January 24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposal 

may be mailed in duplicate to: Federal 

Aviation Administration, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Attention: Rules 

Docket (ANM–113), Docket No. NM436, 

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, 

Washington 98057–3356; or delivered in 

duplicate to the Transport Airplane 

Directorate at the above address. All 

comments must be marked Docket No. 

NM436. Comments may be inspected in 

the Rules Docket weekdays, except 

Federal holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and 

4 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Will 

Struck, FAA, Airplane and Flight Crew 

Interface Branch, ANM–111, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind 

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 

98057–3356; telephone (425) 227–2764; 

facsimile (425) 227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting 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 proposed special conditions. The 

docket is available for public inspection 

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 notice 

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 

without incurring expense or delay. We 

may change the proposed special 

conditions based on comments we 

receive. 

If you want the FAA to acknowledge 

receipt of your comments on this 

proposal, include with your comments 

a pre-addressed, stamped postcard on 

which the docket number appears. We 

will stamp the date on the postcard and 

mail it back to you. 

Background 

On November 4, 2005, The Boeing 

Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, WA 

98124, applied for an amendment to 

Type Certificate Number A20WE to 

include the new Model 747–8 passenger 

airplane. The Model 747–8 is a 

derivative of the 747–400. The Model 

747–8 is a four-engine jet transport 

airplane that will have a maximum 

takeoff weight of 975,000 pounds and 

new General Electric GEnx–2B67 

engines. The Model 747–8 will have two 

flight crew and the capacity to carry 660 

passengers. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under the provisions of Title 14, Code 

of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.17, 

Boeing must show that the Model 747– 

8 (hereafter referred to as the 747–8) 

meets the applicable provisions of part 

25, as amended by Amendments 25–1 

through 25–117, except for §§ 25.809(a) 

and 25.812, which will remain at 

Amendment 25–115. These regulations 

will be incorporated into Type 

Certificate No. A20WE after type 

certification approval of the 747–8. 

In addition, the certification basis 

includes other regulations, special 

conditions and exemptions that are not 

relevant to these proposed special 

conditions. Refer to Type Certificate No. 

A20WE for a complete description of 

the certification basis for this model 

airplane. 

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 747–8 because of a novel or 

unusual design feature, special 

conditions are prescribed under the 

provisions of § 21.16. 

In addition to the applicable 

airworthiness regulations and special 

conditions, the 747–8 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. 

Special conditions, as defined in 

§ 11.19, are issued under § 11.38, and 

become part of the type certification 

basis under § 21.101. 

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 or similar novel 

or unusual design feature, or should any 

other model already included on the 

same type certificate be modified to 

incorporate the same or similar novel or 

unusual design feature, the special 

conditions would also apply to the other 

model under § 21.101. 

Novel or Unusual Design Features 

The Boeing Model 747–8 airplane will 

incorporate the following novel or 

unusual design features: Digital systems 

architecture composed of several 

connected networks. The proposed 

network architecture would be used for 

a diverse set of functions, including: 


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1. Flight-safety related control, 

communication, and navigation systems 

(Aircraft Control Domain), 

2. Airline business and administrative 

support (Airline Information Domain), 

3. Passenger information and 

entertainment systems (Passenger 

Entertainment Domain), and 

4. The capability to allow access to or 

by external network sources. 

Discussion 

The proposed Model 747–8 integrated 

network configuration may allow 

increased connectivity with external 

network sources and will have more 

interconnected networks and systems, 

such as passenger entertainment and 

information services, than previous 

747–8 airplane models. This may allow 

the exploitation of network security 

vulnerabilities and increase risks 

potentially resulting in unsafe 

conditions for the airplane and its 

occupants. This potential exploitation of 

security vulnerabilities may result in 

intentional or unintentional destruction, 

disruption, degradation, or exploitation 

of data and systems critical to the safety 

and maintenance of the airplane. The 

existing regulations and guidance 

material did not anticipate these types 

of system architectures. Furthermore, 14 

CFR regulations and current system 

safety assessment policy and techniques 

do not address potential security 

vulnerabilities which could be exploited 

by unauthorized access to airplane 

networks and servers. Therefore, these 

special conditions and a means of 

compliance are proposed to ensure that 

the security (i.e., confidentiality, 

integrity, and availability) of airplane 

systems is not compromised by 

unauthorized wired or wireless 

electronic connections between airplane 

systems and networks and the passenger 

domain. 

Applicability 

As discussed above, these proposed 

special conditions are applicable to 

Boeing Model 747–8 airplanes. Should 

Boeing apply at a later date for a change 

to the type certificate to include another 

model incorporating the same novel or 

unusual design features, these proposed 

special conditions would apply to that 

model as well under the provisions of 

§ 21.101. 

Conclusion 

This action affects only certain novel 

or unusual design features of the Boeing 

Model 747–8 airplane. It is not a rule of 

general applicability. 

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, the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) proposes the 

following special condition as part of 

the type certification basis for the 

Boeing Model 747–8 airplane. 

The design must prevent all inadvertent or 

malicious changes to, and all adverse impacts 

upon, all systems, networks, hardware, 

software, and data in the Aircraft Control 

Domain and in the Airline Information 

Domain from all points within the Passenger 

Information and Entertainment Domain. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

November 30, 2010. 

Jeffrey E. Duven, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30993 Filed 12–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–1180; Airspace 

Docket No. 10–AWP–15] 

Proposed Establishment of Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Routes; Western 

United States 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

establish seven High Altitude Area 

Navigation (RNAV) routes in the 

Western United States (U.S.). These new 

routes would provide pilots and air 

traffic controllers with efficient direct 

routes enhancing safety and improving 

the efficient use of the National 

Airspace System (NAS). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 24, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the 

proposal to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; telephone: 

(202) 366–9826. You must identify FAA 

Docket No. FAA–2010–1180 and 

Airspace Docket No. 10–AWP–15 at the 

beginning of your comments. You may 

also submit comments through the 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

McElroy, Airspace Regulation and ATC 

Procedures Group, Office of Mission 

Support Services, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

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– 

2010–1180 and Airspace Docket No. 10– 

AWP–15) and be submitted in triplicate 

to the Docket Management Facility (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–2010–1180 and 

Airspace Docket No. 10–AWP–15.’’ 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 

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

Recently published rulemaking 

documents can also be accessed through 

the FAA’s Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ 

airspace_amendments/. 


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