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from 5,000 hours TIS to 4,500 hours TIS. 

Record the revised life limit on the 

applicable component history card or 

equivalent record. 

(5) Revise the Airworthiness Limitations 

section of the applicable maintenance 

manual or the Instructions for Continued 

Airworthiness by reducing the retirement life 

from 5,000 hours TIS to 4,500 hours TIS for 

each reidentified yoke, P/N 412–010–101– 

137FM. 

(g) Special Flight Permit 

Special flight permits will not be issued. 

(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Rotorcraft Certification 

Office, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this 

AD. Send your proposal to: Michael Kohner, 

ASW–170, Aviation Safety Engineer, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; 

telephone (817) 222–5170, fax (817) 222– 

5783; email 7-avs-asw-170@faa.gov. 

(2) For operations conducted under 14 CFR 

part 119 operating certificate or under 14 

CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that you 

notify your principal inspector, or lacking a 

principal inspector, the manager of the local 

flight standards district office or certificate 

holding district office before operating any 

aircraft complying with this AD through an 

AMOC. 

(i) Additional Information 

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. Alert Service 

Bulletins No. 412–08–128 and No. 412CF– 

08–35, both Revision A and both dated April 

14, 2009, which are not incorporated by 

reference, contain additional information 

about the subject of this AD. For service 

information identified in this AD, contact 

Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., P.O. Box 482, 

Fort Worth, TX 76101; telephone (817) 280– 

3391; fax (817) 280–6466; or at http://

www.bellcustomer.com/files/. You may 

review service information at the FAA, Office 

of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 

2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137. 

(j) Subject 

Joint Aircraft System/Component (JASC) 

Code: 6220 Main Rotor Head. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 

27, 2013. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Acting Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24961 Filed 10–24–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0817; Airspace 

Docket No. 13–AWP–14] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Amendment of Class D Airspace; 

Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands, RMI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule, technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: This action amends the 

Kwajalein Island Class D airspace 

description by amending the geographic 

coordinates for Bucholz Army Airfield 

(AAF), Kwajalein Island, Marshall 

Islands, RMI. The Bucholz AAF 

geographic coordinates information was 

updated in the Kwajalein Island Class E 

airspace descriptions in 2011, but was 

inadvertently overlooked in the 

Kwajalein Island Class D airspace 

description. This action ensures the 

safety of aircraft operating in the 

Kwajalein Island airspace area. This is 

an administrative action and does not 

affect the operating requirements of the 

airspace. 

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, 

December 12, 2013. The Director of the 

Federal Register approves this 

incorporation by reference action under 

1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual 

revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and 

publication of conforming amendments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures Group, Office of Airspace 

Services, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

In 2010, the FAA published a final 

rule, technical amendment in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 61993, October 

7, 2010) that removed reference to the 

decommissioned Kwajalein Tactical Air 

Navigation (TACAN) navigation aid 

from the Kwajalein Island Class E 

airspace area legal descriptions. 

Subsequent to that rule being published, 

it was determined that the Bucholz AAF 

geographic coordinates were in error. As 

a result, the FAA published a final rule, 

correction in the Federal Register (76 

FR 2572, January 14, 2011) to correcting 

the Bucholz AAF geographic 

coordinates information in the 

Kwajalein Island Class E airspace 

descriptions and to match the FAA’s 

aeronautical database. Unfortunately, 

consideration for correcting the Bucholz 

AAF geographic coordinates in the 

Kwajalein Island Class D airspace 

description was overlooked at that time 

and is now being corrected. 

The Rule 

This action amends Title 14 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 71 by 

amending the geographic coordinates 

for Bucholz AAF in the Kwajalein 

Island, Marshall Islands, RMI, Class D 

airspace legal description to reflect 

current FAA aeronautical database 

information. The geographic coordinates 

for Bucholz AAF, are changed from (lat. 

08°43′00′′ N., long. 167°44′00′′ E) to (lat. 

08°43′12′′ N., long. 167°43′54′′ E.) This 

action more accurately depicts the 

center of the Kwajalein Island Class D 

airspace area with no other changes to 

the dimensions or altitudes of the Class 

D airspace area. Therefore, notice and 

public procedures under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) 

are unnecessary. 

Class D airspace areas are published 

in paragraph 5000 of FAA Order 

7400.9X dated August 7, 2013, and 

effective September 15, 2013, which is 

incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 

71.1. The Class D airspace area listed in 

this action will be published 

subsequently in the Order. 

The FAA has determined that this 

regulation only involves an established 

body of technical regulations for which 

frequent and routine amendments are 

necessary to keep them operationally 

current. Therefore, this regulation: (1) Is 

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ 

under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not 

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Regulatory 

Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; 

February 26, 1979); and (3) does not 

warrant preparation of a regulatory 

evaluation as the anticipated impact is 

so minimal. Since this is a routine 

matter that only affects air traffic 

procedures and air navigation, it is 

certified that this rule, when 

promulgated, does not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities under the 

criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

The FAA’s authority to issue rules 

regarding aviation safety is found in 

Title 49 of the United States Code. 

Subtitle I, Section 106 describes the 

authority of the FAA Administrator. 

Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, 

describes in more detail the scope of the 

agency’s authority. 

This rulemaking is promulgated 

under the authority described in 

Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 

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charged with prescribing regulations to 

assign the use of the airspace necessary 

to ensure the safety of aircraft and the 

efficient use of airspace. This regulation 

is within the scope of that authority as 

it amends Class D airspace at Kwajalein 

Island, Marshall Islands, RMI. 

Environmental Review 

The FAA has determined that this 

action qualifies for categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act in accordance with FAA 

Order 1050.1E, ‘‘Environmental 

Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’ 

paragraph 311a. This airspace action is 

not expected to cause any potentially 

significant environmental impacts, and 

no extraordinary circumstances exist 

that warrant preparation of an 

environmental assessment. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

Adoption of the Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 

40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959– 

1963 Comp., p.389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.9X, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, signed August 7, 2013, and 

effective September 15, 2013, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 5000—Class D Airspace 

* * * * * 

AWP RM D Kwajalein Island, Marshall 

Islands, RMI 

Kwajalein Island, Bucholz AAF, RMI 

(Lat. 08°43′12′′ N., long. 167°43′54′′ E.) 

That airspace extending upward from the 

surface to and including 2,500 feet MSL 

within a 4.3-mile radius of the Bucholz AAF. 

This Class D airspace area is effective during 

the specific dates and times established in 

advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective 

date and time will thereafter be continuously 

published in the Pacific Chart Supplement. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, September 24, 

2013. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures Group. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24976 Filed 10–24–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–1296; Airspace 

Docket No. 09–AWA–1] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Modification of Class B Airspace; 

Minneapolis, MN 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action amends the 

Minneapolis, MN, Class B airspace area 

to contain large turbine-powered aircraft 

conducting published instrument 

procedures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul 

International Airport (MSP), MN, within 

Class B airspace. The FAA is taking this 

action to ensure containment of aircraft 

being vectored to and conducting dual 

Simultaneous Instrument Landing 

System (SILS) approaches to parallel 

Runways 12L/R and 30L/R; aircraft 

being vectored to and conducting 

approaches to Runway 35; and, aircraft 

being re-sequenced from approaches to 

Runway 35 to approaches to Runway 

30L. This action supports the FAA’s 

national airspace redesign goal of 

optimizing terminal and en route 

airspace areas to enhance safety, 

improving the flow of air traffic, and 

reducing the potential for near midair 

collision in terminal airspace areas. 

DATES: Effective Date: 0901 UTC, 

January 9, 2014. The Director of the 

Federal Register approves this 

incorporation by reference action under 

3 CFR part 51, subject to the annual 

revision of FAA Order 7400.9 and 

publication of conforming amendments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Abbott, Airspace Policy and ATC 

Procedures Group, Office of Airspace 

Services, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

On February 14, 2013, the FAA 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

to modify the Minneapolis Class B 

airspace area (78 FR 10564). This action 

proposed to expand the lateral 

boundaries and lower portions of the 

Minneapolis Class B airspace to contain 

large turbine-powered aircraft flying 

dual SILS procedures and associated 

traffic patterns to Runways 12L/R and 

30L/R, flying instrument procedures 

and associated traffic patterns to 

Runway 35, and re-sequencing these 

aircraft from flying instrument 

procedures to Runway 35 to instrument 

procedures to Runway 30L within Class 

B airspace. Interested parties were 

invited to participate in this rulemaking 

effort by submitting written comments 

on the proposed action. No comments 

were received in response to the notice. 

The Rule 

The FAA is amending Title 14 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 

part 71 by modifying the Minneapolis, 

MN, Class B airspace area. This action 

(depicted on the chart in Figure 1— 

Modification of the Minneapolis, MN 

Class B Airspace Area) modifies the 

lateral and vertical limits of the Class B 

airspace to ensure the containment of 

large turbine-powered aircraft and 

enhance safety in the Minneapolis 

terminal area. The Class B airspace 

extensions, located northwest and 

southeast of MSP, are expanded by 

approximately one nautical mile (NM) 

further southwest. Several portions of 

Class B airspace, located west, 

northwest, and east of MSP, that are 

adjacent to the Class B airspace 

extensions are lowered by 1,000 feet to 

6,000 feet MSL. There are several 

changes to the Class B airspace area that 

is located south-southeast of MSP. Its 

outer boundary is realigned by one NM 

from the Minneapolis-St. Paul 

International (Wold-Chamberlain) 

Airport Distance Measuring Equipment 

(DME) Antenna (I–MSP DME) 25 NM 

arc to the 24 NM arc. It is lowered by 

1,000 feet to 6,000 feet MSL and 

combined with the adjacent Class B 

airspace area located south of MSP. 

Additionally, the Class B airspace 

boundary segment described by the 

Gopher VHF omnidirectional range 

(VOR)/tactical air navigation (VORTAC) 

(GEP) 160° radial is moved to the GEP 

158° radial. These modifications 

provide the minimum additional 

airspace necessary to contain large 

turbine-powered aircraft conducting 

instrument procedures within Class B 

airspace. 

Except for Areas A through C, which 

are unchanged by this action, the 

remaining Minneapolis Class B airspace 

subareas are reconfigured and realigned 

by geographic position in relation to the 


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