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208(b)(1) and (3), except for waivers to 

the Secretary of State. 

DATES: These actions are effective 

immediately. 

Delegation of Authority: By virtue of 

the authority vested in me as Deputy 

Secretary of State for Management and 

Resources, including the authorities 

specified in Delegations of Authority 

175 and 245–1, I hereby delegate to the 

Legal Adviser and the Under Secretary 

for Management the authority pursuant 

to 18 U.S.C. 208(b)(1) and (3) to issue 

waiver determinations with respect to 

financial interests to Department of 

State employees, including Seventh 

Floor principals, regardless of the 

amount of the affected financial interest. 

This delegation shall not, however, 

authorize the issuance of waiver 

determinations to the Secretary of State. 

The Delegation supersedes Delegation 

of Authority 175–4. 

At his or her discretion, the Legal 

Adviser may refer any waiver request 

for issuance by the Secretary, the 

Deputy Secretary, the Deputy Secretary 

for Management and Resources, or the 

Under Secretary for Management. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary, the Deputy Secretary for 

Management and Resources, and the 

Under Secretary for Management may at 

any time exercise the functions herein 

delegated. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: September 29, 2009. 

Jacob J. Lew, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–24541 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–0924] 

Airport Compliance Program 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of FAA 

Order 5190.6B, Airport Compliance 

Manual. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of FAA Order 5190.6B, 

Airport Compliance Manual, issued 

September 30, 2009. Order 5190.6B 

cancels and replaces Order 5190.6A, 

Airport Compliance Requirements, 

issued on October 2, 1989. Order 

5190.6B provides current guidance to 

FAA employees on administration and 

implementation of the FAA airport 

compliance program. This program 

implements FAA’s responsibilities for 

the enforcement of the obligations of 

airport operators to the United States 

Government arising from FAA grant 

agreements and from federal deeds of 

property for airport use. The order 

updates cancelled Order 5190.6A by 

reflecting statutes, policy changes, case 

decisions and complaint resolution 

procedural rules issued since 1989 and 

by including more specific guidance 

material on a number of compliance 

subjects. FAA orders are intended for 

the use of FAA employees. 

DATES: FAA Order 5190.6B was issued 

on September 30, 2009 and was 

effective upon issuance. Comments 

received by March 31, 2010 will be 

considered by the agency in a 

determination whether any further 

revision of the order is required. 

ADDRESSES: You can get an electronic 

copy of FAA Order 5190.6B on the FAA 

Airports Web site at 

http://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/ 

publications/orders/ 

compliance_5190.6/. 

You may send comments identified 

by Docket Number, FAA–2009–0924 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: To Docket 

Operations, Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590; between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

For more information on the notice 

and comment process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Privacy: We will post all 

comments we receive, without change, 

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

any personal information you provide. 

For more information, see the Privacy 

Act discussion in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this document. 

Docket: To read background documents 

or comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground floor of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Erhard, Manager, Airport 

Compliance Division, ACO–100, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–3187; facsimile: (202) 267–5769; email: charles.erhard@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

You can get an electronic copy of this 

notice and all other documents in this 

docket using the Internet by: 

(1) Searching the Federal 

eRulemaking portal (http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search); 

(2) Visiting the FAA’s Regulations and 

Policies web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies. 

Background 

Order 5190.6, Airport Compliance 

Requirements, was issued on August 24, 

1973. Order 5190.6 was cancelled and 

replaced by Order 5190.6A, Airport 

Compliance Requirements, on October 

2, 1989. Each of these orders, while it 

was in effect, served as the handbook or 

manual for FAA employees responsible 

for monitoring and enforcing the 

compliance of airport operators with 

obligations to the federal government. 

Those obligations most commonly arise 

from conditions, or assurances, 

contained in agreements with the FAA 

for grants in aid to airports, and from 

the terms in deeds of property 

transferred by the federal government 

for airport use. 

The current FAA airport grant 

program is the Airport Improvement 

Program (AIP), established by the 

Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 

1982 as amended, 49 U.S.C. 47101 et 

seq. (AAIA). Section 47107 requires the 

Secretary of Transportation to obtain 

certain assurances from an airport 

operator as a condition of receiving a 

grant under the AIP. The FAA 

implements this requirement with a 

standard set of grant assurances for 

airport sponsors, which can be viewed 

on the FAA Airports Web site at: http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ 

grant_assurances/. 

An airport operator may also have 

Federal obligations under a deed of 

property transferred under the Surplus 

Property Act of 1944, as amended, 49 

U.S.C. 47151–47153, or the Federal 

Airports Act of 1946, as amended, 49 

U.S.C. 47125. 

Since 1989, there have been 

substantial changes to the laws and 

policies relating to the Federal 

obligations of airport operators, and also 

changes to the procedures for 

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over apparent noncompliance. These 

changes include: 

• New statutory direction on airport 

rates and charges and on the use of 

airport revenue, 49 U.S.C. 47107(k) 

through (p), 47129, and 47133. 

• The DOT Policy Regarding the 

Establishment of Airport Rates and 

Charges in 1996, as partially voided by 

a decision of the U.S. court of appeals 

in 1997 and revised by an agency 

amendment in 2008; 

• Rules of Practice for Federally 

Assisted Airport Enforcement 

Proceedings, 14 CFR Part 16, issued in 

1996; 

• The FAA Policy and Procedures 

Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, 

issued in 1999; 

• Enactment of 49 U.S.C. 47134, 

establishing a pilot program for airport 

privatization; 

• More than 105 determinations 

issued under 14 CFR Part 16 by the FAA 

Office of Airport Safety and Standards, 

the Office of Compliance and 

Operations, and the Associate 

Administrator for Airports, as well as 

decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals 

on petitions for review of agency 

determinations. 

To incorporate these changes and 

provide the most useful and current 

program guidance to agency employees, 

the Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations has updated and revised the 

manual, and issued the new manual as 

Order 5190.6B on September 30, 2009. 

Request for Public Comment 

Order 5190.6B became effective when 

issued, and FAA employees are using 

the order as the primary manual for 

implementation of the FAA airport 

compliance program. The FAA expects 

that future changes to the manual may 

be necessary to reflect new decisions by 

federal courts, amendments to the 

agency’s authorizing statutes, and the 

Associate Administrator for Airports’ 

interpretations of agency policy in case 

determinations issued under 14 CFR 

part 16. For that reason the agency plans 

periodic reviews of the manual, with the 

first review being approximately one 

year after the issuance date, in 

September 2010. 

While the FAA generally does not 

request public comment on internal 

orders, the agency has established a 

docket for public comments on Order 

5190.6B in recognition of the interest of 

all segments of the airport community 

in the FAA’s airport compliance 

program. The agency will consider all 

comments received by March 31, 2010, 

in this first review of Order 5190.6B. 

Comments received after that date may 

be considered if consideration will not 

delay agency action on the review. The 

purpose of the review will be to ensure 

that the summaries of agency policy in 

the order accurately reflect the current 

legal authorities that define an airport 

operator’s obligations. Comments that 

address that purpose will be the most 

useful to the agency in its review. 

Notice of availability 

Order 5190.6B, Airport Compliance 

Manual, issued September 30, 2009 is 

available for review and downloading 

from the FAA Airports Web site at: 

http://www.faa.gov/airports/resources/ 

publications/orders/compliance_5190.6. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 1, 

2009. 

Randall S. Fiertz, 

Director, Office of Compliance and Field 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. E9–24627 Filed 10–9–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Certification Guidance for Installation 

of Non-Essential, Non-Required 

Aircraft Cabin Systems & Equipment 

(CS&E), AC 20–XY 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of and request for public 

comments on the proposed new Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Advisory Circular (AC) 20–XY, 

Certification Guidance for Installation of 

Non-Essential, Non-Required Aircraft 

Cabin Systems & Equipment (CS&E). 

This AC provides primary certification 

guidance on how to meet the 

airworthiness requirements for the 

installation of non-essential, nonrequired aircraft cabin systems & 

equipment (CS&E). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

proposed new FAA AC 20–XY to: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 

20024. ATTN: John Petrakis, AIR–120. 

You may deliver comments to: Federal 

Aviation Administration, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 

20024, or electronically submit 

comments to the following Internet 

address: 9-AWA-AVS-AIR120- 

TechPrograms@faa.gov. Include in the 

subject line of your message the 

following: FAA AC 20–XY, Certification 

Guidance for Installation of NonEssential, Non-Required Aircraft Cabin 

Systems & Equipment (CS&E). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Petrakis, Senior Aerospace Engineer, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, Technical 

Programs and Continued Airworthiness 

Branch, AIR–120, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, 

5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone (202) 385–6341, FAX (202) 

385–6475, or e-mail at: 

john.petrakis@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

You are invited to comment on the 

draft order listed in this notice by 

sending such written data, views, or 

arguments to the above listed address. 

Please identify ‘‘FAA AC 20–XY, 

Certification Guidance for Installation of 

Non-Essential, Non-Required Aircraft 

Cabin Systems & Equipment (CS&E)’’ as 

the subject of your comments. You may 

also examine comments received on the 

proposals before and after the comment 

closing date at FAA offices, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024, weekdays 

except Federal holidays, between 8:30 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Director of the 

Aircraft Certification Service will 

consider all communications received 

on or before the closing date before 

issuing the final document. 

Background 

The FAA developed this new AC 20– 

XY with direct industry assistance 

through RTCA, Inc., Special Committee 

210 (SC–210). This proposed AC will 

provide airworthiness certification 

guidance for the installation of nonessential, non-required aircraft cabin 

systems & equipment (CS&E). The 

proposed AC 20–XY incorporates the 

guidance in RTCA, Inc. document 

RTCA/DO–313, Certification Guidance 

for Installation of Non-Essential, NonRequired Aircraft Cabin Systems & 

Equipment, dated October 2, 2008. This 

AC will cancel AC 25–10, Guidance for 

Installation of Miscellaneous, 

Nonrequired Electrical Equipment, 

dated March 6, 1987. 

How To Obtain Copies 

You can get an electronic copy via the 

Internet at http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/ 

draft_docs/, and then select Advisory 

Circulars, or by contacting the person 

named in the paragraph FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 


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