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the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 

39 as follows: 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new airworthiness 

directive (AD): 

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited 

(Bell): Docket No. FAA–2013–0491; 

Directorate Identifier 2008–SW–012–AD. 

(a) Applicability 

This AD applies to Bell Model 430 

helicopters, serial number 49001 through 

49111, certificated in any category. 

(b) Unsafe Condition 

This AD defines the unsafe condition as a 

third stage turbine vibration, which could 

result in turbine failure, engine power loss, 

and subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

(c) Comments Due Date 

We must receive comments by August 6, 

2013. 

(d) Compliance 

You are responsible for performing each 

action required by this AD within the 

specified compliance time unless it has 

already been accomplished prior to that time. 

(e) Required Actions 

Within 30 days: 

(1) Revise the Operating Limitations 

section of the Model 430 Rotorcraft Flight 

Manual by inserting Section 1, Limitations, 

page 1–7, of Bell BHT–430–FM–1, revision 

18, dated September 1, 2009. 

(2) Install placard part number 230–075– 

213–113, or equivalent, on the instrument 

panel directly below the pilot audio select 

panel. 

(f) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Safety Management 

Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this 

AD. Send your proposal to: Chinh Vuong, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management 

Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; 

telephone (817) 222–5110; email 

chinh.vuong@faa.gov. 

(2) For operations conducted under a 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. 

(g) Additional Information 

(1) Bell Alert Service Bulletin No. 430–05– 

34, dated June 10, 2005, which is not 

incorporated by reference, contains 

additional information about the subject of 

this AD. For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Bell Helicopter Textron 

Canada Limited, 12,800 Rue de l’Avenir, 

Mirabel, Quebec J7J1R4; telephone (450) 

437–2862 or (800) 363–8023; fax (450) 433– 

0272; or at http://www.bellcustomer.com/ 

files/. You may review a copy of the service 

information at the FAA, Office of the 

Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137. 

(2) The subject of this AD is addressed in 

Transport Canada AD No. CF–2005–25, dated 

July 5, 2005. 

(h) Subject 

Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 

Code: 7250: Turbine Section. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 29, 

2013. 

Kim Smith, 

Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13478 Filed 6–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

32 CFR Part 199 

[DOD–2011–HA–0136] 

RIN 0720–AB56 

Civilian Health and Medical Program of 

the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); 

TRICARE Uniform Health Maintenance 

Organization (HMO) Benefit—Prime 

Enrollment Fee Exemption for 

Survivors of Active Duty Deceased 

Sponsors and Medically Retired 

Uniformed Services Members and 

Their Dependents 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DoD. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

establish an exception to the usual rule 

that TRICARE Prime enrollment fees are 

uniform for the group of retirees and 

their dependents. Survivors and 

medically retired members are part of 

the retiree group under TRICARE rules. 

This exception would allow Survivors 

of Active Duty Deceased Sponsors and 

Medically Retired Uniformed Services 

Members and their Dependents enrolled 

in Prime to be exempt from future 

increases in TRICARE Prime enrollment 

fees. The Prime beneficiaries in these 

categories prior to 10/1/2013 would 

have their annual enrollment fee frozen 

at their current annual rate (FY 2011 

rate $230 per single or $460 per family, 

FY 2012 rate $260 or $520, or the FY 

2013 rate $269.38 or $538.56). The 

beneficiaries added to these categories 

on or after 10/1/2013 would have their 

fee frozen at the rate in effect at the time 

they are classified in either category and 

enroll in Prime or, if not enrolling, at 

the rate in effect at the time of 

enrollment. The fee remains frozen as 

long as at least one family member 

remains enrolled in Prime and there is 

not a break in enrollment. The fee 

charged for the dependent(s) of a 

Medically Retired Uniformed Services 

Member would not change if the 

dependent(s) was later re-classified a 

Survivor. 

DATES: Written comments received at 

the address indicated below by August 

6, 2013 will be considered and 

addressed in the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and or RIN 

number and title, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) for this 

Federal Register document. The general 

policy for comments and other 

submissions from dependents of the 

public is to make these submissions 

available for public viewing on the 

Internet at http://regulations.gov as they 

are received without change, including 

any personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralph (Doug) McBroom, (703) 681– 

0039, TRICARE Management Activity, 

TRICARE Policy and Operations 

Directorate. Questions regarding 

payment of specific claims under the 

TRICARE allowable charge method 

should be addressed to the appropriate 

TRICARE contractor. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With 

respect to TRICARE Prime enrollment 

fees, the regulation (32 CFR 199.18(c)) 

currently includes the following 

provision: ‘‘The specific enrollment fee 

requirements shall be published 

annually by the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Health Affairs), and shall be 

uniform within the following groups: 

dependents of active duty members in 

pay grades of E–4 and below; active 

duty dependents of sponsors in pay 

grades E–5 and above; and retirees and 

their dependents.’’ There is no 

enrollment fee for active duty 

dependents. The annual enrollment fee 


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for retirees and their dependents since 

the program began was $230 per person 

or $460 per family until FY 2012. In FY 

2012, the Department of Defense 

implemented a modest increase ($2.50 

per person or $5.00 per family per 

month) in the enrollment fees for 

retirees and their dependents to $260 

per person or $520 per family, followed 

by annual indexing. For FY 2013, the 

fee was increased per the National 

Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 

using the same Cost of Living 

Adjustment (COLA) percentage (3.6%) 

used to increase military retired pay. 

This increased the fees for FY 2013 to 

$269.38 per person or $538.56 per 

family. 

Although the increases have been 

modest, TRICARE intends to exempt 

from this increase Survivors of Active 

Duty Deceased Sponsors and Medically 

Retired Uniformed Services Members 

and their Dependents enrolled in Prime. 

The enrollment fees for the current 

beneficiaries in these categories would 

remain at their current rate. The 

beneficiaries added to these categories 

on or after 10/1/2013 would have their 

fee frozen at the rate in effect at the time 

they are classified in either category and 

enroll in Prime or, if not enrolling, at 

the rate in effect at the time of 

enrollment. The fee remains frozen as 

long as at least one family member 

remains enrolled in TRICARE Prime and 

there is not a break in enrollment. To 

allow this exemption to be 

implemented, a change to the regulation 

is needed to authorize an exception to 

the general rule that the enrollment fees 

‘‘shall be uniform’’ for the group of 

retirees and their dependents. 

(Survivors and medically retired 

members are part of the retiree group 

under TRICARE rules.) This proposed 

rule articulates that change. It provides 

that as an exception to the requirement 

for uniformity within the group of 

retirees and their dependents, the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health 

Affairs) may exempt Survivors of Active 

Duty Deceased Sponsors and Medically 

Retired Uniformed Services Members 

and their dependents from increases in 

enrollment fees that occur on or after 

October 1, 2013. 

It is the Department’s intent that the 

exemption will apply only to the 

beneficiaries in the two categories 

specified above and only if they enroll 

in TRICARE Prime. If a beneficiary in 

one of the categories does not enroll in 

Prime, but later elects to enroll, their 

rate would be frozen at the rate in effect 

at the time of enrollment. If a 

beneficiary dis-enrolls from Prime and 

later re-enrolls, their rate would be 

frozen at the rate in effect at reenrollment. The fee charged for a 

dependent of a Medically Retired 

Uniformed Services Member would not 

change if the dependent was later reclassified a Survivor and remained 

enrolled in Prime. 

Regulatory Procedures 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

require certain regulatory assessments 

for any significant regulatory action that 

would result in an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

have other substantial impacts. The 

Congressional Review Act establishes 

certain procedures for major rules, 

defined as those with similar major 

impacts. The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(RFA) requires that each Federal agency 

prepare, and make available for public 

comment, a regulatory flexibility 

analysis when the agency issues a 

regulation that would have significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. This proposed rule will have 

none of those effects. Nor does it 

establish information collection 

requirements under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Nor for purposes of 

Executive Order 13132 does it have 

federalism implications affecting States. 

List of Subjects in 32 CFR Part 199 

Claims, Handicapped, Health 

insurance, and Military personnel. 

Accordingly, 32 CFR part 199 is 

proposed to be amended as follows: 

PART 199—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 199 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. chapter 

55. 

■ 2. Section 199.18 is amended by 

adding at the end of paragraph (c)(1) a 

new sentence to read as follows: 

§ 199.18 Uniform HMO Benefit. 

* * * * * 

(c) Enrollment fee under the uniform 

HMO benefit. (1) * * * As an exception 

to the requirement for uniformity within 

the group of retirees and their 

dependents, the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense (Health Affairs) may exempt 

Survivors of Active Duty Deceased 

Sponsors and Medically Retired 

Uniformed Services Members and their 

Dependents from increases in 

enrollment fees that occur on or after 

October 1, 2013. 

* * * * * 

Dated: May 16, 2013. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13503 Filed 6–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[Docket No. USCG–2009–0139] 

RIN 1625–AA11 

Regulated Navigation Area; Gulf 

Intracoastal Waterway, Inner Harbor 

Navigation Canal, New Orleans, LA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking and notice of 

public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (SNPRM) 

proposes revisions to the existing 

Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) 

established to protect the floodwalls and 

levees in the New Orleans area from 

possible storm surge damage caused by 

floating vessels. The Coast Guard 

proposes to revise the areas where 

floating vessels are prohibited and other 

areas where floating vessels will be 

restricted within the Gulf Intracostal 

Waterway (GIWW), the Inner Harbor 

Navigation Canal (IHNC), the Harvey 

Canal, and the Algiers Canal. This 

action is necessary for the flood 

protection of high-risk areas throughout 

the Greater New Orleans Area when a 

tropical event threatens to approach and 

impact the area. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must be received by the Coast Guard on 

or before August 6, 2013. A public 

meeting will be held in New Orleans, 

LA, to discuss this regulated navigation 

area on June 20, 2013, at 5 p.m. local 

time. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments. You 

may submit comments identified by 

docket number using any one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(2) Fax: 202–493–2251. 

(3) Mail or Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility (M–30), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Deliveries 

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


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