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notice is necessary to advise the public 

of this FAA policy and give all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

present their views on it. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 27, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

proposed policy statement to the 

individual identified under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Comments may 

be inspected at the Small Airplane 

Directorate, Standards Office (ACE–

110), Aircraft Certification Service, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. 

and 4:00 p.m. weekdays, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robin Sova, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Small Airplane 

Directorate, Regulations & Policy, ACE–

114, 901 Locust Street, Room 301, 

Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone: 

(816) 329–4133; fax: 816–329–4090; email: robin.sova@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on this proposed policy 

statement by submitting written data, 

views, or arguments. Identify the 

proposed policy statement number, PS–

ACE100–2005–50001, on your 

comments. If you submit your 

comments in writing, send two copies of 

your comments to the above address. 

The Small Airplane Directorate will 

consider all communications received 

on or before the closing date for 

comments. We may change the proposal 

contained in the policy because of the 

comments received. 

Comments sent by fax or the Internet 

must contain ‘‘Comments to proposed 

policy statement PS–ACE100–2005–

50001’’ in the subject line. You do not 

need to send two copies if you fax your 

comments or send them through the 

Internet. If you send comments over the 

Internet as an attached electronic file, 

format it in Microsoft Word for 

Windows. State what specific change 

you are seeking to the proposed policy 

memorandum and include justification 

(for example, reasons or data) for each 

request. 

Copies of the proposed policy 

statement, PS–ACE100–2005–50001, 

may be requested from the following: 

Small Airplane Directorate, Standards 

Office (ACE–110), Aircraft Certification 

Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 901 Locust Street, 

Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106. In 

a few days, the proposed policy 

statement will also be available on the 

Internet at the following address: 

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/policy. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on January 

6, 2006. 

John R. Colomy, 

Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–962 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for a Change in Use of 

Aeronautical Property at Manchester 

Airport, Manchester, NH 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is requesting public 

comment on the City of Manchester, 

New Hampshire’s request to change a 

portion (1 acre) of Airport property from 

aeronautical use to non-aeronautical 

use. The property is located off Harvey 

Road and Planeview Drive, 

Londonderry, New Hampshire, 

Identified as Tax Map 14/Lot17–2 and is 

currently vacant. Upon disposition is 

the property will be used for industrial 

development. The property was 

acquired under FAAP Project No. 9–27–

018–C605. 

The disposition of proceeds from the 

disposal of airport property will be in 

accordance with FAA’s Policy and 

Procedures Concerning the Use of 

Airport Revenue, published in the 

Federal Register on February 16, 1999. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 27, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review by appointment by contacting 

Mr. David Bush, Assistant Airport 

Director, Manchester Airport, One 

Airport Road, Manchester, New 

Hampshire, Telephone 603–624–6539 or 

by contacting Donna R. Witte, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 16 New 

England Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts, Telephone 781–238–

7624. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna R. Witte at the Federal Aviation 

Administration, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts 01803, Telephone 781–

238–7624. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

125 of The Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment and Reform Act for the 21st 

Century (AIR 21) requires the FAA to 

provide an opportunity for pubic notice 

and comment to the ‘‘waiver’’ or 

‘‘modification’’ of a sponsor’s Federal 

obligation to use certain airport property 

for aeronautical purposes. 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on 

January 12, 2006. 

LaVerne F. Reid, 

Manager, Airports Division, New England 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 06–724 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Proposed Technical Standard Order 

(TSO)–C176, Aircraft Image Recorder 

Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of, and requests comments 

on a proposed Technical Standard 

Order (TSO) C–176, Aircraft Image 

Recorder Systems. This proposed TSO 

tells persons seeking a TSO 

authorization or letter or design 

approval what minimum performance 

standards (MPS) their aircraft image 

recorder system (AIRS) must meet. In it, 

we (the Federal Aviation 

Administration, or FAA) tell you what 

minimum performance standard (MPS) 

your AIRS must first meet for approval 

and identification with the applicable 

TSO marking. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 27, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

proposed technical standard order to: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 

Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, Avionic Systems 

Branch, AIR–130, 470 L’Enfant Plaza, 

SW., Suite 4102, Washington, DC 20024. 

Attn: Mrs. Veronica Gardner. Or deliver 

comments to: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Suite 4102, 470 

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Veronica Gardner, AIR–130, Suite 4102, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, 470 L’Enfant 

Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

Telephone (202) 385–4690, FAX: (202) 

202–5340. Or, via e-mail at: 

veronica.gardner@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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Comments Invited 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed TSO listed in 

this notice by submitting such written 

data, views, or arguments as they desire 

to the above specified address. 

Comments received on the proposed 

TSO may be examined, before and after 

the comment closing date, in Room 815, 

FAA Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, weekdays 

except Federal holidays, between 8:30 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All communications 

received on or before the closing date 

will be considered by the Director of the 

Aircraft Certification Service before 

issuing the final TSO. 

Background 

The National Transportation Safety 

Board (NTSB) determined the probable 

cause of a recent aircraft accident to be 

pilot error, stating that the events that 

led to the accident were difficult for 

investigators to determine because of 

limited data. As a result of the limited 

data available to provide a more 

definitive cause of the accident, the 

NTSB recommended among other 

things, that the Federal Aviation 

Administration incorporate the 

European Organization for Civil 

Aviation Equipment’s proposed 

standards for a crash-protective video 

recording system into a TSO. We 

concurred with the NTSB’s 

recommendation, by offering proposed 

TSO–C176 for a crash-protective video 

recording system. 

How to Obtain Copies 

You may get a copy of the proposed 

TSO–C26d from the Internet at: http:// 

www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/. See 

section entitled FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT for the complete 

address if requesting a copy by mail. 

Copies of SAE ARP5381 may be 

purchased from the Society of 

Automotive Engineers, Inc., Department 

331, 400 Commonwealth Drive, 

Warrendale, PA 15096–0001. Copies can 

also be obtained through the SAE 

Internet Web site at http://www.sae.org. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 

2006. 

Susan J.M. Cabler, 

Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–723 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–23171; Notice 2] 

Bridgestone Firestone North America 

Tire, LLC, Grant of Petition for 

Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

Bridgestone Firestone North America 

Tire, LLC (Bridgestone Firestone) has 

determined that certain tires that it 

produced in 2005 do not comply with 

S4.3.2 of 49 CFR 571.109, Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

109, ‘‘New pneumatic tires.’’ Pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), 

Bridgestone Firestone has petitioned for 

a determination that this 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and has filed an 

appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR 

Part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance 

Reports.’’ Notice of receipt of a petition 

was published, with a 30-day comment 

period, on December 9, 2005 in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 73323). NHTSA 

received no comments. 

Affected are a total of approximately 

50 P205/70R15 Le Mans Champion SE 

tires produced in 2005. S4.3.2 of 

FMVSS No. 109 refers to 49 CFR Part 

575.4, section (d) of which requires that 

the sidewall stamping include the date 

of manufacture. The noncompliant tires 

are stamped HYMOLCM, while the 

correct stamping including the date of 

manufacture should be 

HYMOLCM2705. 

Bridgestone Firestone believes that 

the noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and that no 

corrective action is warranted. 

Bridgestone Firestone states that ‘‘[t]he 

noncompliant tires meet or exceed all 

performance requirements of FMVSS 

No. 109 and will have no impact on the 

operational performance or safety of 

vehicles on which these tires are 

mounted.’’ The petitioner further states, 

The week and year of [the] production 

portion of the Tire Identification Number 

(TIN) becomes important in the event of a 

safety campaign so that the consumer may 

properly identify the recalled tire(s). For this 

mislabeling, any safety campaign 

communication, if necessary, could include 

in the listing of recalled TINs and (sic) the 

TIN for these tires with the missing or blank 

date of production so that the consumer 

would know that these mislabeled tires are 

included in the recall. 

NHTSA agrees with Bridgestone 

Firestone that the noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

As Bridgestone Firestone points out, a 

consumer notification of a recall of the 

tires could be accomplished by referring 

to the TIN. Bridgestone Firestone has 

corrected the problem. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA has decided that the petitioner 

has met its burden of persuasion that 

the noncompliance described is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

Accordingly, Bridgestone Firestone’s 

petition is granted and the petitioner is 

exempted from the obligation of 

providing notification of, and a remedy 

for, the noncompliance. 

Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; 

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8) 

Issued on: January 20, 2006. 

Daniel C. Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E6–958 Filed 1–25–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA 2005–23169; Notice 2] 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Grant 

of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company 

(Cooper) has determined that certain 

tires that it produced in 2005 do not 

comply with S4.3(a) of 49 CFR 571.109, 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 109, ‘‘New Pneumatic 

Tires’’ and with 49 CFR Part 574.5, 

‘‘Tire Identification Requirements.’’

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h), Cooper has petitioned for a 

determination that this noncompliance 

is inconsequential to motor vehicle 

safety and has filed an appropriate 

report pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, 

‘‘Defect and Noncompliance Reports.’’

Notice of receipt of a petition was 

published, with a 30-day comment 

period, on December 9, 2005 in the 

Federal Register (70 FR 73324). NHTSA 

received no comments. 

Affected are a total of approximately 

668 size 235/70R15 tires produced 

during the period January 9, 2005 

through June 18, 2005. S4.3(a) and Part 

574.5(b) require a tire identification 

number (TIN) on the tire which includes 

a size designation. The noncompliant 

tires were molded with the letters ‘‘4E’’

as the size designation. The correct 

stamping should have been ‘‘TY.’’

Cooper believes that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and that no 

corrective action is warranted. Cooper 

states that the purpose of the TIN is to 


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