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 HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

6 CFR Part 5 

[Docket No. DHS–2013–0012] 

Privacy Act of 1974: Implementation of 

Exemptions; Department of Homeland 

Security U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement—014 Homeland 

Security Investigations Forensic 

Laboratory System of Records 

AGENCY: Privacy Office, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security is giving concurrent notice of a 

newly established system of records 

pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 for 

the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security/ 

U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement—014 Homeland Security 

Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records’’ and this proposed 

rulemaking. In this proposed 

rulemaking, the Department proposes to 

exempt portions of the system of records 

from one or more provisions of the 

Privacy Act because of criminal, civil, 

and administrative enforcement 

requirements. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 17, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DHS– 

2013–0012 by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–343–4010. 

• Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting 

Chief Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this notice. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions please contact: Lyn 

Rahilly, Privacy Officer, (202–732– 

3300), U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement, 500 12th Street SW., Mail 

Stop 5004, Washington, DC 20536, 

email: ICEPrivacy@dhs.gov. For privacy 

issues please contact: Jonathan R. 

Cantor (202–343–1717), Acting Chief 

Privacy Officer, Privacy Office, 

Department of Homeland Security, 

Washington, DC 20528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) is giving concurrent 

notice of a newly established system of 

records pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974 for the ‘‘DHS/U.S. Immigration 

and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—014 

Homeland Security Investigations 

Forensic Laboratory (HSI–FL) System of 

Records’’ and this proposed rulemaking. 

In this proposed rulemaking, the 

Department proposes to exempt 

portions of the system of records from 

one or more provisions of the Privacy 

Act because of criminal, civil, and 

administrative enforcement 

requirements. 

The Homeland Security Investigations 

Forensic Laboratory (HSI–FL) is an 

accredited crime laboratory located 

within ICE’s Office of Homeland 

Security Investigations (HSI) that 

provides a broad range of forensic, 

intelligence, and investigative support 

services for ICE, DHS, and many other 

U.S. and foreign law enforcement 

agencies. Created in 1978 under the U.S. 

Department of Justice, Immigration and 

Naturalization Service, the HSI–FL 

became part of DHS on March 1, 2003, 

as part of the federal government’s 

response to the 9/11 attacks. The HSI– 

FL is the only U.S. crime laboratory 

specializing in scientific authentication; 

forensic examination; research, analysis, 

and training related to travel and 

identity documents; latent and patent 

finger and palm prints; and audio and 

video files in support of law 

enforcement investigations and 

activities by DHS and other agencies. To 

facilitate forensic examinations and for 

use in forensic document training, 

research, and analysis, the HSI–FL 

maintains case files, a case management 

system, an electronic library of travel 

and identity documents (Imaged 

Documents and Exemplars Library 

(IDEAL)), and a hard copy library 

referred to as the HSI–FL Library. 

As a crime laboratory specializing in 

the forensic examination and research of 

travel and identity documents, the HSI– 

FL attempts to determine the 

authenticity, authorship, and any actual 

or potential alterations of travel and 

identity documents. Examinations of 

such documents submitted by DHS and 

other U.S. and foreign law enforcement 

agencies and international organizations 

normally begin with a physical (naked 

eye, tactile) inspection and proceed to 

microscopic, instrumental, and 

comparative examinations, as necessary 

and appropriate. Depending on the 

document type, these examinations also 

may require the expert analyses of 

handwriting, hand printing, 

typewriting, printing processes, papers, 

inks, and stamp impressions. 

HSI–FL examinations are 

predominantly performed on documents 

used to establish identity or facilitate 

travel, such as passports, visas, 

identification cards, and border crossing 

cards, but can be performed on virtually 

any document, including envelopes, 

handwritten documents, letters, vital 

records, and typewritten documents. 

DHS and other federal, state, and 

international government agencies, or 

organizations such as the United 

Nations, may submit requests to HSI–FL 

for document authentication. In 

response, the HSI–FL may conduct an 

analysis and share the results of forensic 

examinations within DHS and 

externally with other government 

agencies and international organizations 

in the course of law enforcement 

investigations and for admission into 

evidence in judicial proceedings. 

In addition to the forensic 

examination of documents, the HSI–FL 

performs fingerprint analysis. The 

fingerprint analysis performed by HSI– 

FL may not be document-related. This 

analysis may include fingerprints 

collected from evidence during an 

investigation such as firearms, drug 

packaging, currency, periodicals, photo 

albums, CDs and computers. Fingerprint 

analysis will include both latent 

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(visible to the naked eye) finger and 

palm prints. 

The HSI–FL also performs technical 

enhancements of audio and video files. 

The audio and video work performed by 

the HSI–FL is limited to enhancing files 

to improve their quality and clarifying 

detail to allow law enforcement 

agencies to better examine the files. For 

example, this could include removing 

background noise from an audio file or 

improving the clarity of an image in a 

video. The HSI–FL is not responsible for 

performing forensic examinations of the 

audio or video files but merely performs 

technical work to permit law 

enforcement agencies outside of the 

HSI–FL to conduct law enforcement 

investigations. 

Laboratory Information Management 

System 

In order to track evidence and cases, 

the HSI–FL implemented the Laboratory 

Information Management System (LIMS) 

as their case management system. LIMS 

allows the HSI–FL to capture 

information about the individual 

submitting the request for analysis, 

identify the evidence submitted, track 

the evidence as it moves throughout the 

HSI–FL for chain of custody purposes, 

capture case notes and results of 

examinations, store electronic images of 

evidence, and produce reports of 

findings. LIMS also captures other caserelated activities such as descriptions of 

expert witness testimony provided by 

HSI–FL employees. 

The HSI–FL also uses LIMS to record 

and store operational (non-forensic) 

requests for assistance, hours HSI–FL 

staff spend on training activities, and 

digital copies of training certificates of 

completion. In addition, LIMS generates 

recurring and ad hoc statistics reports in 

support of HSI–FL staff operations and 

management request. 

Imaged Documents and Exemplars 

Library 

The IDEAL database and the HSI–FL 

Library contain two categories of 

records: (1) Travel and identity 

documents and (2) reference materials 

used to help in the forensic analysis of 

travel and identity documents. The 

HSI–FL maintains the documents and 

reference materials in both hard copy 

and electronic format for use in 

comparative forensic examination and 

fraudulent document training, research, 

and analysis. The hard copies are 

maintained in the HSI–FL Library while 

the electronic copies are stored in the 

IDEAL database. IDEAL contains 

electronic images and document 

characteristics for all documents and 

reference materials stored in the HSI–FL 

Library and allows HSI–FL employees 

to access these electronic images and 

document characteristics from their own 

workstations. Further, IDEAL provides 

the inventory control of the hard copy 

material in the HSI–FL Library, which 

includes the support of ‘‘checking out’’ 

hard copy documents and reference 

materials in the HSI–FL Library by HSI– 

FL employees. 

IDEAL indexes and assigns to all 

documents added to the HSI–FL Library 

an IDEAL identification number (IDEAL 

ID Number) and bar code, thus 

providing a standard identification and 

tracking mechanism and permitting 

indexing. The IDEAL ID Number is 

system-generated and allows documents 

to be quickly located in IDEAL. The bar 

code number links the images 

maintained in IDEAL to hardcopies 

maintained in the HSI–FL Library. 

The HSI–FL collects and maintains 

genuine, altered, and counterfeit travel 

and identity documents (hereafter, 

‘‘documents’’) in hard copy format from 

international organizations, government 

agencies, and law enforcement 

organizations from across the United 

States and around the world to research 

methods of document production and 

authenticate questionable documents 

through comparative forensic 

examinations. These travel and identity 

documents include documents such as 

passports, identification cards, birth 

certificates, stamps, visas, and any other 

document that can be used to establish 

nationality or identity from any country 

including the United States. 

From these same sources, the HSI–FL 

also collects information that helps with 

the identification of potential 

counterfeit characteristics, potential 

fraud, security features, and other 

information valuable to forensic 

analysis (hereafter, ‘‘reference 

materials’’). HSI–FL employees also 

make use of reference materials issued 

by the United States and other nations 

that contain useful information such as 

descriptions of security features of 

travel and identity documents or 

information concerning attempts to 

counterfeit or alter such documents. 

Document characteristics including 

personally identifiable information (PII) 

are manually entered into IDEAL to 

catalogue, track, and facilitate searching 

for documents and reference materials. 

Depending on the particular document, 

the document characteristics entered 

into IDEAL may include the document 

type, document number (e.g., passport 

number, driver’s license number, state 

identification number), country of 

origin, region, authenticity of the 

document, information regarding the 

location and availability of the hard 

copy document in the HSI–FL Library, 

and a short description of the document. 

Social Security Numbers are not directly 

entered into IDEAL, instead the serial 

number on the back of the document is 

entered into the system. In addition to 

manually entered information, the 

document is scanned into IDEAL 

capturing and storing additional 

information, including PII. The PII 

stored on the images is view-only and 

may not be searched or used in any 

other manner in IDEAL. 

The HSI–FL divides the documents 

maintained in the HSI–FL Library and 

electronically in IDEAL into five 

different categories: (1) Genuine 

standard documents; (2) verified 

documents; (3) unverified documents; 

(4) counterfeit documents; and (5) 

altered documents. The first category, 

genuine standard documents, is 

comprised of documents never used in 

circulation and officially submitted to 

the HSI–FL by a valid issuing authority 

or other officially recognized domestic 

or foreign agency. Valid issuing 

authorities produce genuine standard 

documents as samples of particular 

travel and identity documents (e.g., 

passports) and include all of the same 

characteristics and security features of 

that document. Genuine standard 

documents are usually issued under an 

obviously fictitious name, such as 

‘‘Happy Traveler,’’ to ensure they are 

easily identified as samples. Genuine 

standard documents do not contain the 

PII of actual individuals; however, they 

may contain photographs of individuals 

who have consented for their images to 

be used and distributed on these sample 

documents. The HSI–FL uses genuine 

standard documents during forensic 

analysis to authenticate other travel and 

identity documents purporting to have 

been issued by the same issuing 

authority. This authentication is used to 

support law enforcement investigations 

in response to government agency 

inquiries from the United States and 

around the world and judicial 

proceedings. 

The remaining four categories of 

documents are provided to the HSI–FL 

by the valid issuing authority of a 

domestic or foreign agency, or from 

other sources including international 

organizations; DHS; the U.S. 

Department of State (DOS); and other 

federal, state, and foreign government 

agencies and law enforcement 

organizations. These four categories of 

documents may be directly provided for 

inclusion in the HSI–FL Library or may 

be initially provided for other purposes 

such as forensic examination and then 

retained by the HSI–FL, with the 

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the examination is complete. The HSI– 

FL determines whether to include 

specific documents in the HSI–FL 

Library based upon the HSI–FL 

Library’s need for that document, 

particularly whether the HSI–FL Library 

currently has a document of that type 

already in the HSI–FL Library. These 

categories of documents may contain 

the PII of individuals. Verified 

documents are documents that the HSI– 

FL has found to conform to comparable 

genuine travel and identity documents. 

Unverified documents are documents 

that the HSI–FL has analyzed and has 

not conclusively determined are 

verified, counterfeit, or altered. 

Counterfeit documents are documents 

that the HSI–FL has determined through 

forensic analysis are not authentic 

documents issued by a foreign or 

domestic governmental issuing 

authority. Altered documents are 

documents that were originally 

authentic documents issued by a foreign 

or domestic governmental issuing 

authority that have been changed in an 

unauthorized manner. 

Certain designated users at DOS have 

read-only access to IDEAL. This readonly access allows certain designated 

DOS employees to search and view 

travel and identity documents and 

reference materials. These documents 

and materials may contain the PII of 

actual individuals. This information is 

used by the DOS for their reference and 

in support of their mission. This use 

includes supporting the processing of 

petitions or applications for benefits 

under the Immigration and Nationality 

Act, and other immigration and 

nationality laws including treaties and 

reciprocal agreements. It also includes 

when the DOS requires information to 

consider and/or provide an informed 

response to a request for information 

from a foreign, international, or 

intergovernmental agency, authority, or 

organization about an alien or an 

enforcement operation with 

transnational implications. Authorized 

users from the DOS are the only nonDHS users with direct access to IDEAL. 

Consistent with DHS’ information 

sharing mission, information stored in 

the DHS/ICE–014 Homeland Security 

Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records may be shared with 

other DHS components that have a need 

to know the information to carry out 

their national security, law enforcement, 

immigration, intelligence, or other 

homeland security functions. In 

addition, information may be shared 

with appropriate federal, state, local, 

tribal, territorial, foreign, or 

international government agencies 

consistent with the routine uses set 

forth in the system of records notice. 

This proposed rulemaking will be 

included in DHS’ inventory of record 

systems. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act embodies fair 

information practice principles in a 

statutory framework governing the 

means by which federal government 

agencies collect, maintain, use, and 

disseminate individuals’ records. The 

Privacy Act applies to information that 

is maintained in a ‘‘system of records.’’ 

A ‘‘system of records’’ is a group of any 

records under the control of an agency 

from which information is retrieved by 

the name of an individual or by some 

identifying number, symbol, or other 

identifying particular assigned to the 

individual. In the Privacy Act, an 

individual is defined to encompass U.S. 

citizens and lawful permanent 

residents. As a matter of policy, DHS 

extends administrative Privacy Act 

protections to all individuals when 

systems of records maintain information 

on U.S. citizens, lawful permanent 

residents, and visitors. 

The Privacy Act allows government 

agencies to exempt certain records from 

the access and amendment provisions. If 

an agency claims an exemption, 

however, it must issue a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking to make clear to 

the public the reasons why a particular 

exemption is claimed. 

DHS is claiming exemptions from 

certain requirements of the Privacy Act 

for DHS/ICE–014 Homeland Security 

Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records. Some information in 

DHS/ICE–014 Homeland Security 

Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records relates to official 

DHS national security, law enforcement, 

immigration, and intelligence activities. 

These exemptions are needed to protect 

information relating to DHS activities 

from disclosure to subjects or others 

related to these activities. Specifically, 

the exemptions are required to preclude 

subjects of these activities from 

frustrating these processes; to avoid 

disclosure of activity techniques; to 

protect the identities and physical safety 

of confidential informants and law 

enforcement personnel; to ensure DHS’ 

ability to obtain information from third 

parties and other sources; and to protect 

the privacy of third parties. Disclosure 

of information to the subject of the 

inquiry could also permit the subject to 

avoid detection or apprehension. 

In appropriate circumstances, when 

compliance would not appear to 

interfere with or adversely affect the law 

enforcement purposes of this system 

and the overall law enforcement 

process, the applicable exemptions may 

be waived on a case by case basis. 

A system of records notice for DHS/ 

ICE–014 Homeland Security 

Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records is also published in 

this issue of the Federal Register. 

List of Subjects in 6 CFR Part 5 

Freedom of information; Privacy. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, DHS proposes to amend 

Chapter I of Title 6, Code of Federal 

Regulations, as follows: 

PART 5—DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS 

AND INFORMATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for Part 5 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.; Pub. L. 

107–296, 116 Stat. 2135; 5 U.S.C. 301. 

Subpart A also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552. 

Subpart B also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a. 

■ 2. Add at the end of Appendix C to 

Part 5, the following new paragraph 70: 

Appendix C to Part 5—DHS Systems of 

Records Exempt From the Privacy Act 

* * * * * 

70. The DHS/ICE–014 Homeland Security 

Investigations Forensic Laboratory System of 

Records consists of electronic and paper 

records and will be used by DHS and its 

components. The DHS/ICE–014 Homeland 

Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records contains records of 

evidence and cases submitted to the HSI–FL. 

This information will include information on 

the individual submitting the request, 

identify the evidence submitted, track the 

evidence as it moves throughout the HSI–FL, 

capture case notes and results of 

examinations, store electronic images of 

evidence, and produce reports of findings. 

Other case-related records are maintained 

including descriptions of expert witness 

testimony provided by HSI–FL employees. 

Records in the DHS/ICE–014 Homeland 

Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records also include the library of 

genuine, altered, and counterfeit travel and 

identity documents provided to the HSI–FL 

by international organizations, government 

agencies, and law enforcement organizations 

from across the United States and around the 

world to research methods of document 

production and authenticate questioned 

documents through comparative forensic 

examinations. The DHS/ICE–014 Homeland 

Security Investigations Forensic Laboratory 

System of Records contains information that 

is collected by, on behalf of, in support of, 

or in cooperation with DHS and its 

components and may contain personally 

identifiable information collected by other 

federal, state, local, tribal, foreign, or 

international government agencies. The 

Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), has exempted this system 

from the following provisions of the Privacy 

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(e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I), 

(e)(5), (e)(8); (f); and (g). Additionally, the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), has exempted this system 

from the following provisions of the Privacy 

Act: 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3); (d); (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(e)(4)(H), (e)(4)(I); and (f). Where a record 

received from another system has been 

exempted in that source system under 5 

U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), DHS will claim the same 

exemptions for those records that are claimed 

for the original primary systems of records 

from which they originated and claims any 

additional exemptions set forth here. 

Exemptions from these particular subsections 

are justified, on a case-by-case basis to be 

determined at the time a request is made, for 

the following reasons: 

(a) From subsection (c)(3) and (4) 

(Accounting for Disclosures) because release 

of the accounting of disclosures could alert 

the subject of an investigation of an actual or 

potential criminal, civil, or regulatory 

violation to the existence of that investigation 

and reveal investigative interest on the part 

of DHS as well as the recipient agency. 

Disclosure of the accounting would therefore 

present a serious impediment to law 

enforcement efforts and/or efforts to preserve 

national security. Disclosure of the 

accounting would also permit the individual 

who is the subject of a record to impede the 

investigation, to tamper with witnesses or 

evidence, and to avoid detection or 

apprehension, which would undermine the 

entire investigative process. 

(b) From subsection (d) (Access to Records) 

because access to the records contained in 

this system of records could inform the 

subject of an investigation of an actual or 

potential criminal, civil, or regulatory 

violation to the existence of that investigation 

and reveal investigative interest on the part 

of DHS or another agency. Access to the 

records could permit the individual who is 

the subject of a record to impede the 

investigation, to tamper with witnesses or 

evidence, and to avoid detection or 

apprehension. Amendment of the records 

could interfere with ongoing investigations 

and law enforcement activities and would 

impose an unreasonable administrative 

burden by requiring investigations to be 

continually reinvestigated. In addition, 

permitting access and amendment to such 

information could disclose classified and 

other security-sensitive information that 

could be detrimental to homeland security. 

(c) From subsection (e)(1) (Relevancy and 

Necessity of Information) because in the 

course of investigations into potential 

violations of federal law, the accuracy of 

information obtained or introduced 

occasionally may be unclear, or the 

information may not be strictly relevant or 

necessary to a specific investigation. In the 

interests of effective law enforcement, it is 

appropriate to retain all information that may 

aid in establishing patterns of unlawful 

activity. 

(d) From subsection (e)(2) (Collection of 

Information from Individuals) because 

requiring that information be collected from 

the subject of an investigation would alert the 

subject to the nature or existence of the 

investigation, thereby interfering with that 

investigation and related law enforcement 

activities. 

(e) From subsection (e)(3) (Notice to 

Subjects) because providing such detailed 

information could impede law enforcement 

by compromising the existence of a 

confidential investigation or reveal the 

identity of witnesses or confidential 

informants. 

(f) From subsections (e)(4)(G), (e)(4)(H), 

and (e)(4)(I) (Agency Requirements) and (f) 

(Agency Rules), because portions of this 

system are exempt from the individual access 

provisions of subsection (d) for the reasons 

noted above, and therefore DHS is not 

required to establish requirements, rules, or 

procedures with respect to such access. 

Providing notice to individuals with respect 

to existence of records pertaining to them in 

the system of records or otherwise setting up 

procedures pursuant to which individuals 

may access and view records pertaining to 

themselves in the system would undermine 

investigative efforts and reveal the identities 

of witnesses, and potential witnesses, and 

confidential informants. 

(g) From subsection (e)(5) (Collection of 

Information) because with the collection of 

information for law enforcement purposes, it 

is impossible to determine in advance what 

information is accurate, relevant, timely, and 

complete. Compliance with subsection (e)(5) 

would preclude DHS agents from using their 

investigative training and exercise of good 

judgment to both conduct and report on 

investigations. 

(h) From subsection (e)(8) (Notice on 

Individuals) because compliance would 

interfere with DHS’s ability to obtain, serve, 

and issue subpoenas, warrants, and other law 

enforcement mechanisms that may be filed 

under seal and could result in disclosure of 

investigative techniques, procedures, and 

evidence. 

(i) From subsection (g)(1) (Civil Remedies) 

to the extent that the system is exempt from 

other specific subsections of the Privacy Act. 

Dated: April 22, 2013. 

Jonathan R. Cantor, 

Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11727 Filed 5–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0421; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–003–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

The Boeing Company Model 737–300, 

–400, and –500 series airplanes. This 

proposed AD was prompted by fuel 

system reviews conducted by the 

manufacturer. This proposed AD would 

require, depending on airplane 

configuration, replacing fuel pump 

power control relays with new relays 

having a ground fault interrupter (GFI) 

feature, installing ground studs and a 

bonding jumper, doing certain bonding 

resistance measurements, and changing 

the GFI relay position. This proposed 

AD would also require revising the 

maintenance program to incorporate 

certain airworthiness limitations. We 

are proposing this AD to prevent 

damage to the fuel pumps caused by 

electrical arcing that could introduce an 

ignition source in the fuel tank, which, 

in combination with flammable fuel 

vapors, could result in a fuel tank 

explosion and consequent loss of the 

airplane. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by July 1, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Boeing 

Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Data 

& Services Management, P.O. Box 3707, 

MC 2H–65, Seattle, WA 98124–2207; 

telephone 206–544–5000, extension 1; 

fax 206–766–5680; Internet https:// 

www.myboeingfleet.com. You may 

review copies of the referenced service 

information at the FAA, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, WA. For information on 

the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Management Facility between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD 

docket contains this proposed AD, the 


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