422 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 3 / Tuesday, January 6, 2015 / Proposed Rules 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–1319; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–NM–179–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; the Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The FAA withdraws a notice 

of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that 

proposed to revise Airworthiness 

Directive (AD) 2012–12–15, which 

applies to all The Boeing Company 

Model 757 airplanes. The NPRM would 

have corrected errors in certain 

paragraph references in AD 2012–12–15; 

continued to require revising the 

maintenance program by incorporating 

new and revised fuel tank system 

limitations in the Airworthiness 

Limitations (AWLs) section of the 

Instructions for Continued 

Airworthiness; and continued to require 

the initial inspection of certain 

repetitive AWL inspections to phase-in 

those inspections, and repair if 

necessary. Since the proposed AD was 

issued, we have received new data that 

the unsafe condition has been addressed 

by AD 2012–12–15, and the compliance 

relief that would have been provided by 

the proposed AD is no longer relevant. 

Accordingly, the proposed AD is 

withdrawn. 

DATES: As of January 6, 2015, the 

proposed rule, which was published in 

the Federal Register on January 30, 

2013 (78 FR 6247), is withdrawn. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2012– 

1319; 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 AD action, the NPRM (78 

FR 6247, January 30, 2013), the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

address for the Docket Office (telephone 

800–647–5527) is the Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon 

Regimbal, Aerospace Engineer, 

Propulsion Branch, ANM–140S, FAA, 

Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; phone: 425–917–6506; fax: 

425–917–6590; email: jon.regimbal@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We proposed to amend part 39 of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 

part 39) with a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to revise AD 2012– 

12–15, Amendment 39–17095 (77 FR 

42964, July 23, 2012), which applies to 

all The Boeing Company Model 757 

airplanes. That NPRM was published in 

the Federal Register on January 30, 

2013 (78 FR 6247). The NPRM would 

have corrected errors in certain 

paragraph references in AD 2012–12–15; 

continued to require revising the 

maintenance program by incorporating 

new and revised fuel tank system 

limitations in the AWLs section of the 

Instructions for Continued 

Airworthiness; and continued to require 

the initial inspection of certain 

repetitive AWL inspections to phase-in 

those inspections, and repair if 

necessary. The NPRM resulted from the 

discovery of errors in certain paragraph 

references in AD 2012–12–15. The 

proposed actions were intended to 

prevent the potential for ignition 

sources inside fuel tanks caused by 

latent failures, alterations, repairs, or 

maintenance actions, which in 

combination with flammable fuel 

vapors, could result in a fuel tank 

explosion and consequent loss of the 

airplane. 

Actions Since NPRM (78 FR 6247, 

January 30, 2013) Was Issued 

Since we issued the NPRM (78 FR 

6247, January 30, 2013), commenters 

identified errors in the service 

information that was referenced in the 

NPRM. We reviewed those errors, 

considered the amount of time needed 

to address those errors in the service 

information, and re-considered the 

effect of the errors identified in AD 

2012–12–15, Amendment 39–17095 (77 

FR 42964, July 12, 2012). The identified 

errors in AD 2012–12–15 could have the 

unintended effect of implying that the 

grace period was 24 months after June 

12, 2008 (which is the effective date of 

AD 2008–10–11, Amendment 39–15517 

(73 FR 25974, May 8, 2008)), which is 

earlier than the intended 24 months 

after August 27, 2012 (the effective date 

of AD 2012–12–15). In either case, the 

grace period will have passed before the 

new, corrected AD would be effective. 

The compliance time relief that would 

have been provided by the new, 

corrected AD is no longer relevant, and 

there would be no benefit to publishing 

that new, corrected AD. 

FAA’s Conclusions 

Upon further consideration, we have 

determined that the compliance time 

relief that would have been provided to 

operators by the NPRM (78 FR 6247, 

January 30, 2013) is no longer relevant. 

Accordingly, the NPRM is withdrawn. 

Withdrawal of the NPRM (78 FR 6247, 

January 30, 2013), does not preclude the 

FAA from issuing another related action 

or commit the FAA to any course of 

action in the future. 

Regulatory Impact 

Since this action only withdraws an 

NPRM (78 FR 6247, January 30, 2013), 

it is neither a proposed nor a final rule 

and therefore is not covered under 

Executive Order 12866, the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, or DOT Regulatory 

Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, 

February 26, 1979). 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

The Withdrawal 

Accordingly, we withdraw the NPRM, 

Docket No. FAA–2012–1319, Directorate 

Identifier 2012–NM–179–AD, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on January 30, 2013 (78 FR 6247). 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on 

December 22, 2014. 

Michael Kaszycki, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30911 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Part 573 

[Docket No. FDA–2014–F–2307] 

Humic Products Trade Association; 

Filing of Food Additive Petition 

(Animal Use) 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of petition. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that the Humic Products Trade Assn. 

has filed a petition proposing that the 

food additive regulations be amended to 


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