59440 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 168 / Tuesday, August 30, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 431 

[Docket No. FAA–1999–5535; Amdt. No. 

431–5] 

RIN 2120–AG71 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Reusable Launch Vehicle and Reentry 

Licensing Regulations; Technical 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is publishing this 

action to correct minor, editorial errors 

in chapter III, part 431. The errors 

occurred in the Commercial Space 

Transportation Reusable Launch 

Vehicle and Reentry Licensing 

Regulations final rule, published in the 

Federal Register on September 19, 2000. 

That final rule amended commercial 

space transportation regulations for the 

launch and reentry of reusable launch 

vehicles (RLVs) to establish operational 

requirements for launches of RLVs and 

to implement the FAA’s reentry 

licensing authority by prescribing 

requirements for obtaining a license to 

launch and reenter an RLV, to reenter a 

reentry vehicle, and to operate a reentry 

site. In that final rule, the FAA 

inadvertently made minor errors, which 

this technical amendment corrects. 

DATES: Effective August 30, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning this action contact 

Stewart Jackson, Regulations and 

Analysis Division, AST–300, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–7903; email stewart.jackson@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Good Cause for Immediate Adoption 

Without Prior Notice 

Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 551 et seq.) authorizes agencies 

to dispense with notice and comment 

procedures for rules when the agency 

for ‘‘good cause’’ finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Under this section, an agency, 

upon finding good cause, may issue a 

final rule without seeking comment 

prior to the rulemaking. 

Section 553(d)(3) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act requires 

that agencies publish a rule not less 

than 30 days before its effective date, 

except as otherwise provided by the 

agency for good cause found and 

published with the rule. 

This document corrects errors in 14 

CFR 431.79. These corrections will not 

impose any additional restrictions on 

the persons affected by these 

regulations. Furthermore, any additional 

delay in making the regulations correct 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Accordingly, the FAA finds that (i) 

public comment on these standards 

prior to promulgation is unnecessary, 

and (ii) good cause exists to make this 

rule effective in less than 30 days. 

Background 

On September 19, 2000, the FAA 

published the ‘‘Commercial Space 

Transportation Reusable Launch 

Vehicle and Reentry Licensing 

Regulations; Final Rule’’ (65 FR 56618). 

The final rule amended commercial 

space transportation regulations 

governing the launch and reentry of 

reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) to 

establish operational requirements for 

launches of RLVs and to implement the 

FAA’s reentry licensing authority by 

prescribing requirements for obtaining a 

license to launch and reenter an RLV, to 

reenter a reentry vehicle, and to operate 

a reentry site. Licensing rules are 

necessary to respond to advancements 

in the development of commercial RLV 

and reentry capability. The action was 

necessary to fulfill the FAA’s safety 

mandate by limiting risk to the public 

from RLV and reentry operations. 

The final rule contains a more 

complete discussion of the rule and the 

events leading up to it. 

Technical Amendment 

The technical amendment makes the 

following correction: 

(1) In § 431.79(a)(3), the duplicate text 

‘‘federal’’ is removed and the phrase 

‘‘for at’’ is changed to ‘‘from’’. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 431 

Aviation safety, Environmental 

protection, Investigations, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements, Space 

transportation and exploration. 

The Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends chapter III of title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 431—LAUNCH AND REENTRY 

OF A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE 

(RLV) 

■ 1. The authority citation of part 431 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901–50923. 

§ 431.79 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend § 431.79(a)(3) by removing 

the duplicate text ‘‘federal’’ and by 

removing the phrase ‘‘for at’’ and adding 

in its place ‘‘from’’. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23, 

2016. 

Dale Bouffiou, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2016–20815 Filed 8–29–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

22 CFR Part 1306 

[MCC FR 16–03] 

Collection of Debts 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of these 

regulations is to implement statutes 

which authorize the collection of debts 

owed to the Federal government, by 

persons, organizations, or entities 

including by salary offset, 

administrative offset, or tax refund 

offset. Generally, however, a debt may 

not be collected by such means if it has 

been outstanding for more than ten 

years after the agency’s right to collect 

the debt first accrued. These regulations 

are consistent with the Office of 

Personnel Management regulations on 

salary offset, and with regulations on 

administrative offset. Persons with 

access to the internet may also view this 

document by going to the 

regulations.gov Web site at: http://

www.regulations.gov/index.cfm. 

DATES: This rule is effective September 

24, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Email: Leussinglm@mcc.gov. 

Mail paper submissions to the Office 

of the General Counsel, Millennium 

Challenge Corporation, 1099 Fourteenth 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura M. Leussing, Office of the General 

Counsel, Millennium Challenge 

Corporation, telephone 202–521–3680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Debt 

Collection Improvement Act (DCIA), 31 

U.S.C. 3720B to 3720E, Public Law 104– 

134, enacted April 26, 1996) and the 

Federal Claims Collection Standards, 31 

U.S.C. 3701 et seq., require the 

government to collect money it is owed. 

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