Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 86 / Friday, May 3, 2013 / Notices 26103 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on April 26, 

2013. 

Carolyn T. Read, 

Acting Airports Division Manager—Northwest 

Mountain Region, ANM–600. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10511 Filed 5–2–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Proposed Standard Operating 

Procedure (SOP) of the Aircraft 

Certification Service (AIR) Project 

Prioritization and Resource 

Management 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of, and request for public 

comments on, the Aircraft Certification 

Service (AIR) standard operating 

procedure (SOP) describing the process 

used to prioritize certification projects 

and manage certification project 

resources when local resources are not 

available. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 2, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the 

SOP to: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Aircraft 

Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW., 5th Floor, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. Attn: Graham Long, AIR–103. 

You may deliver comments to: Federal 

Aviation Administration, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., Washington, DC 

20024, or electronically submit 

comments to the following Internet 

address: 9-AWA-AVS-AIR-103- 

SOP@faa.gov. Include in the subject line 

of your message the following: SOP: 

AIR–100–001; Standard Operating 

Procedure—Aircraft Certification 

Service Project Prioritization. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Graham Long, Aerospace Engineer, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft 

Engineering Division, Technical and 

Administrative Support Branch, AIR– 

103, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, 5th Floor, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone (202) 

385–6319, FAX (202) 385–6475. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

You are invited to comment on the 

SOP for the prioritization of certification 

projects listed in this notice by sending 

such written data, views, or arguments 

to the above listed address. Please 

identify ‘‘SOP: AIR–100–001 Standard 

Operating Procedure—Aircraft 

Certification Service Project 

Prioritization’’ as the subject of your 

comments. You may also examine 

comments received on the SOP before 

and after the comment closing date at 

the FAA’s Aircraft Engineering Division 

office located at 950 L’Enfant Plaza, 5th 

Floor, SW., Washington, DC 20024, 

weekdays except Federal holidays, 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The 

Director of the Aircraft Certification 

Service will consider all 

communications received on or before 

the closing date before issuing the final 

document. 

Background 

In 2005, the Federal Aviation 

Administration instituted a project 

sequencing process to manage our 

limited resources to address both 

continued operational safety and 

certification project work. In 2011, the 

existing SOP for Project Sequencing was 

made available for public comment. As 

a result of comments received, a 

completely new SOP has been 

developed that is intended to replace 

the existing SOP. This SOP documents 

the process used for all certification 

projects worked in AIR’s Aircraft 

Certification Offices (ACOs). The 

certification programs include: Type 

certificate (TC), Amended Type 

Certificate (ATC), Supplemental Type 

Certificated ATC), Amended 

Supplemental Type Certificate (ASTC), 

and Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) 

accomplished by test and computation. 

This SOP defines that all projects are 

initiated in the geographical ACO when 

the application is received. The FAA 

applies this process to determine the 

project priority, and identifies related 

task response time. Lower priority 

projects may have task response time 

extended within limits when AIR 

resources are unable to support. The 

SOP provides for a national forum for 

AIR managers to identify and obtain 

support to accomplish specific project 

tasks while not diverting resources from 

activities supporting our safety mission 

of ensuring continued operational safety 

of the existing fleet. The FAA is 

publishing the SOP to ensure 

transparency of the existing sequencing 

process and to solicit feedback on how 

the process can be improved. 

How To Obtain Copies 

You can get an electronic copy of the 

Standard Operating Procedure—Aircraft 

Certification Service Project 

Prioritization, via the Internet at 

http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/, 

and then select Policy, or by contacting 

the person named in the paragraph FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 29, 

2013. 

Susan J.M. Cabler, 

Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10433 Filed 5–2–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Release Certain 

Properties From All Terms, Conditions, 

Reservations and Restrictions of a 

Quitclaim Deed Agreement Between 

the City of Zephyrhills and the Federal 

Aviation Administration for the 

Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, 

Zephyrhills, FL 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA hereby provides 

notice of intent to release certain airport 

properties 33 acres at the Zephyrhills 

Municipal Airport, Zephyrhills, FL from 

the conditions, reservations, and 

restrictions as contained in a Quitclaim 

Deed agreement between the FAA and 

the City of Zephyrhills, dated May 15, 

1947. The release of property will allow 

the City of Zephyrhills to dispose of the 

property for other than aeronautical 

purposes. The property is located on the 

southeast corner of airport property. The 

parcel is currently designated as nonaeronautical use. The property will be 

released of its federal obligations for 

municipal purposes. The fair market 

value of this parcel has been determined 

to be $500,000. 

Documents reflecting the Sponsor’s 

request are available, by appointment 

only, for inspection at the Zephyrhills 

Municipal Airport and the FAA 

Airports District Office. 

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 public notice 

and comment prior to the ‘‘waiver’’ or 

‘‘modification’’ of a sponsor’s Federal 

obligation to use certain airport land for 

non-aeronautical purposes. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

June 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review at the Zephyrhills Municipal 

Airport, and the FAA Airports District 

Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, 

Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822. Written 

comments on the Sponsor’s request 


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