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Vol. 72, No. 129 

Friday, July 6, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

7 CFR Part 2 

Revision of Delegations of Authority 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document delegates 

authority from the Secretary of 

Agriculture to the Director, Homeland 

Security Staff (Director), designating the 

Director as the Department official who 

is responsible for providing personal 

security protection to the Secretary and 

the Deputy Secretary. Therefore, this 

action revises the delegation of 

authority from the Secretary to the 

Inspector General to limit the 

involvement of the Inspector General 

with the personal security of the 

Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. 

This document also delegates authority 

from the Secretary to the Under 

Secretary for Natural Resources and 

Environment (NRE) and to the Chief, 

Forest Service, to assist the Director in 

providing personal security protection 

to the Secretary and the Deputy 

Secretary in the National Forest System 

(NFS). 

DATES: Effective July 6, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheryl K. Maddux, Acting Director, 

Homeland Security Office, USDA, (202) 

720–7654. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action concerns delegations of authority 

regarding the personal security function 

as it relates to the Secretary and the 

Deputy Secretary. By way of reference, 

the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

are included in a protected class of 

officials under 18 U.S.C. 351, which 

criminalizes violent crimes committed 

against the head of a department or the 

second ranking official in such 

department. Through this action, the 

Secretary delegates authority to the 

Director to provide for the personal 

security for the Secretary and the 

Deputy Secretary. In addition, this 

action revises the delegation of 

authority from the Secretary to the 

inspector General to provide that the 

Inspector General retains the authority 

to assist the Director in providing for the 

personal security for the Secretary and 

the Deputy Secretary, at the request of 

the Director. In essence, this action 

transfers the primary responsibility of 

providing for the personal security for 

the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary 

from the Inspector General to the 

Director. 

This action also delegates authority 

from the Secretary to the Under 

Secretary for NRE and to the Chief, 

Forest Service, to assist the Director in 

performing the personal security 

function in the NFS. At the request of 

the Director, the Under Secretary for 

NRE and the Chief, Forest Service, have 

delegated authority to designate Forest 

Service law enforcement personnel to 

assist the Director in providing for the 

personal security for the Secretary and 

the Deputy Secretary in the NFS. 

This rule relates to internal agency 

management. Therefore, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553, notice of proposed rule 

making and opportunity for comment 

are not required. This rule may be made 

effective less than 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Further, this rule is exempt form the 

provisions of Executive Order 12988 

and Executive Orders 12866, amended 

by Executive Order 13258, because it 

relates to internal agency management. 

In addition, this action is exempt from 

the provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

because it is not a rule as defined by that 

statute. Finally, this action does not 

require review by Congress because it is 

not a rule as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 2 

Authority delegations (Government 

agencies). 

■ Accordingly, 7 CFR part 2 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 2—DELEGATIONS OF 

AUTHORITY BY THE SECRETARY OF 

AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL 

OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 2 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6912(a)(1), 5 U.S.C. 

301; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1953, 3 

CFR, 1949–1953 Comp., p. 1024. 

Subpart D—Delegation of Authority to 

Other General Officers and Agency 

Heads 

■ 2. Amend § 2.20 to add paragraph 

(a)(2)(xl) to read as follows: 

§ 2.20 Under Secretary for Natural 

Resources and Environment. 

(a) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(xl) At the request of the Director, 

Homeland Security Staff (Director), 

designate law enforcement personnel of 

the Forest Service to assist the Director 

in providing for the personal security 

for the Secretary and the Deputy 

Secretary in the National Forest System. 

■ 3. Amend § 2.32 to add paragraph 

(a)(1)(vii) to read as follows: 

§ 2.32 Director, Homeland Security Staff. 

(a) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(vii) Provide for the personal security 

for the Secretary and the Deputy 

Secretary. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. Amend § 2.33 to revise paragraph 

(a)(2) to read as follows: 

§ 2.33 Inspector General. 

* * * * * 

(2) At the request of the Director, 

Homeland Security Staff (Director), 

determine the availability of law 

enforcement personnel of the Office of 

Inspector General to assist the Director 

in providing for the personal security 

for the Secretary and the Deputy 

Secretary. 

* * * * * 

Subpart J—Delegations of Authority by 

the Under Secretary for Natural 

Resources and Environment 

■ 5. Amend § 2.60 to add paragraph 

(a)(49) to read as follows: 

§ 2.60 Chief, Forest Service. 

(a) * * * 

(49) At the request of the Director, 

Homeland Security Staff (Director), 

designate law enforcement personnel of 

the Forest Service to assist the Director 

in providing for the personal security 

for the Secretary and the Deputy 

Secretary in the National Forest System. 

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Dated: June 29, 2007. 

Mike Johanns, 

Secretary of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. 07–3281 Filed 7–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–26494 Directorate 

Identifier 2006–CE–079–AD; Amendment 

39–15119; AD 2007–13–15] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Alpha 

Aviation Design Limited (Type 

Certificate No. A48EU Previously Held 

by APEX Aircraft and AVIONS PIERRE 

ROBIN) Model R2160 Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for the 

products listed above. This AD results 

from mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) 

issued by an aviation authority of 

another country to identify and correct 

an unsafe condition on an aviation 

product. The MCAI describes the unsafe 

condition as: 

To prevent unchecked corrosion 

developing on the wing spars due to access 

for inspections being difficult under normal 

maintenance practices, which could lead to 

an unsafe condition and possibly a 

catastrophic failure of the wing * * * 

We are issuing this AD to require 

actions to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

August 10, 2007. 

On August 10, 2007, the Director of 

the Federal Register approved the 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in this AD. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov or in person at Document 

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: Karl 

Schletzbaum, Aerospace Engineer, FAA, 

Small Airplane Directorate, 901 Locust, 

Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; 

telephone: (816) 329–4146; fax: (816) 

329–4090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a supplemental notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 

14 CFR part 39 to include an AD that 

would apply to the specified products. 

That NPRM was published in the 

Federal Register on April 23, 2007 (72 

FR 20070). That NPRM proposed to 

correct an unsafe condition for the 

specified products. The MCAI states: 

To prevent unchecked corrosion 

developing on the wing spars due to access 

for inspections being difficult under normal 

maintenance practices, which could lead to 

an unsafe condition and possibly a 

catastrophic failure of the wing * * * 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

received no comments on the NPRM or 

on the determination of the cost to the 

public. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the available data and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting the AD 

as proposed. 

Differences Between This AD and the 

MCAI or Service Information 

We have reviewed the MCAI and 

related service information and, in 

general, agree with their substance. But 

we might have found it necessary to use 

different words from those in the MCAI 

to ensure the AD is clear for U.S. 

operators and is enforceable. In making 

these changes, we do not intend to differ 

substantively from the information 

provided in the MCAI and related 

service information. 

We might also have required different 

actions in this AD from those in the 

MCAI in order to follow FAA policies. 

Any such differences are highlighted in 

a NOTE within the AD. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD will affect 

10 products of U.S. registry. We also 

estimate that it will take about 28 workhours per product to comply with basic 

requirements of this AD. The average 

labor rate is $80 per work-hour. Based 

on these figures, we estimate the cost of 

this AD to the U.S. operators to be 

$22,400 or $2,240 per product. 

We have no way of determining the 

number of products that may need any 

necessary follow-on actions. Since the 

corrosion damage would vary from 

airplane to airplane, we are not able to 

estimate the costs of each follow-on 

action. 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

Title 49 of the United States Code 

specifies the FAA’s authority to issue 

rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, 

section 106, describes the authority of 

the FAA Administrator. ‘‘Subtitle VII: 

Aviation Programs,’’ describes in more 

detail the scope of the Agency’s 

authority. 

We are issuing this rulemaking under 

the authority described in ‘‘Subtitle VII, 

Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: 

General requirements.’’ Under that 

section, Congress charges the FAA with 

promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in 

air commerce by prescribing regulations 

for practices, methods, and procedures 

the Administrator finds necessary for 

safety in air commerce. This regulation 

is within the scope of that authority 

because it addresses an unsafe condition 

that is likely to exist or develop on 

products identified in this rulemaking 

action. 

Regulatory Findings 

We determined that this AD will not 

have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132. This AD will 

not have a substantial direct effect on 

the States, on the relationship between 

the national government and the States, 

or on the distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

For the reasons discussed above, I 

certify this AD: 

(1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

(2) Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under 

DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); and 

(3) Will not have a significant 

economic impact, positive or negative, 

on a substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

We prepared a regulatory evaluation 

of the estimated costs to comply with 

this AD and placed it in the AD Docket. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://dms.dot.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 the 

NPRM, the regulatory evaluation, any 

comments received, and other 

information. The street address for the 

Docket Office (telephone (800) 647–

5527) is in the ADDRESSES section. 

Comments will be available in the AD 

docket shortly after receipt. 


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