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Modality of completion Number of 

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Totals ........................................................................................................ 6,530,493 ........................ ........................ 117,150 

Dated: August 9, 2013. 

Faye Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Director, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19701 Filed 8–13–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee—New Task 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment 

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) a new task to 

provide recommendations regarding the 

outdated Advisory Circular (AC) 120– 

17A, Maintenance Control by Reliability 

Methods guidance material. The FAA 

needs to provide its employees and the 

aviation industry with current 

information for developing, 

implementing, maintaining and 

overseeing air carrier’s maintenance 

reliability programs. This notice informs 

the public of the new ARAC activity and 

solicits membership for the 

Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

K. Pitts, Federal Aviation 

Administration, AFS–330 Air Carrier 

Maintenance Branch, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

email: Paul.K.Pitts@faa.gov, telephone: 

(202) 385–6818, facsimile: (202) 385– 

6474. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

ARAC Acceptance of Task 

As a result of the June 2013 ARAC 

meeting, the FAA has assigned and 

ARAC has accepted this task and will 

establish the Maintenance Reliability 

Program Working Group. The working 

group will serve as staff to ARAC and 

provide it advice and recommendations 

on the assigned task. ARAC will review 

and approve the recommendation report 

that will be sent to the FAA. 

Background 

The FAA established ARAC to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the FAA Administrator, through the 

Associate Administrator of Aviation 

Safety, on the FAA’s rulemaking 

activities. ARAC’s objective is to 

improve the development of the FAA’s 

regulations and guidance material by 

providing information, advice, and 

recommendations related to aviation 

issues. 

The National Transportation Safety 

Board (NTSB) issued safety 

recommendation, A–09–110, which 

identified contradictory philosophy 

regarding on-condition maintenance in 

reliability program control mechanisms 

recognized by the FAA. Specifically, it 

requested the FAA to: 

Resolve the differences between Advisory 

Circular (AC) 120–17A and AC 120–16E 

(now revised to AC 120–16F) in regard to 

Federal Aviation Administration philosophy 

and use of on-condition maintenance 

programs. 

Currently, AC 120–17A refers to the 

Maintenance Steering Group 2 (MSG–2) 

logic for developing maintenance 

programs, which dates from the 1970’s. 

AC 120–16F, dated November 15, 2012, 

provides guidance for the 

implementation of an air carriers 

maintenance program. Air carriers 

consider the maintenance requirements 

for identifying tasks and intervals when 

establishing maintenance programs. 

These considerations address corrective 

and preventive maintenance on 

airframes, engines, rotors, propellers, 

appliances, and emergency equipment. 

Recognizing the experience gained from 

MSG–2, we now use MSG 3 logic, 

which replaced MSC–2 logic in 1980, 

for developing a more effective set of 

procedures through analysis of aircraft 

functions, rather than components. In 

response to the NTSB safety 

recommendation, the FAA is requesting 

ARAC assistance to evaluate the 

guidance contained in the AC’s that are 

associated with methods for 

establishing, monitoring, maintaining 

and overseeing air carrier reliability 

programs. 

The Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group will provide advice and 

recommendations on the concepts and 

standards for maintenance reliability 

methods for ARAC review and approval. 

The Task 

The Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group is to complete the 

following: 

1. Review the NTSB Recommendation 

A–09–110. http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/ 

recletters/2009/A09_108_111.pdf 

2. Review AC 120–17A, ‘‘Maintenance 

Control by Reliability Methods’’ http:// 

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/ 

advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/ 

document.information/documentID/ 

22744, and AC 120–16F ‘‘Air Carrier 

Maintenance Programs’’. http:// 

www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/ 

Advisory_Circular/AC%20120-16F.pdf 

3. Gather and review all internal and 

external guidance documents that 

reference or provide information on 

establishing, monitoring, maintaining 

and overseeing air carrier reliability 

programs. 

4. Determine whether updated 

guidance material is appropriate and if 

so, develop draft internal and external 

guidance based on modern concepts, 

which ensure a standardized 

methodology for establishing, 

monitoring, maintaining and overseeing 

air carrier’s aircraft maintenance 

reliability programs. 

5. Develop and submit a report that 

contains recommendations for ensuring 

consistent establishment, monitoring, 

maintaining and overseeing an air 

carrier reliability program that explains 

the decisions made in developing the 

recommendation and any corresponding 

documents. 

6. The working group may be 

reinstated to assist the ARAC by 

responding to FAA’s questions or 

concerns after the recommendation has 

been submitted. 

The report should document both 

majority and minority positions on the 

findings and the rationale for each 

position. Any disagreements should be 

documented, including the rationale for 

each position and the reasons for the 

disagreement. 

Schedule 

The recommendation report must be 

submitted to the FAA for review and 

acceptance no later than September 30, 

2014. 

Working Group Activity 

The Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group must comply with the 


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procedures adopted by ARAC. As part 

of the procedures, the working group 

must: 

1. Conduct a review and analysis of 

the assigned tasks and the related 

materials or documents. 

2. Draft and submit a work plan for 

completion of the task, including the 

rationale supporting such a plan, for 

consideration by ARAC. 

3. Provide a status report on the work 

plan at each ARAC meeting. 

4. Draft and submit the 

recommendation report based on the 

review and analysis of the assigned 

tasks. 

5. Present the recommendation report 

to the ARAC at a regularly scheduled 

meeting. 

Participation in the Working Group 

The Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group will be comprised of 

technical experts having an interest in 

the assigned task. A working group 

member need not be a member 

representative of ARAC. The FAA 

would like a wide range of members to 

ensure all aspects of the tasks are 

considered in development of the 

recommendations. 

The June 18, 2010 Presidential 

memorandum ‘‘Lobbyists on Agency 

Boards and Commissions,’’ states that a 

member must not be a federally 

registered lobbyist, who is subject to the 

registration and reporting requirements 

of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

(LDA) as amended, 2 U.S.C 1603, 1604, 

and 1605, at the time of appointment or 

reappointment to the ARAC, and has 

not served in such a role for a two-year 

period prior to appointment. For further 

information see OMB final guidance on 

appointment of lobbyists to federal 

boards and commissions (76 FR 61756, 

October 5, 2011.) Therefore, the FAA 

will not select any person that is a 

registered lobbyist. 

If you wish to become a member of 

the Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group, write the person listed 

under the caption FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that 

desire. Describe your interest in the task 

and state the expertise you would bring 

to the working group. We must receive 

all requests by September 3, 2013. 

ARAC and the FAA will review the 

requests and advise you whether or not 

your request is approved. 

If you are chosen for membership on 

the working group, you must actively 

participate in the working group by 

attending all meetings, and providing 

written comments when requested to do 

so. You must devote the resources 

necessary to support the working group 

in meeting any assigned deadlines. You 

must keep your management chain and 

those you may represent advised of 

working group activities and decisions 

to ensure the proposed technical 

solutions do not conflict with the 

position of those you represent. Once 

the working group has begun 

deliberations, members will not be 

added or substituted without the 

approval of the ARAC Chair, the FAA, 

including the Designated Federal 

Officer, and the Working Group Chair. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. However, meetings of the 

Maintenance Reliability Program 

Working Group are not open to the 

public, except to the extent individuals 

with an interest and expertise are 

selected to participate. The FAA will 

make no public announcement of 

working group meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 9, 

2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19739 Filed 8–13–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Order 1050.1F Environmental Impact: 

Policies and Procedures 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) proposes to 

update, reorganize, and revise its order 

that contains policies and procedures 

for implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), in 

accordance with regulations issued by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508). The order 

additionally provides direction on using 

the NEPA review process to ensure 

compliance with other environmental 

laws, regulations, and executive orders 

that may be applicable to proposed FAA 

actions. Order 1050.1E Environmental 

Impact: Policies and Procedures will be 

replaced with Order 1050.1F 

Environmental Impact: Policies and 

Procedures. FAA Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impact: Policies and 

Procedures is available at http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_ offices/apl/ 

environ_policy_guidance/policy/. This 

notice provides the public opportunity 

to comment on the revised Order. All 

comments on the proposed changes will 

be considered in preparing the final 

version of Order 1050.1F. 

DATES: Comments should be received by 

September 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to 

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

online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Mail: Send comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

You may examine the docket, 

including comments received, on the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation Docket Operations office 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Scata, Office of Environment 

and Energy (AEE–400), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–9890; email 

donald.scata@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) establishes a broad national 

policy to protect the quality of the 

human environment and ensures that 

environmental considerations are given 

careful attention and appropriate weight 

in decisions of the Federal Government. 

Regulations promulgated by the Council 

on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508) implement 

Section 102(2) of NEPA, which contains 

the ‘‘action-forcing’’ provisions to 

ensure that Federal agencies act 

according to the letter and spirit of 

NEPA. 40 CFR 1505.1 requires Federal 

agencies to develop and, as needed, 

revise implementing procedures 

consistent with the CEQ regulations. 

The FAA’s current Order 1050.1E, 

Environmental Impact: Policies and 

Procedures, provides FAA’s policy and 

procedures for complying with the 

requirements of: (a) The CEQ 


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