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(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Bell Textron Canada 

Limited Model 407 helicopters, certificated 

in any category. 

(d) Subject 

Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 

Code: 6410, Tail Rotor Blades. 

(e) Unsafe Condition 

This AD was prompted by a report of a 

disbonded area in a tail rotor (T/R) blade due 

to missing adhesive between the upper skin 

and core. The FAA is issuing this AD to 

detect skin to core voids that exceed 

allowable limits in affected T/R blades. The 

unsafe condition, if not addressed, could 

result in severe vibration, failure of the T/R 

blade, and subsequent loss of T/R control. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Requirements 

Except as specified in paragraphs (h) and 

(i) of this AD: Comply with all required 

actions and compliance times specified in, 

and in accordance with, Transport Canada 

Emergency AD CF–2023–63, dated August 

17, 2023 (Transport Canada AD CF–2023– 

63). 

(h) Exceptions to Transport Canada AD CF– 

2023–63 

(1) Where Transport Canada AD CF–2023– 

63 refers to its effective date, this AD requires 

using the effective date of this AD. 

(2) Where Transport Canada AD CF–2023– 

63 requires compliance in terms of hours air 

time, this AD requires compliance using 

hours time-in-service. 

(3) Where paragraph A.2. of Transport 

Canada AD CF–2023–63 requires inspecting 

an affected T/R blade and the service 

information referenced in paragraph A.2. of 

Transport Canada AD CF–2023–63 specifies 

inspecting an affected T/R blade, this AD 

requires using a steel tap hammer and tap 

inspecting each affected T/R blade. 

(4) Where the service information 

referenced in Transport Canada AD CF– 

2023–63 specifies returning parts to the 

manufacturer, this AD does not include that 

requirement. 

(i) No Reporting Requirement 

Although the service information 

referenced in Transport Canada AD CF– 

2023–63 specifies to submit certain 

information to the manufacturer, this AD 

does not include that requirement. 

(j) Special Flight Permits 

A special flight permit may be issued in 

accordance with 14 CFR 21.197 and 21.199 

to operate the helicopter to a location where 

the tap inspection can be performed, 

provided no passengers are onboard. 

(k) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, International Validation 

Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve 

AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the 

procedures found in 39.19. In accordance 

with 39.19, send your request to your 

principal inspector or local Flight Standards 

District Office, as appropriate. If sending 

information directly to the manager of the 

International Validation Branch, mail it to 

the address identified in paragraph (l) of this 

AD or email to: 9-AVS-AIR-730-AMOC@

faa.gov. If mailing information, also submit 

information by email. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. 

(l) Additional Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Dan McCully, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 

410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone (404) 474– 

5548; email william.mccully@faa.gov. 

(m) Material Incorporated by Reference 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference of 

the service information listed in this 

paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 

part 51. 

(2) You must use this service information 

as applicable to do the actions required by 

this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise. 

(i) Transport Canada Emergency AD CF– 

2023–63, dated August 17, 2023. 

(ii) [Reserved] 

(3) For Transport Canada Emergency AD 

CF–2023–63, contact Transport Canada, 

Transport Canada National Aircraft 

Certification, 159 Cleopatra Drive, Nepean, 

Ontario, K1A 0N5, CANADA; phone 888– 

663–3639; email TC.AirworthinessDirectivesConsignesdenavigabilite.TC@tc.gc.ca; 

internet tc.canada.ca/en/aviation. You may 

find the Transport Canada material on the 

Transport Canada website at tc.canada.ca/ 

en/aviation. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, 

Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., 

Room 6N–321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call (817) 222–5110. 

(5) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, 

email: fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to: 

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued on August 25, 2023. 

Victor Wicklund, 

Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19324 Filed 9–1–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0216; Airspace 

Docket No. 19–AAL–63] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Amendment of United States Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Route T–230; St. 

Paul Island, AK 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: This action corrects a final 

rule published by the FAA in the 

Federal Register on July 17, 2023, that 

amends United States Area Navigation 

(RNAV) route T–230 in the vicinity of 

St. Paul Island, AK, in support of a large 

and comprehensive T-route 

modernization project for the state of 

Alaska. The final rule identified the 

GARRS, AK, route point as a waypoint 

(WP), in error. This action makes an 

editorial correction to the reference of 

the GARRS, AK, WP to change it to be 

reflected as a Fix and match the FAA’s 

National Airspace System Resource 

(NASR) database information. 

DATES: Effective date 0901 UTC, October 

5, 2023. The Director of the Federal 

Register approves this incorporation by 

reference action under 1 CFR part 51, 

subject to the annual revision of FAA 

Order JO 7400.11 and publication of 

conforming amendments. 

ADDRESSES: FAA Order JO 7400.11G, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, and subsequent amendments can 

be viewed online at https://

www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. 

For further information, you can contact 

the Rules and Regulations Group, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Roff, Rules and Regulations 

Group, Office of Policy, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History 

The FAA published a final rule in the 

Federal Register (88 FR 45329; July 17, 

2023), amending T–230 in support of a 

large and comprehensive T-route 

modernization project for the state of 

Alaska. Subsequent to publication of the 

final rule, the FAA determined that the 

GARRS, AK, route point was 

inadvertently identified as a WP, in 


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error. This rule corrects that error by 

changing the reference of the GARRS, 

AK, WP to the GARRS, AK, Fix. This is 

an editorial change only to match the 

FAA’s NASR database information and 

does not alter the alignment of the 

affected T–230 route. 

Correction to Final Rule 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me, reference to 

the GARRS, AK, WP that is reflected in 

Docket No. FAA–2022–0216, as 

published in the Federal Register of 

July 17, 2023 (88 FR 45329), FR Doc. 

2023–15011, is corrected as follows: 

■ 1. In FR Doc. 2023–15011, appearing 

on page 45330 correct the table for T– 

230 St. Paul Island, AK (SPY) to King 

Salmon, AK (AKN) to read: 

T–230 St. Paul Island, AK (SPY) to King Salmon, AK (AKN) [Amended] 

St. Paul Island, AK (SPY) NDB/DME (Lat. 57°09′25.20′′ N, long. 170°13′58.77′′ W) 

GARRS, AK Fix (Lat. 58°19′05.80′′ N, long. 161°20′31.74′′ W) 

Salmon, AK (AKN) VORTAC (Lat. 58°43′28.97′′ N, long. 156°45′08.45′′ W) 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 

2023. 

Karen Chiodini, 

Acting Manager, Airspace Rules and 

Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19095 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

15 CFR Part 922 

[Docket No. 230829–0205] 

RIN 0648–BM58 

Florida Keys National Marine 

Sanctuary: Establishment of 

Temporary Special Use Area for Coral 

Nursery 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Final temporary rule; emergency 

action. 

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is 

issuing a final temporary rule 

establishing a special use area which 

will prohibit all entry except for 

restoration activities under a valid 

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries 

(ONMS) permit, continuous transit 

without interruption, and for law 

enforcement purposes into a 0.07 square 

mile area approximately five miles 

southeast of the community of 

Tavernier, on the island of Key Largo, 

within Federal waters of the Florida 

Keys National Marine Sanctuary 

(FKNMS) from September 6, 2023 to 

November 6, 2023. This temporary rule 

is necessary to prevent or minimize 

destruction of, loss of, or injury to 

sanctuary resources, specifically to 

facilitate restoration activities to 

improve or repair living habitats 

through protecting coral nursery stock at 

this site from potential impacts caused 

by anchor damage and/or fishing gear. 

This temporary special use area will 

expire within 60 days unless it is 

extended an additional 60 days. 

DATES: This final temporary rule is 

effective September 6, 2023 through 

November 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Sarah Fangman, 

Superintendent, Florida Keys National 

Marine Sanctuary, 33 East Quay Road, 

Key West, FL 33040, 305–360–2713 

phone, or by email at sarah.fangman@

noaa.gov. 

Additional background materials can 

be found on the FKNMS website at 

https://floridakeys.noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Fangman, Superintendent, 

Florida Keys National Marine 

Sanctuary, 33 East Quay Road, Key 

West, FL 33040, 305–360–2713 phone, 

or by email at sarah.fangman@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA is 

by this final rule creating a temporary 

special use area for the purpose of coral 

restoration located approximately five 

miles southeast of the community of 

Tavernier, on the island of Key Largo, 

within Federal waters of FKNMS. 

Section 15 CFR 922.164(e) of the 

FKNMS regulations allows the ONMS 

Director to set aside discrete areas of the 

Sanctuary as special use areas in order 

to provide for, among other uses, the 

restoration of degraded or otherwise 

injured sanctuary resources (15 CFR 

922.164(e)(1)(i)). A special use area shall 

be no larger than the size the ONMS 

Director deems reasonably necessary to 

accomplish the applicable objective. No 

person may enter a special use area 

except to conduct restoration activities 

under a valid ONMS permit, for 

continuous transit without interruption, 

or for law enforcement purposes. 

Activities that are currently allowed in 

the area, including fishing, will be 

prohibited. 

This temporary special use area is 

established to limit the potential for 

physical impact to a coral nursery that 

are being temporarily relocated to 

deeper waters to protect the nursery 

corals from heat stress caused by the 

current on-going marine heat wave. 

Creation of this temporary special use 

area will limit the potential for physical 

impact to this sensitive coral nursery 

stock from anchoring, unintentional 

fouling of fishing gear, and bottom 

tending fishing gear including traps. 

The ONMS Director has determined that 

the size of 0.07 square miles is no larger 

than the size reasonably necessary to 

protect the coral nursery stock from 

physical damage. NOAA will provide 

notice of the location of this area 

through sanctuary radio 

announcements, press releases, and 

with assistance from the U.S. Coast 

Guard and FKNMS staff. NOAA has 

requested that the U.S. Coast Guard give 

notification to vessels, via notice to 

mariners, to remain in continuous 

transit through this temporary area. 

Justification for Emergency Action 

This action is taken in accordance 

with 15 CFR 922.165 of the FKNMS 

regulations (62 FR 32154, June 12, 

1997). Section 922.165 provides that, 

where necessary to prevent or minimize 

the destruction of, loss of, or injury to 

a Sanctuary resource, any and all 

activities are subject to immediate 

temporary regulation, including 

prohibition, for up to 60 days, with one 

60-day extension. This final temporary 

rule is necessitated by the current 

ongoing marine heat wave that is 

impacting and likely killing coral reefs 

in the Florida Keys at an unprecedented 

rate and scale. South Florida sea 

temperatures as reported by NOAA are 

35°C, which is the warmest on record. 

These conditions became unsustainable 

for coral reef ecosystems in July and 

expert forecasts suggest that extreme 

ocean temperatures will likely persist 

until at least October 2023. At most risk 

are the coral nursery stock because these 

are located in shallow, nearshore 

protected environments that heat up 

much more than offshore locations. 

There are currently 14 active coral 

nursery sites throughout the Florida 

Keys. These nursery sites are 

strategically located in close proximity 

to the sites where the nursery coral will 


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