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information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Zuklic, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

FAA, 2200 South 216th Street, Des 

Moines, WA 98198; phone: (206) 231– 

3858; email: joseph.r.zuklic@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2023–1893; Project Identifier AD– 

2023–00389–A’’ at the beginning of your 

comments. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. The FAA will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend this proposal 

because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to 

regulations.gov, including any personal 

information you provide. The agency 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact received 

about this NPRM. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this NPRM 

contain commercial or financial 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this NPRM, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Please mark each 

page of your submission containing CBI 

as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA will treat such 

marked submissions as confidential 

under the FOIA, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of this 

NPRM. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Joseph Zuklic, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 2200 

South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 

98198. Any commentary that the FAA 

receives which is not specifically 

designated as CBI will be placed in the 

public docket for this rulemaking. 

Background 

The FAA issued an NPRM to amend 

14 CFR part 39 by adding an AD that 

would apply to certain FS 2001 Corp, 

FS 2002 Corporation, FS 2003 

Corporation, Piper, and Piper Aircraft, 

Inc. (Piper) airplanes, as listed in the 

NPRM. The NPRM published in the 

Federal Register on October 6, 2023 (88 

FR 69556). The NPRM was prompted by 

reports of two non-fatal accidents 

involving airplanes designed and built 

by Piper that were caused by broken 

rudder posts that structurally failed 

above the upper hinge in flight. Both 

accidents occurred in Anchorage, 

Alaska. The first accident occurred on 

June 8, 2020, and involved an FS 2003 

Model PA–12 airplane and the second 

accident occurred on July 23, 2021, and 

involved an FS 2002 Model PA–14 

airplane. Both airplanes sustained 

substantial damage when the rudder 

structurally failed. After examination, it 

was determined that the rudder posts 

fractured above the upper hinge, the top 

portion of the rudder folded over the 

upper tail brace wires, and the rudder 

posts were made from 1025 carbon steel 

and fractured due to fatigue. This 

condition, if not addressed, could result 

in a broken rudder and consequent 

reduced ability of the flight crew to 

maintain the safe flight and landing of 

the airplane. 

In the NPRM, the FAA proposed to 

require replacing any rudder equipped 

with a rudder post made from 1025 

carbon steel with a rudder equipped 

with a rudder post made from 4130N 

low-alloy steel. 

Actions Since the NPRM Was Issued 

Since issuance of the NPRM, the FAA 

has received a request from the Airplane 

Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), 

the Short Wing Piper Club, and other 

commenters to extend the comment 

period. The commenters state that the 

NPRM is controversial and could drive 

substantial costs, among other things. 

To be able to prepare informed and 

meaningful comments with coordinated 

consensus among its members, AOPA 

requested an extension of 90 days to the 

comment period. 

The FAA agrees with the request and 

has determined that it is appropriate to 

extend the comment period for the 

NPRM to give all interested persons 

additional time to examine the proposed 

requirements and submit comments. 

The FAA has determined that extending 

the comment period an additional 90 

days will not compromise the safety of 

the affected airplanes. 

Extension of Comment Period 

The FAA has reviewed the requests 

for extension of the comment period for 

this notice. The commenters have 

shown a substantive interest in the 

proposed policy and good cause for the 

extension of the comment period. 

Therefore, in accordance with 14 

CFR 11.47(c), the FAA has determined 

that an extension of the comment period 

for an additional 90 days to February 20, 

2024 is consistent with the public 

interest, and that good cause exists for 

taking this action. 

Accordingly, the comment period for 

Docket No. FAA–2023–1893 is extended 

until February 20, 2024. 

Because no other portion of the 

proposal or other regulatory information 

has been changed, the entire proposal is 

not being republished. 

Issued under authority provided by 49 

U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, and 44701. 

Issued on November 16, 2023. 

Caitlin Locke, 

Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25700 Filed 11–16–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

29 CFR Parts 2510 and 2550 

RIN 1210–AC02; ZRINs 1210–ZA32, 1210– 

ZA33, 1210–ZA34 

Hearing on Retirement Security Rule: 

Definition of an Investment Advice 

Fiduciary and Associated Prohibited 

Transaction Exemption Amendments 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration. 

ACTION: Announcement of hearing. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor’s 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) will hold a 

virtual public hearing on December 12 

through December 13, 2023, continuing 

(if necessary) on December 14, 2023, for 

the public to provide input on the 

Department’s proposed Retirement 

Security Rule: Definition of an 

Investment Advice Fiduciary, proposed 

amendments to Prohibited Transaction 

Exemption (PTE) 2020–02, proposed 

amendments to PTE 84–24, and 

proposed amendments to several other 

existing administrative PTEs that are 

available to investment advice 

fiduciaries. EBSA welcomes requests 

from the general public to testify at the 

hearing. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

on December 12 through December 13, 

2023, and will continue (if necessary) 

on December 14, 2023, via WebEx, 

beginning each day at 9 a.m. EST. 


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1 88 FR 75890. 

2See proposed amendment to PTE 2020–02 (88 

FR 75979), proposed amendment to PTE 84–24 (88 

FR 76004), and proposed amendment to PTEs 75– 

1, 80–83, 83–1, and 86–128 (88 FR 76032). 

Requests to testify at the hearing must 

be submitted on or before November 29, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit all requests to 

testify through the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at https://www.regulations.gov at 

Docket ID EBSA–2023–0014. Follow the 

instructions for submitting requests to 

testify provided below. Warning: Do not 

include any personally identifiable 

information or confidential business 

information that you do not want 

publicly disclosed. Requests to testify 

are public records posted on the internet 

as received and can be retrieved by most 

internet search engines. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Ness, Office of Regulations and 

Interpretations, EBSA, 202–693–8510 

(not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 3, 2023, the Department 

published in the Federal Register a 

proposed rule entitled Retirement 

Security Rule: Definition of an 

Investment Advice Fiduciary.1 If 

adopted as proposed, the rule would 

amend the Department’s current 

regulation that defines who is a 

‘‘fiduciary’’ of an employee benefit plan 

for purposes of Title I of the Employee 

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 

(ERISA) as a result of providing 

investment advice to a plan or its 

participants or beneficiaries for a fee or 

other compensation, direct or indirect. 

The proposed rule also would amend a 

parallel regulation defining who is a 

‘‘fiduciary’’ of a plan described in 

Internal Revenue Code section 4975, 

including an individual retirement 

account, for purposes of Title II of 

ERISA. 

In the same edition of the Federal 

Register, the Department also published 

proposed amendments to PTE 2020–02 

(entitled ‘‘Improving Investment Advice 

for Workers & Retirees’’), proposed 

amendments to PTE 84–24, and 

proposed amendments to several other 

existing administrative PTEs that are 

available to investment advice 

fiduciaries.2 The full text and other 

information regarding the rule and PTE 

amendments is available on EBSA’s 

website: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ 

ebsa/laws-and-regulations/laws/erisa/ 

retirement-security. 

In the Federal Register documents, 

the Department announced that it 

anticipated holding a public hearing 

approximately 45 days following 

publication, and that it would publish 

specific information regarding the date, 

location, and submission of requests to 

testify in the Federal Register. The 

Department is hereby notifying the 

public that it will hold a virtual public 

hearing on the proposed rule and 

associated proposed amendments to the 

prohibited transaction exemptions on 

December 12 through December 13, 

2023, continuing on December 14, 2023 

(if necessary), beginning each day at 9 

a.m. EST, via WebEx. Registration 

information to access and view the 

hearing on WebEx will be available 

within a reasonable time before the 

hearing on EBSA’s website: https://

www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa. 

Instructions for Submitting Requests To 

Testify 

Individuals and organizations 

interested in testifying at the public 

hearing must submit a written request to 

testify by November 29, 2023. Requests 

to testify must include: 

(1) the name, title, organization, 

address, email address, and telephone 

number of the individual who would 

testify; 

(2) if applicable, the name of the 

organization(s) whose views would be 

represented; and 

(3) the date of the requester’s written 

comment on the proposed rule or 

exemption proposals (if already 

submitted). 

Any requestors with disabilities 

requiring special accommodations for 

their testimony should contact Scott 

Ness at the phone number listed above 

after submitting their written request, no 

later than five business days in advance 

of the hearing. To request ASL 

Interpreting or captioning services for 

this event, please contact 

Interpreting.Services@dol.gov at least 

five business days in advance of the 

hearing. 

The Department will organize the 

hearing into several moderated panels. 

Presenters will be given 10 minutes to 

testify, and they should be prepared to 

answer questions regarding their 

testimony. EBSA may limit the number 

of presenters based on how many 

testimony requests it receives. In that 

event, EBSA will ensure that the 

broadest array of viewpoints on all 

aspects of the proposals are represented 

and will include in the public record all 

testimony requests it receives. EBSA 

encourages submission of written 

comments from all interested parties, 

regardless as to whether any entity 

provides oral testimony during the 

hearing. 

EBSA will post a hearing agenda 

containing the panel compositions and 

presentation times no later than the 

close of business on December 7, 2023, 

on its website: https://www.dol.gov/ 

agencies/ebsa. 

Important note: In the event that a 

lapse in appropriations occurs, EBSA 

may not be able to post the hearing 

agenda on its website by close of 

business on December 7, 2023, as stated 

above. If the agenda is not posted by the 

close of business on December 7, 2023, 

the hearing is postponed. EBSA will 

publish a subsequent notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

updated date and time for the hearing 

within a reasonable time after any lapse 

in appropriations ends. 

The hearing will be transcribed, and 

the Department will notify the public 

when the hearing transcript is available 

on EBSA’s website at: https://

www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

November, 2023. 

Lisa M. Gomez, 

Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration, U.S. Department of 

Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25522 Filed 11–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

38 CFR Part 38 

RIN 2900–AR88 

Commemorative Plaques and Urns 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) proposes to revise its 

regulations to implement new statutory 

authority to furnish commemorative 

plaques and urns for certain veterans 

whose cremated remains are not 

interred. This proposed rule is 

necessary to administer the new 

benefits, which were authorized by the 

‘‘Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. 

Veterans Health Care and Benefits 

Improvement Act of 2020’’ (the Act). 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

VA on or before January 19, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through www.regulations.gov. 

Except as provided below, comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period will be available at 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing, 

inspection, or copying, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 


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