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4Each Office of the United States Attorney for a 

judicial district shall be considered a separate 

component from each other such office. 

5Each Office of the United States Trustee for a 

region shall be considered a separate component 

from each other such office. 

6The Office on Violence Against Women shall 

not be considered separate from the Office of Justice 

Programs, but only from other designated 

components of the Department of Justice. 

Independent Counsel appointed by 

the Attorney General. 

Office of Justice Programs. 

Office of the Pardon Attorney 

(effective January 28, 1992). 

Offices of the United States Attorney 

(94).4

Offices of the United States Trustee 

(21).5

Office on Violence Against Women 6

(effective March 8, 2007). 

Tax Division. 

United States Marshals Service 

(effective May 16, 1997). 

United States Parole Commission. 

* * * * * 

■ Effective June 6, 2007, appendix B to 

part 2641 is further amended by 

removing the listing for the Department 

of Homeland Security (and all of the 

components thereunder). 

[FR Doc. E7–4167 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6345–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–26233; Directorate 

Identifier 2006–CE–63–AD; Amendment 39–

14979; AD 2007–05–18] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; EADS 

SOCATA Model TBM 700 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 the finding of an improper 

geometry of some pulley brackets, 

which can offset the cable in the sheave. 

We are issuing this AD to require 

actions to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective April 

12, 2007. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in this AD 

as of April 12, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov or in person at the Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Albert J. Mercado, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329–

4119; fax: (816) 329–4090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Streamlined Issuance of AD 

The FAA is implementing a new 

process for streamlining the issuance of 

ADs related to MCAI. The streamlined 

process will allow us to adopt MCAI 

safety requirements in a more efficient 

manner and will reduce safety risks to 

the public. This process continues to 

follow all FAA AD issuance processes to 

meet legal, economic, Administrative 

Procedure Act, and Federal Register 

requirements. We also continue to meet 

our technical decision-making 

responsibilities to identify and correct 

unsafe conditions on U.S.-certificated 

products. 

This AD references the MCAI and 

related service information that we 

considered in forming the engineering 

basis to correct the unsafe condition. 

The AD contains text copied from the 

MCAI and for this reason might not 

follow our plain language principles. 

Discussion 

We issued a 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 December 7, 2006 (71 FR 

70908). That NPRM proposed to require 

a detailed inspection of the aileron 

control cable pulleys and brackets, and 

apply corrective actions as necessary. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

have considered the comments received. 

EADS SOCATA believes the FAA 

should reference the changes in the 

NPRM of the compliance time from 10 

hours time-in-service (TIS) in the MCAI 

and service bulletin to 50 hours TIS in 

the NPRM in the ‘‘FAA AD Differences’’

section. 

The FAA sometimes needs to change 

compliance times for enforceability 

reasons. We normally do not include 

that as an FAA AD Difference in an AD 

action, unless it affects the actions being 

done. However, since this compliance 

time change was significant, we will 

note it as a difference. The difference 

will state that the MCAI and service 

bulletin requires the action at 10 hours 

TIS. Typically, this short of a 

compliance time would indicate an 

unsafe condition requiring urgent 

action. However, we did not consider 

this unsafe condition to be an urgent 

safety of flight condition and issued this 

action through the normal notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) AD 

process. The time of 50 hours TIS is an 

adequate compliance for this AD action 

and met the FAA requirements of an 

NPRM followed by a final rule. 

EADS SOCATA comments that EADS 

SOCATA TBM Aircraft Mandatory 

Service Bulletin SB 70–134, dated July 

2005, is not an Alert. 

The FAA agrees and changes the 

reference to the service information in 

the final rule. 

EADS SOCATA states that the costs of 

the required parts is about $450 per 

product and not the $8,600 per product 

that is in the Costs of Compliance 

section of the NPRM. EADS SOCATA 

also estimates that it would take 2.5 

work-hours to inspect and 8.5 workhours to replace the nonconforming 

parts, if necessary. This total of 11 workhours is less than the 12 work-hours 

that the FAA estimates in the NPRM. 

The FAA agrees and has changed the 

Costs of Compliance section in the final 

rule to reflect the above costs. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the available data, 

including the comments received, and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting the AD 

with the changes described previously. 

We determined that these changes will 

not increase the economic burden on 

any operator or increase the scope of the 

AD. 

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 a U.S. 

court of law. In making these changes, 

we do not intend to differ substantively 

from the information provided in the 

MCAI and related service information. 


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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 described in a 

separate paragraph of the AD. These 

requirements, if any, take precedence 

over the actions copied from the MCAI. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD will affect 

55 products of U.S. registry. We also 

estimate that it will take about 11 workhours per product to comply with this 

AD. The average labor rate is $80 per 

work-hour. Required parts will cost 

about $450 per product. Where the 

service information lists required parts 

costs that are covered under warranty, 

we have assumed that there will be no 

charge for these parts. As we do not 

control warranty coverage for affected 

parties, some parties may incur costs 

higher than estimated here. Based on 

these figures, we estimate the cost of 

this AD to the U.S. operators to be 

$73,150, or $1,330 per product. 

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–

5227) is in the ADDRESSES section. 

Comments will be available in the AD 

docket shortly after receipt. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

Adoption of the Amendment 

■ Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as 

follows: 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new AD: 

2007–05–18 EADS SOCATA: Amendment 

39–14979; Docket No. FAA–2006–26233; 

Directorate Identifier 2006–CE–63–AD. 

Effective Date 

(a) This airworthiness directive (AD) 

becomes effective April 12, 2007. 

Affected ADs 

(b) None. 

Applicability 

(c) This AD applies to Model TBM 700 

airplanes, serial numbers 261 through 268 

and 270 through 323, certificated in any 

category. 

Reason 

(d) The mandatory continuing 

airworthiness information (MCAI) states the 

finding of an improper geometry of some 

pulley brackets, which can offset the cable in 

the sheave. If not corrected, this could reduce 

the ability to control the roll of the aircraft. 

Actions and Compliance 

(e) Unless already done, within the next 50 

hours time-in-service after April 12, 2007 

(the effective date of this AD), accomplish a 

detailed inspection of the aileron control 

cable pulleys and brackets, and apply 

corrective actions as necessary, following 

EADS SOCATA Mandatory Service Bulletin 

SB 70–134, dated July 2005. 

FAA AD Differences 

Note: This AD differs from the MCAI and/ 

or service information as follows: The MCAI 

and service bulletin require the action at 10 

hours TIS. We consider 10 hours TIS as an 

urgent safety of flight compliance time, and 

we do not consider this unsafe condition to 

be an urgent safety of flight condition. 

Because we do not consider this unsafe 

condition to be an urgent safety of flight 

condition, we issued this action through the 

normal notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM) AD process. The time of 50 hours 

TIS is an adequate compliance for this AD 

action and met the FAA requirements of an 

NPRM followed by a final rule. 

Other FAA AD Provisions 

(f) The following provisions also apply to 

this AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, Standards Staff, 

FAA, ATTN: Albert J. Mercado, Aerospace 

Safety Engineer, FAA, Small Airplane 

Directorate, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329–

4119; fax: (816) 329–4090, has the authority 

to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. 

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement 

in this AD to obtain corrective actions from 

a manufacturer or other source, use these 

actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective 

actions are considered FAA-approved if they 

are approved by the State of Design Authority 

(or their delegated agent). You are required 

to assure the product is airworthy before it 

is returned to service. 

(3) Reporting Requirements: For any 

reporting requirement in this AD, under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.), the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has 

approved the information collection 

requirements and has assigned OMB Control 

Number 2120–0056. 

Related Information 

(g) Refer to Direction ge ́ne ́rale de l’aviation 

civile (DGAC) Airworthiness Directive No. F–

2005–133, dated August 3, 2005, for related 

information. 

Material Incorporated by Reference 

(h) You must use EADS SOCATA TBM 

Aircraft Mandatory Service Bulletin SB 70–

134, dated July 2005, to do the actions 

required by this AD, unless the AD specifies 

otherwise. 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference of 

this service information under 5 U.S.C. 

552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. 

(2) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact EADS SOCATA, Direction 

des Services, 65921 Tarbes Cedex 9, France; 

telephone: 33 (0)5 62 41 73 00; fax: 33 (0)5 

62 41 76 54; or SOCATA AIRCRAFT, INC., 

North Perry Airport, 7501 South Airport Rd., 


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Pembroke Pines, FL 33023; telephone: (954) 

893–1400; fax: (954) 964–4141. 

(3) You may review copies at the FAA, 

Central Region, Office of the Regional 

Counsel, 901 Locust, Room 506, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; or at the National Archives 

and Records Administration (NARA). For 

information on the availability of this 

material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go 

to: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/ 

cfr/ibr-locations.html. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 

1, 2007. 

Kim Smith, 

Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3990 Filed 3–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25000; Directorate 

Identifier 2006–NM–096–AD; Amendment 

39–14955; AD 2005–24–03 R1] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing 

Model 737–600, –700, –700C, and –800 

Series Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an 

existing airworthiness directive (AD) 

that applies to certain Boeing Model 

737–600, –700, –700C, and –800 series 

airplanes. That AD currently requires 

inspecting/measuring the length of the 

attachment fasteners between the 

nacelle support fittings and the lower 

wing skin panels, and related 

investigative/corrective actions if 

necessary. That AD resulted from a 

report from the manufacturer that in 

production, during the installation of 

certain attachment fasteners for the 

nacelle support fittings, only one 

washer was installed instead of two. 

This new AD corrects errors found in 

the existing AD. We are issuing this AD 

to prevent inadequate fastener clampup, which could result in cracking of 

the fastener holes, cracking along the 

lower wing skin panels, fuel leaking 

from the wing fuel tanks onto the 

engines, and possible fire. 

DATES: The effective date of this AD is 

April 12, 2007. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in the AD 

as of April 12, 2007. 

On December 28, 2005 (70 FR 70713, 

November 23, 2005), the Director of the 

Federal Register approved the 

incorporation by reference of Boeing 

Service Bulletin 737–57–1275, Revision 

1, dated August 18, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov or in person at the Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC. 

Contact Boeing Commercial 

Airplanes, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, 

Washington 98124–2207, for service 

information identified in this AD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Marsh, Aerospace Engineer, 

Airframe Branch, ANM–120S, FAA, 

Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, 

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, 

Washington 98057–3356; telephone 

(425) 917–6440; fax (425) 917–6590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Examining the Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov or in 

person at the Docket Management 

Facility office between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The Docket 

Management Facility office (telephone 

(800) 647–5227) is located on the plaza 

level of the Nassif Building at the street 

address stated in the ADDRESSES section. 

Discussion 

The FAA proposed to amend part 39 

of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 

CFR part 39) with an airworthiness 

directive (AD) to revise AD 2005–24–03, 

amendment 39–14383 (70 FR 70713, 

November 23, 2005). The existing AD 

applies to certain Boeing Model 737–

600, –700, –700C, and –800 series 

airplanes. The proposed AD was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 13, 2006 (71 FR 34026). That action 

proposed to continue to require 

inspecting/measuring the length of the 

attachment fasteners between the 

nacelle support fittings and the lower 

wing skin panels, and related 

investigative/corrective actions if 

necessary. That action also proposed to 

correct errors found in the existing AD. 

Comment 

We provided the public the 

opportunity to participate in the 

development of this AD. We have 

considered the comment received. 

Request To Cite Revised Service 

Information 

Boeing states that, subsequent to the 

drafting of the subject AD, Boeing 

Service Bulletin 737–57–1275, Revision 

2, dated July 12, 2006, was issued. 

Boeing notes that Revision 2 will aid 

operators in completing the required 

tasks by more effectively and efficiently 

performing the inspections, while 

reducing the likelihood of introducing 

damage reported during completion of 

the previous revisions. Boeing 

recommends that Boeing Service 

Bulletin 737–57–1275, Revision 3, dated 

October 17, 2006, be incorporated into 

the NPRM, which further improves ease 

in completing the required tasks. 

(Revision 3 was not yet issued when the 

comment was submitted, but has since 

been issued.) 

We agree with this request. We have 

reviewed Revision 3 of the referenced 

service bulletin which specifies that no 

more work is necessary on airplanes 

changed as shown in the original issue, 

dated September 4, 2003; Revision 1, 

dated August 18, 2005; and Revision 2, 

dated July 12, 2006. (We referred to 

Revision 1 in the NPRM as the 

appropriate source of service 

information for accomplishing the 

required actions.) We have determined 

that Revision 3 shows changes of 

operators in the effectivity and clarifies 

the oversize limits for replacement 

fasteners, but does not add any further 

actions or increase the economic burden 

on operators. Therefore, we have 

changed the AD to add Boeing Service 

Bulletin 737–57–1275, Revision 3, dated 

October 17, 2006, as the appropriate 

source of service information for 

accomplishing the requirements in 

paragraph (f) of this AD after the 

effective date of this AD. 

Conclusion 

We have carefully reviewed the 

available data, including the comment 

received, and determined that air safety 

and the public interest require adopting 

the AD with the change described 

previously. We have determined that 

this change will neither increase the 

economic burden on any operator nor 

increase the scope of the AD. 

Costs of Compliance 

There are about 751 airplanes of the 

affected design in the worldwide fleet. 

The following table provides the 

estimated costs for U.S. operators to 

comply with this AD. The requirements 

that were previously required by AD 

2005–24–03 are retained in this AD; this 

AD adds no additional economic burden 

on U.S. operators. The current costs are 

repeated for the convenience of affected 

operators, as follows: 

Estimated Costs 


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