This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0088] 

RIN 0579–AE05 

Mexican Hass Avocado Import 

Program 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Commercial consignments of 

Hass avocado fruit are currently 

authorized entry into the continental 

United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico 

from the Mexican State of Michoaca ́n 

under a systems approach to mitigate 

against quarantine pests of concern. We 

are proposing to amend the regulations 

to allow the importation of fresh Hass 

avocado fruit into the continental 

United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico 

from all of Mexico, provided individual 

Mexican States meet the requirements 

set out in the regulations and the 

operational workplan. Initially, this 

action would only apply to the Mexican 

State of Jalisco. With the exception of a 

clarification of the language concerning 

when sealed, insect-proof containers 

would be required to be used in 

shipping and the removal of mandatory 

fruit cutting at land and maritime 

borders, the current systems approach 

would not change. That systems 

approach, which includes requirements 

for orchard certification, limited 

production area, trace back labeling, 

pre-harvest orchard surveys, orchard 

sanitation, post-harvest safeguards, fruit 

cutting and inspection at the 

packinghouse, port-of-arrival 

inspection, and clearance activities, 

would then be required for importation 

of fresh Hass avocado fruit from all 

approved areas of Mexico. The fruit 

would also be required to be imported 

in commercial consignments and 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Mexico with 

an additional declaration stating that the 

consignment was produced in 

accordance with the systems approach 

described in the operational workplan. 

This action would allow for the 

importation of fresh Hass avocado fruit 

from Mexico while continuing to 

provide protection against the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

continental United States, Hawaii, and 

Puerto Rico. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 20, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2014-0088. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0088, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2014-0088 or in our reading 

room, which is located in room 1141 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David B. Lamb, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, RPM, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–2103. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 

through 319.56–71), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. The requirements for 

importing fresh Hass avocado fruit into 

the United States from Michoaca ́n, 

Mexico, are described in § 319.56–30. 

Those requirements include pest 

surveys and pest risk-reducing 

practices, treatment, packinghouse 

procedures, inspection, and shipping 

procedures. 

The national plant protection 

organization (NPPO) of Mexico has 

requested that APHIS amend the 

regulations in order to allow Hass 

avocados to be imported from all of 

Mexico into the continental United 

States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. As part 

of our evaluation of Mexico’s request, 

we prepared a pest risk assessment 

(PRA), ‘‘Importation of Fresh Fruit of 

Avocado (Persea americana Mill. var. 

‘Hass’) from Mexico into the Continental 

United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, 

A Qualitative, Pathway-Initiated Pest 

Risk Assessment’’ (January 2014), which 

evaluated the risk of permitting the 

importation of Mexican Hass avocados 

from all of Mexico into the continental 

United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. 

We also prepared a commodity import 

evaluation document (CIED) to 

determine what phytosanitary measures 

should be applied to mitigate the pest 

risk associated with the importation of 

Hass avocados from all of Mexico into 

the continental United States, Hawaii, 

and Puerto Rico. Copies of the PRA and 

CIED may be obtained from the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT or viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for a link to 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

In the CIED, entitled, ‘‘Expansion of 

areas allowed to import Fresh 

Commercial Avocado Fruit (Persea 

americana Mill. Var. ‘Hass’) from 

Mexico into the Continental United 

States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico,’’ (June 

2014), we determined that because the 

systems approach currently in place is 

successful in mitigating the risks of 

introducing quarantine pests associated 

with the importation of fresh Hass 

avocado fruit from Michoaca ́n, Mexico, 

into the continental United States, 

Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, the current 

systems approach will also adequately 

mitigate the risks of introducing 

quarantine pests from the other Mexican 

States. We concluded that the 

phytosanitary risks for insect pests 

associated with the importation of Hass 

avocados from all of Mexico into the 

continental United States, Hawaii, and 

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Puerto Rico would be effectively 

mitigated using nearly the same systems 

approach as is currently used for the 

importation of Hass avocados from 

Michoaca ́n, Mexico, as set forth in 

§ 319.56–30. We are proposing to make 

some minor changes to the systems 

approach. Those proposed changes are 

discussed below. 

Based on the findings of the CIED and 

the PRA, we are proposing to amend 

§ 319.56–30 to allow commercial 

shipments of Hass avocados from all 

growing areas of Mexico to be imported 

into the continental United States, 

Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. 

The first additional Mexican State 

that would be expected to become 

eligible to export Hass avocados under 

this proposed expansion would be the 

State of Jalisco. Currently, only Jalisco is 

prepared to meet the requirements set 

out in the regulations for eligibility to 

ship fresh Hass avocado fruit into the 

continental United States, Hawaii, and 

Puerto Rico. Specifically, these 

requirements are found in § 319.56– 

30(c) and include orchard certification, 

traceback labeling, pre-harvest orchard 

surveys, orchard sanitation, post-harvest 

safeguards, and fruit cutting and 

inspection at the packinghouse. This 

proposed rule would allow for future 

importation of fresh Hass avocados from 

other Mexican States provided those 

States meet the APHIS requirements 

contained in the regulations. Prior to 

shipments beginning from any future 

States, APHIS would work with the 

NPPO of Mexico to ensure that they 

meet the requirements of § 319.56–30(c). 

Any additions to the review process for 

approving new States will be added to 

the operational workplan as mutually 

negotiated and agreed on between 

APHIS and the NPPO of Mexico. 

Pests of Concern 

Specific pests of concern associated 

with fresh avocado fruit for which 

mitigations are required are listed in 

paragraphs (c)(1)(ii), (c)(2)(i), and (e) of 

§ 319.56–30. They are: 

• Conotrachelus aguacatae, a small 

avocado seed weevil; 

• Conotrachelus perseae, a small 

avocado seed weevil; 

• Copturus aguacatae, avocado stem 

weevil; 

• Heilipus lauri, large avocado seed 

weevil; and 

• Stenoma catenifer, avocado seed 

moth. 

We are proposing to remove 

references to these specific pests from 

the regulations. The pest list would 

instead be maintained in the operational 

workplan provided to APHIS for 

approval by the NPPO of Mexico. An 

operational workplan is an agreement 

between APHIS’ Plant Protection and 

Quarantine program, officials of the 

NPPO of a foreign government, and, 

when necessary, foreign commercial 

entities, that specifies in detail the 

phytosanitary measures that will 

comply with our regulations governing 

the import or export of a specific 

commodity. Operational workplans 

apply only to the signatory parties and 

establish detailed procedures and 

guidance for the day-to-day operations 

of specific import/export programs. 

Operational workplans also establish 

how specific phytosanitary issues are 

dealt with in the exporting country and 

make clear who is responsible for 

dealing with those issues. The existing 

systems approach for importing fresh 

Hass avocado fruit into the United 

States from Michoaca ́n, Mexico, 

currently requires that an annual 

workplan be developed. This change 

would allow APHIS flexibility and 

responsiveness in adding or removing 

pests of concern from the list of 

actionable pests. (The current 

regulations refer to a ‘‘bilateral work 

plan.’’ For the sake of consistency with 

our other regulations, we would change 

the term to ‘‘operational workplan’’ in 

this rulemaking.) 

Additionally, based on the findings of 

the PRA, we would add eight pests to 

the list of pests of concern to be 

maintained in the operational workplan. 

Of those, we would require field and 

packinghouse surveys for Cryptaspasma 

perseana, a tortricid moth, and 

Conotrachelus serpentinus, a weevil, 

but not for the other six pests listed 

below, which were determined to pose 

a medium or low chance of following 

the importation pathway of fresh Hass 

avocado fruit from Mexico. These pests, 

which would be addressed through port 

of entry inspection, are: 

• Avocado sunblotch viroid; 

• Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), 

pink hibiscus mealybug; 

• Pseudophilothrips perseae 

(Watson), a thrips; 

• Scirtothrips aceri (Moulton), a 

thrips; 

• Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara, a 

thrips; and 

• Sphaceloma perseae Jenkins, 

avocado scab. 

We have determined that the existing 

mitigations would be sufficient to 

prevent these six pests from following 

the pathway of importation, in 

particular, packinghouse culling, 

restriction of shipments to commercial 

consignments only, and NPPO 

inspection. The six pests listed above 

produce symptoms on infested fruit that 

are macroscopic in nature and thus 

easily detectable upon surface 

inspection. Further, commercially 

produced fruit are grown and packed to 

meet quality standards that are much 

higher than non-commercially produced 

fruit and are therefore less likely to 

serve as hosts to pests of phytosanitary 

concern. Interceptions of pests in 

commercial shipments of fruit versus 

passenger baggage indicate 

commercially produced fruit represents 

a much lower risk of carrying pests. 

Fruit Covering Requirements 

In § 319.56–30, paragraph (c)(3)(vii) 

currently references the lid, insect-proof 

mesh, or other material required to be 

placed over the avocados prior to 

leaving the packinghouse to protect 

against fruit fly infestation. Paragraph 

(c)(3)(viii) describes refrigerated transit 

requirements for the avocado fruit 

within Mexico. Recently, a maritime 

shipment of fresh avocado fruit from 

Mexico arrived in Port Manatee, FL, for 

the first time. The avocados were in 

uncovered trays inside sealed 

refrigerated containers, and the 

shipment was delayed because the 

avocados were not covered with a lid, 

insect-proof mesh, or other material. As 

a result of this incident, we have 

examined the requirements in 

paragraphs (c)(3)(vii) and (c)(3)(viii) and 

determined that we should clarify our 

intentions regarding whether those lids, 

insect-proof mesh, or other material 

need to remain in place throughout the 

entire shipping process. 

Since the lids, insect-proof mesh, or 

other material are intended to provide 

phytosanitary protection against fruit 

flies, and transport in refrigerated trucks 

or containers provides the same 

protection, we are proposing to amend 

the regulations in order to stipulate that 

those coverings would not be required 

when the avocado fruit is inside a 

refrigerated container or truck. Such 

coverings would therefore not be 

required to be applied at the 

packinghouse, as the avocados are 

transferred directly from inside the 

packinghouse into refrigerated 

containers or trucks, and all transit 

within Mexico is required to be 

completed in these containers or trucks. 

If the avocado fruit is transferred to a 

non-refrigerated container at an air or 

maritime port in Mexico for shipment to 

the United States, a covering would 

have to be applied. 

Port of Entry Fruit Cutting 

Currently, Hass avocado fruit are 

required to be biometrically sampled 

and cut in the field, at the 

packinghouse, and by an inspector at 

the port of first entry into the United 

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States. We received a request from U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

amend the port of entry requirement, 

which is found in § 319.56–30(f), in 

order to allow the fruit to be cut at the 

discretion of the inspector. Given the 

lack of quarantine pest interceptions in 

shipments of avocado fruit from Mexico 

at the ports of first entry for the period 

from 1997 to 2014, we propose to 

amend the requirement. This will allow 

for operational flexibility. The other 

cutting and sampling requirements 

would remain unchanged. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12866. The 

proposed rule has been determined to 

be not significant for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866 and, therefore, 

has not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 603, we 

have performed an initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis, which is 

summarized below, regarding the 

economic effects of this proposed rule 

on small entities. Copies of the full 

analysis are available by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov). 

Based on the information we have, 

there is no reason to conclude that 

adoption of this proposed rule would 

result in any significant economic effect 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. However, we do not currently 

have all of the data necessary for a 

comprehensive analysis of the effects of 

this proposed rule on small entities. 

Therefore, we are inviting comments on 

potential effects. In particular, we are 

interested in determining the number 

and kind of small entities that may 

incur benefits or costs from the 

implementation of this proposed rule. 

Mexican officials have requested that 

additional States in Mexico be allowed 

to export Hass avocados to the United 

States under the same systems approach 

that was implemented for Michoaca ́n, 

Mexico, and has successfully kept pest 

infestations associated with imported 

avocados out of the United States. U.S. 

imports of avocado from Mexico have 

increased significantly over the years, 

from 311 million pounds in 2003 to over 

1.1 billion pounds in 2013. U.S. 

avocado production over the 10 years 

from the 2002/03 season through the 

2011/12 season averaged 423 million 

pounds per year, of which California 

accounted for 87.5 percent or over 375 

million pounds. Nearly all of 

California’s production is of the Hass 

variety. 

While APHIS does not have 

information on the size distribution of 

U.S. avocado producers, according to 

the Census of Agriculture, there were a 

total of 93,020 fruit and tree nut farms 

in the United States in 2012. The 

average value of agricultural products 

sold by these farms was less than 

$274,000, which is well below the 

SBA’s small-entity standard of 

$750,000. It is reasonable to assume that 

most avocado farms qualify as small 

entities. Between 2002 and 2012, the 

number of avocado operations in 

California grew by approximately 17 

percent, from 4,801 to 5,602 operations. 

Avocados produced in the State of 

Jalisco, north of Michoaca ́n, are 

expected to be the first that would be 

exported to the United States under this 

rule. These imports would help meet 

the increasing year-round U.S. demand 

for avocados. Per capita avocado 

consumption in the United States grew 

from 1.1 pounds in 1989 to 4.5 pounds 

in 2011. A growing Hispanic population 

and greater awareness of the avocado’s 

health benefits have helped to spur 

demand. 

In 2012, Jalisco produced about 90 

million pounds of Hass avocados. Given 

required phytosanitary safeguards, only 

a fraction of this quantity is expected to 

qualify for importation by the United 

States. But even if all of Jalisco’s 

avocado production were to meet the 

requirements for U.S. entry, the total 

quantity would be equivalent to less 

than 8 percent of U.S. Hass avocado 

imports in 2013 of over 1.2 billion 

pounds. The proposed rule is therefore 

not expected to have a large impact on 

the U.S. avocado market or California 

producers because of potential imports 

solely from the Mexican State of Jalisco. 

Any market effects are as likely to be 

borne by other foreign suppliers, such as 

Chile and Peru, as by U.S. producers. 

Executive Order 12988 

This proposed rule would allow fresh 

Hass avocado fruit to be imported into 

the United States from all of Mexico. If 

this proposed rule is adopted, State and 

local laws and regulations regarding 

fresh Hass avocado fruit imported under 

this rule would be preempted while the 

fruit is in foreign commerce. Fresh fruits 

and vegetables are generally imported 

for immediate distribution and sale to 

the consuming public and would 

remain in foreign commerce until sold 

to the ultimate consumer. The question 

of when foreign commerce ceases in 

other cases must be addressed on a caseby-case basis. If this proposed rule is 

adopted, no retroactive effect will be 

given to this rule, and this rule will not 

require administrative proceedings 

before parties may file suit in court 

challenging this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This proposed rule contains no new 

information collection or recordkeeping 

requirements under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 

Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, 

Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rice, 

Vegetables. 

Accordingly, we propose to amend 7 

CFR part 319 as follows: 

PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 319 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

■ 2. Section 319.56–30 is amended as 

follows: 

■ a. By revising the section heading. 

■ b. In the introductory paragraph, by 

removing the words ‘‘Michoacan, 

Mexico,’’ and adding the word 

‘‘Mexico’’ in their place. 

■ c. By revising paragraph (c) 

introductory text. 

■ d. In paragraph (c)(1)(i), by removing 

the words ‘‘bilateral work plan’’ and 

adding the words ‘‘operational 

workplan’’ in their place. 

■ e. In paragraph (c)(1)(ii), by removing 

the words ‘‘the large avocado seed 

weevil Heilipus lauri, the avocado seed 

moth Stenoma catenifer, and the small 

avocado seed weevils Conotrachelus 

aguacatae and C. perseae’’ and adding 

the words ‘‘avocado pests listed in the 

operational workplan’’ in their place. 

■ f. In paragraph (c)(2) introductory text, 

by removing the words ‘‘annual work 

plan’’ and adding the words 

‘‘operational workplan’’ in their place. 

■ g. In paragraph (c)(2)(i), by removing 

the words ‘‘the avocado stem weevil 

Copturus aguacatae’’ and adding the 

words ‘‘avocado pests listed in the 

operational workplan’’ in their place. 

■ h. In paragraph (c)(3) introductory 

text, by removing the words ‘‘annual 

work plan’’ and adding the words 

‘‘operational workplan’’ in their place. 

■ i. By revising paragraph (c)(3)(vii). 

■ j. In paragraph (c)(3)(viii), by adding 

two sentences at the end of the 

paragraph. 

■ k. In paragraph (e), by removing the 

words ‘‘Heilipus lauri, Conotrachelus 

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aguacatae, C. perseae, Copturus 

aguacatae, or Stenoma catenifer’’ and 

adding the words ‘‘listed in the 

operational workplan’’ in their place. 

■ l. In paragraph (f), by removing the 

word ‘‘will’’ and adding the word 

‘‘may’’ in its place. 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 319.56–30 Hass avocados from Mexico. 

* * * * * 

(c) Safeguards in Mexico. The 

avocados must have been grown in an 

orchard located in a municipality that 

meets the requirements of paragraph 

(c)(1) of this section. The orchard in 

which the avocados are grown must 

meet the requirements of paragraph 

(c)(2) of this section. The avocados must 

be packed for export to the United 

States in a packinghouse that meets the 

requirements of paragraph (c)(3) of this 

section. The Mexican national plant 

protection organization (NPPO) must 

provide an annual operational workplan 

to APHIS that details the activities that 

the Mexican NPPO will, subject to 

APHIS’ approval of the workplan, carry 

out to meet the requirements of this 

section; APHIS will be directly involved 

with the Mexican NPPO in the 

monitoring and supervision of those 

activities. The personnel conducting the 

trapping and pest surveys must be 

hired, trained, and supervised by the 

Mexican NPPO or by the State delegate 

of the Mexican NPPO. 

* * * * * 

(3) * * * 

(vii) The avocados must be packed in 

clean, new boxes or bulk shipping bins, 

or in clean plastic reusable crates. The 

boxes, bins, or crates must be clearly 

marked with the identity of the grower, 

packinghouse, and exporter. 

(viii) * * * If, at the port of export for 

consignments shipped by air or sea, the 

packed avocados are transferred into a 

non-refrigerated container, the boxes, 

bins, or crates must be covered with a 

lid, insect-proof mesh, or other material 

to protect the avocados from fruit-fly 

infestation prior to leaving the 

packinghouse. Those safeguards must be 

intact at the time the consignment 

arrives in the United States. 

* * * * * 

Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of 

February 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03289 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–0088; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NM–179–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, 

Inc. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Bombardier, Inc. Model BD–100–1A10 

(Challenger 300) airplanes. This 

proposed AD was prompted by testing 

of the spoiler electronic control unit 

(SECU) software for an upgrade, which 

revealed a timing error between the 

command and monitor channels. This 

proposed AD would require revising the 

maintenance or inspection program to 

incorporate repetitive operational tests 

of the aileron disconnect system, and 

corrective action if necessary. This 

proposed AD would also require 

modification and reidentification of the 

SECU, which would terminate the 

repetitive operational tests. We are 

proposing this AD to prevent a timing 

error in the SECU software, which, in 

combination with failure of the roll 

disconnect switch, could result in 

complete loss of spoiler functionality 

and consequent reduced controllability 

of the airplane. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• 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. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Bombardier, 

Inc., 400 Coˆte-Vertu Road West, Dorval, 

Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, Canada; telephone 

514–855–5000; fax 514–855–7401; email 

thd.crj@aero.bombardier.com; Internet 

http://www.bombardier.com. You may 

view this referenced service information 

at the FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, WA. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 425–227–1221. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2015– 

0088; 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 this proposed AD, the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

office (telephone 800–647–5527) is in 

the ADDRESSES section. Comments will 

be available in the AD docket shortly 

after receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assata Dessaline, Aerospace Engineer, 

Avionics and Service Branch, ANE–172, 

FAA, New York Aircraft Certification 

Office, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, 

Westbury, New York 11590; telephone 

516–228–7301; fax 516–794–5531. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2015–0088; Directorate Identifier 

2014–NM–179–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD based on those comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. We 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact we receive 

about this proposed AD. 

Discussion 

Transport Canada Civil Aviation 

(TCCA), which is the aviation authority 

for Canada, has issued Canadian 

Airworthiness Directive CF–2014–24, 

dated August 5, 2014 (referred to after 

this as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or ‘‘the 

MCAI’’), to correct an unsafe condition 

for certain Bombardier, Inc. Model BD– 

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