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III. Congressional Notification 

As required by 5 U.S.C. 801, DOE will 

submit to Congress a report regarding 

the issuance of today’s final rule. The 

report will state that it has been 

determined that the rule is not a ‘‘major 

rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 801(2). 

IV. Approval of the Office of the 

Secretary 

The Secretary of Energy has approved 

the publication of this final rule. 

List of Subjects in 10 CFR part 300 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Energy, Gases, Incorporation 

by reference, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 27, 

2007. 

Katharine A. Fredriksen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

International Affairs. 

■ Accordingly, the interim final rule 

amending part 300 of title 10, chapter II, 

subchapter B of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, that was published at 72 

FR 4411 on January 31, 2007, is adopted 

as a final rule without change. 

[FR Doc. E7–6038 Filed 3–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD 

12 CFR Part 915 

[No. 2007–04] 

RIN 3069–AB–33 

Federal Home Loan Bank Appointive 

Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Board. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance 

Board (Finance Board) is issuing a final 

regulation that is substantially the same 

as the interim final rule that established 

a process for the appointment of 

directors to the Federal Home Loan 

Banks (Bank or Banks), which was 

adopted on January 24, 2007. The final 

rule makes two changes to the interim 

rule, regarding the number of nominees 

to be submitted and the date by which 

nominations must be submitted. Both 

changes are being made in response to 

comments received on the interim final 

rule. 

DATES: Effective Date: The final rule is 

effective April 2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil 

R. Crowley, Acting General Counsel, 

202–408–2990, crowleyn@fhfb.gov; or 

Thomas P. Jennings, Senior Attorney 

Advisor, Office of General Counsel, 

202–408–2553, jenningst@fhfb.gov. You 

can send mail to the Federal Housing 

Finance Board, 1625 Eye Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background and Legal Authority 

Section 7(a) of the Federal Home Loan 

Bank Act (Bank Act) (12 U.S.C. 1427(a)) 

authorizes the Finance Board to appoint 

directors to the board of each Bank. 

Section 7(f)(2) of the Bank Act (12 

U.S.C. 1427(f)(2)) authorizes the Finance 

Board to fill any vacancy in an 

appointive directorship for the 

remainder of its unexpired term. The 

Finance Board has determined that 

adopting procedures for the selection of 

appointive directors will enhance its 

ability to identify and appoint wellqualified individuals to serve as Bank 

directors. 

Accordingly, on January 24, 2007 (72 

FR 3028) the Finance Board issued an 

interim final rule that amended 12 CFR 

915.10 to adopt procedures under which 

the board of directors of each Bank has 

to submit to the Finance Board a list of 

individuals to be considered for 

appointment to the board of the Bank. 

The list is to include information 

regarding each individual’s eligibility 

and qualifications to serve as an 

appointive director, and the Finance 

Board will use that information in 

making its appointments to the boards. 

The interim rule set an initial deadline 

of March 31, 2007, by which the Banks 

are to provide a list of nominees to the 

Finance Board for the directorships that 

are currently vacant. 

At the time that it published the 

interim final rule, the Finance Board 

requested comments from the public 

and established a 30-day comment 

period, which expired on February 23, 

2007. 

II. Analysis of the Public Comments 

The Finance Board received 8 

comment letters in response to the 

interim rule. Three letters were 

submitted by Banks, 1 by a member of 

a Bank, 3 from trade associations, and 

1 from a community organization. All of 

the comments were supportive of the 

rule, but also suggested certain revisions 

to the rule. 

One issue commenters raised relates 

to section 915.10(b), which gives the 

Finance Board the discretion to request 

additional names from any Bank if the 

Finance Board does not fill all vacant 

appointive directorships from the names 

the Bank initially submits. Certain of the 

comment letters objected to the 

permissive nature of the provision, 

contending that the provision should be 

mandatory, i.e., that the final rule 

should require the Finance Board to 

seek additional names only from the 

Banks and should preclude it from 

considering prospective directors from 

other sources. For the reasons noted 

below, the Finance Board has 

determined to retain the language of the 

interim rule. 

In adopting section 7 of the Bank Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1427), Congress vested the 

power to appoint Bank directors solely 

in the Finance Board. To revise the rule 

in the manner suggested would 

preclude the Finance Board from ever 

considering other sources for 

prospective appointive directors. Such a 

limitation likely would impair the 

Finance Board’s ability to carry out its 

statutory responsibility. As a practical 

matter, the Finance Board fully expects 

that the Banks will make every effort to 

submit well-qualified nominees for the 

appointive directorships, both in their 

initial submissions and in response to 

any subsequent request from the 

Finance Board. In the event that a Bank 

does not do so, however, the Finance 

Board believes that it must reserve the 

right to consider nominees from other 

sources in order to carry out its own 

responsibilities. 

A second issue raised by the comment 

letters relates to the number of 

nominees a Bank must submit for the 

number of directorships to be filled. 

Section 915.10(a)(3) of the interim rule 

requires each Bank to submit twice as 

many nominees as there are appointive 

directorships to be filled at the Bank. 

Three commenters suggested that the 

rule be changed to require the 

submission of only 1 nominee per 

directorship to be filled. These 

commenters believed that the Banks are 

more likely to find well qualified 

persons who are willing to serve if those 

persons have some reasonable 

expectation of being chosen if they agree 

to be nominated. These commenters 

noted that the interim rule created a 

process in which half of all nominees 

would be rejected, and contended that 

such a process would have a chilling 

effect on prospective nominees’

willingness to go through the 

nominations process. 

Another commenter urged the 

Finance Board to require at least twice 

as many nominees as there are 

directorships to be filled, particularly 

with respect to the community interest 

directorships. That commenter reasoned 

that doing so would help to maintain 

the independence of the community 

interest appointive directors by 

lessening the degree of control that the 

Banks would have over their selection. 

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Banks be allowed to designate the 

specific directorship for which each 

nominee is being submitted, and that 

the designation be binding on the 

Finance Board. This commenter 

reasoned that doing so would allow a 

Bank to nominate 2 persons with 

specific skills for each directorship, 

which would allow the Bank to obtain 

the optimum skills it believes it needs 

on its board of directors as a whole. 

The Finance Board has considered 

each of the suggestions made with 

respect to the number of nominees to be 

submitted by the Banks. As noted 

below, the Finance Board believes that 

there is merit to the contention that the 

interim rule might have a chilling effect 

on the willingness of some qualified 

persons to agree to serve on the board 

of a Bank. To address that concern, the 

Finance Board has decided to modify 

the rule to require the Banks to submit 

up to 2 nominees for each directorship 

to be filled. As a result, a Bank with 4 

directorships to be filled would have to 

submit at least 4 nominees, but could 

submit up to 8 nominees if it so chose. 

Another area for which certain 

commenters sought changes to the 

interim rule relates to the March 31, 

2007 deadline for the submission of 

nominees for the currently vacant 

directorships. One commenter suggested 

that the deadline be extended to allow 

the Banks a range of time beyond March 

31, 2007 in which to submit nominees 

to the Finance Board. The commenter 

reasoned that some Banks may need 

more time to identify the appropriate 

number of nominees, particularly if they 

have to submit twice as many names as 

there are directorships to be filled. As 

discussed below, the Finance Board 

believes that the process of vetting 

prospective directors may be improved 

by allowing a Bank the opportunity to 

request additional time to complete the 

process and the final rule would allow 

a Bank to do so. 

An additional concern raised by the 

comment letters related to the 

confidentiality of the information 

prospective directors must provide on 

the Federal Home Loan Bank 

Appointive Director Application Form 

(Form), which was published in the 

Federal Register along with the interim 

final rule. These commenters expressed 

concern that the Finance Board would 

have to produce the Form, or the 

personal information it contains, in 

response to a request under the Freedom 

of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 

552). For the reasons described below, 

the Finance Board will not release such 

information in response to a FOIA 

request. 

The Privacy Act of 1974 (Privacy Act) 

(5 U.S.C. 552a) governs the collection, 

maintenance, use, and dissemination of 

personal information by federal 

agencies. The Finance Board has issued 

a rule implementing the Privacy Act 

that governs how individuals can gain 

access to information about themselves 

that the Finance Board may possess. 12 

CFR part 913. The Finance Board also 

has published ‘‘systems of records’’

explaining the types of information the 

agency may possess and the uses of that 

information that are permitted under the 

Privacy Act. 

One of the Finance Board’s Privacy 

Act systems of records covers the Form 

prospective appointive directors must 

submit to the Finance Board. Under that 

system of records, the Form is used only 

by appropriate Finance Board staff to 

determine whether the nominees and 

current appointive directors meet the 

applicable eligibility requirements and 

possess the requisite skills and 

background to perform the job 

effectively. Within this system of 

records, the Finance Board retains only 

the Forms of individuals who are 

appointed as a Bank director and only 

for the duration of their respective term 

of service as an appointive director. 

The Forms themselves not subject to 

production to the public under FOIA 

because they are covered by the Privacy 

Act. However, the Finance Board has 

made limited biographical information 

about the newly appointed directors 

publicly available, typically through a 

press release issued after the 

appointments have been made. See, e.g., 

Press Release FHFB 04–05 (Jan. 23, 

2004) (available on the Finance Board’s 

Web site: http://www.fhfb.gov/ 

GetFile.aspx?FileID=3127). 

III. Summary of the Final Rule 

As noted above, the final rule differs 

in 2 respects from the interim rule. First, 

section 915.10(e) is being modified to 

allow any Bank to request an extension 

of time beyond March 31, 2007 in which 

to submit its initial list of nominees for 

the directorships that currently are 

vacant. Second, section 915.10(a)(3) is 

being modified to allow any Bank to 

submit up to twice as many nominees 

as there are appointive directorships to 

be filled. 

Extension of time. In considering the 

date by which the Banks must submit 

the lists of nominees for the existing 

vacancies, the Finance Board is mindful 

that the interim rule created an entirely 

new process for the Banks and provided 

only 2 months and 1 week for the Banks 

to submit the initial list of nominees. 

The Finance Board also is mindful that 

a larger number of vacancies currently 

exist at each Bank than will exist for any 

future annual submissions, which have 

an October 1st deadline. The Finance 

Board has concluded that if any Bank 

believes that it will be better able to 

identify and submit well-qualified 

nominees if it is given additional time 

beyond the March 31st deadline, then it 

should be able to do so. Accordingly, 

the final rule allows a Bank to ask the 

Finance Board to extend the deadline, 

and authorizes the Director of the Office 

of Supervision to approve such requests. 

The Finance Board expects that any 

Bank making such a request will 

indicate how much additional time it 

needs to identify prospective directors, 

will act expeditiously, and will 

complete the process by the extended 

deadline. 

Number of nominees. In considering 

the comments about the number of 

nominees a Bank must submit, the 

Finance Board is mindful that the final 

rule should not have the effect of 

discouraging well-qualified persons 

from seeking to be appointive directors 

of a Bank. As discussed in section II, 

some commenters have asserted that the 

interim rule could have a chilling effect 

on the willingness of potential well 

qualified nominees to go through the 

process, and could place the Banks at a 

disadvantage when competing with 

other financial institutions for directors. 

Generally speaking, candidates for 

public company directorships have a 

significant likelihood of being elected 

after they have been nominated by the 

company, whereas persons nominated 

by the Banks would have no more than 

a 50 percent chance of being appointed 

by the Finance Board under the interim 

rule. This disparity could discourage 

some well-qualified candidates from 

seeking appointment to the board of a 

Bank, especially if they have 

opportunities for other corporate 

directorships. In light of these 

comments, the Finance Board has 

decided that it could reduce any 

potential chilling effect by revising the 

final rule to allow a Bank to submit up 

to 2 nominees for each directorship to 

be filled. 

In reaching this conclusion, the 

Finance Board also considered whether 

the revision could create any 

unintended consequences, such as 

lessening the independence of the 

appointive directors. One commenter 

suggested that persons who are 

nominated by the Bank are less likely to 

act independently of the persons who 

nominated them. Although there may be 

some such risk in a process where the 

board of the Bank plays a role in 

selecting new directors, the Finance 

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mitigated by the fact that the Finance 

Board retains the ultimate power to 

appoint the directors to the boards of 

the Banks. The Finance Board intends to 

evaluate carefully all nominees and will 

appoint an individual only if it believes 

that the person will serve the best 

interests of the Bank. Moreover, the 

practice at other corporations, which 

typically use the board or a nominating 

committee to vet prospective directors, 

suggests that the risks are not as great as 

suggested by the comments. As is the 

case for corporate directors generally, 

the directors of a Bank owe fiduciary 

duties to the Bank and the Finance 

Board expects directors will act 

consistently with those duties when 

submitting nominees. 

The Finance Board also recognizes 

that allowing a Bank to submit only 1 

nomination for each directorship has 

the potential to delay the appointment 

process if the Finance Board declines to 

appoint 1 or more of the persons 

nominated by the Bank. The Finance 

Board believes that any such delay is 

unlikely to cause a directorship to 

become vacant, principally because the 

Finance Board intends to act 

expeditiously in considering the 

nominations. Moreover, the October 1st 

deadline for the annual submission of 

nominations is far enough in advance of 

the start of a new term of office that a 

Bank should have sufficient time to 

submit additional nominees if they are 

needed. With respect to the submissions 

required for the currently vacant 

directorships, the Finance Board 

believes that allowing additional time to 

submit the nominations should allow a 

Bank to conduct a search that results in 

well-qualified persons being nominated 

and notes that the final rule allows a 

Bank to submit more than 1 nominee 

per directorship if it wishes to do so. 

Apart from the revisions noted above, 

the final rule is identical to the interim 

final rule. Thus, the final rule: 

establishes a process for the Banks to 

submit a list of well-qualified nominees 

for the Finance Board to consider in 

filling appointive directorships; allows 

the Banks discretion in deciding 

whether to submit 1 or 2 names for each 

directorship; requires each Bank to 

submit a signed Finance Board Form for 

each nominee; and authorizes the 

Finance Board to require a Bank to 

submit additional nominees if the initial 

nominees are not appointed. 

IV. Effective Date 

The Finance Board for good cause 

finds that the final rule should become 

effective on April 2, 2007. See 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). It is in the public interest to 

fill appointive directorships at the 

Banks with well qualified individuals as 

soon as it is practicable to do so. The 

final rule achieves this goal while 

providing additional flexibility to the 

Banks in fulfilling their obligation to 

nominate well-qualified individuals for 

Finance Board consideration. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The final rule will have no 

substantive effect on any collection of 

information covered by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq. Therefore, the Finance 

Board did not submit the proposed 

regulation to the Office of Management 

and Budget for review. 

VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Finance Board adopted this 

procedural amendment in the form of an 

interim final rule and not as a proposed 

rule. Therefore, the provisions of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act do not apply 

to this final rule. See 5 U.S.C. 601(2) 

and 603(a). 

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 915 

Banks, Banking, Conflict of interests, 

Elections, Ethical conduct, Federal 

home loan banks, Financial disclosure, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

■ For the reasons stated in the preamble, 

the Finance Board amends 12 CFR part 

915 as follows: 

PART 915—BANK DIRECTOR 

ELIGIBILITY, APPOINTMENT, AND 

ELECTIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 915 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1422a(a)(3), 1422b(a), 

1426, 1427, and 1432. 

■ 2. Revise § 915.10 to read as follows: 

§ 915.10 Selection of appointive directors. 

(a) Bank responsibilities. (1) On or 

before October 1st of each year, the 

board of directors of each Bank shall 

submit to the Finance Board a list of 

eligible nominees who are wellqualified to fill the appointive 

directorships that will expire on 

December 31st of that year, along with 

the original Finance Board-prescribed 

appointive director application form 

executed by each individual on the list. 

(2) If an appointive directorship 

becomes vacant prior to the expiration 

of its term, the board of directors of the 

Bank shall submit to the Finance Board 

a list of eligible nominees who are wellqualified to fill that directorship, along 

with each individual’s executed 

appointive director application form, 

promptly after the vacancy arises. 

(3) The number of nominees on any 

list submitted by a Bank’s board of 

directors pursuant to paragraphs (a)(1) 

or (2) of this section shall be at least 

equal to the number of appointive 

directorships to be filled but shall not 

exceed 2 times the number of such 

directorships. 

(b) Finance Board selection. As 

provided by the Act, the Finance Board 

has the sole responsibility for 

appointing individuals to the boards of 

directors of the Banks. In exercising that 

responsibility, the Finance Board shall 

select from among the nominees on the 

list submitted by the Bank pursuant to 

paragraph (a) of this section, provided, 

however, that if the Finance Board does 

not fill all of the appointive 

directorships from the list initially 

submitted by the Bank, it may require 

the Bank to submit a supplemental list 

of nominees for its consideration. 

(c) Prospective applicants. Any 

individual who seeks to be appointed to 

the board of directors of a Bank may 

submit to the Bank an executed 

appointive director application form 

that demonstrates that the individual 

both is eligible and has business, 

financial, housing, community and 

economic development, and/or 

leadership experience. Any other 

interested party may recommend to the 

Bank that it consider a particular 

individual as a nominee for an 

appointive directorship, but the Bank 

may not do so until the individual has 

provided the Bank with an executed 

appointive director application form. 

The board of directors of the Bank may 

consider any individual for inclusion on 

the list it submits to the Finance Board 

provided it has determined that the 

individual is eligible and well-qualified 

for an appointive directorship at the 

Bank. 

(d) Term of office. The term of office 

of each appointive directorship is 3 

years, except as adjusted pursuant to 

section 7(d) of the Act (12 U.S.C. 

1427(d)) to achieve a staggered board, 

and shall commence on January 1st. In 

the case of a discretionary appointive 

directorship that is terminated pursuant 

to § 915.3(b)(5), the term of office of the 

directorship shall end after the close of 

business on December 31st of that year. 

(e) Appointive directorship vacancies 

existing on January 1, 2007. For 

appointive directorships that are vacant 

on January 1, 2007, the board of 

directors of each Bank shall submit the 

information required by paragraph (a) of 

this section on or before March 31, 

2007, or such other date approved by 

the Director of the Office of Supervision 

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Dated: March 27, 2007. 

By the Board of Directors of the Federal 

Housing Finance Board. 

Ronald A. Rosenfeld, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. E7–5970 Filed 3–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6725–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–25948; Directorate 

Identifier 2006–NE–32–AD; Amendment 39–

15005; AD 2007–04–19R1] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Superior Air 

Parts, Inc. (SAP), Cylinder Assemblies 

Part Numbers Series: SA47000L, 

SA47000S, SA52000, SA55000, 

SL32000W, SL32000WH, SL32006W, 

SL36000TW, SL36000W, and 

SL36006W 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an 

existing airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain SAP cylinder assemblies 

installed in Teledyne Continental 

Motors (TCM) 470, 520, and 550 series 

reciprocating engines, Lycoming 

Engines (LE) 320, 360, and 540 series 

reciprocating engines, Avco Lycoming 

(AL) 540 series reciprocating engines, 

and Superior Air Parts, Inc. (SAP) 360 

series reciprocating engines. That AD 

currently requires removing from 

service certain SAP part numbered 

(P/N) cylinder assemblies installed in 

TCM, LE, and AL reciprocating engines. 

That AD also requires removing from 

service certain cylinder assemblies 

installed as original equipment in SAP 

reciprocating engines, or in certain 

overhauled or repaired SAP 

reciprocating engines. 

This AD continues to require those 

same actions. This AD results from 

comments from the Public on the 

existing AD. We are issuing this AD to 

prevent cylinder separation that can 

lead to engine failure, a possible engine 

compartment fire, and damage to the 

airplane. 

DATES: Effective May 7, 2007. 

We must receive any comments on 

this AD by June 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Use one of the following 

addresses to comment on this proposed 

AD. 

• DOT Docket Web site: Go to 

http://dms.dot.gov and follow the 

instructions for sending your comments 

electronically. 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

You may examine the comments on 

this AD in the AD docket on the Internet 

at http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jurgen Priester, Aerospace Engineer, 

Special Certification Office, FAA, 

Rotorcraft Directorate, Southwest 

Regional Headquarters, 2601 Meacham 

Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 76137; e-mail: 

Jurgen.E. Priester@faa.gov; telephone 

(817) 222–5159; fax (817) 222–5785. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 13, 2007, the FAA issued AD 

2007–04–19, Amendment 39–14951 (72 

FR 8089, February 23, 2007). That AD 

requires removing from service certain 

installed SAP cylinder assemblies, 

listed in that AD by P/N and serial 

number (SN), no later than 150 hours 

total time-in-service (TIS) to preclude 

cylinder head fatigue failure and 

separation at the head-to-barrel threaded 

interface. That AD was the result of nine 

separated SAP cylinder assemblies in 

TCM reciprocating engines and one in a 

LE reciprocating engine. That condition, 

if not corrected, could result in cylinder 

separation that can lead to engine 

failure, a possible engine compartment 

fire, and damage to the airplane. 

Actions Since We Issued AD 2007–04– 

19 

Since we issued AD 2007–04–19, we 

received comments that cause us to 

better define and reduce the 

applicability of this AD. 

Comments 

We provided the public the 

opportunity to participate in the 

development of this AD. We have 

considered the comments received. 

Request To Provide a Range of Dates 

That SAP Manufactured the Suspect 

Cylinders 

A number of commenters ask us to 

include the date range when SAP 

manufactured the cylinders. The 

commenters state that including the 

range of dates will help users to 

determine if they need to investigate 

further and will eliminate unnecessary 

time and money spent to determine if a 

suspect cylinder assembly is installed 

on their engine. 

We agree. We changed the 

applicability to provide a date range to 

help narrow the applicability. Also, we 

clarified the SN range to narrow the 

applicability even further. 

Minor Editorial Changes 

We included some minor editorial 

changes in this AD to clarify some 

nomenclature. 

Conclusion 

We have carefully 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 have determined that 

these changes will neither increase the 

economic burden on any operator nor 

increase the scope of the AD. 

FAA’s Determination and Requirements 

of This AD 

The unsafe condition described 

previously is likely to exist or develop 

on other TCM 470, 520, and 550; LE 

320, 360, and 540; AL 540, and SAP 360 

series reciprocating engines of the same 

type design with certain SAP cylinder 

assemblies that have a part number 

listed in this AD. For that reason, we are 

issuing this AD to prevent cylinder 

separation which can lead to engine 

failure, a possible engine compartment 

fire, and damage to the airplane. This 

AD requires removing from service 

installed SAP cylinder assemblies listed 

in this AD, no later than 150 hours total 

TIS to preclude cylinder head fatigue 

failure and separation at the head-tobarrel threaded interface. 

FAA’s Determination for No Prior 

Public Notice 

Since we do not anticipate adverse 

public interest in this action, a situation 

exists that allows for immediate 

adoption of this AD, and we have found 

that notice and opportunity for further 

public comment before issuing this AD 

are unnecessary. 

Comments Invited 

This AD is a final rule that involves 

requirements affecting flight safety and 

was not preceded by notice and an 

opportunity for public comment; 

however, we invite you to send us any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments regarding this AD. Send your 

comments to an address listed under 


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