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1For purposes of Regulation CC, the term ‘‘bank’’

refers to any depository institution, including 

commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit 

unions. 

2See 69 FR 57837, September 28, 2004. 

3See 70 FR 74998, December 19, 2005. 

4Section 229.18(e) of Regulation CC requires that 

banks notify account holders who are consumers 

within 30 days after implementing a change that 

improves the availability of funds. 

5The Reserve Banks’ press release is available at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/press/ 

other/2006/20060531/default.htm. 

■ 3. In § 301.64–3, paragraph (c) is 

amended by adding, in alphabetical 

order, under the heading ‘‘Texas,’’ an 

entry for Webb County to read as 

follows: 

§ 301.64–3 Quarantined areas. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

TEXAS 

* * * * * 

Webb County: That portion of Webb 

County in the Laredo area bounded by 

a line as follows: Beginning at a point 

described as 27.573282° N. latitude and 

¥99.517998° W. longitude on the Rio 

Grande River, then east to a point 

described as 27.573524° N. latitude and 

-99.454503° W. longitude, then south to 

a point described as 27.442772° N. 

latitude and ¥99.448625° W. longitude, 

then west to a point described as 

27.442613° N. latitude and 

¥99.495403° N. longitude on the Rio 

Grande River, then north along the Rio 

Grande River to the point of beginning. 

* * * * * 

Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

May 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–9577 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

12 CFR Part 229 

[Regulation CC; Docket No. R–1287] 

Availability of Funds and Collection of 

Checks 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors is 

amending appendix A of Regulation CC 

to delete the reference to the Nashville 

branch office of the Federal Reserve 

Bank of Atlanta and reassign the Federal 

Reserve routing symbols currently listed 

under that office to the head office of 

the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and 

is amending appendix B of Regulation 

CC to delete the reference to the 

Nashville branch office. The Board also 

is providing advance notice about future 

amendments to appendix A in 

connection with the next phase of the 

Reserve Banks’ restructuring of the 

check processing operations within the 

Federal Reserve System. This future 

restructuring and the associated 

amendments to appendix A are 

expected to take place in the second half 

of 2007. 

DATES: The final rule will become 

effective on July 21, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

K. Walton II, Associate Director (202/ 

452–2660), or Joseph P. Baressi, 

Financial Services Project Leader (202/ 

452–3959), Division of Reserve Bank 

Operations and Payment Systems; or 

Adrianne G. Threatt, Counsel (202/452–

3554), Legal Division. For users of 

Telecommunications Devices for the 

Deaf (TDD) only, contact 202/263–4869. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Regulation CC establishes the 

maximum period a depositary bank may 

wait between receiving a deposit and 

making the deposited funds available 

for withdrawal.1 A depositary bank 

generally must provide faster 

availability for funds deposited by a 

‘‘local check’’ than by a ‘‘nonlocal 

check.’’ A check drawn on a bank is 

considered local if it is payable by or at 

a bank located in the same Federal 

Reserve check processing region as the 

depositary bank. A check drawn on a 

nonbank is considered local if it is 

payable through a bank located in the 

same Federal Reserve check processing 

region as the depositary bank. Checks 

that do not meet the requirements for 

‘‘local’’ checks are considered 

‘‘nonlocal.’’

Appendix A to Regulation CC 

contains a routing number guide that 

assists banks in identifying local and 

nonlocal banks and thereby determining 

the maximum permissible hold periods 

for most deposited checks. The 

appendix includes a list of each Federal 

Reserve check processing office and the 

first four digits of the routing number, 

known as the Federal Reserve routing 

symbol, of each bank that is served by 

that office for check processing 

purposes. Banks whose Federal Reserve 

routing symbols are grouped under the 

same office are in the same check 

processing region and thus are local to 

one another. Appendix B to Regulation 

CC reduces the generally permissible 

hold times for nonlocal check deposits 

collected between certain check 

processing regions from 5 days to 3 days 

due to generally faster collection times 

between these regions. 

Final Amendments to Appendix A and 

Appendix B 

The Reserve Banks announced in 

2004 that the check-processing 

operations of the Nashville branch office 

of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

would be transferred to the Atlanta 

Reserve Bank’s head office.2 The Board 

previously provided notice of the 

Reserve Banks’ delay, due to Hurricane 

Katrina and the concomitant transfer of 

the New Orleans branch office’s checkprocessing operations to the Atlanta 

head office, of the transfer of the 

Nashville branch office’s checkprocessing operations.3 The Reserve 

Banks will proceed with the transfer of 

the Nashville branch office’s checkprocessing operations to the Atlanta 

Reserve Bank’s head office on July 21, 

2007. To assist banks in identifying 

local and nonlocal checks and making 

funds availability decisions, the Board 

is amending in appendix A the list of 

routing symbols associated with the 

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to 

reflect the transfer of check-processing 

operations from the Atlanta Reserve 

Bank’s Nashville branch office to the 

Reserve Bank’s head office in Atlanta. In 

addition, because checks deposited in 

banks in the current Nashville check 

processing region and drawn on banks 

in the Atlanta check processing region 

will become local checks as a result of 

these changes, the provisions of 

appendix B relating to these checks no 

longer will be necessary. Accordingly, 

the Board also is amending appendix B 

to delete the reference to the Nashville 

branch office. To coincide with the 

effective date of the underlying check 

processing changes, the amendments to 

appendix A and appendix B are 

effective July 21, 2007. The Board is 

providing notice of the amendments at 

this time to give affected banks ample 

time to make any needed processing 

changes. Early notice also will enable 

affected banks to amend their 

availability schedules and related 

disclosures if necessary and provide 

their customers with notice of these 

changes.4

Information About Future Changes to 

Appendix A 

As the Federal Reserve Banks 

announced on May 31, 2006,5 in 


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response to the continued nationwide 

decline in check usage and to position 

themselves more effectively to meet the 

cost recovery requirements of the 

Monetary Control Act of 1980, the 

Reserve Banks have decided to reduce 

further the number of locations at which 

they process checks. The Reserve Banks 

plan to stop processing checks at two 

offices, and the checks currently 

processed at those offices will be 

processed at other offices, as follows: 

Branches and offices 

that no longer will 

process checks: 

Branches and offices 

to which check processing will be transferred: 

Helena, MT ............... Denver, CO. 

San Francisco, CA .... Los Angeles, CA. 

These restructurings of Reserve Bank 

check processing operations are 

expected to take place in the second half 

of 2007 and will reduce the number of 

check processing regions from 21 to 19. 

The Board will amend appendix A in 

connection with each stage of the 

restructuring to delete the name of the 

office that will no longer process checks 

and transfer the affected Federal Reserve 

routing symbols to another check 

processing office. The Board intends to 

provide notice of each stage of the 

restructuring and the associated 

amendments to appendix A at least 60 

days prior to the effective date of the 

amendment in order to give affected 

banks ample time to make processing 

changes and, if necessary, amend their 

availability schedules and related 

disclosures and provide their customers 

with notice of any changes to their 

availability schedules. 

Some affected banks might prefer to 

make or to plan for some or all of their 

processing and availability changes 

prior to the effective dates of the 

relevant amendments. For the 

information and planning needs of 

affected banks, the Board today is 

describing below the Federal Reserve 

routing symbol changes to appendix A 

that will be made over the second half 

of 2007. 

1. Denver 

The operations of the Helena branch 

office will be transferred such that 

banks with the following Federal 

Reserve routing symbols will be local to 

the Denver branch office: 

0920 2920 

0921 2921 

0929 2929 

1020 3020 

1021 3021 

1022 3022 

1023 3023 

1070 3070 

1240 3240 

1241 3241 

1242 3242 

1243 3243 

2. Los Angeles 

The operations of the San Francisco 

head office will be transferred such that 

banks with the following Federal 

Reserve routing symbols will be local to 

the Los Angeles branch office: 

1210 3210 

1211 3211 

1212 3212 

1213 3213 

1220 3220 

1221 3221 

1222 3222 

1223 3223 

1224 3224 

The Federal Reserve routing symbols 

assigned to all other Federal Reserve 

branches and offices will remain the 

same through the end of 2007. 

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Board has not followed the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) relating to 

notice and public participation in 

connection with the adoption of the 

final rule. The revisions to appendix A 

and appendix B are technical in nature 

and are required by the statutory and 

regulatory definitions of ‘‘checkprocessing region.’’ Because there is no 

substantive change on which to seek 

public input, the Board has determined 

that the § 553(b) notice and comment 

procedures are unnecessary. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506; 

5 CFR 1320 Appendix A.1), the Board 

has reviewed the final rule under 

authority delegated to the Board by the 

Office of Management and Budget. The 

technical amendment to appendix A of 

Regulation CC will delete the reference 

to the Nashville branch office of the 

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and 

reassign the routing symbols listed 

under that office to the head office of 

the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. 

The technical amendment to appendix 

B of Regulation CC will delete the 

reference to the Nashville branch office. 

The depository institutions that are 

located in the affected check processing 

regions and that include the routing 

numbers in their disclosure statements 

would be required to notify customers 

of the resulting change in availability 

under § 229.18(e). However, all 

paperwork collection procedures 

associated with Regulation CC already 

are in place, and the Board accordingly 

anticipates that no additional burden 

will be imposed as a result of this 

rulemaking. 

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 229 

Banks, Banking, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Authority and Issuance 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Board is amending 12 

CFR part 229 to read as follows: 

PART 229—AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 

AND COLLECTION OF CHECKS 

(REGULATION CC) 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 229 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4001–4010, 12 U.S.C. 

5001–5018. 

■ 2. The Sixth District routing symbol 

list in appendix A is revised to read as 

follows: 

Appendix A to Part 229—Routing 

Number Guide to Next-Day Availability 

Checks and Local Checks 

* * * * * 

Sixth Federal Reserve District 

[Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta] 

Head Office 

0610 2610 

0611 2611 

0612 2612 

0613 2613 

0620 2620 

0621 2621 

0622 2622 

0640 2640 

0641 2641 

0642 2642 

0650 2650 

0651 2651 

0652 2652 

0653 2653 

0654 2654 

0655 2655 

Jacksonville Branch 

0630 2630 

0631 2631 

0632 2632 

0660 2660 

0670 2670 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Appendix B is revised to read as 

follows: 

Appendix B to Part 229—Reduction of 

Schedules for Certain Nonlocal Checks 

A depositary bank that is located in the 

following check processing territories shall 

make funds deposited in an account by a 

nonlocal check described below available for 

withdrawal not later than the number of 

business days following the banking day on 

which funds are deposited, as specified 

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Federal Reserve Office 

Number of business days following the banking day funds are 

deposited 

Utica: 

0210, 0280 .................... 3 

Kansas City: 

0865, 2865 .................... 3 

By order of the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, acting through the 

Secretary of the Board under delegated 

authority, May 14, 2007. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–9558 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–26284; Directorate 

Identifier 2006–CE–68–AD; Amendment 39–

15057; AD 2007–10–16] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; British 

Aerospace Regional Aircraft Jetstream 

Model 3201 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 Airworthiness Limitations Section of 

the Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) 

applicable to the British Aerospace Jetstream 

3200 has been revised. Some lives have been 

amended and new lives introduced. 

Compliance with these requirements is 

necessary to maintain airworthiness. 

We are issuing this AD to require 

actions to correct the unsafe condition 

on these products. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective June 

22, 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: 

Taylor Martin, Aerospace Engineer, 

FAA, Small Airplane Directorate, 901 

Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, 

Missouri 64106; telephone: (816) 329–

4138; 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 March 13, 2007 (72 FR 

11300). That NPRM proposed to correct 

an unsafe condition for the specified 

products. The MCAI states: 

The Airworthiness Limitations Section of 

the Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) 

applicable to the British Aerospace Jetstream 

3200 has been revised. Some lives have been 

amended and new lives introduced. 

Compliance with these requirements is 

necessary to maintain airworthiness. 

From the effective date of this 

Airworthiness Directive (AD), comply with 

the requirements of BAE Jetstream Series 

3200 Aircraft Maintenance Manual, Chapter 

05–10–05, Airworthiness Limitations 

Description and Operation Section*, 

Revision 14 or later EASA approved revision. 

*Only the structural fatigue tasks are 

mandated by this AD, the following tasks are 

not addressed by this AD: All the tasks 

recorded in Tables 2, 4, 5 and 8. Together 

with the Table No 3—task 27–70–000 Gust 

lock system. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

received no comments on the NPRM or 

on the determination of the cost to the 

public. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the available data and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting the AD 

as proposed. 

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 making 

these changes, we do not intend to differ 

substantively from the information 

provided in the MCAI and related 

service information. 

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 highlighted in 

a NOTE within the AD. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD will affect 

20 products of U.S. registry. We also 

estimate that it will take about 1 workhour per product to comply with basic 

requirements of this AD (inserting the 

document into the Airworthiness 

Limitations section of the Instructions 

for Continued Airworthiness or other 

FAA-approved maintenance document). 

The average labor rate is $80 per workhour. Based on these figures, we 

estimate the cost of this AD on U.S. 

operators to be $1,600, or $80 per 

product. 

We have no way of determining the 

costs associated with having to replace 

certain parts at an earlier time due to 

reduced life limits. 

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. 


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