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Section 226.3—Exempt Transactions

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3(b) Credit over applicable threshold

amount.

1. Threshold amount. * * * vi. From January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, the threshold amount is $54,600.

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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Authority and Issuance

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Bureau amends Regulation Z, 12 CFR part 1026, as set forth below:

**PART 1026—TRUTH IN LENDING (REGULATION Z)** 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1026 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 2601, 2603–2605, 2607, 2609, 2617, 5511, 5512, 5532, 5581; 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.

■ 2. In Supplement I to part 1026, under Section 1026.3—Exempt Transactions, under 3(b) Credit Over Applicable Threshold Amount, paragraph 1.vi is added to read as follows:
Supplement I to Part 1026—Official Interpretations

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Subpart A—General

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Section 1026.3—Exempt Transactions

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3(b) Credit Over Applicable Threshold
Amount

1. Threshold amount. * * * vi. From January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, the threshold amount is $54,600.

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By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 8, 2014.
Robert deV. Frierson. Secretary of the Board.

Dated: September 3, 2014. Richard Cordray, Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014–21849 Filed 9–19–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6210–01–P; 4810–AM–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION** 

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**14 CFR Part 25**

**[Docket No. FAA–2013–0900; Special Conditions No. 25–540–SC]** 

**Special Conditions: Airbus Model A350–900 airplane; General Limiting**  **Requirements**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Final special conditions.

**SUMMARY :**  These special conditions are issued for Airbus Model A350–900 airplanes. These airplanes will have a novel or unusual design feature associated with general limiting requirements of its flight-envelope protection features. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.

**DATES :**  Effective September 22, 2014.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Joe Jacobsen, FAA, Airplane and Flightcrew Interface, ANM–111, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98057–3356; telephone (425) 227–2011; facsimile (425) 227–1320.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Background

On August 25, 2008, Airbus applied for a type certificate for their new Model A350–900 airplane. Later, Airbus requested, and the FAA approved, an extension to the application for FAA type certification to November 15, 2009. The Model A350–900 airplane has aconventional layout with twin wingmounted Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. It features a twin aisle, 9- abreast, economy-class layout, and accommodates side-by-side placement of LD–3 containers in the cargo compartment. The basic Model A350– 900 airplane configuration will accommodate 315 passengers in a standard two-class arrangement. The design cruise speed is Mach 0.85 with a maximum take-off weight of 602,000 lbs. Type Certification Basis

Under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 21.17, Airbus must show that the Model A350–900 airplane meets the applicable provisions of 14 CFR part 25, as amended by Amendments 25–1 through 25–129.

If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness regulations (i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the Model A350–900 airplane because of a novel or unusual design feature, special conditions are prescribed under § 21.16.

Special conditions are initially applicable to the model for which they are issued. Should the type certificate for that model be amended later to include any other model that incorporates the same or similar novel or unusual design feature, the special conditions would also apply to the other model under § 21.101.

In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special conditions, the Model A350–900 airplane must comply with the fuel-vent and exhaust-emission requirements of14 CFR part 34, and the noisecertification requirements of 14 CFR part 36. The FAA must issue a finding of regulatory adequacy under § 611 of Public Law 92–574, the ‘‘Noise Control Act of 1972.’’

The FAA issues special conditions, as defined in 14 CFR 11.19, under § 11.38,and they become part of the typecertification basis under § 21.17(a)(2). Novel or Unusual Design Features

The Airbus Model A350–900 airplane incorporates the following novel or unusual design features: Generallimiting requirements for the flightenvelope protection system.

Discussion

These special conditions, and the following that pertain to flight-envelope protection, present general limitingrequirements for all the unique flightenvelope protection features of the basicModel A350 airplane’s electronic flightcontrol system (EFCS) design. Current regulations do not address these types of protection features. The general limiting requirements are necessary to ensure a smooth transition from normal flight to the protection mode and adequate maneuver capability. The general limiting requirements also ensure that the structural limits of the airplane are not exceeded. Furthermore, failure of the flight-envelope protection feature must not create hazardous flight conditions. Envelope-protection parameters include angle of attack, normal load factor, bank angle, pitch angle, and speed. To accomplish these envelope protections, one or more significant changes occur in the EFCScontrol laws as the normal flightVerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Sep 19, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\22SER1.SGM 22SER1asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with RULES

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envelope limit is approached or exceeded.

Flight-envelope protection is the subject of several special conditions for the A350. Each specific type of envelope protection is addressed individually, but some requirements are common to all limiting systems and are therefore put forth as general limiting requirements.

These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.

Discussion of Comments

Notice of Proposed Special Conditions No. 25–12–08–SC for Airbus Model A350–900 airplanes was published in the Federal Register on January 14, 2014 (79 FR 2387). No comments were received, and the special conditions are adopted as proposed. Applicability

As discussed above, these special conditions apply to Airbus Model A350–900 airplane. Should Airbus apply later for a change to the type certificate to include another model incorporating the same novel or unusual design feature, the special conditions would apply to that model as well.

Under standard practice, the effective date of final special conditions would be 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal Register; however, as the certification date for the Airbus Model A350–900 airplane is imminent, the FAA finds that good cause exists to make these special conditions effective upon publication.

Conclusion

This action affects only certain novel or unusual design features on the Airbus Model A350–900 airplane. It is not a rule of general applicability. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25

Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

The authority citation for these special conditions is as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702, 44704. The Special Conditions

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, the following specialconditions are issued as part of the typecertification basis for Airbus Model 350–900 airplanes. General Limiting Requirements
a. Onset characteristics of each flightenvelope protection feature must be smooth, appropriate to the phase of flight and type of maneuver, and not in conflict with the ability of the pilot to satisfactorily change airplane flight path, speed, or attitude as needed.

b. Limit values of protected flight parameters (and, if applicable, associated warning thresholds) must be compatible with the following:

(1) Airplane structural limits, (2) Required safe and controllable maneuvering of the airplane, and

(3) Margins to critical conditions. Unsafe flight characteristics/conditions must not result if dynamic maneuvering, airframe, and systemtolerances (both manufacturing and inservice), and non-steady atmospheric conditions, in any appropriate combination and phase of flight, can produce a limited flight parameter beyond the nominal design limit value.

c. The airplane must be responsive to intentional dynamic maneuvering to within a suitable range of the parameter limit. Dynamic characteristics such as damping and overshoot must also be appropriate for the flight-maneuver and limit parameter in question.

d. When simultaneous envelope limiting is engaged, adverse coupling or adverse priority must not result.

Failure States

EFCS failures (including sensor) must not result in a condition where a parameter is limited to such a reduced value that safe and controllable maneuvering is no longer available. The crew must be alerted by suitable means if any change in envelope limiting or maneuverability is produced by single or multiple failures of the EFCS not shown to be extremely improbable.

Issued in Renton, Washington, on August
27, 2014. Jeffrey E. Duven, Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2014–22340 Filed 9–19–14; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND**  **SPACE ADMINISTRATION**

**2 CFR Part 1882**

**14 CFR Parts 1267 and 1274**

**RIN 2700–AE15**

**NASA Implementation of OMB Guidance for Drug-Free Workplace**  **Requirements (Financial Assistance)**

**AGENCY :**  National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

**ACTION :**  Direct final rule.

**SUMMARY :**  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is deleting existing drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance in one Title of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and moving it to another Title, consistent with the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) guidance on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance. Further, NASA is implementing, and thereby giving regulatory effect to, the OMB guidance on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance.

**DATES :**  This final rule is effective September 22, 2014. Comments are due on or before October 22, 2014. If adverse comments are received, NASA will publish a timely withdrawal of the rule in the Federal Register

. **ADDRESSES :**  Interested parties may submit comments, identified with RIN2700–AE15, to NASA via the Federal ERulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Comments may also be submitted to Jamiel C. Commodore at Jamiel.C.Commodore@NASA.gov. Please note that NASA will post all comments on the Internet, including any personal information that is provided.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Jamiel C. Commodore, NASA, Office of Procurement, Contract Management Division; (202) 358–0302; email: Jamiel.C.Commodore@nasa.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
A. Direct Final Rule Adverse Comments

NASA has determined that this rulemaking meets the criteria for a direct final rule because it involves nonsubstantive changes to relocate sections from Title 14 to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to properly align with the CFR structure, and to adopt OMB guidance in Title 2 CFR part 182 that has already been through the rulemaking process. No opposition to the changes and no