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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. 

* * * * * 

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 a 

conventional 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 of 

14 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: General 

limiting requirements for the flightenvelope protection system. 

Discussion 

These special conditions, and the 

following that pertain to flight-envelope 

protection, present general limiting 

requirements for all the unique flightenvelope protection features of the basic 

Model 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 EFCS 

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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 special 

conditions 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 system 

tolerances (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 RIN 

2700–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 


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