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(h) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, ECO Branch, FAA, has 

the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, 

if requested using the procedures found in 14 

CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, 

send your request to your principal inspector 

or local Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the manager of the certification office, 

send it to the attention of the person 

identified in paragraph (i)(1) of this AD. You 

may email your request to: ANE-AD-AMOC@

faa.gov. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. 

(i) Related Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Kevin M. Clark, Aerospace Engineer, 

ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District Avenue, 

Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 781–238– 

7088; fax: 781–238–7199; email: 

kevin.m.clark@faa.gov. 

(2) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact International Aero Engines 

(IAE), 400 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 

06118; phone: 800–565–0140; email: help24@

pw.utc.com; internet: http://

fleetcare.pw.utc.com. You may view this 

referenced service information at the FAA, 

Engine and Propeller Standards Branch, 1200 

District Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 781–238–7759. 

Issued in Burlington, MA, on June 22, 

2018. 

Robert J. Ganley, 

Manager, Engine and Propeller Standards 

Branch, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13795 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2018–0555; Product 

Identifier 2017–NM–152–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for all BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited Model 

4101 airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by a report of an improperly 

installed spacer around the electrical 

pins in the cartridge connector for the 

fire bottle extinguisher cartridge. This 

proposed AD would require repetitive 

inspections for excessive or missing 

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actions. We are proposing this AD to 

address the unsafe condition on these 

products. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by August 13, 2018. 

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: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact BAE Systems 

(Operations) Limited, Customer 

Information Department, Prestwick 

International Airport, Ayrshire, KA9 

2RW, Scotland, United Kingdom; 

telephone +44 1292 675207; fax +44 

1292 675704; email RApublications@

baesystems.com; internet http://

www.baesystems.com/Businesses/ 

RegionalAircraft/index.htm. You may 

view this service information at the 

FAA, Transport Standards Branch, 2200 

South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

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–2018– 

0555; 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 NPRM, 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: 

Todd Thompson, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Section, Transport 

Standards Branch, FAA, 2200 South 

216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; 

telephone and fax 206–231–3228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposal. Send your comments to 

an address listed under the ADDRESSES

section. Include ‘‘Docket No. FAA– 

2018–0555; Product Identifier 2017– 

NM–152–AD’’ at the beginning of your 

comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this NPRM. We will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend this NPRM 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 NPRM. 

Discussion 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Union, has issued EASA AD 2017–0212, 

dated October 25, 2017 (referred to after 

this as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or ‘‘the 

MCAI’’), to correct an unsafe condition 

for all BAE Systems (Operations) 

Limited Model 4101 airplanes. The 

MCAI states: 

During scheduled maintenance (fire bottle 

extinguisher cartridge resistance check) it 

was noted that on the extinguisher cartridge, 

the blue spacer around the electrical pins 

appeared to be located too far forward. It was 

discovered that, inadvertently, an additional 

spacer (possibly from a previous extinguisher 

cartridge) was located in the extinguisher 

cartridge connector. This effectively shortens 

the electrical pins in the cartridge connector, 

which could result in insufficient 

engagement with the associated sockets on 

the aeroplane connector. A missing spacer 

would not affect the electrical connection 

between the extinguisher cartridge and the 

aeroplane wiring, but could allow moisture 

ingress over time. 

Both conditions, if not detected and 

corrected, could prevent the fire extinguisher 

bottle from discharging when required, 

possibly resulting in damage to the aeroplane 

and injury to occupants. 

To address this potential unsafe condition, 

BAE Systems (Operations) Ltd issued Service 

Bulletin (SB) J41–26–009, providing 

inspection instructions to ensure that a single 

blue spacer is fitted on the inside of the 

extinguisher cartridge connector. 

For the reason described above, this 

[EASA] AD requires a one-time [general 

visual] inspection [and inspection after a 

maintenance task that involves disconnection 

or re-connection of the electrical connector] 

of the extinguisher cartridge electrical 

connector and the aeroplane’s electrical 

connector and, depending on findings, 

removal of excessive spacers or replacement 

of the fire extinguisher bottle. 

You may examine the MCAI in the 

AD docket on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2018– 

0555. 

Related Service Information Under 1 

CFR Part 51 

BAE Systems (Operations) Limited 

has issued Service Bulletin J41–26–009, 

dated November 23, 2016. This service 

information describes procedures for a 

general visual inspection of the 

cartridge electrical connector and the 

aircraft electrical connector for missing 

or excessive spacers, and corrective 

actions including removing excessive 

spacers or replacing the fire bottle 

extinguisher cartridge. This service 

information is reasonably available 

because the interested parties have 

access to it through their normal course 

of business or by the means identified 

in the ADDRESSES section. 

FAA’s Determination and Requirements 

of This Proposed AD 

This product has been approved by 

the aviation authority of another 

country, and is approved for operation 

in the United States. Pursuant to our 

bilateral agreement with the State of 

Design Authority, we have been notified 

of the unsafe condition described in the 

MCAI and service information 

referenced above. We are proposing this 

AD because we evaluated all pertinent 

information and determined an unsafe 

condition exists and is likely to exist or 

develop on other products of the same 

type design. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this proposed AD 

affects 4 airplanes of U.S. registry. 

We estimate the following costs to 

comply with this proposed AD: 

ESTIMATED COSTS FOR REQUIRED ACTIONS

Labor cost Parts cost Cost per 

product 

Cost on U.S. 

operators 

1 work-hour × $85 per hour = $85 .............................................................................................. $0 $85 $340 


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We estimate the following costs to do 

any necessary on-condition actions that 

would be required based on the results 

of any required actions. We have no way 

of determining the number of aircraft 

that might need these on-condition 

actions: 

ESTIMATED COSTS OF ON-CONDITION ACTIONS

Labor cost Parts cost Cost per 

product 

1 work-hour × $85 per hour = $85 .......................................................................................................... Up to $1,734 .......... Up to $1,819. 

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. 

This proposed AD is issued in 

accordance with authority delegated by 

the Executive Director, Aircraft 

Certification Service, as authorized by 

FAA Order 8000.51C. In accordance 

with that order, issuance of ADs is 

normally a function of the Compliance 

and Airworthiness Division, but during 

this transition period, the Executive 

Director has delegated the authority to 

issue ADs applicable to transport 

category airplanes to the Director of the 

System Oversight Division. 

Regulatory Findings 

We determined that this proposed AD 

would not have federalism implications 

under Executive Order 13132. This 

proposed AD would not have a 

substantial direct effect on the States, on 

the relationship between the national 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

For the reasons discussed above, I 

certify this proposed regulation: 

1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

2. Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under the 

DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 

3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 

Alaska; and 

4. Will not have a significant 

economic impact, positive or negative, 

on a substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 

39 as follows: 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new airworthiness 

directive (AD): 

BAE Systems (Operations) Limited: Docket 

No. FAA–2018–0555; Product Identifier 

2017–NM–152–AD. 

(a) Comments Due Date 

We must receive comments by August 13, 

2018. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to BAE Systems 

(Operations) Limited Model 4101 airplanes, 

certificated in any category, all serial 

numbers. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 26, Fire protection. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by a report of an 

improperly installed spacer around the 

electrical pins in the cartridge connector for 

the fire bottle extinguisher cartridge. We are 

issuing this AD to detect and correct 

excessive or missing spacers, which could 

result in the fire extinguisher bottle not 

discharging when required, possibly 

resulting in damage to the airplane. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Inspection 

Within 12 months after the effective date 

of this AD, do a general visual inspection of 

the inside of the cartridge electrical 

connector and the inside of the airplane 

electrical connector in accordance with the 

Accomplishment Instructions of the BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited Service 

Bulletin J41–26–009, dated November 23, 

2016. 

(h) Inspections After Maintenance 

As of the effective date of this AD, before 

further flight after each accomplishment of a 

maintenance task involving disconnection or 

(re-)connection of an electrical connector of 

a fire bottle extinguisher cartridge, do a 

general visual inspection of the inside of the 

cartridge electrical connector and the inside 

of the airplane electrical connector in 

accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of BAE Systems (Operations) 

Limited Service Bulletin J41–26–009, dated 

November 23, 2016. 

(i) Corrective Actions 

(1) If, during any inspection as required by 

paragraph (g) or (h) of this AD, as applicable, 

more than one spacer is found inside the 

cartridge electrical connector: Before further 

flight, remove the excessive spacer(s) from 

the inside of the cartridge electrical 

connector in accordance with the 

Accomplishment Instructions of BAE 

Systems (Operations) Limited Service 

Bulletin J41–26–009, dated November 23, 

2016. 

(2) If, during any inspection as required by 

paragraph (g) or (h) of this AD, as applicable, 

one or more spacers are found inside the 

airplane electrical connector: Before further 

flight, remove all spacers from the inside of 

the airplane electrical connector in 

accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of BAE Systems (Operations) 

Limited Service Bulletin J41–26–009, dated 

November 23, 2016. 

(3) If, during any inspection as required by 

paragraph (g) or (h) of this AD, as applicable, 

no blue spacer is found inside the cartridge 

electrical connector body: Before further 

flight, replace the cartridge in accordance 

with the Accomplishment Instructions of the 

BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Service 

Bulletin J41–26–009, dated November 23, 

2016. 


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(j) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, International 

Section, Transport Standards Branch, FAA, 

has the authority to approve AMOCs for this 

AD, if requested using the procedures found 

in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 

39.19, send your request to your principal 

inspector or local Flight Standards District 

Office, as appropriate. If sending information 

directly to the International Section, send it 

to the attention of the person identified in 

paragraph (k)(2) of this AD. Information may 

be emailed to: 9-ANM-116-AMOCREQUESTS@faa.gov. Before using any 

approved AMOC, notify your appropriate 

principal inspector, or lacking a principal 

inspector, the manager of the local flight 

standards district office/certificate holding 

district office. 

(2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any 

requirement in this AD to obtain corrective 

actions from a manufacturer, the action must 

be accomplished using a method approved 

by the Manager, International Section, 

Transport Standards Branch, FAA; or the 

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA); or 

BAE Systems (Operations) Limited’s EASA 

Design Organization Approval (DOA). If 

approved by the DOA, the approval must 

include the DOA-authorized signature. 

(k) Related Information 

(1) Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information (MCAI) EASA AD 

2017–0212, dated October 25, 2017; for 

related information. This MCAI may be 

found in the AD docket on the internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2018–0555. 

(2) For more information about this AD, 

contact Todd Thompson, Aerospace 

Engineer, International Section, Transport 

Standards Branch, FAA, 2200 South 216th 

St., Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone and 

fax 206–231–3228. 

(3) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact BAE Systems (Operations) 

Limited, Customer Information Department, 

Prestwick International Airport, Ayrshire, 

KA9 2RW, Scotland, United Kingdom; 

telephone +44 1292 675207; fax +44 1292 

675704; email RApublications@

baesystems.com; internet http://

www.baesystems.com/Businesses/ 

RegionalAircraft/index.htm. You may view 

this service information at the FAA, 

Transport Standards Branch, 2200 South 

216th St., Des Moines, WA. For information 

on the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on June 

19, 2018. 

Michael Kaszycki, 

Acting Director, System Oversight Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13782 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2018–0060; FRL–9979– 

99—Region 10] 

Air Plan Approval; Washington; 

Interstate Transport Requirements for 

the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Clean Air Act (CAA) 

requires each State Implementation Plan 

(SIP) to contain adequate provisions 

prohibiting emissions that will have 

certain adverse air quality effects in 

other states. On February 7, 2018, the 

State of Washington made a submission 

to the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) to address these requirements. 

The EPA is proposing to approve the 

submission as meeting the requirement 

that each SIP contain adequate 

provisions to prohibit emissions that 

will contribute significantly to 

nonattainment or interfere with 

maintenance of the 2012 annual fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) national 

ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) 

in any other state. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2018–0060 at https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Hunt, Air Planning Unit, Office of Air 

and Waste (OAW–150), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 

Sixth Ave., Suite 155, Seattle, WA 

98101; telephone number: (206) 553– 

0256; email address: hunt.jeff@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

the EPA. This supplementary 

information section is arranged as 

follows: 

Table of Contents 

I. What is the background of this SIP 

submission? 

II. What guidance or information is the EPA 

using to evaluate this SIP submission? 

III. The EPA’s Review 

IV. What action is the EPA taking? 

V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews 

I. What is the background of this SIP 

submission? 

This rulemaking addresses a 

submission from the Washington 

Department of Ecology (Ecology) 

assessing interstate transport 

requirements for the 2012 annual PM2.5

NAAQS. The requirement for states to 

make a SIP submission of this type 

arises from section 110(a)(1) of the CAA. 

Pursuant to section 110(a)(1), states 

must submit within 3 years (or such 

shorter period as the Administrator may 

prescribe) after the promulgation of a 

national primary ambient air quality 

standard (or any revision thereof), a 

plan that provides for the 

implementation, maintenance, and 

enforcement of such NAAQS. The 

statute directly imposes on states the 

duty to make these SIP submissions, 

and the requirement to make the 

submissions is not conditioned upon 

the EPA taking any action other than 

promulgating a new or revised NAAQS. 

Section 110(a)(2) includes a list of 

specific elements that ‘‘[e]ach such 

plan’’ submission must address. The 

EPA commonly refers to such state 

plans as ‘‘infrastructure SIPs.’’ 

Specifically, this rulemaking addresses 

the requirements under CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), otherwise known as 

the ‘‘good neighbor’’ provision, which 

requires SIPs to contain adequate 

provisions to prohibit emissions that 

will contribute significantly to 

nonattainment or interfere with 

maintenance of the NAAQS in any other 

state. 

II. What guidance or information is the 

EPA using to evaluate this SIP 

submission? 

The most recent relevant document 

was a memorandum published on 

March 17, 2016, titled ‘‘Information on 

the Interstate Transport ‘‘Good 


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