Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 21, 2012 / Proposed Rules 16485 

2See 77 FR 3166 (January 23, 2012). 

3See id. 

4See id. 

proposed rule.2 Please submit your 

comments using only one method. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George French, Deputy Director, Policy, 

(202) 898–3929, Robert Burns, Associate 

Director, Mid-Tier Bank Branch, (202) 

898–3905, or Karl R. Reitz, Senior 

Capital Markets Specialist, (202) 898– 

6775, Division of Risk Management and 

Supervision; Mark G. Flanigan, Counsel, 

(202) 898–7426, or Ryan K. Clougherty, 

Senior Attorney, (202) 898–3843, Legal 

Division, Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20429. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 23, 2012, the proposed rule was 

published in the Federal Register.3 The 

proposed rule implements section 

165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Act which 

requires the Corporation to issue 

regulations that require FDIC-insured 

state nonmember banks and FDICinsured state-chartered savings 

associations with total consolidated 

assets of more than $10 billion 

(‘‘covered banks’’) to conduct annual 

stress tests (‘‘bank-run stress tests’’). The 

proposed rule defines the term ‘‘stress 

test’’ for purposes of the regulations; 

establishes methodologies for the 

conduct of the stress tests; establishes 

the form and content of a required 

report on the stress tests that banks must 

submit to the Corporation; and requires 

covered banks to publish a summary of 

the results of the required stress tests. 

In recognition of the complexities of 

the rulemaking and the variety of 

considerations involved in its impact 

and implementation, the FDIC requested 

that commenters respond to questions 

in the proposed rule. The proposed rule 

stated that the public comment period 

would close on March 23, 2012.4

The FDIC has received requests from 

the public for an extension of the 

comment period. The FDIC believes that 

it is important to allow parties more 

time to consider the impact of the 

proposed rule, and that such an 

extension will facilitate further public 

comment on the proposed rule. 

Therefore, the FDIC is extending the 

deadline for submitting comments on 

the proposed rule from March 23, 2012, 

to April 30, 2012. 

Dated at Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

March 2012. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6799 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Parts 611, 612, 619, 620 and 

630 

RIN 3052–AC41 

Compensation, Retirement Programs, 

and Related Benefits 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA, us, we, or our) 

published a proposed rule to amend our 

regulations related to Farm Credit 

System (System) bank and association 

disclosures to shareholders and 

investors. The proposed rule would 

require enhanced reporting of senior 

officer compensation and retirement 

programs and reporting to shareholders 

of significant events that occur between 

annual reporting periods. The proposed 

rule would also identify the minimum 

responsibilities a compensation 

committee must perform and require 

that System banks and associations 

provide for a nonbinding, advisory vote 

on senior officer compensation. To 

allow interested parties additional time 

to submit comments, we are extending 

the comment period on the proposed 

rule from March 23, 2012 to April 16, 

2012. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

must be submitted on or before April 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: We offer a variety of 

methods for you to submit your 

comments. For accuracy and efficiency 

reasons, commenters are encouraged to 

submit comments by email or through 

the FCA’s Web site. As facsimiles (fax) 

are difficult for us to process and 

achieve compliance with section 508 of 

the Rehabilitation Act, we no longer 

accept comments submitted by fax. 

Regardless of the method you use, 

please do not submit your comments 

multiple times via different methods. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Email: Send an email to regcomm@fca.gov. 

• FCA Web site: http://www.fca.gov. 

Select ‘‘Public Commenters,’’ then 

‘‘Public Comments,’’ and follow the 

directions for ‘‘Submitting a Comment.’’ 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Gary K. Van Meter, Director, 

Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, VA 22102–5090. 

You may review copies of all 

comments we receive at our office in 

McLean, Virginia or on our Web site at 

http://www.fca.gov. Once you are in the 

Web site, select ‘‘Public Commenters,’’ 

then ‘‘Public Comments,’’ and follow 

the directions for ‘‘Reading Submitted 

Public Comments.’’ We will show your 

comments as submitted, including any 

supporting data provided, but for 

technical reasons we may omit items 

such as logos and special characters. 

Identifying information that you 

provide, such as phone numbers and 

addresses, will be publicly available. 

However, we will attempt to remove 

email addresses to help reduce Internet 

spam. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Wilson, Senior Accountant, 

Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm 

Credit Administration, McLean, VA 

22102–5090, (703) 883–4414, TTY 

(703) 883–4434, or 

Laura McFarland, Senior Counsel, 

Office of General Counsel, Farm 

Credit Administration, McLean, VA 

22102–5090, (703) 883–4020, TTY 

(703) 883–4020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 23, 2012, the FCA published a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register 

seeking public comment on proposed 

changes to senior officer compensation 

disclosures and related topics. See 77 

FR 3172. The comment period is 

scheduled to close on March 23, 2012. 

The FCA received several letters in 

response to the proposed rule requesting 

we extend the comment period by 60 

days. Many of the commenters 

explained that the proposed rule was 

published while System institutions 

were fully engaged in completion of 

their annual reports. The commenters 

emphasized that System institutions 

have significant interest in the proposed 

rule and were, therefore, requesting 

more time to evaluate and comment in 

a thoughtful and coordinated manner. 

The FCA supports public involvement 

and participation in its regulatory 

process and invites all interested parties 

to review and comment on our proposed 

rule. We balanced the request for more 

time against the fact that most of the 

issues in the proposed rule were 

previously subject to a 120-day 

comment period under an Advance 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (75 FR 

70619, November 18, 2010). We also 

considered that a related proposed rule 

on the System Audit Committee (77 FR 

8179, February 14, 2012) has a comment 

period closing April 16. As a result, we 

are extending the comment period 24 

days instead of the requested 60 days to 

coincide with the related proposed rule. 


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16486 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 21, 2012 / Proposed Rules 

Dated: March 15, 2012. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6806 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0270; Directorate 

Identifier 2011–NM–113–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Fokker 

Services B.V. 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 

Fokker Services B.V. Model F.27 Mark 

050 airplanes, and Model F.28 Mark 

0070 and 0100 airplanes. This proposed 

AD was prompted by reports of loose 

nuts on contactors in the electrical 

power center (EPC), and in some cases, 

burned contactors. This proposed AD 

would require inspecting and, if 

necessary, adjusting, the torque values 

of nuts on circuit breakers, contactors 

and terminal blocks of the EPC and 

battery relay panel. This proposed AD 

would also require inspecting to 

determine if certain parts are installed, 

and installing the parts if necessary. We 

are proposing this AD to detect and 

correct loose nuts, which could result in 

arcing and potentially an onboard fire, 

possibly resulting in damage to the 

airplane and injury to occupants or 

maintenance personnel. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by May 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 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: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Fokker 

Services B.V., Technical Services Dept., 

P.O. Box 231, 2150 AE Nieuw-Vennep, 

the Netherlands; telephone +31 (0)252– 

627–350; fax +31 (0)252–627–211; email 

technicalservices.fokkerservices@stork.

com; Internet http://www.myfokker

fleet.com. You may review copies of the 

referenced service information at the 

FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 

Washington. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 425–227–1221. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Operations office between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this proposed AD, 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: Tom 

Rodriguez, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 

Washington 98057–3356; telephone 

(425) 227–1137; fax (425) 227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2012–0270; Directorate Identifier 

2011–NM–113–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD 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 proposed AD. 

Discussion 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Community, has issued EASA 

Airworthiness Directive 2011–0083, 

dated May 12, 2011 (referred to after 

this as ‘‘the MCAI’’), to correct an unsafe 

condition for the specified products. 

The MCAI states: 

In December 1989, Fokker issued Service 

Bulletin (SB) SBF50–24–A013 and SBF100– 

24–A011 (both Alert Bulletins) to instruct 

operators to inspect and adjust several torque 

values of bus bars and contactors in the EPC. 

The Civil Aviation Authority of The 

Netherlands (CAA–NL, formerly RLD) issued 

AD (BLA) 89–159 and BLA 89–157 

respectively (both now at issue 2), to require 

operators of the affected aeroplanes to 

comply with the instructions of these SBs. 

Since those ADs were issued, several 

operators have reported finding loose nuts on 

contactors in the EPC of Fokker 50/60 

aeroplanes in post-SBF50–24–A013 

configuration and on Fokker 70/100 

aeroplanes in post-SBF100–24–A011 

configuration. In some cases, the findings 

included damaged (burned) contactors. 

This condition, if not detected and 

corrected, could lead to arcing and, in 

combination with other factors, to an 

onboard fire, possibly resulting in damage to 

the aeroplane and injury to occupants or 

maintenance personnel. 

For the reasons described above, this 

[EASA] AD requires a one-time [torque 

check] inspection and, depending on 

findings, adjustment of the torque values of 

nuts on circuit breakers, contactors and 

terminal blocks [of the EPC and battery relay 

panel]. 

The required actions include doing a 

general visual inspection to determine if 

either the lock washer, flat washer and 

nut, or locking nut and flat washer, are 

installed; and installing a new lock 

washer or self-locking nut, if necessary; 

and applying torque inspection lacquer. 

You may obtain further information by 

examining the MCAI in the AD docket. 

Relevant Service Information 

Fokker Services B.V. has issued 

Fokker Service Bulletins SBF50–24– 

032, including Fokker Manual Change 

Notification—Maintenance 

Documentation MCNM–F50–072 (for 

Model F.27 Mark 050 airplanes), and 

SBF100–24–043, including Fokker 

Manual Change Notification— 

Maintenance Documentation MCNM– 

F100–141 (for Model F.28 Mark 0070 

and 0100 airplanes), both dated 

February 10, 2011. The actions 

described in this service information are 

intended to correct the unsafe condition 

identified in the MCAI. 

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 


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