This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 958 

[Doc. No. AMS–SC–23–0033] 

Onions Grown in Certain Designated 

Counties in Idaho and Malheur County, 

Oregon; Increased Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

implement a recommendation from the 

Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee 

(Committee) to increase the assessment 

rate established for the 2023–2024 and 

subsequent fiscal periods. The proposed 

assessment rate would remain in effect 

indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this proposed rule. 

Comments can be sent to the Docket 

Clerk, Market Development Division, 

Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 

0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237. 

Comments can also be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk electronically by Email: 

MarketingOrderComment@usda.gov or 

via the internet at: https://

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

reference the document number and the 

date and page number of this issue of 

the Federal Register. Comments 

submitted in response to this proposed 

rule will be included in the record and 

will be made available to the public and 

can be viewed at: https://

www.regulations.gov. Please be advised 

that the identity of the individuals or 

entities submitting the comments will 

be made public on the internet at the 

address provided above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh 

Wilde, Marketing Specialist, or Gary 

Olson, Chief, West Region Branch, 

Market Development Division, Specialty 

Crops Program, AMS, USDA; 

Telephone: (503) 326–2724, or Email: 

Joshua.R.Wilde@usda.gov or 

GaryD.Olson@usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Richard Lower, 

Market Development Division, Specialty 

Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237, 

Washington, DC 20250–0237; 

Telephone: (202) 720–8085, or Email: 

Richard.Lower@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, 

proposes to amend regulations issued to 

carry out a marketing order as defined 

in 7 CFR 900.2(j). This proposed rule is 

issued under Marketing Agreement No. 

130 and Marketing Order No. 958, both 

as amended (7 CFR part 958), regulating 

the handling of onions grown in certain 

counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, 

Oregon. Part 958 (referred to as the 

‘‘Order’’) is effective under the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), 

hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’ The 

Committee locally administers the 

Order and is comprised of producers 

and handlers of onions operating within 

the area of production, and a public 

member. 

The Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) is issuing this proposed rule in 

conformance with Executive Orders 

12866, 13563, and 14094. Executive 

Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies 

to assess all costs and benefits of 

available regulatory alternatives and, if 

regulation is necessary, to select 

regulatory approaches that maximize 

net benefits (including potential 

economic, environmental, public health 

and safety effects, distributive impacts, 

and equity). Executive Order 13563 

emphasizes the importance of 

quantifying both costs and benefits, 

reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and 

promoting flexibility. Executive Order 

14094 reaffirms, supplements, and 

updates Executive Order 12866 and 

further directs agencies to solicit and 

consider input from a wide range of 

affected and interested parties through a 

variety of means. This proposed action 

falls within a category of regulatory 

actions that the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) exempted from 

Executive Order 12866 review. 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 13175— 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments, which 

requires Federal agencies to consider 

whether their rulemaking actions would 

have Tribal implications. AMS has 

determined that this proposed rule is 

unlikely to have substantial direct 

effects on one or more Indian Tribes, on 

the relationship between the Federal 

Government and Indian Tribes, or on 

the distribution of power and 

responsibilities between the Federal 

Government and Indian Tribes. 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988—Civil 

Justice Reform. Under the Order now in 

effect, Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion 

handlers are subject to assessments. 

Funds to administer the Order are 

derived from such assessments. It is 

intended that the assessment rate would 

be applicable to all assessable IdahoEastern Oregon onions for the 2023– 

2024 fiscal period, and continue until 

amended, suspended, or terminated. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to an order may file 

with the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) a petition stating that the order, 

any provision of the order, or any 

obligation imposed in connection with 

the order is not in accordance with law 

and request a modification of the order 

or to be exempted therefrom. Such 

handler is afforded the opportunity for 

a hearing on the petition. After the 

hearing, USDA would rule on the 

petition. The Act provides that the 

district court of the United States in any 

district in which the handler is an 

inhabitant, or has his or her principal 

place of business, has jurisdiction to 

review USDA’s ruling on the petition, 

provided an action is filed not later than 

20 days after the date of the entry of the 

ruling. 

This proposed rule would increase 

the assessment rate for Idaho-Eastern 

Oregon onions handled under the Order 

from $0.05 per hundredweight, the rate 

that was established for the 2015–2016 

and subsequent fiscal periods, to $0.07 

per hundredweight for the 2023–2024 

and subsequent fiscal periods. 

The Order authorizes the Committee, 

with the approval of AMS, to formulate 

an annual budget of expenses and 


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collect assessments from handlers to 

administer the program. The members 

of the Committee are familiar with the 

Committee’s needs and with the costs of 

goods and services in their local area 

and are able to formulate an appropriate 

budget and assessment rate. The 

assessment rate is formulated and 

discussed in a public meeting, and all 

directly affected persons have an 

opportunity to participate and provide 

input. 

For the 2015–2016 and subsequent 

fiscal periods, the Committee 

recommended, and AMS approved, an 

assessment rate of $0.05 per 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions within the production area. That 

rate continues in effect from fiscal 

period to fiscal period until modified, 

suspended, or terminated by AMS upon 

recommendation and information 

submitted by the Committee or other 

information available to AMS. 

The Committee met on June 27, 2023, 

and recommended 2023–2024 fiscal 

period expenditures of $1,039,785 and 

an assessment rate of $0.07 per 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions handled for the 2023–2024 and 

subsequent fiscal periods with a vote of 

7 in favor and none opposed. In 

comparison, last fiscal period’s 

budgeted expenditures were $819,435. 

The proposed assessment rate of $0.07 

per hundredweight is $0.02 higher than 

the rate currently in effect. The 

Committee recommended increasing the 

assessment rate to more fully fund the 

Committee’s operations without relying 

on its financial reserve funds. The 

Committee has drawn down its financial 

reserve in recent years to cover 

Committee expenses as unfavorable 

growing conditions have caused the 

volume of assessable onion shipments 

to fall well below what the Committee 

had expected. Therefore, actual 

assessment income collected for the 

2021–2022 and 2022–2023 fiscal 

periods was significantly less than 

projected. The Committee is cautiously 

optimistic that conditions would 

improve, projecting handler shipments 

of 10,000,000 hundredweight of 

assessable Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions 

for the 2023–2024 fiscal period, which 

is the same as initially projected for the 

2022–2023 fiscal period. 

The major expenditures 

recommended by the Committee for the 

2023–2024 fiscal period include 

$190,000 for research; $175,000 for 

promotion; $21,000 for export 

initiatives; $118,529 in salary expenses; 

$55,270 for travel/office expenses; 

$15,000 for marketing order 

contingency; and $6,000 for Committee 

expenses. By comparison, for the 2022– 

2023 fiscal period, budgeted expenses 

for research, promotion, export 

initiatives, salaries, travel/office, and 

marketing order contingency were 

$263,061; $200,000; $126,000; $103,004; 

$96,370; $25,000; and $6,000, 

respectively. The Committee’s 2023– 

2024 budget also includes a separate 

line-item expense of $458,986 for ‘‘grant 

expenses’’ which refers to other research 

and development projects funded with 

reimbursable Specialty Crop Block 

Grant Program funds. This category 

reflects the total grant amount awarded 

for approved research, promotion, and 

export activities. In previous budgets, 

these funds were allocated to the 

individual programs where those funds 

would be utilized (e.g., research, 

promotion, and export). However, the 

Committee felt that holding these 

expenditures as a separate expense 

category for the 2023–2024 fiscal period 

helped differentiate activities funded 

exclusively through assessment income 

from those funded through reimbursable 

grants. The Committee submits each 

project under the Specialty Crop Block 

Grant to the State of Idaho for 

evaluation and approval prior to 

reimbursement. 

The expected 10,000,000 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions from the 2023–2024 crop would 

generate $700,000 in assessment 

revenue at the proposed assessment rate 

(10,000,000 hundredweight of onions 

multiplied by $0.07 assessment rate). 

The 2023–2024 fiscal period assessment 

rate increase should be appropriate to 

ensure the Committee has sufficient 

revenue, along with an anticipated 

$458,986 in funds awarded through the 

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and 

$23,850 in other income, to fully fund 

its recommended 2023–2024 fiscal 

period budgeted expenditures and begin 

replenishing the Committee’s reserve 

funds to a level that the Committee 

believes is appropriate. 

The Committee derived the 

recommended assessment rate by 

considering anticipated fiscal period 

expenses and the estimated 2023 crop 

volume of 10,000,000 hundredweight of 

assessable Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions. 

Income derived from handler 

assessments ($700,000), Specialty Crop 

Block Grants ($458,986), and other 

sources including interest income and 

voluntary contributions ($23,850), 

should be more than adequate to cover 

budgeted expenses ($1,039,785). The 

Committee projects a positive net 

difference between 2023–2024 fiscal 

period income and expenses of 

$143,051. This amount would help 

replenish the Committee’s reserve fund 

from an estimated $230,351 on July 1, 

2023, to an estimated $373,402 on July 

1, 2024, a figure much more closely 

aligned with the Committee’s preferred 

reserve balance of approximately half of 

one year’s operational expenses. 

The proposed assessment rate would 

continue in effect indefinitely unless 

modified, suspended, or terminated by 

AMS upon recommendation and 

information submitted by the 

Committee or other available 

information. Although this assessment 

rate would be in effect for an indefinite 

period, the Committee would continue 

to meet prior to or during each fiscal 

period to recommend a budget of 

expenses and consider 

recommendations for modification of 

the assessment rate. The dates and times 

of Committee meetings are available 

from the Committee or AMS. Committee 

meetings are open to the public and 

interested persons may express their 

views at these meetings. AMS would 

evaluate Committee recommendations 

and other available information to 

determine whether modification of the 

assessment rate is needed. Further 

rulemaking would be undertaken as 

necessary. The Committee’s 2023–2024 

fiscal period budget, and those for 

subsequent fiscal periods, will be 

reviewed and, as appropriate, approved 

by AMS. 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 

U.S.C. 601–612), AMS has considered 

the economic impact of this proposed 

rule on small entities. Accordingly, 

AMS has prepared this initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

businesses subject to such actions in 

order that small businesses will not be 

unduly or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 190 

producers of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions in the production area and 30 

handlers subject to regulation under the 

Order. Small agricultural producers of 

onions are defined by the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) as those 

having annual receipts of less than 

$3,750,000, and small agricultural 

service firms are defined as those whose 

annual receipts are less than 

$34,000,000 (13 CFR 121.201). 

According to the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 

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received for dry fresh market onions in 

Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon, in 

2021, the most recent year for which 

there is NASS data, was $21.10 per 

hundredweight. Total production of 

Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions for the 

2021 season was reported by the 

Committee to be 9,281,912 

hundredweight. Using the average 

producer price from 2021, the total 

2021–2022 crop value of Idaho-Eastern 

Oregon onions could therefore be 

estimated to be $195,848,343 (9,281,912 

hundredweight times $21.10 per 

hundredweight). Dividing the crop 

value by the estimated number of 

producers (190) yields an estimated 

average receipt per producer of 

$1,030,780, which is well below the 

SBA threshold for small producers. 

In addition, according to AMS Market 

News data, the reported average free on 

board (FOB) price for onions from 

Idaho-Eastern Oregon over the 2021– 

2022 fiscal period was between $15.00 

and $20.00 per 50-pound carton, 

depending upon variety, size and grade, 

and shipping date. Assuming an average 

of $17.50 for the fiscal period and 

multiplying this figure by 2 (to adjust to 

hundredweight) yields an average FOB 

price of $35.00 per hundredweight for 

the 2021–2022 fiscal period. 

Multiplying the 2021–2022 IdahoEastern Oregon onion production of 

9,281,912 hundredweight by the 

estimated average price per 

hundredweight of $35.00 equals 

$324,866,920. Dividing this figure by 

the 30 regulated handlers yields 

estimated average annual handler 

receipts of $10,828,897 ($324,866,920 

divided by 30 handlers), which is below 

the SBA threshold for small agricultural 

service firms. Therefore, using the above 

data and assuming a normal 

distribution, most of the producers and 

handlers of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions may be classified as small 

entities. 

This proposal would increase the 

assessment rate collected from handlers 

for the 2023–2024 and subsequent fiscal 

periods from $0.05 to $0.07 per 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions. The Committee unanimously 

recommended 2023–2024 fiscal period 

expenditures of $1,039,785 and an 

assessment rate of $0.07 per 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions. The proposed assessment rate of 

$0.07 is $0.02 higher than the current 

rate. The Committee expects the 

industry to handle 10,000,000 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions during the 2023–2024 fiscal 

period. Thus, the $0.07 per 

hundredweight rate should provide 

$700,000 in assessment income 

(10,000,000 multiplied by $0.07). The 

Committee expects to use an anticipated 

$458,986 awarded from the Specialty 

Crop Block Grant Program to cover 

remaining expenses. Income derived 

from handler assessments, Specialty 

Crop Block Grant Program funds, and 

other sources including interest income 

and voluntary contributions, should be 

more than adequate to cover budgeted 

expenses. 

The major expenditures 

recommended by the Committee for the 

2023–2024 fiscal period include 

$190,000 for research committee, 

$175,000 for promotion committee, 

$21,000 for export committee, $118,529 

in salary expenses, $55,270 for travel/ 

office expenses, $15,000 for marketing 

order contingency, and $6,000 in 

committee expenses. By comparison, for 

the 2022–2023 fiscal period, budgeted 

expenses for research, promotion, 

export initiatives, salaries, travel/office, 

and marketing order contingency were 

$263,061, $200,000, $126,000, $103,004, 

$96,370, $25,000, and $6,000, 

respectively. 

In recent years, the Committee has 

utilized reserve funds to partially fund 

its budgeted expenditures. The 

Committee recommended increasing the 

assessment rate to fully fund 2023–2024 

fiscal period budgeted expenditures and 

replenish funds held in its reserve. This 

action would add an estimated $143,051 

to the Committee’s financial reserve 

fund. The reserve balance would be kept 

at a level that the Committee believes is 

appropriate and which is compliant 

with the provisions of the Order. 

Prior to arriving at this budget and 

proposed assessment rate, the 

Committee discussed various 

alternatives, including maintaining the 

current assessment rate of $0.05 per 

hundredweight and increasing the 

assessment rate by different amounts. 

However, the Committee determined 

that the recommended assessment rate 

would fully fund budgeted expenses 

and replenish reserves to appropriate 

levels. The assessment rate of $0.07 per 

hundredweight of Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onions was derived by considering 

anticipated expenses, the projected 

volume of assessable Idaho-Eastern 

Oregon onions, grant funds awarded, 

the projected monetary balance held in 

reserve, and additional pertinent factors. 

A review of NASS information 

indicates that the average producer 

price for the 2021–2022 fiscal period 

was $21.10 per hundredweight of 

onions in the production area. Further, 

the Committee reported the quantity of 

assessable Idaho-Eastern Oregon onions 

harvested in the 2021–2022 fiscal period 

was 9,281,912 hundredweight, which 

yields estimated total producer revenue 

of $195,848,343 ($21.10 per 

hundredweight multiplied by 

9,281,912). Therefore, utilizing the 

assessment rate of $0.07 per 

hundredweight, assessment revenue for 

the 2021–2022 fiscal period, as a 

percentage of total producer revenue, 

would be approximately 0.33 percent of 

total producer revenue ($0.07 

multiplied by 9,281,912 per 

hundredweight divided by $195,848,343 

and multiplied by 100). 

This proposed action would increase 

the assessment obligation imposed on 

Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion handlers. 

Assessments are applied uniformly on 

all handlers, and some of the costs may 

be passed on to producers. However, 

these costs are expected to be offset by 

the benefits derived by the operation of 

the Order. 

The Committee’s meetings are widely 

publicized throughout the production 

area. The Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion 

industry and all interested persons are 

invited to attend the meetings and 

participate in Committee deliberations 

on all issues. Like all Committee 

meetings, the June 27, 2023, meeting 

was a public meeting and all entities, 

both large and small, were able to 

express views on this issue. Finally, 

interested persons are invited to submit 

comments on this proposed rule, 

including the regulatory and 

information collection impacts of this 

action on small businesses. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by OMB and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0178, 

Vegetable and Specialty Crops. No 

changes in those requirements would be 

necessary as a result of this proposed 

rule. Should any changes become 

necessary, they would be submitted to 

OMB for approval. 

This proposed rule would not impose 

any additional reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements on either 

small or large Idaho-Eastern Oregon 

onion handlers. As with all Federal 

marketing order programs, reports and 

forms are periodically reviewed to 

reduce information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 


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AMS has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this proposed rule. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: https://

www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/ 

moa/small-businesses. Any questions 

about the compliance guide should be 

sent to Richard Lower at the previously 

mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

information and recommendations 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, USDA has 

determined that this proposed rule is 

consistent with and will effectuate the 

purposes of the Act. 

A 30-day comment period is provided 

to allow interested persons to respond 

to this proposed rule. All written 

comments timely received will be 

considered before a final determination 

is made on this rule. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 958 

Marketing agreements, Onions, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service proposes to amend 7 CFR part 

958 as follows: 

PART 958—ONIONS GROWN IN 

CERTAIN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN 

IDAHO, AND MALHEUR COUNTY, 

OREGON 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 958 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Revise § 958.240 to read as follows: 

§ 958.240 Assessment rate. 

On and after July 1, 2023, an 

assessment rate of $0.07 per 

hundredweight is established for IdahoEastern Oregon onions. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–2234; Project 

Identifier AD–2023–00963–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for all 

The Boeing Company Model 737–600, 

–700, –700C, –800, –900, and –900ER 

series airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by two engine fan blade-out 

(FBO) events that resulted in the 

separation of engine inlet cowl and fan 

cowl parts from the airplane. In one 

event, fan cowl parts damaged the 

fuselage, which caused loss of 

pressurization and subsequent 

emergency descent. This proposed AD 

would require replacing the fasteners on 

the fan cowl support beam hinge fittings 

for certain airplanes and, for all 

airplanes, would require modifying the 

radial restraint assembly and installing 

an external doubler at the starter vent, 

or as an option, installing a serviceable 

fan cowl. This proposed AD would also 

require revising the existing 

maintenance or inspection program, as 

applicable, to incorporate new 

airworthiness limitations. The FAA is 

proposing this AD to address the unsafe 

condition on these products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by January 26, 

2024. 

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 

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. 

AD Docket: You may examine the AD 

docket at regulations.gov under Docket 

No. FAA–2023–2234; or in person at 

Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this NPRM, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for Docket Operations is 

listed above. 

Material Incorporated by Reference: 

• For service information identified 

in this NPRM, contact Boeing 

Commercial Airplanes, Attention: 

Contractual & Data Services (C&DS), 

2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110–SK57, 

Seal Beach, CA 90740–5600; telephone 

562–797–1717; website 

myboeingfleet.com. 

• You may view this service 

information at the FAA, Airworthiness 

Products Section, Operational Safety 

Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des 

Moines, WA. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call 206–231–3195. It is also available at 

regulations.gov by searching for and 

locating Docket No. FAA–2023–2234. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Cortez-Muniz, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, 

WA 98198; telephone: 206–231–3958; 

email: luis.a.cortez-muniz@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2023–2234; Project Identifier AD– 

2023–00963–T’’ at the beginning of your 

comments. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. The FAA will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend this proposal 

because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to 

regulations.gov, including any personal 

information you provide. The agency 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact received 

about this NPRM. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this NPRM 

contain commercial or financial 


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