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(f) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

The Manager, Engine Certification Office, 

FAA, may approve AMOCs to this AD. Use 

the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19 to 

make your request. You may email your 

request to: ANE-AD-AMOC@faa.gov. 

(g) Related Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Kyle Gustafson, Aerospace Engineer, 

Engine Certification Office, FAA, Engine & 

Propeller Directorate, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803; 

phone: 781–238–7183; fax: 781–238–7199; 

email: kyle.gustafson@faa.gov. 

(2) CFM Service Bulletin (SB) No. CFM56– 

7B S/B 73–0203, dated June 9, 2014, and 

CFM No. SB CFM56–7B S/B 73–0204, dated 

June 9, 2014, which are not incorporated by 

reference in this AD, can be obtained from 

CFM using the contact information in 

paragraph (g)(3) of this AD. 

(3) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact CFM International Inc., 

Aviation Operations Center, 1 Neumann 

Way, M/D Room 285, Cincinnati, OH 45125; 

phone: 877–432–3272; fax: 877–432–3329; 

email: geae.aoc@ge.com. 

(4) You may view this service information 

at the FAA, Engine & Propeller Directorate, 

12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, 

MA. For information on the availability of 

this material at the FAA, call (781) 238–7125. 

(h) Material Incorporated by Reference 

None. 

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on 

February 10, 2015. 

Ann C. Mollica, 

Acting Directorate Manager, Engine & 

Propeller Directorate, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03582 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–0365; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–SW–049–AD; Amendment 

39–18106; AD 2015–04–04] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Bell 

Helicopter Textron Inc. Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for Bell 

Helicopter Textron Inc. (Bell) Model 412 

and 412EP helicopters with certain 

static inverters (inverters) installed. This 

AD requires revising the Rotorcraft 

Flight Manual (RFM) and installing a 

placard in full view of the pilot to limit 

flight to visual flight rules (VFR) only 

and prohibit night operations. This AD 

is prompted by failures of certain 

inverters, most of which resulted in 

smoke in the cockpit. The actions 

specified by this AD are intended to 

restrict flight to VFR only and prohibit 

night operations to allow safe operation 

in the event of failure of an affected 

inverter. This failure would increase 

pilot workload during instrument flight 

rules (IFR) and could result in loss of 

certain pilot information displays and 

subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

March 11, 2015. 

We must receive comments on this 

AD by April 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Send comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to the 

‘‘Mail’’ address between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

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 AD, the economic 

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 service information identified in 

this AD, contact Bell Helicopter 

Textron, Inc., P.O. Box 482, Fort Worth, 

TX 76101; telephone (817) 280–3391; 

fax (817) 280–6466; or at http://

www.bellcustomer.com/files/. You may 

review the referenced service 

information at the FAA, Office of the 

Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 

2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort 

Worth, Texas 76137. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ife 

Ogunleye, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

Rotorcraft Certification Office, 

Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 

76137; telephone (817) 222–5927; email 

7-AVS-ASW-170@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

This AD is a final rule that involves 

requirements affecting flight safety, and 

we did not provide you with notice and 

an opportunity to provide your 

comments prior to it becoming effective. 

However, we invite you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting written 

comments, data, or views. We also 

invite comments relating to the 

economic, environmental, energy, or 

federalism impacts that resulted from 

adopting this AD. The most helpful 

comments reference a specific portion of 

the AD, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

commenters should send only one copy 

of written comments, or if comments are 

filed electronically, commenters should 

submit them only one time. We will file 

in the docket all comments that we 

receive, as well as a report summarizing 

each substantive public contact with 

FAA personnel concerning this 

rulemaking during the comment period. 

We will consider all the comments we 

receive and may conduct additional 

rulemaking based on those comments. 

Discussion 

We are adopting a new AD for Bell 

Model 412 and 412EP helicopters with 

an inverter part number (P/N) 412–375– 

079–101 or P/N 412–375–079–103 with 

a serial number 29145 or larger. This AD 

limits operations to VFR and prohibits 

night operations by adding a restriction 

to the RFM and installing a placard in 

full view of the pilots. This AD is 

prompted by at least 30 failures of 

certain inverters; most have resulted in 

smoke in the cockpit. The root cause of 

the failures is still under investigation 

by Bell and Avionics Instruments LLC, 

the manufacturer of the inverters. The 

consequence of one failed inverter has 

the potential of allowing smoke in the 

cockpit, making it difficult to find a safe 

landing site at night or in instrument 

meteorological conditions. If both 

inverters fail, the pilot will lose primary 

flight and navigation displays, 

alternating current powered engine and 

transmission indicators, and autopilot. 

The RFM emergency procedure for dual 

inverter failure is to land as soon as 

practicable or fly VFR. The RFM 

emergency procedure for smoke in the 

cabin is to land as soon as possible. 

Until a new design is available, 

restricting flight operations to VFR and 

daytime increases the likelihood of a 

prompt safe landing. 


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FAA’s Determination 

We are issuing this AD because we 

evaluated all the relevant information 

and determined the unsafe condition 

described previously is likely to exist or 

develop in other products of these same 

type designs. 

Related Service Information 

Bell issued Alert Service Bulletin 

412–13–156, dated April 25, 2013 

(ASB), which specifies inspecting partnumbered 412–375–079–101 inverters 

and either repairing each inverter or 

replacing it with inverter P/N 412–375– 

079–103 to prevent failure. This ASB 

does not correct the unsafe condition 

identified in this AD. The specific cause 

of the inverter failures has not been 

verified, and since Bell issued the ASB, 

the failures have continued. 

AD Requirements 

This AD requires, within 5 hours 

time-in-service, limiting operations to 

VFR and prohibiting night operations by 

revising the Limitations section of the 

RFM and by installing a placard in the 

cockpit in full view of the pilots. 

Interim Action 

We consider this AD to be an interim 

action. The design approval holder is 

currently developing a modification that 

will address the unsafe condition 

identified in this AD. Once this 

modification is developed, approved, 

and available, we might consider 

additional rulemaking. 

Costs of Compliance 

We estimate that this AD will affect 

88 helicopters of U.S. Registry. 

We estimate that operators may incur 

the following costs in order to comply 

with this AD. Labor costs are $85 per 

work hour. We estimate a minimal 

amount of time to revise the RFM and 

to install a placard. The required parts 

are $10 for a placard. Based on these 

requirements, the cost will be $10 per 

helicopter and $880 for the U.S. fleet. 

FAA’s Justification and Determination 

of the Effective Date 

Providing an opportunity for public 

comments before adopting these AD 

requirements would delay 

implementing the safety actions needed 

to correct this known unsafe condition. 

Therefore, we find that the risk to the 

flying public justifies waiving notice 

and comment before adopting this rule 

because the required corrective actions 

must be done within 5 hours time-inservice. 

Since an unsafe condition exists that 

requires the immediate adoption of this 

AD, we determined that notice and 

opportunity for public comment before 

issuing this AD are impracticable and 

contrary to the public interest and that 

good cause exists for making this 

amendment effective in less than 30 

days. 

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. 

Regulatory Findings 

We determined that this AD will not 

have federalism implications under 

Executive Order 13132. This AD will 

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, I certify 

that this AD: 

1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

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

DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 

3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 

Alaska to the extent that it justifies 

making a regulatory distinction; 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. 

We prepared an economic evaluation 

of the estimated costs to comply with 

this AD and placed it in the AD docket. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by Reference, 

Safety. 

Adoption of the Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA amends 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): 

2015–04–04 Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.: 

Amendment 39–18106; Docket No. 

FAA–2015–0365; Directorate Identifier 

2014–SW–049–AD. 

(a) Applicability 

This AD applies to Model 412 and 412EP 

helicopters with a static inverter (inverter) 

part number (P/N) 412–375–079–101 or 412– 

375–079–103 with a serial number 29145 or 

larger installed, certificated in any category. 

(b) Unsafe Condition 

This AD defines the unsafe condition as 

failure of an inverter(s) under instrument 

meteorological conditions or night flight. 

This condition could result in smoke in the 

cockpit, increased pilot workload due to the 

loss of primary flight and navigation 

displays, alternating current powered engine 

and transmission indicators, and autopilot, 

and subsequent loss of control of the 

helicopter. 

(c) Effective Date 

This AD becomes effective March 11, 2015. 

(d) Compliance 

You are responsible for performing each 

action required by this AD within the 

specified compliance time unless it has 

already been accomplished prior to that time. 

(e) Required Actions 

Within 5 hours time-in-service: 

(1) Add the statement ‘‘Flight is restricted 

to VFR, and night operations are prohibited’’ 

to the Limitations section of the Rotorcraft 

Flight Manual by making pen and ink 

changes or by inserting a copy of this AD. 

(2) Install a placard stating ‘‘LIMITED TO 

VFR ONLY; NIGHT OPERATIONS 

PROHIBITED’’ on the instrument panel in 

full view of the pilots. 

(f) Special Flight Permits 

Special flight permits are prohibited. 

(g) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Rotorcraft Certification 

Office, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this 

AD. Send your proposal to: Ife Ogunleye, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, Rotorcraft 

Certification Office, Rotorcraft Directorate, 

FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, 

Texas 76137; telephone (817) 222–5927; 

email 7-AVS-ASW-170@faa.gov. 

(2) For operations conducted under a 14 

CFR part 119 operating certificate or under 

14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that 


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1 16 U.S.C. 824o(d) (2012). 

2 Mandatory Reliability Standards for the BulkPower System, Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶ 31,242, at PP 1223, 1235, order on reh’g, Order 

No. 693–A, 120 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007). 

3NERC Petition at 3. The proposed MOD 

Reliability Standard is not attached to the Final 

Rule. The complete text of the Reliability Standard 

is available on the Commission’s eLibrary 

document retrieval system in Docket No. RM14–12 

and is posted on the ERO’s Web site, available at: 

http://www.nerc.com. 

4NERC Petition at 4. 

you notify your principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office or 

certificate holding district office before 

operating any aircraft complying with this 

AD through an AMOC. 

(h) Additional Information 

Bell Helicopter Alert Service Bulletin 412– 

13–156, dated April 25, 2013, which is not 

incorporated by reference, contains 

additional information about the subject of 

this AD. For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Bell Helicopter Textron, 

Inc., P.O. Box 482, Fort Worth, TX 76101; 

telephone (817) 280–3391; fax (817) 280– 

6466; or at http://www.bellcustomer.com/

files/. 

(i) Subject 

Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) 

Code: 2422 AC Inverter. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on 

February 10, 2015. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Acting Directorate Manager, Rotorcraft 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03585 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 40 

[Docket No. RM14–12–000; Order No. 804] 

Demand and Energy Data Reliability 

Standard 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission approves 

Demand and Energy Data Reliability 

Standard MOD–031–1 developed by the 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), which the 

Commission has certified as the Electric 

Reliability Organization responsible for 

developing and enforcing mandatory 

Reliability Standards. In addition, the 

Commission directs NERC to develop a 

clarifying modification to the Reliability 

Standard. 

DATES: This rule will become effective 

April 27, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Morris (Technical Information), 

Office of Electric Reliability, Division 

of Reliability Standards and Security, 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, Telephone: 

(202) 502–6803, Susan.Morris@

ferc.gov 

Robert T. Stroh (Legal Information), 

Office of the General Counsel, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426, Telephone: (202) 502–8473, 

Robert.Stroh@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Pursuant to section 215(d) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA),1 the 

Commission approves Reliability 

Standard MOD–031–1 (Demand and 

Energy Data) developed by the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), the Commissioncertified Electric Reliability 

Organization (ERO). Reliability 

Standard MOD–031–1 provides 

authority for planners and operators to 

collect demand, energy and related data 

to support reliability studies and 

assessments. In addition, the 

Commission approves NERC’s proposed 

definitions for the terms Demand Side 

Management and Total Internal 

Demand. The Commission also 

approves the associated implementation 

plan, violation risk factors and violation 

severity levels, and NERC’s proposed 

retirement of the currently-effective 

Reliability Standards MOD–016–1.1, 

MOD–017–0.1, MOD–018–0, MOD– 

019–0.1, and MOD–021–1 (Existing 

MOD C Standards). 

2. Further, pursuant to section 

215(d)(5) of the FPA, the Commission 

directs NERC to (1) develop a 

modification to Reliability Standard 

MOD–031–1 to clarify certain 

obligations to provide data to the 

Regional Entity and (2) consider the 

compliance obligations of an applicable 

entity upon receipt of a data request that 

seeks confidential information. 

I. Background 

3. Section 215 of the FPA requires a 

Commission-certified ERO to develop 

mandatory and enforceable Reliability 

Standards, which are subject to 

Commission review and approval. Once 

approved, the Reliability Standards are 

enforced by the ERO, subject to 

Commission oversight, or by the 

Commission independently. In 2006, 

NERC submitted the initial version of 

Reliability Standards MOD–016–1.1, 

MOD–017–0.1, MOD–018–0, MOD– 

019–0.1, MOD–020–0, and MOD–021–1. 

The Existing MOD C Standards were 

designed to help ensure that historical 

and forecasted demand and energy data 

are available for past event validation 

and future system assessment. In 

particular, the Existing MOD C 

Standards, along with Reliability 

Standard MOD–020–0, require the 

collection of actual and forecast demand 

data necessary to analyze the resource 

needs to serve peak demand while 

maintaining a sufficient margin to 

address operating events. In Order No. 

693, the Commission approved the 

Existing MOD C Standards and 

Reliability Standard MOD–020–0.2 In 

addition, the Commission directed 

NERC to develop certain modifications 

to the standards. 

II. NERC Petition and NOPR 

4. In its petition, NERC stated that 

Reliability Standard MOD–031–1 will 

provide planners and operators access 

to actual and forecast demand and 

energy data, as well as other related 

information, needed to perform resource 

adequacy studies.3 NERC explained that 

the proposed Reliability Standard also 

supports the continued development of 

the reliability assessments prepared by 

NERC. NERC stated that the proposed 

Reliability Standard improves the 

Existing MOD C Standards by: (1) 

Streamlining them to clarify data 

collection requirements; (2) including 

transmission planners as applicable 

entities that must report demand and 

energy data; (3) requiring applicable 

entities to report weather normalized 

annual peak hour actual demand data 

from the previous year to allow for 

meaningful comparison with forecasted 

values; and (4) requiring applicable 

entities to provide an explanation of 

how their forecasts compare to actual 

prior year data.4

5. Reliability Standard MOD–031–1 

contains four requirements. 

Requirement R1 provides that each 

planning coordinator or balancing 

authority that identifies a need for the 

collection of demand and energy data 

must develop and issue a data request 

for such data to the relevant entities in 

its area. The requirement mandates that 

the data request identify: (i) The entities 

responsible for providing the data; (ii) 

the data to be provided by each entity; 

and (iii) the schedule for providing the 

data. Requirement R2 obligates the 

entities identified in a Requirement R1 

data request to provide the requested 

data to their planning coordinator or 

balancing authority. Requirement R3 

requires that the planning coordinator 

or the balancing authority provide the 

data collected under Requirement R2 to 

their Regional Entity, if requested, to 


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