60556 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 11, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 135

[Docket No. 28293; Amendment No. 135–

78]

RIN 2120–AF71

Service Difficulty Reports

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical

amendment.

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) is making minor

technical changes to a final rule

published in the Federal Register on

September 15, 2000 (65 FR 56192). That

final rule amends the reporting

requirements for air carriers and

certificated domestic and foreign repair

station operators concerning failures

malfunctions, and defects of aircraft

engines, systems, and components. In

that final rule the FAA neglected to

make conforming amendments to

sections not amended by the final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Effective on January

16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose

E. Figueroa, AFS–300, Flight Standards

Service, Federal Aviation

Administration, 800 Independence

Ave., Washington, DC 20591, telephone

(703) 661–0522.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

published in the Federal Register of

September 15, 2000 (65 FR 56192) a

document that amended the regulations

on reporting service difficulties. The

FAA neglected to include a revision to

14 CFR 135.411 to clearly address the

applicability of one newly adopted

section to part 135 operations. When the

provisions of § 135.415 were expanded

into revised § 135.415 and new

§ 135.416, the appropriate changes to

§ 135.411 were not made to reflect the

existence of the new § 135.416. The only

change in this amendment is to add a

reference to new § 135.416 to existing

§ 135.411 in two places. This document

makes the appropriate amendatory

change to clearly reflect that new

§ 135.416 as well as current §§ 134.415

and 135.417 apply to all operations

under part 135. This amendment will

not impose any additional restrictions

on operators affected by these

regulations.

Technical Amendment

The technical amendment will correct

the omission of § 135.416 from the

applicability paragraphs of § 135.411.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 135

Air taxis, Aircraft, Aviation safety,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Accordingly, Title 14 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) part 135 is

amended as follows:

PART 135—OPERATING

REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND

ON-DEMAND OPERATIONS AND

RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON

BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT

1. The authority citation of part 135

continues to read as follows:

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

44702, 44705, 44709, 44711–44713, 44715–

44717, 44722.

2. Amend § 135.411 by revising the

first sentence of paragraph (a)(1) and

paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:

§ 135.411 Applicability.

(a) * * *

(1) Aircraft that are type certificated

for a passenger seating configuration,

excluding any pilot seat, of nine seats or

less, shall be maintained under parts 91

and 43 of this chapter and §§ 135.415,

135.416, 135.417, and 135.421. * * *

(2) Aircraft that are type certificated

for a passenger seating configuration,

excluding any pilot seat, of ten seats or

more, shall be maintained under a

maintenance program in §§ 135.415.

135.416. 135.417, and 135.423 through

135.443.

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, DC on October 3,

2000.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

[FR Doc. 00–25951 Filed 10–10–00; 8:45 am]

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