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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: 

2024–16–18 Bombardier, Inc.: Amendment 

39–22824; Docket No. FAA–2024–1479; 

Project Identifier MCAI–2023–00657–T. 

(a) Effective Date 

This airworthiness directive (AD) is 

effective October 30, 2024. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Bombardier, Inc., 

Model BD–100–1A10 airplanes, certificated 

in any category, having serial numbers (S/Ns) 

20002 through 20912 inclusive. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code America Code 54, Nacelles/ 

Pylons. 

(e) Unsafe Condition 

This AD was prompted by a determination 

that new or more restrictive airworthiness 

limitations are necessary. The FAA is issuing 

this AD to address potential failures of the aft 

engine mount attachment bolt, part number 

MS21250–07. The unsafe condition, if not 

addressed, could lead to the detachment of 

the engine from the airplane, which could 

contribute to a catastrophic failure. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Maintenance or Inspection Program 

Revision 

Within 60 days after the effective date of 

this AD, revise the existing maintenance or 

inspection program, as applicable, to 

incorporate the information specified in 

paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) of this AD, as 

applicable. The initial compliance time for 

doing the tasks is at the time specified in the 

applicable time limit/maintenance check 

(TLMC) document specified in paragraphs 

(g)(1) and (2) of this AD, or within 60 days 

after the effective date of this AD, whichever 

occurs later. 

(1) For airplane S/Ns 20002 through 20500 

inclusive: Task 54–51–00–111* ‘‘Discard of 

the Aft Engine Mount Bolts, Part No. 

MS21250–07, Non-Serialized,’’ Section 5– 

10–10 ‘‘Life Limits (Structures),’’ Part 2, 

‘‘Airworthiness Limitations,’’ of the 

Bombardier Challenger 300 Time Limits/ 

Maintenance Check, Publication No. CH 300 

TLMC, Revision 24, dated August 9, 2023. 

(2) For airplane S/Ns 20501 through 20912 

inclusive: Task 54–51–00–111* ‘‘Discard of 

the Aft Engine Mount Bolts, Part No. 

MS21250–07, Non-Serialized,’’ Section 5– 

10–10 ‘‘Life Limits (Structures),’’ Part 2 

‘‘Airworthiness Limitations,’’ of the 

Bombardier Challenger 350 Time Limits/ 

Maintenance Check, Publication No. CH 350 

TLMC, Revision 14, dated August 9, 2023. 

Note 1 to paragraph (g): The asterisk (or 

‘‘one star’’) with the last three digits of the 

task numbers listed in paragraphs (g)(1) and 

(2) of this AD indicates that the task is an 

airworthiness limitation task. 

(h) No Alternative Actions or Intervals 

After the existing maintenance or 

inspection program has been revised as 

required by paragraph (g) of this AD, no 

alternative actions (e.g., inspections) or 

intervals may be used unless the actions or 

intervals, are approved as an alternative 

method of compliance in accordance with 

the procedures specified in paragraph (i)(1) 

of this AD. 

(i) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, International 

Validation 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 

responsible Flight Standards Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the manager of the International Validation 

Branch, mail it to the address identified in 

paragraph (j) of this AD. Information may be 

emailed to: 9-AVS-NYACO-COS@faa.gov. 

Before using any approved AMOC, notify 

your appropriate principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the responsible Flight Standards Office. 

(2) Contacting the Manufacturer: For any 

requirement in this AD to obtain instructions 

from a manufacturer, the instructions must 

be accomplished using a method approved 

by the Manager, International Validation 

Branch, FAA; or Transport Canada; or 

Bombardier, Inc.’s, Transport Canada Design 

Approval Organization (DAO). If approved by 

the DAO, the approval must include the 

DAO-authorized signature. 

(j) Additional Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Yaser Osman, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 

410, Westbury, NY 11590; telephone 516– 

228–7300; email 9-avs-nyaco-cos@faa.gov. 

(k) Material Incorporated by Reference 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference of 

the material listed in this paragraph under 5 

U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. 

(2) You must use this material as 

applicable to do the actions required by this 

AD, unless this AD specifies otherwise. 

(i) Task 54–51–00–111* ‘‘Discard of the Aft 

Engine Mount Bolts, Part No. MS21250–07, 

Non-Serialized,’’ Section 5–10–10 ‘‘Life 

Limits (Structures),’’ Part 2 ‘‘Airworthiness 

Limitations,’’ of the Bombardier Challenger 

300 Time Limits/Maintenance Check, 

Publication No. CH 300 TLMC, Revision 24, 

dated August 9, 2023. 

Note 2 to paragraph (k)(2)(i): The asterisk 

(or ‘‘one star’’) with the last three digits of the 

task numbers listed in paragraphs (k)(2)(i) 

and (ii) of this AD indicates that the task is 

an airworthiness limitation task. 

(ii) Task 54–51–00–111* ‘‘Discard of the 

Aft Engine Mount Bolts, Part No. MS21250– 

07, Non-Serialized,’’ Section 5–10–10 ‘‘Life 

Limits (Structures),’’ of Part 2 ‘‘Airworthiness 

Limitations,’’ of the Bombardier Challenger 

350 Time Limits/Maintenance Check, 

Publication No. CH 350 TLMC, Revision 14, 

dated August 9, 2023. 

(3) For Bombardier material identified in 

this AD, contact Bombardier Business 

Aircraft Customer Response Center, 400 CoˆteVertu Road West, Dorval, Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, 

Canada; telephone 514–855–2999; email 

ac.yul@aero.bombardier.com; website 

bombardier.com. 

(4) You may view this material 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. 

(5) You may view this material at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, 

visit www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ 

ibr-locations or email fr.inspection@nara.gov. 

Issued on August 7, 2024. 

Victor Wicklund, 

Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21807 Filed 9–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

18 CFR Part 801 

General Policies 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This document contains rules 

that amend the regulations of the 

Susquehanna River Basin Commission 

(Commission) to provide rules for 

agency procurement and bid protest 

procedures and for updating the general 

policies of the Commission to include 

climate change and environmental 

justice, revising the procedures 

regarding the adoption of the 

comprehensive plan and adding 

language to memorialize the 

Commission’s Dry Cooling Resolution. 

DATES: This rule is effective September 

25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 N Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, Esq., General Counsel, 


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telephone: 717–238–0423, ext. 1312; 

fax: 717–238–2436; email: joyler@

srbc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of proposed rulemaking was published 

in the Federal Register on March 21, 

2024; New York Register on April 10, 

2024; Pennsylvania Bulletin on April 

13, 2024; and Maryland Register on 

April 5, 2024. The Commission 

convened a public hearing on May 2, 

2024, to hear testimony on the proposed 

rulemaking. A written comment period 

was held open to May 13 and extended 

upon request to June 10, 2024. 

During this official public comment 

period, only one comment was received. 

The commented focused exclusively on 

the language added to new paragraph 

(d) in § 801.12 regarding dry cooling and 

electric power generation. The 

commenter asked that the nuclear 

power industry be wholly exempted 

from this requirement, stating that the 

Commission’s regulatory review 

regulations at part 806 fully covered the 

use of water and impacts of water use 

by industry and that dry cooling was not 

practicable for nuclear power plants. 

The commenter also noted that the 

Commission did not provide a 

definition of ‘‘significantly modified 

power generation plants’’ in the 

rulemaking. 

The Commission will continue to 

require the power generation industry, 

including the nuclear power industry, to 

evaluate water use and utilize readily 

available technologies to reduce water 

use. The Commission believes that 

smaller nuclear power plants may be 

able to use dry cooling and hybrid dry 

cooling systems in the future. In light of 

the comment, the Commission does 

amend the original language proposed 

in paragraph (d) of § 801.12 to focus on 

the requirement that project sponsors of 

power generation plants must evaluate 

their projected water use and consider 

all available and feasible technologies, 

including but not limited to dry cooling, 

that could lower overall consumptive 

use of water. This change broadens the 

focus not just on dry cooling but also on 

other technologies that may be more 

feasible for the nuclear power industry 

as well as the power generation industry 

as a whole. The Commission also added 

clarity on what a ‘‘significantly 

modified power plant’’ would be in the 

context of this paragraph. 

The Commission received no other 

comments on any other aspects of the 

proposed rule or part 801 and therefore 

made no additional changes to the 

language in this final rule. 

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 801 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Water resources. 

Accordingly, for the reasons set forth 

in the preamble, the Susquehanna River 

Basin Commission amends 18 CFR part 

801 as follows: 

PART 801—GENERAL POLICIES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 801 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Secs. 3.1, 3.4, 3.5(1), 15.1 and 

15.2, Pub. L. 91–575 (84 Stat. 1509 et seq.) 

■ 2. Amend § 801.2 by revising 

paragraph (b)(9) to read as follows: 

§ 801.2 Coordination, cooperation, and 

intergovernmental relations. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(9) Coordinate and cooperate with the 

appropriate agencies of a member 

jurisdiction on implementing actions to 

address resiliency in the face of 

changing climatic conditions and to 

support the aims of environmental 

justice. 

■ 3. Revise § 801.5 to read as follows: 

§ 801.5 Comprehensive plan. 

(a) The Compact requires that the 

Commission formulate and adopt a 

comprehensive plan for the immediate 

and long-range development and use of 

the water resources of the basin. 

(1) The plan will include existing and 

proposed public and private programs, 

projects, and facilities which are 

required, in the judgment of the 

Commission, to meet present and future 

water resources needs of the basin. 

Consideration shall be given to the 

effect of the plan, or any part of the 

plan, on the receiving waters of the 

Chesapeake Bay. The Commission shall 

consult with interested public bodies 

and public utilities and fully consider 

the findings and recommendations of 

the signatory parties, their various 

subdivisions and interested groups. 

Prior to adoption of the plan the 

Commission shall conduct at least one 

public hearing in each signatory State. 

(2) The plan will reflect consideration 

of multiple objectives, including 

economic growth; sustainable regional 

development and environmental 

resilience; coordinated study and 

consideration of water quantity and 

water quality and the nexus with 

existing and proposed land uses; and 

the promotion of cooperation and 

collaboration between all levels of 

government and non-governmental 

entities. 

(3) The Commission will strive to 

complete a comprehensive update of the 

comprehensive plan every 20 years. If 

adjustments are needed during the life 

span of the plan to address emergent 

priorities, goals, or objectives, the 

comprehensive plan will be revised in 

accordance with requirements of the 

Compact. 

(4) Projects requiring Commission 

review and approval will be included in 

the comprehensive plan after formal 

action is taken at Commission business 

meetings. Approved projects will be 

incorporated into the comprehensive 

plan and accessible via the 

Commission’s Water Application and 

Approval Viewer or successor viewer 

applications. 

(b) The comprehensive plan shall 

provide for the immediate and longrange use, development, conservation, 

preservation, and management of the 

water resources of the basin. The plan 

will be presented in a form and order as 

determined by the Commission and 

shall include but not be limited to the 

following: 

(1) Statement of authority, purpose, 

objectives, and scope. 

(2) Identification of priorities, goals, 

and objectives of the Commission. 

(3) Inventory of the basin’s water 

resources and existing developments, 

projects, and facilities. 

(4) Projection of immediate and longrange water resources needs of the 

basin. 

(5) Outline of plan implementation 

measures. 

(6) Procedures for updating and 

modifying the plan. 

(7) Necessary appendices. 

■ 4. Amend § 801.12 by adding 

paragraph (d) to read as follows: 

§ 801.12 Electric power generation. 

* * * * * 

(d) Project sponsors proposing new or 

significantly modified power generation 

plants in the basin shall submit to the 

Commission for review an evaluation of 

their projected water use and consider 

all available and feasible technologies, 

including dry cooling, that could lower 

the consumptive use of water at the 

plant. For the purposes of this 

evaluation, a significantly modified 

power plant is one that is changing its 

fuel source or substantially increasing 

its consumptive use of water. 

■ 5. Add § 801.15 to read as follows: 

§ 801.15 Commission Procurement 

Procedures; Protests. 

(a) Procedures. The Commission shall 

maintain a policy entitled ‘‘SRBC 

Procurement Procedures’’ that outlines 

the details and procedures related to the 

purchasing and procurement of goods 

and services by the Commission. Any 


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revisions to this policy shall be 

consistent with section 15.9 of the 

Compact and undertaken in accordance 

with appropriate public notice and 

comment consistent with the 

requirements of § 808.1. 

(b) Right to protest. A bidder or 

offeror, a prospective bidder or offeror 

or a prospective contractor that is 

aggrieved in connection with the 

solicitation or award of a contract, may 

protest to the Commission in writing. 

(c) Filing of protest. A protestant shall 

file the protest on a form and in a 

manner prescribed by the Commission. 

A protest shall be filed within ten 

calendar days after the aggrieved 

protestant knew or should have known 

of the facts giving rise to the protest, 

except that in no event may a protest be 

filed later than ten calendar days after 

the date the contract was awarded. The 

failure to file a timely protest shall be 

deemed as a waiver of the right to 

protest by any bidder or offeror, 

prospective bidder or offeror or a 

prospective contractor. Untimely filed 

protests shall be disregarded by the 

Commission. The Executive Director or 

his/her designee shall be the presiding 

officer to hear the bid protest. The 

awardee of the contract, if any, will be 

informed by the Commission of any bid 

protest that may affect the contract and 

the awardee may intervene as a party in 

any protest filed. 

(d) Contents of protest. A protest shall 

state all the grounds upon which the 

protestant asserts the solicitation or 

award of the contract was improper. The 

protestant may submit with the protest 

any documents or information it deems 

relevant to the protest. 

(e) Response and reply. Within 15 

calendar days of receipt of a protest, the 

purchasing officer may submit to the 

presiding officer and the protestant a 

response to the protest, including any 

documents or information deemed 

relevant to the protest. The protestant 

may file a reply to the response within 

ten calendar days of the response. 

(f) Evaluation of protest. The 

presiding officer shall review the protest 

and any response or reply and may 

request and review such additional 

documents or information as they deem 

relevant to render a decision and may, 

at their sole discretion, conduct a 

hearing consistent with § 808.3 of this 

chapter. All parties will be provided 

with a reasonable opportunity to review 

and address any additional documents 

or information deemed relevant by the 

presiding officer to render a decision. 

Additional documents and information 

deemed relevant by the presiding officer 

will be included in the record. 

(g) Findings and report. Upon 

completing an evaluation of the protest, 

the presiding officer shall prepare a 

report of their findings and 

recommendations based on the record. 

The report shall be served by electronic 

mail or certified mail upon each party 

to the proceeding. Any party may file 

objections to the report. Such objections 

to the report shall be filed with the 

Commission and served on all parties 

within 20 calendar days after service of 

the report. A brief shall be filed together 

with the objections. Any replies to the 

objections and briefs will be filed and 

served on all parties within ten calendar 

days of service of the objections. Prior 

to its decision on such objections, the 

Commission may, in its sole discretion, 

grant a request for oral argument. 

(h) Action by the Commission. The 

Commission will review the findings 

and recommendations of the presiding 

officer and the objections and render a 

determination. The Commission’s 

determination will be in writing and 

will be served by electronic or certified 

mail upon each party to the proceeding. 

(i) Appeal. Any final action by the 

Commission may be appealed to the 

appropriate United States District Court 

within 90 days as set forth in section 

3.10(6) and Federal reservation (o) of the 

Compact. 

(j) Record of determination. The 

Commission’s record of determination 

for review by the court shall consist of 

the solicitation; the contract, if any; the 

administrative record of the protest 

before the presiding officer; the report of 

the presiding officer, along with any 

objections and replies filed; transcripts 

and exhibits, if any; and the final 

determination of the Board of 

Commissioners. 

(k) Stay of procurement during 

pendency of protest. In the event a 

protest is filed timely under this section, 

the purchasing officer shall not proceed 

further with the solicitation or with the 

award of the contract unless and until 

the Executive Director makes a written 

determination that the protest is clearly 

without merit, or that award of the 

contract without delay is necessary to 

protect substantial interests of the 

Commission, or until the Commission 

enters a final determination under 

paragraph (h) of this section. 

(l) Exclusive procedure. This section 

shall be the exclusive procedure for 

protesting a solicitation or award of a 

contract by a bidder or offeror, a 

prospective bidder or offeror or a 

prospective contractor that is aggrieved 

in connection with the solicitation or 

award of a contract by the Commission. 

Dated: September 18, 2024. 

Jason E. Oyler, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7040–01–P 

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 

20 CFR Part 220 

RIN 3220–AB68 

Evidence of Disability 

AGENCY: Railroad Retirement Board. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Railroad Retirement 

Board (RRB) amends its regulations 

regarding the submission of evidence in 

disability claims to require you to 

inform us or submit all evidence known 

to you that ‘‘relates to’’ your disability 

claim, with exceptions for privileged 

communications and duplicates. This 

requirement includes the duty to submit 

all evidence obtained from any source 

in its entirety, subject to one of these 

exceptions. These clarifications to our 

regulations describe in more detail the 

requirement for you to submit all 

evidence that relates to your disability 

claim, enables us to have a more 

complete case record which will allow 

us to make more accurate 

determinations of your disability status, 

and aligns our disability evidence 

requirements with regulations of the 

Social Security Administration (SSA). 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter J. Orlowicz, Senior Counsel, (312) 

751–4922, TTD (312) 751–4701, 

Peter.Orlowicz@rrb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background Information 

The RRB published a Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the 

Federal Register on November 9, 2016 

(81 FR 78757). The preamble to the 

NPRM discussed the changes from our 

current rules and our reasons for 

proposing those changes. In the NPRM, 

we proposed to clarify our regulations to 

require you to inform us about or submit 

all evidence known to you that relates 

to your disability claim, subject to two 

exceptions for certain privileged 

communications. We explained that this 

requirement would include the duty to 

submit all evidence from any source in 

its entirety, unless subject to one of 

these exceptions. We also proposed to 

require your representative to help you 

obtain the information or evidence that 


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