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website, and the Service will calculate 

the fee using the noncontract hourly rate 

published pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) 

of this section multiplied by 5. If you 

operate a business that buys, handles, 

weighs, or transports grain for sale in 

foreign commerce, or you are in a 

control relationship with respect to a 

business that buys, handles, weighs, or 

transports grain for sale in interstate 

commerce, you must complete an 

application and pay the published fee. 

(2) Designation amendments. The fee 

for amending designations will be 

published annually in the Federal 

Register and on the Service’s public 

website. The Service will calculate the 

fee using the cost of publication plus 1 

hour at the noncontract hourly rate. If 

submitting an application to amend a 

designation, the published fee must be 

paid. 

■ 6. In § 800.72: 

■ a. Lift the stay on paragraph (b); and 

■ b. Revise paragraph (b). 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 800.72 Explanation of additional service 

fees for services performed in the United 

States only. 

* * * * * 

(b) In addition to a 2-hour minimum 

charge for service on Saturdays, 

Sundays, and holidays, an additional 

charge will be assessed when the 

revenue from the services in 

§ 800.71(a)(1) does not equal or exceed 

what would have been collected at the 

applicable hourly rate. The additional 

charge will be the difference between 

the actual unit fee revenue and the 

hourly fee revenue. Hours accrued for 

travel and standby time shall apply in 

determining the hours for the minimum 

fee. 

§ 800.73 [Amended] 

■ 7. In § 800.73, in paragraph (d), in the 

second sentence remove the citation 

‘‘§§ 800.72(a) and 800.74’’ and add in its 

place the citation ‘‘§ 800.72’’. 

§ 800.74 [Removed] 

■ 8. Remove § 800.74. 

§ 800.156 [Amended] 

■ 9. In § 800.156, in paragraph (d)(5), in 

the last sentence remove the citation 

‘‘§ 800.74’’ and add in its place the 

citation ‘‘§ 800.71’’. 

§ 800.197 [Amended] 

■ 10. In § 800.197, in paragraph (b)(3), 

remove the citation ‘‘§ 800.74’’ and add 

in its place the citation ‘‘§ 800.71’’. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23192 Filed 10–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–2327; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2024–00233–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS 

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 

certain Airbus SAS Model A319–111, 

112, –113, –114, –115, –131, –132, and 

–133 airplanes; A320–211, –212, –214, 

–216, –231, –232, and –233 airplanes; 

and A321–111, –112, –131, –211, –212, 

–213, –231, and –232 airplanes. This 

proposed AD was prompted by a fullscale fatigue test that found cracks on 

the main landing gear (MLG) bay rear 

skin panel at the stringer run-out at 

Frame 46 and Stringer 32 on the lefthand and right-hand sides. This 

proposed AD would require repetitive 

special detailed inspections (SDIs) of 

the affected area for cracking and 

applicable corrective actions, as 

specified in a European Union Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is 

proposed for incorporation by reference 

(IBR). 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 November 22, 

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–2024–2327; 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, the mandatory 

continuing airworthiness information 

(MCAI), any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 

Material Incorporated by Reference: 

• For EASA material identified in this 

proposed AD, contact EASA, KonradAdenauer-Ufer 3, 50668 Cologne, 

Germany; telephone +49 221 8999 000; 

email ADs@easa.europa.eu; website 

easa.europa.eu. You may find this 

material on the EASA website at 

ad.easa.europa.eu. It is also available at 

regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA– 

2024–2327. 

• 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Dowling, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, 

Westbury, NY 11590; telephone 206– 

231–3667; email: timothy.p.dowling@

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 the ADDRESSES section. Include 

‘‘Docket No. FAA–2024–2327; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2024–00233–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 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 


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private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this NPRM, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Please mark each 

page of your submission containing CBI 

as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA will treat such 

marked submissions as confidential 

under the FOIA, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of this 

NPRM. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Tim Dowling, 

Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 

Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, 

NY 11590; telephone 206–231–3667; 

email: timothy.p.dowling@faa.gov. Any 

commentary that the FAA receives 

which is not specifically designated as 

CBI will be placed in the public docket 

for this rulemaking. 

Background 

EASA, which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Union, has issued EASA AD 2024–0089, 

dated April 15, 2024 (EASA AD 2024– 

0089) (also referred to as the MCAI), to 

correct an unsafe condition for certain 

Airbus SAS Model A319–111, –112, 

–113, –114, –115, –131, –132, and –133 

airplanes; A320–211, –212, –214, –215, 

–216, –231, –232, and –233 airplanes; 

and A321–111, –112, –131, –211, –212, 

–213, –231, and –232 airplanes. Model 

A320–215 airplanes are not certificated 

by the FAA and are not included on the 

U.S. type certificate data sheet; this AD 

therefore does not include those 

airplanes in the applicability. The MCAI 

states that cracks were found on the 

MLG bay rear skin panel at stringer runout at Frame 46 and Stringer 32 on the 

left-hand and right-hand sides during a 

full-scale fatigue test. This condition, if 

not detected and corrected, could lead 

to crack propagation, possibly resulting 

in reduced structural integrity of the 

airplane. 

The FAA is proposing this AD to 

address the unsafe condition on these 

products. 

You may examine the MCAI in the 

AD docket at regulations.gov under 

Docket No. FAA–2024–2327. 

Material Incorporated by Reference 

Under 1 CFR Part 51 

EASA AD 2024–0089 specifies 

procedures for repetitive SDIs of the 

MLG bay rear skin panel at the stringer 

run-out at Frame 46 and Stringer 32 on 

the left-hand and right-hand sides. 

Corrective actions include crack repair. 

This material is reasonably available 

because the interested parties have 

access to it through their normal course 

of business or by the means identified 

in the ADDRESSES section. 

FAA’s Determination 

This product has been approved by 

the aviation authority of another 

country and is approved for operation in 

the United States. Pursuant to the FAA’s 

bilateral agreement with this State of 

Design Authority, it has notified the 

FAA of the unsafe condition described 

in the MCAI referenced above. The FAA 

is issuing this NPRM after determining 

that the unsafe condition described 

previously is likely to exist or develop 

in other products of the same type 

design. 

Proposed AD Requirements in This 

NPRM 

This proposed AD would require 

accomplishing the actions specified in 

EASA AD 2024–0089 described 

previously, except for any differences 

identified as exceptions in the 

regulatory text of this proposed AD. 

Explanation of Required Compliance 

Information 

In the FAA’s ongoing efforts to 

improve the efficiency of the AD 

process, the FAA developed a process to 

use some civil aviation authority (CAA) 

ADs as the primary source of 

information for compliance with 

requirements for corresponding FAA 

ADs. The FAA has been coordinating 

this process with manufacturers and 

CAAs. As a result, the FAA proposes to 

incorporate EASA AD 2024–0089 by 

reference in the FAA final rule. This 

proposed AD would, therefore, require 

compliance with EASA AD 2024–0089 

in its entirety through that 

incorporation, except for any differences 

identified as exceptions in the 

regulatory text of this proposed AD. 

Using common terms that are the same 

as the heading of a particular section in 

EASA AD 2024–0089 does not mean 

that operators need comply only with 

that section. For example, where the AD 

requirement refers to ‘‘all required 

actions and compliance times,’’ 

compliance with this AD requirement is 

not limited to the section titled 

‘‘Required Action(s) and Compliance 

Time(s)’’ in EASA AD 2024–0089. 

Material required by EASA AD 2024– 

0089 for compliance will be available at 

regulations.gov under Docket No. FAA– 

2024–2327 after the FAA final rule is 

published. 

Costs of Compliance 

The FAA estimates that this AD, if 

adopted as proposed, would affect 1,857 

airplanes of U.S. registry. The FAA 

estimates the following costs to comply 

with this proposed AD: 

ESTIMATED COSTS FOR REQUIRED ACTIONS

Labor cost Parts cost Cost per product Cost on U.S. operators 

3 work-hours × $85 per hour = $255 per inspection cycle ...... $0 $255 per inspection cycle ....... $473,535 per inspection cycle. 

The FAA has received no definitive 

data on which to base the cost estimates 

for the on-condition actions specified in 

this proposed AD. 

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. 

The FAA is 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 

The FAA determined that this 

proposed AD would not have federalism 

implications under Executive Order 

13132. This proposed AD would 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 above, I 

certify this proposed regulation: 

(1) Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

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(2) Would not affect intrastate 

aviation in Alaska, and 

(3) Would not have a significant 

economic impact, positive or negative, 

on a substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA proposes to amend 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: 

Airbus SAS: Docket No. FAA–2024–2327; 

Project Identifier MCAI–2024–00233–T. 

(a) Comments Due Date 

The FAA must receive comments on this 

airworthiness directive (AD) by November 

22, 2024. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Airbus SAS Model 

airplanes specified in paragraphs (c)(1) 

through (3) of this AD, certificated in any 

category, as identified in European Union 

Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2024– 

0089, dated April 15, 2024 (EASA AD 2024– 

0089). 

(1) Model A319–111, –112, –113, –114, 

–115, –131, –132, and –133 airplanes. 

(2) Model A320–211, –212, –214, –216, 

–231, –232, and –233 airplanes. 

(3) Model A321–111, –112, –131, –211, 

–212, –213, –231, and –232 airplanes. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 53, Fuselage. 

(e) Unsafe Condition 

This AD was prompted by a full-scale 

fatigue test that found cracks on the main 

landing gear (MLG) bay rear skin panel at 

stringer run-out at Frame 46 and Stringer 32 

on the left-hand and right-hand sides. The 

FAA is issuing this AD to detect potential 

fatigue cracking on the MLG bay rear skin 

panel at the stringer run-out at Frame 46 and 

Stringer 32 on the left-hand and right-hand 

sides. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, 

could lead to crack propagation, possibly 

resulting in reduced structural integrity of 

the airplane. 

(f) Compliance 

Comply with this AD within the 

compliance times specified, unless already 

done. 

(g) Requirements 

Except as specified in paragraphs (h) and 

(i) of this AD: Comply with all required 

actions and compliance times specified in, 

and in accordance with, EASA AD 2024– 

0089. 

(h) Exceptions to EASA AD 2024–0089 

(1) Where EASA AD 2024–0089 refers to its 

effective date, this AD requires using the 

effective date of this AD. 

(2) Where paragraph (2) of EASA AD 2024– 

0089 specifies ‘‘If, during any inspection as 

required by paragraph (1) of this AD, 

discrepancies are detected, as defined in the 

SB, before next flight, contact Airbus for 

approved repair instructions and accomplish 

those instructions accordingly,’’ this AD 

requires replacing that text with ‘‘If, during 

any inspection as required by paragraph (1) 

of this AD, any cracking is found, before next 

flight, repair the cracking using a method 

approved by the Manager, International 

Validation Branch, FAA; or EASA; or Airbus 

SAS’s EASA Design Organization Approval 

(DOA). If approved by the DOA, the approval 

must include the DOA-authorized signature.’’ 

(3) This AD does not adopt the ‘‘Remarks’’ 

section of EASA AD 2024–0089. 

(i) No Reporting Requirement 

Although the material referenced in EASA 

AD 2024–0089 specifies to submit certain 

information to the manufacturer, this AD 

does not include that requirement. 

(j) Additional 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, send it to the attention of the person 

identified in paragraph (k) of this AD and 

email to: AMOC@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 EASA; or Airbus SAS’s 

EASA DOA. If approved by the DOA, the 

approval must include the DOA-authorized 

signature. 

(3) Required for Compliance (RC): Except 

as required by paragraph (j)(2) of this AD, if 

any material contains procedures or tests that 

are identified as RC, those procedures and 

tests must be done to comply with this AD; 

any procedures or tests that are not identified 

as RC are recommended. Those procedures 

and tests that are not identified as RC may 

be deviated from using accepted methods in 

accordance with the operator’s maintenance 

or inspection program without obtaining 

approval of an AMOC, provided the 

procedures and tests identified as RC can be 

done and the airplane can be put back in an 

airworthy condition. Any substitutions or 

changes to procedures or tests identified as 

RC require approval of an AMOC. 

(k) Additional Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Tim Dowling, Aviation Safety 

Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 

410, Westbury, NY 11590; telephone 206– 

231–3667; email: timothy.p.dowling@faa.gov. 

(l) 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) European Union Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) AD 2024–0089, dated April 15, 2024. 

(ii) [Reserved] 

(3) For EASA material identified in this 

AD, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 

50668 Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221 

8999 000; email ADs@easa.europa.eu; 

website easa.europa.eu. You may find this 

material on the EASA website at 

ad.easa.europa.eu. 

(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 October 1, 2024. 

Peter A. White, 

Deputy Director, Integrated Certificate 

Management Division, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23038 Filed 10–7–24; 8:45 am] 

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