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regulation on state, local, and tribal 

governments and the private sector have 

been assessed. This regulation will not 

compel the expenditure in any one year 

of $100 million or more by state, local, 

and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 

or by the private sector. Therefore, a 

statement under § 1532 is not required. 

Submission to Congress and the 

General Accounting Office 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 810(a)(1)(A), the 

FRTIB submitted a report containing 

this rule and other required information 

to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States before 

publication of this rule in the Federal 

Register. This rule is not a major rule as 

defined at 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects 

5 CFR Part 1651 

Claims, Government employees, 

Pensions, Retirement. 

5 CFR Part 1690 

Government employees, Pensions, 

Retirement. 

Gregory T. Long, 

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the FRTIB amends 5 CFR 

chapter VI as follows: 

PART 1651—DEATH BENEFITS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1651 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8424(d), 8432d, 8432(j), 

8433(e), 8435(c)(2), 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1). 

§ 1651.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. Amend paragraph (b) § 1651.1 to 

remove the definition of ‘‘domicile.’’ 

■ 3. Revise paragraph (a) of § 1651.5 to 

read as follows: 

§ 1651.5 Spouse of participant. 

(a) For purposes of payment under 

§ 1651.2(a)(2) and establishment of 

beneficiary participant accounts under 

§ 1651.19, the spouse of the participant 

is the person to whom the participant 

was married on the date of death. A 

person is considered to be married even 

if the parties are separated, unless a 

court decree of divorce or annulment 

has been entered. The laws of the 

jurisdiction in which the marriage was 

initially established will be used to 

determine whether the participant was 

married on the date of death. 

* * * * * 

PART 1690—THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN 

■ 4. The authority citation for part 1690 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8474. 

■ 5. Revise the definition of ‘‘spouse’’ in 

§ 1690.1 to read as follows: 

§ 1690.1 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Spouse means the person to whom a 

TSP participant is married on the date 

he or she signs a form on which the TSP 

requests spousal information. Where a 

participant is seeking to reclaim an 

account that has been forfeited pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1650.16, spouse means the 

person to whom the participant was 

married on the withdrawal deadline. 

For purposes of 5 CFR 1651.5 and 5 CFR 

1651.19, spouse means the person to 

whom the participant was married on 

the date of the participant’s death. A 

TSP participant is considered to be 

married even if the parties are 

separated, unless a court decree of 

divorce or annulment has been entered. 

The laws of the jurisdiction in which 

the marriage was initially established 

will be used to determine whether a 

TSP participant is married. 

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[FR Doc. 2013–22898 Filed 9–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0463; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–NM–165–AD; Amendment 

39–17584; AD 2013–19–02] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Airbus Model A330–200, –200 

Freighter, and –300 series airplanes. 

This AD was prompted by a report that 

a certain wire harness located in the tail 

cone has wiring of a narrower gauge 

than design requires. This AD requires 

replacing the affected wire harness. We 

are issuing this AD to prevent damage 

to the affected wiring, which could 

create an ignition source in an area that 

might contain fuel vapors, possibly 

resulting in an uncontrolled fire and 

subsequent loss of the airplane. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

October 25, 2013. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of October 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may examine the AD 

docket on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC. 

For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Airbus SAS— 

Airworthiness Office—EAL, 1 Rond 

Point Maurice Bellonte, 31707 Blagnac 

Cedex, France; telephone +33 5 61 93 36 

96; fax +33 5 61 93 45 80; email 

airworthiness.A330–A340@airbus.com; 

Internet http://www.airbus.com. You 

may review copies of the referenced 

service information at the FAA, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vladimir Ulyanov, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, 

Transport Airplane Directorate, FAA, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356; phone: (425) 227–1138; 

fax: (425) 227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

We issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 to include an AD that would 

apply to the specified products. The 

NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on June 21, 2013 (78 FR 37498). 

The NPRM proposed to correct an 

unsafe condition for the specified 

products. 

The European Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA), which is the Technical Agent 

for the Member States of the European 

Community, has issued EASA 

Airworthiness Directive 2012–0182, 

dated September 11, 2012 (referred to 

after this as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or ‘‘the 

MCAI’’), to correct an unsafe condition 

for the specified products. The MCAI 

states: 

On a production aeroplane, it has been 

discovered that wires in harness 5877VB, 

installed in the Tail Cone (Section 19.1) and 

connected to the Auxiliary Power Unit 

starter, have a section smaller [narrower] 

than required by design. Section 19 is a 

flammable fluid leakage zone, adjacent to a 

fuel tank (trim tank) and is open with Section 


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19.1. The results of the investigation show 

that this issue is a manufacturing quality 

issue. Airbus identified a list of other 

aeroplanes that are affected. 

This condition, if not corrected, could 

damage the wiring which may create an 

ignition source in an area that may contain 

fuel vapours, possibly resulting in an 

uncontrolled fire and subsequent loss of the 

aeroplane. 

* * * * * 

For the reasons described above, this 

[EASA] AD requires the replacement of the 

affected wiring harness. 

You may obtain further information 

by examining the MCAI in the AD 

docket. 

Comments 

We gave the public the opportunity to 

participate in developing this AD. We 

received no comments on the NPRM (78 

FR 37498, June 21, 2013) or on the 

determination of the cost to the public. 

Conclusion 

We reviewed the available data and 

determined that air safety and the 

public interest require adopting this AD 

as proposed except for minor editorial 

changes. We have determined that these 

minor changes: 

• Are consistent with the intent that 

was proposed in the NPRM (78 FR 

37498, June 21, 2013) for correcting the 

unsafe condition; and 

• Do not add any additional burden 

upon the public than was already 

proposed in the NPRM (78 FR 37498, 

June 21, 2013). 

Costs of Compliance 

Based on the service information, we 

estimate that this AD affects about 1 

product of U.S. registry. We also 

estimate that it will take about 4 workhours per product to comply with the 

basic requirements of this AD. The 

average labor rate is $85 per work-hour. 

Required parts will cost about $2,920 

per product. Where the service 

information lists required parts costs 

that are covered under warranty, we 

have assumed that there will be no 

charge for these parts. As we do not 

control warranty coverage for affected 

parties, some parties may incur costs 

higher than estimated here. Based on 

these figures, we estimate the cost of 

this AD on U.S. operators to be $3,260, 

or $3,260 per product. 

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 above, I 

certify that this AD: 

1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

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

DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 

3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 

Alaska; 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 a regulatory evaluation 

of the estimated costs to comply with 

this AD and placed it in the AD docket. 

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 MCAI, the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

office (telephone (800) 647–5527) is in 

the ADDRESSES section. 

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 AD: 

2013–19–02 Airbus: Amendment 39–17584. 

Docket No. FAA–2013–0463; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–NM–165–AD. 

(a) Effective Date 

This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes 

effective October 25, 2013. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Airbus Model A330– 

201, –202, –203, –223, –223F, –243 –243F, 

–301, –302, –303, –321, –322, –323, –341, 

–342, and –343 airplanes; certificated in any 

category; manufacturer serial numbers 1070, 

1127, 1133, 1135, 1137, 1138, 1141, 1143, 

1145, 1146, 1147, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1153, 

1155, 1156, 1157, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1165, 

1167, 1168, 1169, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 

1177, 1178, 1181, 1183, 1184, 1186, 1187, 

1188, 1189, 1191, 1195, 1196, and 1202. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 92. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by a report that a 

certain wire harness located in the tail cone 

has wiring of a narrower gauge than design 

requires. We are issuing this AD to prevent 

damage to the affected wiring, which could 

create an ignition source in an area that 

might contain fuel vapors, possibly resulting 

in an uncontrolled fire and subsequent loss 

of the airplane. 

(f) Compliance 

You are responsible for having the actions 

required by this AD performed within the 

compliance times specified, unless the 

actions have already been done. 

(g) Actions 

Within 24 months after the effective date 

of this AD: Replace wiring harness 5877VB 

located in section 19.1, Frame 91 to Frame 

96, in accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Airbus Mandatory Service 

Bulletin A330–92–3116, dated April 25, 

2012. 

(h) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, International 

Branch, ANM–116, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 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 local 


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Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the International Branch, send it to ATTN: 

Vladimir Ulyanov, Aerospace Engineer, 

International Branch, ANM–116, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057–3356; 

phone: (425) 227–1138; fax: (425) 227–1149. 

Information may be emailed to: 9–ANM–116– 

AMOC–REQUESTS@faa.gov. Before using 

any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate 

principal inspector, or lacking a principal 

inspector, the manager of the local flight 

standards district office/certificate holding 

district office. The AMOC approval letter 

must specifically reference this AD. 

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement 

in this AD to obtain corrective actions from 

a manufacturer or other source, use these 

actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective 

actions are considered FAA-approved if they 

are approved by the State of Design Authority 

(or their delegated agent). You are required 

to assure the product is airworthy before it 

is returned to service. 

(i) Related Information 

Refer to Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information European 

Aviation Safety Agency Airworthiness 

Directive 2012–0182, dated September 11, 

2012, for related information, which can be 

found in the AD docket on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

(j) Material Incorporated by Reference 

(1) The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

(IBR) of the service information listed in this 

paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR 

part 51. 

(2) You must use this service information 

as applicable to do the actions required by 

this AD, unless this AD specifies otherwise. 

(i) Airbus Mandatory Service Bulletin 

A330–92–3116, dated April 25, 2012 

(ii) Reserved. 

(3) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Airbus SAS—Airworthiness 

Office—EAL, 1 Rond Point Maurice Bellonte, 

31707 Blagnac Cedex, France; telephone +33 

5 61 93 36 96; fax +33 5 61 93 45 80; email 

airworthiness.A330–A340@airbus.com; 

Internet http://www.airbus.com. 

(4) You may review copies of the service 

information at the FAA, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, 

WA. For information on the availability of 

this material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

(5) You may view this service information 

that is incorporated by reference at the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). For information on 

the availability of this material at NARA, call 

202–741–6030, or go to: http://

www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibrlocations.html. 

Issued in Renton, Washington on 

September 9, 2013. 

Jeffrey E. Duven, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22542 Filed 9–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0350; Directorate 

Identifier 2012–SW–050–AD; Amendment 

39–17583; AD 2013–19–01] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; 

AgustaWestland S.p.A. Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for 

AgustaWestland S.p.A. 

(AgustaWestland) Model A119 and 

AW119 MKII helicopters to require 

inspecting the pilot and co-pilot doors 

to ensure that the windows are properly 

bonded within the doors. If the 

windows are not properly bonded, the 

AD requires applying bonding to the 

windows, the seals, and the window 

frames of the pilot and co-pilot doors. 

This AD was prompted by the loss of a 

pilot-door window during a test flight. 

The actions of this AD are intended to 

ensure the windows do not detach from 

the doors, potentially injuring persons 

on the ground and damaging the 

helicopter’s tailboom and the tail rotor 

blades. 

DATES: This AD is effective October 25, 

2013. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain document listed in this AD 

as of October 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this AD, contact 

AgustaWestland, Customer Support & 

Services, Via Per Tornavento 15, 21019 

Somma Lombardo (VA) Italy, ATTN: 

Giovanni Cecchelli; telephone 39–0331– 

711133; fax 39 0331 711180; or at http:// 

www.agustawestland.com/technicalbullettins. 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. 

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 foreign 

authority’s AD, any incorporated-byreference service information, the 

economic evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

Office (phone: 800–647–5527) is U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations Office, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Miles, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

Regulations and Policy Group, 

Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 

Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, Texas 

76137; telephone (817) 222–5110; email 

sharon.y.miles@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion 

On April 25, 2013, at 78 FR 24367, the 

Federal Register published our notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which 

proposed to amend 14 CFR part 39 to 

include an AD that would apply to 

AgustaWestland Model A119 and 

AW119 MKII helicopters, serial 

numbers up to and including 14781. 

The NPRM proposed to require 

inspecting the pilot and co-pilot doors 

to ensure that the windows are properly 

bonded within the doors. If the 

windows are not properly bonded, the 

NPRM proposed applying bonding to 

the windows, the seals, and the window 

frames of the pilot and co-pilot doors. 

The proposed requirements were 

intended to ensure the windows do not 

detach from the doors, potentially 

injuring persons on the ground and 

damaging the helicopter’s tailboom and 

the tail rotor blades. 

The NPRM was prompted by EASA 

AD No. 2012–0058, dated April 3, 2012, 

issued by the European Aviation Safety 

Agency (EASA), which is the Technical 

Agent for the Member States of the 

European Union. EASA issued AD No. 

2012–0058 to correct an unsafe 

condition for AgustaWestland Model 

A119 and AW119 MKII helicopters. 

EASA advises that the pilot-door 

window detached during a test flight of 

an AW119 MKII helicopter. The 

occupant was not injured, and the 

helicopter was not damaged. 

According to EASA, an investigation 

revealed that a ‘‘lack of the bonding of 

the seal both to the window and to the 

door structure’’ caused the window’s 

detachment. To address this unsafe 

condition, AugustaWestland issued 

Bollettino Tecnico (BT) 119–47, dated 

March 29, 2012, and EASA issued AD 

2012–0058 to require an inspection of 

the bonding in the pilot and co-pilot 

door windows and, if there is no 

bonding, applying bonding. 

If this condition is not corrected, it 

could lead to detachment of the 


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