This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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1Subsequent surveys have consistently 

reaffirmed these survey results. 

2ETAC is comprised of representatives from 

Federal and Postal unions and management 

associations, as well as a representative from the 

Department of Defense on behalf of uniformed 

service members. ETAC provides advice on matters 

relating to TSP investment policies and plan 

administration. 

3See April 2009 FRTIB Board Meeting Minutes, 

available at https://www.frtib.gov/MeetingMinutes/ 

2009/2009Apr.pdf. Links to attachments 

accompanying the minutes are embedded in the 

PDF of the minutes. 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

5 CFR Part 1601 

Mutual Fund Window 

AGENCY: Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board (FRTIB) will make a 

mutual fund window available to 

participants in the Thrift Savings Plan 

(TSP), beginning in the summer of 2022. 

The FRTIB is proposing a fee designed 

to guarantee that the availability of the 

mutual fund window will not indirectly 

increase the share of TSP administrative 

expenses borne by participants who 

choose not to use the mutual fund 

window. The FRTIB is also proposing 

rules and procedures to govern fund 

transfers to and from the mutual fund 

window. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

using one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of General Counsel, 

Attn: Dharmesh Vashee, Federal 

Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 77 

K Street NE, Suite 1000, Washington, 

DC 20002. 

Comments will be made available to 

the public online at https://

www.regulations.gov. Do not include 

any personally identifiable or 

confidential information that you do not 

want publicly disclosed. Anonymous 

comments are acceptable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

press inquiries, contact Kim Weaver at 

(202) 465–5220. For information about 

how to comment on this proposed rule, 

contact Laurissa Stokes at (202) 308– 

7707. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FRTIB administers the TSP, which was 

established by the Federal Employees’ 

Retirement System Act of 1986 

(FERSA), Public Law 99 335, 100 Stat. 

514. The TSP is a tax-deferred 

retirement savings plan for Federal 

civilian employees and members of the 

uniformed services. The TSP is similar 

to cash or deferred arrangements 

established for private-sector employees 

under section 401(k) of the Internal 

Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 401(k)). The 

provisions of FERSA that govern the 

TSP are codified, as amended, largely at 

5 U.S.C. 8351 and 8401–79. 

FERSA requires the TSP to offer the 

following individual investment funds 

to TSP participants: (1) A Government 

Securities Investment Fund (G Fund); 

(2) a Fixed Income Investment Fund (F 

Fund); (3) a Common Stock Index 

Investment Fund (C Fund); (4) a Small 

Cap Stock Index Investment Fund (S 

Fund); and (5) an International Stock 

Index Investment Fund (I Fund). 5 

U.S.C. 8438(b)(1)(A)–(E). In addition to 

these five individual funds, the TSP is 

statutorily required to offer Lifecycle (L) 

Funds which are target retirement date 

portfolios comprised of varying 

proportions of the five individual funds. 

5 U.S.C. 8438(c)(2). These statutorily 

mandated investment options are 

referred to as the TSP core funds. The 

FRTIB does not have discretionary 

authority to add or remove funds from 

its menu of core funds. 

I. Background 

What is a mutual fund? 

A mutual fund is a company that 

pools money from many investors and 

invests the pooled money in other 

investments such as stocks, bonds, and 

short-term debt instruments. Investors 

buy shares in mutual funds. Each share 

represents an investor’s part ownership 

in the fund and the income it generates. 

Investors buy mutual fund shares from 

the mutual fund itself rather than from 

other investors. Mutual funds are 

governed primarily by the Securities Act 

of 1933, the Securities and Exchange 

Act of 1934, the Investment Company 

Act of 1940, and the Investment 

Advisors Act of 1940. 

What is a mutual fund window? 

A mutual fund window is a type of 

self-directed brokerage account that 

gives individuals the ability to buy 

shares of mutual funds through a 

broker-dealer that has been selected by 

their retirement plan or by one of their 

retirement plan’s service providers. 

Unlike a plan’s core funds, the 

investments available through a 

brokerage account are not ordinarily 

vetted by a plan fiduciary to determine 

whether they are prudent investments. 

Authority To Offer a Mutual Fund 

Window 

For many years, TSP participants 

have voiced a desire to have more 

investment options. A 2008 TSP 

Participant Survey indicated that 39% 

of participants believed that the 

addition of a mutual fund window 

would improve the TSP.1 In 2009, 

Congress passed legislation that 

authorizes, but does not require, the 

FRTIB to offer a mutual fund window to 

TSP participants. Thrift Savings Plan 

Enhancement Act of 2009, Public Law 

111–31, Division B, Title I, sec. 104 

(codified at 5 U.S.C. 8438(b)(5)(A)). 

Congress authorized a mutual fund 

window instead of adding more funds to 

the TSP’s statutorily mandated menu of 

core funds. 

Decision To Offer a Mutual Fund 

Window 

In the same year that Congress 

authorized the FRTIB to offer a mutual 

fund window, the FRTIB’s Executive 

Director initiated discussions with the 

FRTIB Board members and the 

Employee Thrift Advisory Council 

(ETAC) about adding a mutual fund 

window to the TSP.2 In the April 2009 

FRTIB Board meeting, the four Board 

members in attendance deadlocked on 

the decision to adopt a resolution in 

support of the mutual fund window by 

a vote of two-to-two.3

To inform future discussions, the 

FRTIB assembled a cross-functional 

team of subject matter experts from its 

operations, legal, investment, finance, 

communications, research, and 

technology offices who spent the next 

several years studying industry 


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4See May 2014 FRTIB Board Meeting Minutes, 

available at https://www.frtib.gov/MeetingMinutes/ 

2014/2014May.pdf; November 2014 FRTIB Board 

Meeting Minutes, available at https://www.frtib.gov/ 

MeetingMinutes/2014/2014Nov.pdf; July 2015 

FRTIB Board Meeting Minutes, available at https:// 

www.frtib.gov/MeetingMinutes/2015/2015Jul.pdf. 

Links to attachments accompanying the minutes are 

embedded in the PDFs of the minutes. 

practices, participant preferences, costs, 

and operational considerations 

associated with adding a mutual fund 

window to the TSP. Their research was 

presented to the FRTIB Board members 

and ETAC during public meetings in 

May 2014, November 2014, and July 

2015.4

In July 2015, the FRTIB Board 

members voted unanimously in support 

of adding a mutual fund window to the 

TSP. The FRTIB Executive Director 

committed to including a mutual fund 

window in the scope of services sought 

the next time the FRTIB recompeted its 

major service provider contract(s). In 

August 2019, the FRTIB announced the 

release of a request for proposals for 

various recordkeeping services, the 

scope of which included a mutual fund 

window. The contract was awarded in 

November 2020. The FRTIB is currently 

undergoing an 18–24 month transition 

to its new recordkeeping service 

provider. 

II. Need for Regulation Amendments 

Fees and Expenses 

FERSA requires the Executive 

Director to publish regulations that 

‘‘shall allocate to each account an 

amount equal to a pro rata share of the 

net earnings and net losses from each 

investment of sums in the Thrift Savings 

Fund attributable to sums credited to 

such account, reduced by an 

appropriate share of the administrative 

expenses paid out of net earnings under 

section 8437(d) of this title, as 

determined by the Executive Director.’’ 

5 U.S.C. 8439(a)(3). In addition, the 

Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 

2009 added a provision to FERSA that 

requires the FRTIB to ‘‘ensure that any 

expenses charged for the use of the 

mutual fund window are borne solely 

by the participants who use such 

window.’’ 5 U.S.C. 8438(b)(5)(B). This 

proposed rule aims to fulfill these two 

Congressional directives. 

Participants who choose to invest 

through the mutual fund window will 

incur fees and expenses that do not 

apply to participants who invest only in 

the TSP core funds. These fees and 

expenses fall into four general 

categories: (1) An annual maintenance 

fee of $95, (2) a per trade fee of $28.75, 

(3) fees and expenses imposed by the 

specific mutual fund(s) in which the 

participant chooses to invest, and (4) a 

fee designed to guarantee that the 

availability of the mutual fund window 

will not indirectly increase the share of 

TSP administrative expenses borne by 

participants who choose not to use the 

mutual fund window. The scope of this 

proposed rule includes only the latter 

category of fees and expenses. 

Investment Elections and Fund 

Transfers 

FERSA requires the FRTIB Executive 

Director to publish regulations 

governing investment elections and 

fund transfers. 5 U.S.C. 8438(d). 

Accordingly, the FRTIB is proposing to 

amend its regulations to include rules 

and procedures for transferring funds to 

and from the mutual fund window. 

III. Proposed Regulation Amendments 

Administrative Expenses 

Currently, all TSP participants bear a 

pro rata share of the TSP’s 

administrative expenses. The TSP’s 

administrative expenses are reflected as 

a reduction in the unit prices of the TSP 

core funds. When participants begin 

moving assets from the TSP core funds 

to mutual funds, this method of 

allocating TSP administrative expenses 

will no longer be sufficient to ensure 

that all participants bear a pro rata share 

of the TSP’s administrative expenses. 

The TSP has no control over the share 

prices of the mutual funds. Thus, this 

method cannot be used to allocate the 

appropriate share of TSP administrative 

expenses to assets invested through the 

mutual fund window. Failure to collect 

the appropriate share of TSP 

administrative expenses from assets 

invested through the mutual fund 

window would increase the share of 

TSP administrative expenses borne by 

participants who choose not to use the 

mutual fund window. 

Therefore, the FRTIB is proposing to 

collect an annual fee of $55 from mutual 

fund window users to guarantee that the 

availability of the mutual fund window 

does not indirectly increase the share of 

TSP administrative expenses borne by 

participants who choose not to use the 

mutual fund window. The amount of 

the proposed fee was derived by 

multiplying an assumed average mutual 

fund window account balance of 

approximately $120,000 by an assumed 

TSP administrative expense ratio of 4.59 

basis points. The FRTIB proposes to 

redetermine the annual fee every three 

years using the actual average mutual 

fund window account balance and 

expense ratio, as of the date of 

redetermination. 

Minimum and Maximum Fund 

Transfers 

The mutual fund window will allow 

access to funds that are not as 

diversified as the TSP core funds and 

therefore may expose participants to 

greater market risk. The mutual fund 

window is intended for TSP 

participants who are experienced 

investors. It is not suitable for all TSP 

participants. While there may be 

legitimate reasons for a participant to 

invest in undiversified funds, such 

needs can be met through limited 

portfolio allocations. Because of the 

increased risk associated with the 

breadth of options offered through the 

mutual fund window, the FRTIB is 

proposing several restrictions on 

transfers and allocations between the 

TSP core funds and the mutual fund 

window. 

First, the TSP is proposing to require 

an initial fund transfer of at least 

$10,000 to the mutual fund window. 

Second, this initial investment may not 

cause the portion of the participant’s 

TSP balance that is invested through the 

mutual fund window to exceed 25 

percent of the participant’s total TSP 

balance. These two restrictions, taken 

together, would require a participant to 

have a minimum TSP balance of 

$40,000 before becoming eligible to 

invest through the mutual fund 

window. Third, subsequent transfers to 

the mutual fund window would be 

limited to amounts that do not cause the 

portion of the participant’s TSP balance 

that is invested through the mutual fund 

window to exceed 25 percent of their 

total TSP balance. 

Operational Details 

To invest in mutual funds, a TSP 

participant must first establish a mutual 

fund window account that is separate 

from the portion of their TSP balance 

that is invested in TSP core funds. The 

FRTIB proposes the following rules and 

procedures: 

1. Elected Transfers. A participant 

may elect to transfer money (in whole 

dollar increments only) from TSP core 

funds to a mutual fund window 

account. Amounts transferred to a 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account will initially be invested in a 

sweep money market fund. The 

participant may then choose from 

among the mutual funds offered. A 

participant cannot make contributions 

directly to a mutual fund account. All 

contributions must first be invested in 

the TSP core funds. Similarly, a 

participant cannot receive a withdrawal 

directly from a mutual fund window 

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make a withdrawal election that exceeds 

the amount of their balance that is 

invested in TSP core funds must first 

transfer money (in whole dollar 

increments only) from their mutual fund 

window account back to the TSP core 

funds. 

2. Forced Transfers. The FRTIB is 

sometimes required by law to make 

payments from a TSP account even 

when a participant has not made a 

withdrawal election. For example, the 

Internal Revenue Code requires the TSP 

to make minimum payments of a certain 

amount to participants who are age 72 

years or older. For another example, the 

FRTIB is sometimes required to make 

payments under court orders that award 

benefits to a participant’s spouse or 

child. Paragraph (c)(1) of the proposed 

regulatory text contains a nonexhaustive list of the types of payments 

that the FRTIB might be required by law 

to make from a participant’s TSP 

account. 

If the amount a participant has 

invested in TSP core funds is 

insufficient to cover a payment that the 

FRTIB is required by law to make, then 

the FRTIB will force a transfer from the 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account to the TSP core funds. If the 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account balance is at least $25,000, the 

forced transfer amount will equal the 

amount needed to cover the 

insufficiency plus $1,000. The forced 

transfer amount will be liquidated first 

from amounts held in the sweep money 

market fund and then from amounts 

invested in mutual funds, beginning 

with the position with the highest 

balance. If the participant’s mutual fund 

account balance is less than $25,000, his 

or her entire mutual fund account 

balance will be transferred back to the 

TSP core funds. All forced transfers will 

be invested in the TSP core funds in 

accordance with the participant’s 

existing contribution allocation. The 

participant will be responsible for any 

fees incurred as a result of the forced 

transfer. 

3. Monthly Transfer Limit. Currently, 

participants are allowed two interfund 

transfers in a calendar month. After that, 

they can only transfer money into the G 

Fund. Any transfer from the TSP core 

funds to a participant’s mutual fund 

window account, or vice versa, 

including a forced transfer, will count 

toward the existing monthly limit on 

interfund transfers. Consistent with 

current rules, a participant may always 

elect a fund transfer from his or her 

mutual fund window account to the G 

Fund. 

4. Acknowledgment of Risk. FERSA 

requires any participant who elects to 

invest in ‘‘any investment fund or 

option other than the Government 

Securities Investment Fund’’, to sign an 

acknowledgment which states that the 

investment is made at the participant’s 

own risk, that the participant is not 

protected by the Government against 

any loss on such investment, and that a 

return on such investment is not 

guaranteed by the Government. 5 U.S.C. 

8439(d). The FRTIB is proposing to treat 

the mutual fund window as an 

‘‘investment option’’ for purposes of this 

requirement. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

I certify that this regulation will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

This regulation will affect Federal 

employees, members of the uniformed 

services who participate in the TSP, and 

beneficiary participants. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

I certify that these regulations do not 

require additional reporting under the 

criteria of the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

Pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 602, 632, 

653, and 1501–1571, the effects of this 

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 2 U.S.C. 1532 is not 

required. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 1601 

Government employees, Pensions, 

Retirement. 

Ravindra Deo, 

Executive Director, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the FRTIB proposes to amend 

5 CFR chapter VI as follows: 

PART 1601—PARTICIPANTS’ CHOICE 

OF TSP FUNDS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1601 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8351, 8432d, 8438, 

8474(b)(5) and (c)(1). 

■ 2. Add subpart F to read as follows: 

Subpart F—Mutual Fund Window 

Sec. 

1601.51 Applicability. 

1601.52 Fund transfers. 

1601.53 Fees. 

§ 1601.51 Applicability. 

This subpart applies only to the 

transfer of amounts between the TSP 

core funds and the mutual fund 

window; it does not apply to the 

investment of future deposits, which is 

covered in subpart B of this part, or 

fund reallocations or fund transfers 

among the TSP core funds, which is 

covered in subpart C of this part. 

§ 1601.52 Fund transfers. 

(a) Fund transfers to mutual fund 

window. A participant may elect to 

make one or more fund transfers to the 

mutual fund window from the portion 

of his or her TSP balance invested in the 

TSP core funds, subject to the following 

rules: 

(1) The participant must establish a 

mutual fund window account that is 

separate from the portion of his or her 

TSP balance invested in the TSP core 

funds. A participant with more than one 

TSP account may establish a separate 

mutual fund window account for each 

TSP account, and the limitations and 

fees described in this section will apply 

separately to each account; 

(2) If the participant does not have an 

acknowledgment of risk on file as of the 

date of his or her initial fund transfer 

request to the mutual fund window, the 

participant must complete an 

acknowledgment of risk before the fund 

transfer can be processed; 

(3) Fund transfers must be made in 

whole dollar increments (percentages 

are not permitted); 

(4) The following limitations must be 

satisfied: 

(i) A participant’s initial fund transfer 

into his or her mutual fund window 

account must be at least $10,000 and 

may not exceed 25 percent of the 

participant’s TSP account balance, as of 

the date of such transfer; and 

(ii) Subsequent fund transfers into a 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account may not cause the balance in 

the participant’s mutual fund window 

account to exceed 25 percent of the 

participant’s total TSP balance, as of the 

date of any such transfer; 

(5) Each fund transfer into the mutual 

fund window counts toward the 

monthly limit set forth in § 1601.32(b); 

(6) Amounts transferred to a 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account will initially be invested in a 

sweep money market fund. 

Subsequently, the participant may 

direct the investment of the transferred 

amounts into any mutual fund(s) that 

are available through the mutual fund 

window; 

(7) Fund transfers are subject to the 

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(8) A participant may not withdraw 

funds directly from his or her mutual 

fund window account. To make a 

withdrawal, the participant must elect a 

fund transfer back to the TSP core funds 

as described in paragraph (b) of this 

section. Upon completion of such fund 

transfer, the participant may make a 

withdrawal in accordance with 5 CFR 

part 1650. 

(b) Fund transfers back to TSP core 

funds. A participant may elect to make 

a fund transfer to the TSP core funds 

from amounts invested in his or her 

mutual fund window account, subject to 

the following rules: 

(1) Fund transfers must be made in 

whole dollar increments (percentages 

are not permitted); 

(2) Amounts to be transferred from a 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account to the TSP core funds must first 

be transferred to the sweep money 

market fund. Subsequently, the 

participant may direct the investment of 

the transferred amounts into the TSP 

core funds; 

(3) Each fund transfer back to the TSP 

core funds from the mutual fund 

window account counts toward the 

monthly limit set forth in § 1601.32(b); 

except, however, that a participant may 

always elect a fund transfer from the 

mutual fund window account to the G 

Fund; and 

(4) Fund transfers are subject to the 

fees set forth in § 1601.53. 

(c) Forced transfers. The TSP record 

keeper will force a transfer from the 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account to the TSP core funds in the 

following situations, and subject to the 

following rules: 

(1) A forced transfer may occur if the 

balance invested in the TSP core funds 

is insufficient to cover: 

(i) Amounts necessary to comply with 

a court order, legal process, or levy 

described in 5 CFR part 1653; 

(ii) A beneficiary asset transfer; 

(iii) A required minimum 

distribution; 

(iv) A distribution of an account 

balance less than $200 described in 5 

CFR 1650.23; or 

(v) Any other payment or transfer that 

the Board is required by law to make 

from the participant’s TSP account 

balance; 

(2) The amount of the forced transfer 

shall be equal to the amount of the 

insufficiency described in paragraph 

(c)(1) of this section, plus $1,000; 

except, however, that if the participant’s 

mutual fund window account balance is 

less than $25,000, the entire mutual 

fund window account balance shall be 

transferred to the TSP core funds; 

(3) Forced transfers shall be 

liquidated from the participant’s mutual 

fund window account first from 

amounts held in the sweep money 

market fund; and then from amounts 

invested in mutual funds, beginning 

with the position with the highest 

balance; 

(4) Forced transfers from a 

participant’s mutual fund window 

account to the TSP core funds shall be 

invested according to the participant’s 

existing contribution allocation; and 

(5) The participant shall be 

responsible for any fees incurred as a 

result of the forced transfer. 

§ 1601.53 Fees. 

(a) The Board will allocate a portion 

of the TSP’s administrative expenses to 

mutual fund users by charging an 

annual fee of $55.00. The amount of this 

fee will be redetermined once every 

three years by multiplying the average 

mutual fund window account balance 

by the TSP administrative expense ratio, 

as of the date of redetermination. 

(b) The fee described in paragraph (a) 

of this section is in addition to any 

mutual fund window account 

maintenance fees, trading fees, and fees 

and expenses associated with the 

specific mutual fund(s) in which the 

participant chooses to invest. 

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BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0015; Project 

Identifier AD–2021–00832–R] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to 

supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 

2020–23–05, which applies to certain 

Airbus Helicopters Model EC225LP 

helicopters. AD 2020–23–05 requires 

inspecting the control rod attachment 

yokes (yokes) of certain main rotor (M/ 

R) rotating swashplates (swashplates), 

establishing a life limit, a one-time 

inspection of stripped yokes, and 

applicable corrective actions. Since the 

FAA issued AD 2020–23–05, the FAA 

has determined that a revised 

compliance time is necessary for 

swashplates that have accumulated less 

than seven years since the date of 

manufacture and that clarification is 

necessary for the condition that 

concludes with a dye penetrant 

inspection of the yoke. This proposed 

AD would continue to require the 

actions in AD 2020–23–05, with a 

revised compliance time for a certain 

inspection. 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 March 14, 2022. 

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 

https://www.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. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact Airbus Helicopters, 

2701 North Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, 

TX 75052; phone: (972) 641–0000 or 

(800) 232–0323; fax (972) 641–3775; or 

at https://www.airbus.com/helicopters/ 

technical-services/support.html. You 

may view this service information at the 

FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, 

Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood 

Pkwy., Room 6N–321, Fort Worth, TX 

76177. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call (817) 222–5110. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. 

FAA–2022–0015; 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 European Union Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA) AD, any 

comments received, and other 

information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal 

Jensen, Aerospace Engineer, Operational 

Safety Branch, Compliance & 

Airworthiness Division, FAA, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza N SW, Washington, DC 

20024; phone: (202) 267–9167; email: 

hal.jensen@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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