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1PSLF Report, September 2021 available at 

https://studentaid.gov/sites/default/files/fsawg/ 

datacenter/library/pslf-sep2021.xls. 

2 34 CFR 685.219(c). 

3See Press Release, Federal Student Aid, Public 

Service Loan Forgiveness Limited Waiver 

Opportunity, available at https://studentaid.gov/ 

announcements-events/pslf-limited-waiver. 

the general operating account to the 

reserve account, the transfer does not 

change the future required contributions 

to the reserve account. 

(e) * * * 

(2) Reserve accounts must be 

supervised accounts that require the 

Agency to approve all withdrawals; 

except, this requirement is not 

applicable when loan funds guaranteed 

by the Section 538 GRRH program are 

used for the construction and/or 

rehabilitation of a direct MFH loan 

project. Direct MFH loan borrowers, 

who are exempted from the supervised 

account requirement, as described in 

this section, must follow Section 538 

GRRH program regulatory requirements 

pertaining to reserve accounts. In all 

cases, Section 538 lenders must get 

prior written approval from the Agency 

before reserve account funds involving 

a direct MFH loan project can be 

disbursed to the borrower. 

* * * * * 

(g) * * * 

(2) Borrowers should include any 

needed capital improvements based on 

the needs identified in an Agency 

approved Capital Needs Assessment (if 

obtained) are completed within a 

reasonable timeframe. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

(2) The Agency will allow for an 

annual adjustment to increase reserve 

account funding levels by Operating 

Cost Adjustment Factor (OCAF) as 

published by HUD annually. This will 

require a modification to the Loan 

agreement and the increase documented 

with budget submission as outlined in 

§ 3560.303. 

* * * * * 

Subpart I—Servicing 

■ 23. Amend § 3560.402 by revising 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 3560.402 Loan payment processing. 

* * * * * 

(b) Required conversion to PASS. 

Borrowers with Daily Interest Accrual 

System (DIAS) accounts must convert to 

PASS with any loan servicing action. 

* * * * * 

Subpart L—Off Farm Labor Housing 

§ 3560.576 [Amended] 

■ 24. Amend § 3560.576 by removing 

the words ‘‘State Director’s’’ and adding 

in their place ‘‘MFH Leadership 

Designee’s’’ in paragraph (e). 

Subpart N—Housing Preservation 

§ 3560.656 [Amended] 

■ 25. Amend § 3560.656 by removing 

the word ‘‘will’’ and replacing it with 

‘‘may’’ in paragraph (a) introductory 

text. 

Joaquin Altoro, 

Administrator, Rural Housing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03837 Filed 2–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

12 CFR Chapter X 

Bulletin 2022–03: Servicer 

Responsibilities in Public Service Loan 

Forgiveness Communications 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Compliance bulletin and policy 

guidance. 

SUMMARY: The Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing this 

Compliance Bulletin and Policy 

Guidance (Bulletin) regarding the 

servicing of Federal student loans, 

including Federal Family Education 

Loan Program and Perkins loans, for 

borrowers who may be eligible for 

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). 

The Limited PSLF Waiver announced 

by the Department of Education on 

October 6, 2021 (PSLF Waiver) 

significantly changes the program’s 

eligibility criteria for a limited period. 

In communicating with borrowers about 

the PSLF program, servicers should 

consider taking certain actions to ensure 

compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act’s (Dodd-Frank Act’s) prohibition on 

unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or 

practices (collectively, UDAAPs). In its 

oversight, the CFPB will be paying 

particular attention to whether student 

loan servicers provide complete and 

accurate information to consumers 

about the benefits they can receive 

under the PSLF Waiver and eligibility 

for PSLF generally. 

DATES: This bulletin is applicable on 

March 1, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Liles, Counsel, Office of Supervision 

Policy at 202–435–7435 or Carolyn 

Hahn, Senior Counsel, Office of 

Enforcement at 202–435–7212. If you 

require this document in an alternative 

electronic format, please contact CFPB_

Accessibility@cfpb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Student debt in the United States 

recently topped over $1.75 trillion. 

PSLF is a benefit provided by Congress 

to Federal student loan borrowers to 

earn forgiveness of their Federal student 

loans after 10 years of public service. 

The U.S. Department of Education 

estimates that over 1.3 million student 

loan borrowers work in jobs that qualify 

for PSLF; moreover, hundreds of 

thousands of these borrowers have 

expressed interest in PSLF by filing 

forms to certify their public service 

employment.1

The CFPB’s supervisory work has 

revealed unfair or deceptive practices by 

student loan servicers that prevented 

many borrowers from making progress 

towards forgiveness. Accordingly, the 

CFPB is issuing this Bulletin to 

highlight the significant changes to 

PSLF eligibility criteria under the new 

waiver and the CFPB’s supervision and 

enforcement priorities with respect to 

PSLF and the PSLF Waiver. 

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness 

Program 

To qualify for PSLF under the original 

requirements, a borrower had to make 

120 on-time payments on a Direct Loan, 

while on a qualifying repayment plan, 

and while working in a qualifying 

public service job.2 In 2018, Congress 

created Temporary Expanded Public 

Service Loan Forgiveness (TEPSLF) 

which allows some borrowers to qualify 

for forgiveness based on payments made 

under repayment plans that were 

previously ineligible. 

The PSLF Waiver 

In October 2021, in response to the 

COVID–19 national emergency, the 

Department of Education announced a 

temporary easing of some PSLF program 

requirements to help many previously 

ineligible borrowers receive forgiveness 

based on their qualifying public service 

employment regardless of their loan 

type or repayment plan.3 Importantly, 

the PSLF Waiver allows borrowers with 

Federal Family Education Loan Program 

(FFELP) and Perkins loans to 

consolidate into a Direct Loan and 

receive credit toward loan forgiveness 

under PSLF for periods of repayment on 

the earlier loan(s). It also provides the 

same benefit to existing Direct 

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4See Press Release, Federal Student Aid, U.S. 

Department of Education Announces 

Transformational Changes to the Public Service 

Loan Forgiveness Program, Will Put Over 550,000 

Public Service Workers Closer to Loan Forgiveness, 

available at https://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/us-department-education-announcestransformational-changes-public-service-loanforgiveness-program-will-put-over-550000-publicservice-workers-closer-loan-forgiveness (estimating 

these borrowers will discharge $1.74 billion in 

student loan debt). 

5PSLF requires borrowers to not only work in 

public service when they make the 120 qualifying 

payments, but also when they apply for forgiveness 

and when it is granted. 34 CFR 685.219(c)(1)(ii)(B– 

C). 

6Press Release supra n. 4. 

7See title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 

and Consumer Protection Act Public Law 111–203, 

124 Stat. 1376 (2010) (establishing the CFPB’s 

authority). Under the Dodd-Frank Act, all covered 

persons or service providers are prohibited from 

committing unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or 

practices in violation of the Act. An act or practice 

is unfair when (i) it causes or is likely to cause 

substantial injury to consumers; (ii) the injury is not 

reasonably avoidable by consumers; and (iii) the 

injury is not outweighed by countervailing benefits 

to consumers or to competition. Id. at sections 1031, 

1036; 12 U.S.C. 5531, 5536. Whether an act or 

practice is deceptive is informed by decades of 

precedent involving Section 5 of the Federal Trade 

Commission Act. See CFPB Exam Manual at 

UDAAP 5. 

8 34 CFR 685.219(c)(1)(iii). 

9 If a supervisory matter is referred to the Office 

of Enforcement, Enforcement may cite additional 

violations based on these facts or uncover 

additional information that could impact the 

conclusion as to what violations may exist. 

10Supervisory Highlights, Issue 24—Summer 

2021 at 35–37 available at https://

www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/researchreports/supervisory-highlights-issue-24-summer2021/. 

11 Id. at 36–37. 

12Borrowers now certify their employment and 

apply for PSLF on a single consolidated PSLF form. 

13Supervisory Highlights, Issue 24—Summer 

2021 at 35–36. 

14See Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 

(CFPB), Staying on Track While Giving Back (June 

2017), available at https://

www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/researchreports/staying-track-while-giving-back-coststudent-loan-servicing-breakdowns-people-servingtheir-communities/. 

in the forgiveness of tens of thousands 

of borrowers’ loans automatically.4 The 

PSLF Waiver credits any month that a 

Federal student loan borrower worked 

in public service and was in active 

repayment towards the 120 payments 

required for PSLF. The PSLF Waiver is 

intended to address several common 

problems borrowers have experienced 

in obtaining loan forgiveness, including 

where the borrower: 

• Worked in a qualifying public 

service job but had Federal loans that 

were not Direct Loans; 

• made payments on a Direct Loan 

while working in a qualifying public 

service job, but not on a qualified 

repayment plan; 

• made payments on a Direct Loan 

while working in a qualifying public 

service job and on a qualifying 

repayment plan, but made 

underpayments or late payments; 

• made 120 qualifying payments 

while working in public service but 

applied for forgiveness after having left 

public service; 5 or 

• was a member of the military who 

did not receive credit for periods of 

deferment or forbearance while serving 

on active duty. 

The impact of the PSLF Waiver could 

be large and far-reaching. But many 

borrowers who could benefit under the 

PSLF Waiver will need to take 

affirmative action before the October 31, 

2022 deadline. To take advantage of the 

PSLF Waiver, borrowers without Direct 

Loans (such as Perkins loans or FFELP 

loans) must consolidate into a Direct 

Consolidation Loan and then file a PSLF 

form certifying their previous public 

service employment. Most borrowers 

who have Direct Loans and want credit 

for previously non-qualifying payments 

will need to file PSLF forms certifying 

their previous periods of public service 

employment. The Department of 

Education estimates that 27,000 Direct 

Loan PSLF borrowers could receive 

$2.82 billion in forgiveness merely by 

certifying periods of prior public service 

employment that were previously 

ineligible.6

II. Unfair and Deceptive Acts or 

Practices Related to PSLF 

The CFPB has authority to oversee 

student loan servicing, including citing 

servicers for unfair, deceptive, or 

abusive acts or practices.7 As described 

in previous Supervisory Highlights, 

CFPB examiners have uncovered 

deceptive student loan servicing 

practices, including the following with 

respect to PSLF. 

Deceptive Statements to FFELP 

Borrowers About Consolidating Into a 

Direct Loan 

Prior to the PSLF Waiver, only 

payments made on Direct Loans 

qualified for progress towards loan 

forgiveness under PSLF.8 Any payment 

a borrower made on other types of 

Federal loans—such as Perkins Loans or 

FFELP loans—did not count towards the 

120 payments required to achieve 

forgiveness. Instead, to pursue PSLF, 

Federal student loan borrowers who did 

not have Direct Loans had to first 

consolidate those loans into a Direct 

Consolidation Loan before their 

payments would begin to count towards 

forgiveness. Thus, prior to the PSLF 

Waiver, borrowers could convert their 

FFELP or Perkins loans into Direct 

Consolidation Loans to benefit under 

the PSLF program. 

CFPB examiners have determined that 

servicers misled borrowers about their 

loan’s PSLF eligibility.9 For example, 

examiners have found that servicers 

committed a deceptive practice by 

leading FFELP borrowers to believe that 

they had no potential course of action 

to become eligible for PSLF, when the 

borrowers could consolidate their 

FFELP loans into a Direct Consolidation 

Loan and pursue PSLF.10

Deceptive Statements About Qualifying 

Public Service Employment 

CFPB examiners also uncovered 

potentially deceptive statements to 

PSLF borrowers about whether their 

jobs qualified for PSLF. For example, 

examiners have found that servicers 

risked committing a deceptive practice 

by telling borrowers that only non-profit 

jobs qualify for PSLF even though 

government jobs also qualify.11

Misrepresenting the Effect of Filing an 

Employment Certification Form (ECF) 

Borrowers previously submitted ECFs 

signed by their employers to verify their 

periods of public service employment.12

CFPB examiners found that servicers 

committed a deceptive act or practice by 

misrepresenting the effect of filing the 

ECF for borrowers who had FFELP 

loans, but who did not have any Direct 

Loans. Servicer employees represented 

to FFELP borrowers that if they 

submitted an ECF they would learn 

whether their employment qualified for 

PSLF. However, borrowers would not 

receive a determination about employer 

eligibility because the ECF would be 

immediately denied because of their 

ineligible FFELP loans.13

III. The CFPB’s Supervision and 

Enforcement Priorities 

Prior supervisory observations and 

consumer complaints show that 

servicers were not adequately 

complying with the law, and were 

making deceptive representations about 

PSLF before the PSLF Waiver went into 

effect.14 As servicers administer the new 

PSLF Waiver, the CFPB expects 

servicers to comply with Federal 

consumer financial protection laws. The 

CFPB plans to prioritize student loan 

servicing oversight work in deploying 

its enforcement and supervision 

resources in the coming year with a 

specific focus on monitoring 

engagement with borrowers about PSLF 

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15The U.S. Department of Education has issued 

guidance to FFELP and Perkins loan participants 

directing them to provide interested borrowers with 

accurate information about the PSLF Waiver. U.S. 

Dept. of Ed., Office of Fed. Student Aid, GEN–21– 

09, Guidance for FFEL and Perkins Loan Program 

Participants on the Limited Public Service Loan 

Forgiveness Waiver (Dec. 7, 2021), available at 

https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/ 

library/dear-colleague-letters/2021-12-07/guidanceffel-and-perkins-loan-program-participants-limitedpublic-service-loan-forgiveness-waiver. 

finds entities have committed UDAAPs 

related to PSLF and the PSLF Waiver, 

the CFPB will hold them accountable. 

In its student loan servicing oversight 

work, the CFPB plans to pay particular 

attention to: 

1. Whether servicers of any federal 

loan type provide complete and 

accurate information about the PSLF 

Waiver when discussing PSLF or loan 

consolidation in any communications; 

2. Whether servicers have adequate 

policies and procedures to recognize 

when borrowers are expressing interest 

in PSLF or the PSLF Waiver or whose 

files otherwise demonstrate their 

eligibility and to direct those borrowers 

to appropriate resources; 

3. Whether servicers take steps to 

promote the benefits of the PSLF waiver 

to borrowers who express interest or 

whose files otherwise demonstrate their 

eligibility. 

IV. Compliance Management Program 

Expectations 

To prevent unfair, deceptive, or 

abusive acts or practices, entities should 

consider enhancing their compliance 

management systems to develop and 

implement policies and procedures to 

ensure that all borrowers receive 

accurate and complete information 

about the PSLF Waiver and 

representatives facilitate their 

enrollment,15 including by: 

• Improving training to make sure 

representatives effectively identify 

borrowers who may be pursuing PSLF, 

who have provided information 

suggesting that they may benefit from 

the PSLF Waiver, or who are expressing 

interest in PSLF or the PSLF Waiver; 

• improving training to make sure 

representatives accurately describe 

PSLF and the PSLF Waiver, their 

benefits, the process for applying for 

PSLF, using the Waiver, and the need to 

act before the October 31, 2022, 

deadline, including for representatives 

that interact with borrowers of FFELP 

and Perkins loans; 

• updating call scripts to prompt 

representatives to inform borrowers who 

have provided information suggesting 

they may benefit from the PSLF Waiver 

about the benefits of the PSLF Waiver, 

and the importance of consolidating and 

filing a PSLF form for every job with an 

eligible employer before the October 31, 

2022, deadline; 

• enhancing existing communication 

tools, such as: 

Æ Posting a dedicated PSLF Waiver 

information page on the servicer’s 

website that stresses the benefits of the 

waiver, explains who is eligible for the 

waiver, provides the steps for using the 

waiver, and emphasizes the need to 

apply for the waiver by October 31, 

2022; 

Æ posting a temporary banner on the 

servicer’s main web page and account 

log-in web page advertising the PSLF 

Waiver and linking the borrower to the 

dedicated PSLF Waiver information 

page, and 

Æ including information on the PSLF 

Waiver on automated hold messages; 

• tracking borrower interest in using 

the PSLF Waiver to allow for targeted 

follow up; 

• monitoring representatives’ 

communications with borrowers about 

PSLF; 

• evaluating these issues through the 

servicer’s quality control/assurance 

program, compliance testing program, 

and audit program at appropriate 

intervals; 

• actively monitoring for and 

addressing systemic issues—such as 

excessive call hold times—that inhibit 

PSLF borrowers from getting 

information from the entity about PSLF; 

• regularly reviewing consumer 

complaints regarding PSLF and 

ensuring there is an appropriate channel 

for receiving, investigating, determining 

root causes, and properly resolving 

consumer complaints relating to 

misinformation about PSLF; 

• ensuring that borrowers’ 

consolidation decisions are honored 

timely, including by processing 

consolidation applications and 

providing payoff amounts timely; and 

• ensuring that borrowers’ PSLF 

forms are processed timely. 

Generally, self-identification of 

Federal consumer financial law 

violations and developing an effective 

corrective action plan that includes 

complete identification of affected 

populations and complete remediation 

for injured consumers are important 

elements of a strong compliance 

management system. When these 

violations relate to providing false or 

misleading information about PSLF, a 

robust and affirmative outreach strategy 

to all potentially eligible consumers 

about the PSLF Waiver, tailored to the 

borrower’s loan type, may be an 

important component of a corrective 

action plan. These actions also factor 

into the CFPB’s decision about whether 

specific violations should be handled 

through supervisory or enforcement 

action. 

CFPB Consideration of Proactive Efforts 

by Servicers To Promote the PSLF 

Waiver 

In exercising its supervisory and 

enforcement discretion, the CFPB will 

consider the extent to which entities 

engage in proactive measures to 

promote the benefits of the PSLF Waiver 

to borrowers. For example, servicers can 

update call scripts to prompt 

representatives to affirmatively ask 

borrowers if they work or have worked 

for a nonprofit or government 

organization. In addition, servicers 

already use the Defense Manpower 

Database Center (DMDC) or other 

comparable means to identify military 

borrowers for purposes of ensuring that 

borrowers receive the benefits of the 

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; they 

could engage in similar efforts with 

respect to the PSLF Waiver. Servicers 

can also identify consumers who 

previously submitted Teacher Loan 

Forgiveness applications and then target 

those groups with PSLF Waiver 

communications. 

The CFPB notes that time is of the 

essence since the PSLF Waiver closes at 

the end of October 2022. After the PSLF 

Waiver closes, direct payments to 

borrowers may be the primary means of 

remediating relevant UDAAPs. 

V. Conclusion 

The CFPB will continue to review 

closely the practices of student loan 

servicers for potential UDAAPs, 

including the practices related to PSLF 

described above. The CFPB will use all 

appropriate tools to hold entities 

accountable if they engage in UDAAPs 

in connection with these practices. 

VI. Regulatory Requirements 

The Bulletin constitutes a general 

statement of policy exempt from the 

notice and comment rulemaking 

requirements of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA). It is intended to 

provide information regarding the 

CFPB’s general plans to exercise its 

supervisory and enforcement discretion 

for institutions under its jurisdiction 

and does not impose any legal 

requirements on external parties, nor 

does it create or confer any substantive 

rights on external parties that could be 

enforceable in any administrative or 

civil proceeding. Because no notice of 

proposed rulemaking is required in 

issuing the Bulletin, the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act also does not require an 

initial or final regulatory flexibility 

analysis. The CFPB has also determined 


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that the issuance of the Bulletin does 

not impose any new or revise any 

existing recordkeeping, reporting, or 

disclosure requirements on covered 

entities or members of the public that 

would be collections of information 

requiring approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

Rohit Chopra, 

Director, Consumer Financial Protection 

Bureau. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0259; Project 

Identifier AD–2020–01128–E; Amendment 

39–21900; AD 2022–02–03] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; CFM 

International, S.A. Turbofan Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting an 

airworthiness directive (AD) that 

published in the Federal Register. The 

AD applies to CFM International, S.A. 

CFM56–3 and CFM56–7B model 

turbofan engines with certain accessory 

gearbox assembly (AGB) not equipped 

with a dynamic oil seal assembly in the 

handcranking pad. As published, the 

part numbers (P/Ns) listed in paragraph 

(i)(2)(i) are incorrect. This document 

corrects that error. In all other respects, 

the original document remains the 

same; however, for clarity, the FAA is 

publishing the entire rule in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

March 22, 2022. The effective date of 

AD 2022–02–03 remains March 22, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: For service information 

identified in this final rule, contact CFM 

International, S.A., Aviation Operations 

Center, 1 Neumann Way, M/D Room 

285, Cincinnati, OH 45125; phone: (877) 

432–3272; email: fleetsupport@ge.com. 

You may view this service information 

at the FAA, Airworthiness Products 

Section, Operational Safety Branch, 

1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 

01803. For information on the 

availability of this material at the FAA, 

call (817) 222–5110. It is also available 

at https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. 

FAA–2021–0259. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. 

FAA–2021–0259, 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 

final rule, any comments received, and 

other information. The address for 

Docket Operations is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Clark, Aviation Safety Engineer, 

ECO Branch, FAA, 1200 District 

Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803; phone: 

(781) 238–7088; fax: (781) 238–7199; 

email: kevin.m.clark@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AD 2022– 

02–03, 39–21961 (87 FR 8402, February 

15, 2022) (AD 2022–02–03), requires 

independent inspection to verify reinstallation of the AGB handcranking 

pad cover after maintenance. AD 2022– 

02–03 also requires the replacement of 

the affected AGB with a part eligible for 

installation as a terminating action to 

the inspection requirement. 

Need for the Correction 

As published, the P/Ns listed in 

paragraph (i)(2)(i) of the AD, which 

defines a part eligible for installation, 

are incorrect. The P/Ns were incorrectly 

listed as 340–046–503–0, 340–046–504– 

0, and 340–046–505–0. The correct P/Ns 

are 335–300–103–0, 335–300–105–0, 

335–300–106–0, 335–300–107–0, 335– 

300–108–0, 335–300–109–0, and 335– 

300–110–0. 

Although no other part of the 

preamble or regulatory information has 

been corrected, for clarity, the FAA is 

publishing the entire rule in the Federal 

Register. 

The effective date of this AD remains 

March 22, 2022. 

Good Cause for Adoption Without Prior 

Notice 

Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 551 et seq.) authorizes agencies 

to dispense with notice and comment 

procedures for rules when the agency 

for ‘‘good cause’’ finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Under this section, an agency, 

upon finding good cause, may issue a 

final rule without providing notice and 

seeking comment prior to issuance. 

Further, section 553(d) of the APA 

authorizes agencies to make rules 

effective in less than thirty days, upon 

a finding of good cause. 

The FAA has found that the risk to 

the flying public justifies foregoing 

notice and comment prior to adoption of 

this rule because this action corrects 

P/Ns that were correctly identified in a 

notice of proposed rulemaking, which 

published in the Federal Register on 

May 3, 2021 (86 FR 23301). 

Accordingly, notice and opportunity for 

prior public comment are unnecessary 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b). 

In addition, the FAA finds that good 

cause exists pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d) 

for making this amendment effective in 

less than 30 days, for the same reasons 

the FAA found good cause to forego 

notice and comment. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

Adoption of the Correction 

Accordingly, pursuant to the 

authority delegated to me by the 

Administrator, the Federal Aviation 

Administration amends part 39 of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 

part 39) by correcting 87 FR 8402, 

(February 15, 2022), beginning at page 

8405, column 2 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 [Corrected] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by: 

■ a. Removing airworthiness directive 

2013–26–01, Amendment 39–17710 (78 

FR 79295, December 30, 2013); and 

■ b. Adding the following new 

airworthiness directive: 

2022–02–03 CFM International, S.A.: 

Amendment 39–21900; Docket No. 

FAA–2021–0259; Project Identifier AD– 

2020–01128–E. 

(a) Effective Date 

This airworthiness directive (AD) is 

effective March 22, 2022. 

(b) Affected ADs 

This AD replaces AD 2013–26–01, 

Amendment 39–17710 (78 FR 79295, 

December 30, 2013). 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to CFM International, S.A. 

CFM56–3 and CFM56–7B model turbofan 

engines equipped with an accessory gearbox 

(AGB) assembly with the following part 

numbers (P/Ns): 

(1) For CFM56–3, CFM56–3B, and CFM56– 

3C model turbofan engines, AGB P/N: 335– 


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