Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2010 / Notices 65051 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

Issued in Washington, DC on this 14th day 

of October, 2010. 

Steven K. Smith, 

Acting Director, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26488 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Consensus Standards, Standard 

Practice for Inspection of Airplane 

Electrical Wiring Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of consensus standards and 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) intention to accept the ASTM 

International’s F2696–08 Standard 

Practice for Inspection of Airplane 

Electrical Wiring Systems (Standard 

Practice) as an acceptable means of 

compliance to 14 CFR part 23 sections 

concerning electrical wiring systems. By 

this notice, the FAA finds the standards 

to be acceptable methods and 

procedures for inspection of electrical 

wiring systems for normal, utility, 

acrobatic, and commuter category 

airplanes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 22, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed 

to: Federal Aviation Administration, 

Small Airplane Directorate, Continued 

Operational Safety, ACE–111, Attention: 

James Brady, Room 301, 901 Locust, 

Kansas City, Missouri 64106, or by 

e-mail to: james.brady@faa.gov. All 

comments must be marked: Consensus 

Standards Comments, and must specify 

the standard being addressed by ASTM 

F2696–08 Standard Practice for 

Inspection of Airplane Electrical Wiring 

Systems. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Brady, Aerospace Engineer, 

Regulations and Policy Branch (ACE– 

111), Small Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, 

Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; 

telephone (816) 329–4132; e-mail: 

james.brady@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces the availability of 

consensus standards. The FAA expects 

a suitable consensus standard to be 

reviewed at least every two years. The 

two-year review cycle will result in a 

standard revision or reapproval. A 

standard is issued under a fixed 

designation (i.e., F2696–08); the number 

immediately following the designation 

indicates the year of original adoption 

or, in the case of revision, the year of 

last revision. A number in parentheses 

indicates the year of last reapproval. A 

reapproval indicates a two-year review 

cycle completed with no technical 

changes. A superscript epsilon (e) 

indicates an editorial change since the 

last revision or reapproval. A notice of 

availability (NOA) will only be issued 

for new or revised standards. 

Reapproved standards issued with no 

technical changes or standards issued 

with editorial changes only (i.e., 

superscript epsilon (e)) are considered 

accepted by the FAA without need for 

an NOA. 

Comments Invited: Interested persons 

are invited to submit such written data, 

views, or arguments, as they may desire. 

Communications should identify the 

consensus standard number and be 

submitted to the address specified 

above. All communications received on 

or before the closing date for comments 

will be forwarded to ASTM 

International Committee F39 for 

consideration. The standard may be 

changed in light of the comments 

received. The FAA will address all 

comments received during the recurring 

review of the consensus standard and 

will participate in the consensus 

standard revision process. 

Background: Under the provisions of 

the revised Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) Circular A–119, ‘‘Federal 

Participation in the Development and 

Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards 

and in Conformity Assessment 

Activities,’’ dated February 10, 1998, 

industry and the FAA have been 

working with ASTM International to 

develop consensus standards for the 

design, fabrication, modification, 

inspection, and maintenance of 

electrical systems installed on normal 

and utility category airplanes. 

These consensus standards satisfy the 

FAA’s goal for airworthiness 

certification and a verifiable minimum 

safety level for normal, utility, acrobatic, 

and commuter category airplanes. 

Instead of developing airworthiness 

standards through the rulemaking 

process, the FAA participates as a 

member of Committee F39 in 

developing these standards. The use of 

the consensus standard process assures 

government and industry discussion 

and agreement on appropriate standards 

for the required level of safety. 

Consensus Standards in This Notice of 

Availability 

The FAA has reviewed the standards 

presented in this NOA for compliance 

with the regulatory requirements of the 

rule. Any normal, utility, acrobatic, and 

commuter aircraft issued an 

airworthiness certificate, which has 

been designed, manufactured, operated, 

and maintained, in accordance with this 

and previously accepted ASTM 

consensus standards provides the public 

with the appropriate level of safety 

established under the regulations. The 

FAA maintains a listing of all accepted 

standards on the FAA Web site. 

The FAA finds the following new 

consensus standards acceptable for 

inspection of the specified aircraft. The 

consensus standard listed below may be 

used unless the FAA publishes a 

specific notification otherwise. 

ASTM Designation F2696–08, titled: 

Standard Practice for Inspection of 

Airplane Electrical Wiring Systems. 

Availability 

These consensus standards are 

copyrighted by ASTM International, 100 

Barr Harbor Drive, Post Office Box C700, 

West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959. 

Individual reprints of this standard 

(single or multiple copies, or special 

compilations and other related technical 

information) may be obtained by 

contacting ASTM at this address, or at 

(610) 832–9585 (phone), (610) 832–9555 

(fax), through service@astm.org (e-mail), 

or through the ASTM Web site at 

http://www.astm.org. To inquire about 

standard content and/or membership or 

about ASTM International Offices 

abroad, contact Daniel Schultz, Staff 

Manager for Committee F39 on Normal 

and Utility Category Airplane Electrical 

Wiring Systems: (610) 832–9716, 

dschultz@astm.org. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 

October 13, 2010. 

John Colomy, 

Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26537 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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