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inadvertent and malicious changes to, 

and all adverse impacts upon, airplane 

equipment, systems, networks, and 

other assets required for safe flight and 

operations. 

2. The applicant must establish 

appropriate procedures to allow the 

operator to ensure that continued 

airworthiness of the airplane is 

maintained, including all post-typecertification modifications that may 

have an impact on the approved 

electronic-system security safeguards. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 

18, 2022. 

Patrick R. Mullen, 

Manager, Technical Innovation Policy 

Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06205 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0021; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2020–01088–R; Amendment 

39–21994; AD 2021–03–16R1] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule; removal; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is removing 

Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2021–03– 

16, which applied to all Airbus 

Helicopters Model AS350B, AS350B1, 

AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, 

AS350D, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, 

AS355F2, AS355N, and AS355NP 

helicopters. AD 2021–03–16 required 

inspecting each sliding door and 

replacing the upper rail or front roller or 

removing the front roller from service if 

necessary. Since the FAA issued AD 

2021–03–16, inspection results and 

further investigation have confirmed 

that the in-flight loss of a sliding door, 

which prompted AD 2021–03–16, was 

an isolated case resulting from incorrect 

operation and maintenance error. 

Therefore, the FAA has determined that 

no unsafe condition is likely to exist or 

develop on the sliding doors on other 

helicopters in the fleet. Accordingly, AD 

2021–03–16 is removed. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective 

March 24, 2022. 

The FAA must receive comments on 

this AD by May 9, 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: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. 

FAA–2021–0021; 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, the European Union Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA) AD, 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: Matt 

Fuller, AD Program Manager, General 

Aviation & Rotorcraft Unit, 

Airworthiness Products Section, 

Operational Safety Branch, FAA, 10101 

Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; 

telephone 817–222–5110; email 

matthew.fuller@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written data, views, or arguments about 

this final rule. Send your comments to 

an address listed under ADDRESSES. 

Include ‘‘Docket No. FAA–2021–0021 

and Project Identifier MCAI–2020– 

01088–R’’ at the beginning of your 

comments. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the final 

rule, 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 final rule 

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. The 

agency will also post a report 

summarizing each substantive verbal 

contact received about this final rule. 

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 AD contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this AD, 

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 AD. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Matt Fuller, AD 

Program Manager, General Aviation & 

Rotorcraft Unit, Airworthiness Products 

Section, Operational Safety Branch, 

FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort 

Worth, TX 76177; telephone 817–222– 

5110; email matthew.fuller@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 2020– 

0175–CN, dated September 13, 2021 

(EASA AD 2020–0175–CN) to cancel 

EASA AD 2020–0175, dated August 5, 

2020 (EASA AD 2020–0175) which was 

issued to correct an unsafe condition for 

all serial-numbered Airbus Helicopters 

Model AS 350 and AS 355 helicopters 

if equipped with a left-hand (LH) 

and/or right-hand (RH) sliding door. 

EASA AD 2020–0175 prompted FAA 

AD 2021–03–16, Amendment 39– 

21419 (86 FR 9433, February 16, 2021) 

(AD 2021–03–16). AD 2021–03–16 

applied to Airbus Helicopters Model 

AS350B, AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, 

AS350BA, AS350D, AS355E, AS355F, 

AS355F1, AS355F2, AS355N, and 

AS355NP helicopters with any sliding 

door installed. AD 2021–03–16 

required, within 30 hours time-inservice, inspecting the upper rail of each 

RH and LH door for parallelism, 

deformation, corrosion, and cracking 

and repairing or replacing the upper rail 

before further flight if necessary; and 


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with each sliding door removed, 

inspecting the front roller to determine 

if it is below the minimum diameter and 

height, if it has any corrosion or flat 

spot, and if it is correctly installed. If 

the front roller was below the minimum 

diameter, below the minimum height, or 

had any flat spot or corrosion, AD 2021– 

03–16 required removing the front roller 

from service before further flight. If the 

front roller was not correctly installed, 

AD 2021–03–16 required reinstalling it 

correctly before further flight. 

Actions Since AD 2021–03–16 Was 

Issued 

Since the FAA issued AD 2021–03– 

16, reported inspection results and 

further investigation have confirmed 

that the in-flight loss of the sliding door, 

which prompted EASA AD 2020–0175 

and AD 2021–03–16, was an isolated 

case resulting from incorrect operation 

and maintenance error, and therefore no 

unsafe condition is likely to exist or 

develop on the affected helicopters. The 

FAA is issuing this AD to remove AD 

2021–03–16. 

Justification for Immediate Adoption 

and Determination of the Effective Date 

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. 

There are currently 965 helicopters of 

U.S. registry affected by AD 2021–03– 

16. However, the FAA notes that AD 

2021–03–16 required unnecessary 

inspections because the identified 

unsafe condition does not exist on these 

helicopters. Therefore, it is unlikely that 

the FAA would receive any adverse 

comments or useful information about 

this AD from U.S. operators that would 

cause a need for public comment prior 

to adoption. Accordingly, notice and 

opportunity for prior public comment 

are unnecessary, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(3)(B). In addition, for the 

foregoing reasons, 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. 

FAA’s Conclusions 

Upon further consideration, the FAA 

has determined that AD 2021–03–16 is 

not necessary. Accordingly, this AD 

removes AD 2021–03–16. Removal of 

AD 2021–03–16 does not preclude the 

FAA from issuing another related action 

or commit the FAA to any course of 

action in the future. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) do not apply when 

an agency finds good cause pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 553 to adopt a rule without 

prior notice and comment. Because FAA 

has determined that it has good cause to 

adopt this rule without prior notice and 

comment, RFA analysis is not required. 

Related Costs of Compliance 

This AD adds no cost. This AD 

removes AD 2021–03–16 from 14 CFR 

part 39; therefore, operators are no 

longer required to show compliance 

with that 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. 

Regulatory Findings 

The FAA 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; 

and 

2. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 

Alaska. 

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: 

■ a. Removing Airworthiness Directive 

(AD) 2021–03–16, Amendment 39– 

21419 (86 FR 9433, February 16, 2021), 

and 

■ b. Adding the following new AD: 

2021–03–16R1 Airbus Helicopters: 

Amendment 39–21994; Docket No. 

FAA–2021–0021; Project Identifier 

MCAI–2020–01088–R. 

(a) Effective Date 

This airworthiness directive (AD) becomes 

effective March 24, 2022. 

(b) Affected AD 

This AD replaces AD 2021–03–16, 

Amendment 39–21419 (86 FR 9433, February 

16, 2021). 

(c) Applicability 

This airworthiness directive (AD) applies 

to Airbus Helicopters Model AS350B, 

AS350B1, AS350B2, AS350B3, AS350BA, 

AS350D, AS355E, AS355F, AS355F1, 

AS355F2, AS355N, and AS355NP 

helicopters, certificated in any category, with 

any sliding door installed. 

(d) Subject 

Joint Aircraft System Component (JASC) 

Code 5210, Passenger/Crew Doors. 

(e) Related Information 

(1) For more information about this AD, 

contact Matt Fuller, AD Program Manager, 

General Aviation & Rotorcraft Unit, 

Airworthiness Products Section, Operational 

Safety Branch, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., 

Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone 817–222– 

5110; email matthew.fuller@faa.gov. 

(2) The subject of this AD is addressed in 

European Union Aviation Safety Agency 

(EASA) AD No. 2020–0175–CN, dated 

September 13, 2021. You may view the EASA 

AD on the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov by searching for and 

locating it in Docket No. FAA–2021–0021. 

(f) Material Incorporated by Reference 

None. 


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Issued on March 17, 2022. 

Lance T. Gant, 

Director, Compliance & Airworthiness 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06043 Filed 3–23–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

15 CFR Part 997 

[Docket No. 220228–0064] 

RIN 0648–BK83 

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Office, Legislation; Name 

Change 

AGENCY: U.S. Integrated Ocean 

Observing System (IOOS), National 

Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration 

(NOAA), Department of Commerce 

(DOC). 

ACTION: Final rule, technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Integrated Ocean 

Observing System Office, led by the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), issues this 

final rule to change the name for 

‘‘Regional Information Coordination 

Entities (RICEs)’’ to ‘‘Regional Coastal 

Observing Systems.’’ This rule has no 

substantive effect. 

DATES: These regulations are effective 

on March 24, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oriana Villar at 240–533–9466 or 

Oriana.Villar@noaa.gov, or at U.S. IOOS 

Office, 1315 East West Highway, Suite 

300, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

Observation System (ICOOS) Act of 

2009 (Pub. L. 111–11) (ICOOS Act or 

Act, codified at 33 U.S.C. 3601–3610) 

and the Coordinated Ocean Observation 

and Research Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116– 

271, Title I) (COORA, amending 33 

U.S.C. 3601–3610), directs the President 

to establish a National Integrated 

Coastal and Ocean Observation System 

(System). The System must ‘‘include in 

situ, remote, and other coastal and 

ocean observation and modeling 

capabilities, technologies, data 

management, communication systems, 

and product development systems and 

[be] designed to address regional and 

national needs for ocean and coastal 

information, to gather specific data on 

key coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes 

variables, and to ensure timely and 

sustained dissemination and availability 

of these data.’’ 33 U.S.C. 3601(1). 

The ICOOS Act and COORA direct 

the Interagency Ocean Observation 

Committee (IOOC) to develop contract 

certification standards and compliance 

procedures for integrating regional 

coastal observing systems into the 

System. 33 U.S.C. 3603(c)(2)(B)(v). The 

COORA Act, in amending the ICOOS 

Act, replaces the term Regional 

Information Coordination Entity (RICE) 

with the term Regional Coastal 

Observing System (RCOS). The term 

‘‘‘regional coastal observing system’ 

means an organizational body that is 

certified or established by contract or 

memorandum by the lead Federal 

agency designated in section 12304(c)(3) 

and coordinates Federal, State, local, 

tribal, and private interests at a regional 

level with the responsibility of engaging 

the private and public sectors in 

designing, operating, and improving 

regional coastal observing systems in 

order to ensure the provision of data 

and information that meet the needs of 

user groups from the respective 

regions.’’ 

NOAA promulgated regulations in 

2014 to develop certification criteria 

and procedures for integrating RICEs 

into the system. (June 5, 2014; 79 FR 

32449). These regulations are found at 

15 CFR part 997. 

By this final rule, NOAA is officially 

changing the name of the Regional 

Information Coordination Entity (RICE) 

to reflect the new name, Regional 

Coastal Observing System (RCOS), as 

defined in the COORA. This change is 

necessary to implement the new name 

established by the COORA in the 

implementing regulations. This name 

change has no substantive impact. 

By this final rule, NOAA is also 

updating its mailing address in 

997.11(b) and changing the name of the 

‘‘U.S. IOOS Program Office’’ to the ‘‘U.S. 

IOOS Office’’ in 997.20(b), 997.23(f)(5), 

997.23(f)(5), and 997.24(a). These 

changes also do not have substantive 

impacts. 

I. Classifications 

A. Administrative Procedures Act 

This rule pertains solely to the 

renaming of ‘‘Regional Information 

Coordination Entities (RICEs)’’ to 

‘‘Regional Coastal Observing Systems 

(RCOSs)’’ in an existing rule 

necessitated by the Coordinated Ocean 

Observation and Research Act of 2020 

(Pub. L. 116–271, Title I). NOAA also is 

updating its mailing address and 

updating the name of the IOOS Office. 

It makes no changes to the substantive 

legal rights, obligations, or interests of 

affected parties. This rule therefore is a 

‘‘rule of agency organization, procedure 

or practice’’ and is therefore exempt 

from the notice-and-comment 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553 under 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(A). Nor is a 30-day delay 

in effective date required under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d) due to the non-substantive nature 

of this technical amendment. 

B. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Impact 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant within the meaning of 

Executive Order 12866. 

C. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not contain any new or 

revisions to the existing information 

collection requirement that was 

approved by OMB (OMB Control 

Number 0648–0672, Application to be 

Certified as a Regional Information 

Coordination Entity) under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Notwithstanding any 

other provision of the law, no person is 

required to respond to, nor shall any 

person be subject to a penalty for failure 

to comply with, a collection of 

information subject to the requirements 

of the PRA, unless that collection of 

information displays a currently valid 

OMB Control Number. 

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This regulation is exempt from the 

notice and comment provisions of the 

Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 

U.S.C. 553. Therefore, the requirements 

of the Regulatory Flexibility Act do not 

apply, 5 U.S.C. 603(a). No other rule 

requires a regulatory flexibility analysis 

and none has been prepared. 

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 997 

Science and technology. 

Nicole R. LeBoeuf, 

Assistant Administrator, for Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Accordingly, for the reasons set forth 

above, 15 CFR part 997 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 997— REGIONAL COASTAL 

OBSERVING SYSTEM 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 997 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3602–3603. 

■ 2. In part 997: 

■ a. Revise the part heading to read as 

set forth above. 

■ b. Remove the text ‘‘Regional 

Information Coordination Entity (RICE)’’ 

wherever it appears and add in its place 


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