Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 43 / Wednesday, March 5, 1997 / Notices 10107

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Fitness Determination of Casino

Airlines, Inc.

AGENCY: Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of order to show cause

(Order 97–2–30).

SUMMARY: The Department of

Transportation is proposing to find that

Casino Airlines, Inc., is fit, willing, and

able, to provide commuter air service

under 49 U.S.C. 41738.

DATES: Persons wishing to file

objections should do so no later than

March 14, 1997.

RESPONSES: All interested persons

wishing to respond to the Department of

Transportation’s tentative fitness

determination should file their

responses with James A. Lawyer, Air

Carrier Fitness Division, X–56, Room

6401, Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, and serve them on all persons

listed in Attachment A to the order.

Responses should be filed no later than

March 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James A. Lawyer, Air Carrier Fitness

Division (X–56, Room 6401), U.S.

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, (202) 366–1064.

Dated: February 27, 1997.

Patrick V. Murphy,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation and

International Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–5360 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft Fluorescent Lighting Ballast/

Fixture

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability for public

comment.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of and request comments on

a proposed technical standard order

(TSO) pertaining to aircraft fluorescent

ballast/fixture. The proposed TSO

prescribes the minimum performance

standards that aircraft fluorescent

ballast/fixture must meet to be

identified with the marking ‘‘TSO–

C141.’’

DATES: Comments must identify the

TSO file number and be received on or

before June 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the

proposed technical standard order to:

Technical Programs and Continued

Airworthiness Branch, AIR–120,

Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft

Certification Service—File No. TSO–

C141, Federal Aviation Administration,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591. Or deliver

comments to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Room 804, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Bobbie J. Smith, Technical Program

and Continued Airworthiness Branch,

AIR–120, Aircraft Engineering Division,

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, Telephone (202)

267–9546.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

Interested persons are invited to

comment on the proposed TSO listed in

this notice by submitting such written

data, views, or arguments as they desire

to the above specified address.

Comments received on the proposed

technical standard order may be

examined, before and after the comment

closing date, in Room 804, FAA

Headquarters Building (FOB–10A), 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, weekdays

except Federal holidays, between 8:30

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All communications

received on or before the closing date

for comments specified above will be

considered by the Director of the

Aircraft Certification Service before

issuing the final TSO.

Background

In June 1991, the FAA requested that

the Society of Automotive Engineers

(SAE) develop an aerospace standard

(AS) for fluorescent lighting systems.

This action was prompted by an

unsatisfactory service history of this

equipment when installed in aircraft.

In the past ten years, the Federal

Aviation Administration (FAA) has

issued at least five Airworthiness

Directives (AD) against various cabin

fluorescent lighting systems. These AD’s

corrected unsafe conditions that

resulted in smoke, fire, or

electromagnetic interference to essential

airplane systems caused by failure

conditions of the cabin fluorescent

lighting system. The failure conditions

generally consisted of failures in the

inverters, transformer (ballast) units, or

the lamp connector interface.

The resulting document developed by

SAE is AS 4914, aircraft Fluorescent

Lighting Ballast/Fixture Safety Design

Standard. This is the referenced

document in proposed TSO–C141.

How To Obtain Copies

A copy of the proposed TSO–C141

may be obtained by contacting FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Copies

of Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

(SAE) Aerospace Standard (AS) 4914

may be purchased from SAE, Inc., 400

Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA

15096–0001. Copies of RTCA Document

No. DO–160C, ‘‘Environmental

Conditions and Test Procedures for

Airborne Equipment, ‘‘dated December

1989, may be purchased from the RCTA

Inc., 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW.,

Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20036.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24,

1997.

Brian A. Yanez,

Acting Manager, Aircraft Engineering

Division, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 97–5434 Filed 3–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Aircraft Mechanical Fasteners

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability for public

comment.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of and requests comments

on a proposed Technical Standard

Order pertaining to aircraft mechanical

fasteners. The proposed TSO prescribes

the regulatory performance standards

that manufacturer-specified parts and

appliances must meet to be identified

with the marking ‘‘TSO–C148.’’

DATES: Comments must identify the

TSO file number and be received on or

before May 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the

proposed technical standard order to:

Technical Programs and Continued

Airworthiness Branch, AIR–120,

Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft

Certification Service—File No. TSO–

C148, Federal Aviation Administration,

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591. Or deliver

comments to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Room 815, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Bobbie J. Smith, Technical Programs

and Continued Airworthiness Branch,

AIR–120, Aircraft Engineering Division,

Aircraft Certification Service, Federal

Aviation Administration, 800