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[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10107-10108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5432]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Aircraft Mechanical Fasteners

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration.

ACTION: Notice of availability for public comment.

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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

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Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone (202) 267-
9546.

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 815, 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

    The FAA established the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee 
(ARAC) in January 1991 to provide an ongoing mechanism to accept 
recommendations from the aviation industry in the regulatory process 
(56 FR 2190; January 22, 1991; and 58 FR 9230; February 19, 1993). In 
March 1993, the FAA established the Parts Working Group as part of ARAC 
(58 FR 16572; March 29, 1993). The Parts Working Group was tasked with 
recommending to ARAC new regulations and guidance material, as 
appropriate, pertaining to the issuance and administration of approvals 
of replacement and modification parts for civil aircraft. The proposed 
TSO in this notice is based on a draft proposed TSO developed by the 
Parts Working Group and recommended to the FAA by the ARAC.
    The standards of proposed TSO-C148 apply to types of mechanical 
fasteners intended for tension and/or shear applications in the 
manufacture and maintenance of aircraft products. The standards are 
also adaptable to fasteners of proprietary designs. Proposed TSO-C148 
provides alternative requirements for marking each individual fastener 
in lieu of the marking specified by 14 CFR Sec. 21.607(d).

How To Obtain Copies

    A copy of the proposed TSO-C148 may be obtained by contacting FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26, 1997.
Todd B. Thompson,
Acting Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-5432 Filed 3-4-97; 8:45 am]
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