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Friday, September 7, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 121 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0429] 

Airbus Operations GmbH Grant of 

Exemption No. 10611 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of FAA Grant of 

Exemption No. 10611 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

summary of the agency’s decision on a 

petition for exemption. The purpose of 

the document is to improve the public’s 

awareness and inform affected operators 

of the FAA’s decision. 

DATES: The exemption became effective 

on August 28, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Shaver, (202) 267–4059, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, or 

Katie Haley, (202) 493–5708, Office of 

Rulemaking, ARM–207, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

ADDRESSES: Availability of the notice of 

exemption: You can obtain an electronic 

copy of this document or Exemption No. 

10611 by— 

1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov; 

2. Accessing the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ 

collection.action?collectionCode=FR; or 

3. Contacting the person identified in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this document. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Grant of Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2012–0429. 

Petitioner: Airbus Operations GmbH. 

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: Part 121. 

On August 28, 2012, the FAA granted 

an exemption in the matter of the 

petition of Airbus Operations GmbH. 

The exemption from 14 CFR 121.344(f) 

and Appendix M is granted to the extent 

necessary to allow the operators of the 

Airbus model 318, 319, 320 and 321 

airplanes listed in Exemption No. 10611 

to temporarily operate these airplanes 

without complying with the digital 

flight data recorder sampling rate 

requirement, subject to the conditions 

and limitations listed in the exemption. 

Among other conditions and 

limitations, each operator of an affected 

airplane must, within 90 days of 

issuance of the exemption (August 28, 

2012), submit a letter to its principal 

inspector that, among other things, 

includes a request to use Exemption No. 

10611. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 4, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22095 Filed 9–6–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 121 and 129 

[Docket No. FAA–2006–24281; Amendment 

Nos. 121–360A, 129–51A] 

RIN 2120–AI05 

Aging Airplane Program: Widespread 

Fatigue Damage; Correction 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment; correction. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a 

technical amendment published May 

24, 2012 to a final rule published 

November 15, 2010. The final rule 

required design approval holders of 

certain existing airplanes and all 

applicants for type certificates of future 

transport category airplanes to establish 

a limit of validity of the engineering 

data that supports the structural 

maintenance program (hereinafter 

referred to as LOV). It also required that 

operators of any affected airplane 

incorporate the LOV into the 

maintenance program for that airplane. 

The technical amendment to the final 

rule was issued to correct errors, but 

within its publication, it contained 

inadvertent errors due to pagination in 

two tables. This document corrects the 

errors in those tables. 

DATES: This corrective action becomes 

effective September 7, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Walter Sippel, ANM– 

115, Airframe/Cabin Safety Branch, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 1601 

Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057– 

3356; telephone (425) 227–2774; 

facsimile (425) 227–1232; email 

walter.sippel@faa.gov. 

For legal questions concerning this 

action, contact Doug Anderson, Office of 

Regional Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, WA 98057–3356; telephone 

(425) 227–2166; facsimile (425) 227– 

1007; email douglas.anderson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 24, 2012, the FAA published 

a technical amendment to a final rule. 

The technical amendment is entitled 

‘‘Aging Airplane Program: Widespread 

Fatigue Damage’’ (77 FR 30877), which 

corrected a final rule published 

November 15, 2010 (75 FR 69746). 

In that technical amendment, the FAA 

intended to correct compliance dates of 

§§ 26.21, 121.1115, and 129.115 for 

Airbus A310 and A300–600 series 

airplanes. Upon publication, however, 

the technical amendment contained 

inadvertent errors due to pagination in 

two of the tables. 

Accordingly, FAA amends 14 CFR 

parts 121 and 129 by making the 

following technical amendments: 

PART 121—OPERATING 

REQUIREMENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG, 

AND SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 121 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 40119, 

41706, 44101, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709– 

44711, 44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 46105. 

■ 2. In § 121.1115, revise the table 

entitled ‘‘Table 1—Airplane Subject to 

§ 26.21’’ to read as follows: 

§ 121.1115 Limit of validity. 

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TABLE 1—AIRPLANES SUBJECT TO § 26.21 

Airplane model Compliance date—months after 

January 14, 2011 

Default LOV 

[flight cycles (FC) 

or flight hours (FH)] 

Airbus—Existing 1 Models Only: 

A300 B2–1A, B2–1C, B2K–3C, B2–203 ........................................................... 30 ............................................... 48,000 FC 

A300 B4–2C, B4–103 ....................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 40,000 FC 

A300 B4–203 .................................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 34,000 FC 

A300–600 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 30,000 FC/67,500 FH 

A310–200 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 40,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A310–300 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 35,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A318 Series ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A319 Series ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A320–100 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/48,000 FH 

A320–200 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A321 Series ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A330–200, –300 Series (except WV050 family) (non enhanced) .................... 60 ............................................... 40,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A330–200, –300 Series WV050 family (enhanced) ......................................... 60 ............................................... 33,000 FC/100,000 FH 

A330–200 Freighter Series ............................................................................... 60 ............................................... See NOTE. 

A340–200, –300 Series (except WV 027 and WV050 family) (non enhanced) 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC/80,000 FH 

A340–200, –300 Series WV 027 (non enhanced) ............................................ 60 ............................................... 30,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A340–300 Series WV050 family (enhanced) .................................................... 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC/100,000 FH 

A340–500, –600 Series .................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 16,600 FC/100,000 FH 

A380–800 Series ............................................................................................... 72 ............................................... See NOTE. 

Boeing—Existing 1 Models Only: 

717 .................................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 60,000 FC/60,000 FH 

727 (all series) .................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 60,000 FC 

737 (Classics): 737–100, –200, –200C, –300, –400, –500 .............................. 30 ............................................... 75,000 FC 

737 (NG): 737–600, –700, –700C, –800, –900, -900ER ................................. 60 ............................................... 75,000 FC 

747 (Classics): 747–100, –100B, –100B SUD, -200B, –200C, –200F, –300, 

747SP, 747SR.

30 ............................................... 20,000 FC 

747–400: 747–400, –400D, –400F ................................................................... 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC 

757 .................................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 50,000 FC 

767 .................................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 50,000 FC 

777–200, –300 .................................................................................................. 60 ............................................... 40,000 FC 

777–200LR, 777–300ER ................................................................................... 72 ............................................... 40,000 FC 

777F .................................................................................................................. 72 ............................................... 11,000 FC 

Bombardier—Existing 1 Models Only: 

CL–600: 2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), 2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) .... 72 ............................................... 60,000 FC 

Embraer—Existing 1 Models Only: 

ERJ 170 ............................................................................................................ 72 ............................................... See NOTE. 

ERJ 190 ............................................................................................................ 72 ............................................... See NOTE. 

Fokker—Existing 1 Models Only: 

F.28 Mark 0070, Mark 0100 ............................................................................. 30 ............................................... 90,000 FC 

Lockheed—Existing 1 Models Only: 

L–1011 .............................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 36,000 FC 

188 .................................................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 26,600 FC 

382 (all series) .................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 20,000 FC/50,000 FH 

McDonnell Douglas—Existing 1 Models Only: 

DC–8, –8F ......................................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 50,000 FC/50,000 FH 

DC–9 (except for MD–80 models) .................................................................... 30 ............................................... 100,000 FC/100,000 FH 

MD–80 (DC–9–81, –82, –83, –87, MD–88) ...................................................... 30 ............................................... 50,000 FC/50,000 FH 

MD–90 ............................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 60,000 FC/90,000 FH 

DC–10–10, –15 ................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 42,000 FC/60,000 FH 

DC–10–30, –40, –10F, –30F, –40F .................................................................. 30 ............................................... 30,000 FC/60,000 FH 

MD–10–10F ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 42,000 FC/60,000 FH 

MD–10–30F ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 30,000 FC/60,000 FH 

MD–11, MD–11F ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC/60,000 FH 

Maximum Takeoff Gross Weight Changes: 

All airplanes whose maximum takeoff gross weight has been decreased to 

75,000 pounds or below after January 14, 2011, or increased to greater 

than 75,000 pounds at any time by an amended type certificate or supplemental type certificate.

30, or within 12 months after 

the LOV is approved, or before operating the airplane, 

whichever occurs latest.

Not applicable. 

All Other Airplane Models (TCs and amended TCs) not Listed in Table 2 ............. 72, or within 12 months after 

the LOV is approved, or before operating the airplane, 

whichever occurs latest.

Not applicable. 

1Type certificated as of January 14, 2011. 

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PART 129—OPERATIONS: FOREIGN 

AIR CARRIERS AND FOREIGN 

OPERATORS OF U.S.-REGISTERED 

AIRCRAFT ENGAGED IN COMMON 

CARRIAGE 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 129 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1372, 40113, 40119, 

44101, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709–44711, 

44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 44901–44904, 

44906, 44912, 46105, Pub. L. 107–71 sec. 

104. 

■ 4. In § 129.115, revise the table 

entitled ‘‘Table 1—Airplane Subject to 

26.21’’ to read as follows: 

§ 129.115 Limit of validity. 

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TABLE 1—AIRPLANES SUBJECT TO § 26.21 

Airplane model Compliance Date—months after 

January 14, 2011 

Default LOV 

[flight cycles (FC) 

or flight hours (FH)] 

Airbus—Existing 1 Models Only: 

A300 B2–1A, B2–1C, B2K–3C, B2–203 ........................................................... 30 ............................................... 48,000 FC 

A300 B4–2C, B4–103 ....................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 40,000 FC 

A300 B4–203 .................................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 34,000 FC 

A300–600 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 30,000 FC/67,500 FH 

A310–200 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 40,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A310–300 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 35,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A318 Series ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A319 Series ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A320–100 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/48,000 FH 

A320–200 Series ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A321 Series ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 48,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A330–200, –300 Series (except WV050 family) (non enhanced) .................... 60 ............................................... 40,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A330–200, –300 Series WV050 family (enhanced) ......................................... 60 ............................................... 33,000 FC/100,000 FH 

A330–200 Freighter Series ............................................................................... 60 ............................................... See NOTE. 

A340–200, –300 Series (except WV 027 and WV050 family) (non enhanced) 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC/80,000 FH 

A340–200, –300 Series WV 027 (non enhanced) ............................................ 60 ............................................... 30,000 FC/60,000 FH 

A340–300 Series WV050 family (enhanced) .................................................... 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC/100,000 FH 

A340–500, –600 Series .................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 16,600 FC/100,000 FH 

A380–800 Series ............................................................................................... 72 ............................................... See NOTE. 

Boeing—Existing 1 Models Only: 

717 .................................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 60,000 FC/60,000 FH 

727 (all series) .................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 60,000 FC 

737 (Classics): 737–100, –200, –200C, –300, –400, –500 .............................. 30 ............................................... 75,000 FC 

737 (NG): 737–600, –700, –700C, –800, –900, –900ER ................................. 60 ............................................... 75,000 FC 

747 (Classics): 747–100, –100B, –100B SUD, -200B, –200C, –200F, –300, 

747SP, 747SR.

30 ............................................... 20,000 FC 

747–400: 747–400, –400D, –400F ................................................................... 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC 

757 .................................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 50,000 FC 

767 .................................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 50,000 FC 

777–200, –300 .................................................................................................. 60 ............................................... 40,000 FC 

777–200LR, 777–300ER ................................................................................... 72 ............................................... 40,000 FC 

777F .................................................................................................................. 72 ............................................... 11,000 FC 

Bombardier—Existing 1 Models Only: 

CL–600: 2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), 2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) .... 72 ............................................... 60,000 FC 

Embraer—Existing 1 Models Only: 

ERJ 170 ............................................................................................................ 72 ............................................... See NOTE. 

ERJ 190 ............................................................................................................ 72 ............................................... See NOTE. 

Fokker—Existing 1 Models Only: 

F.28 Mark 0070, Mark 0100 ............................................................................. 30 ............................................... 90,000 FC 

Lockheed—Existing 1 Models Only: 

L–1011 .............................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 36,000 FC 

188 .................................................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 26,600 FC 

382 (all series) .................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 20,000 FC/50,000 FH 

McDonnell Douglas—Existing 1 Models Only: 

DC–8, –8F ......................................................................................................... 30 ............................................... 50,000 FC/50,000 FH 

DC–9 (except for MD–80 models) .................................................................... 30 ............................................... 100,000 FC/100,000 FH 

MD–80 (DC–9–81, –82, –83, –87, MD–88) ...................................................... 30 ............................................... 50,000 FC/50,000 FH 

MD–90 ............................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 60,000 FC/90,000 FH 

DC–10–10, –15 ................................................................................................. 30 ............................................... 42,000 FC/60,000 FH 

DC–10–30, –40, –10F, –30F, –40F .................................................................. 30 ............................................... 30,000 FC/60,000 FH 

MD–10–10F ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 42,000 FC/60,000 FH 

MD–10–30F ....................................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 30,000 FC/60,000 FH 

MD–11, MD–11F ............................................................................................... 60 ............................................... 20,000 FC/60,000 FH 

Maximum Takeoff Gross Weight Changes: 

All airplanes whose maximum takeoff gross weight has been decreased to 

75,000 pounds or below after January 14, 2011, or increased to greater 

than 75,000 pounds at any time by an amended type certificate or supplemental type certificate.

30, or within 12 months after 

the LOV is approved, or before operating the airplane, 

whichever occurs latest.

Not applicable. 


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1The FAA published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed the changes to 

part 420 that the FAA is now adopting. Explosive 

Siting Requirements, 76 FR 8923 (Feb. 16, 2011). 

TABLE 1—AIRPLANES SUBJECT TO § 26.21—Continued 

Airplane model Compliance Date—months after 

January 14, 2011 

Default LOV 

[flight cycles (FC) 

or flight hours (FH)] 

All Other Airplane Models (TCs and amended TCs) not Listed in Table 2 ..... 72, or within 12 months after 

the LOV is approved, or before operating the airplane, 

whichever occurs latest.

Not applicable. 

1Type certificated as of January 14, 2011. 

Note: Airplane operation limitation is stated in the Airworthiness Limitation section. 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22090 Filed 9–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 420 

[Docket No. FAA–2011–0105; Amdt. No. 

420–6] 

RIN 2120–AJ73 

Explosive Siting Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends the 

requirements for siting explosives under 

a license to operate a launch site. It 

increases flexibility for launch site 

operators in site planning for the storage 

and handling of energetic liquids and 

explosives. 

DATES: Effective November 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: For information on where to 

obtain copies of rulemaking documents 

and other information related to this 

final rule, see ‘‘How To Obtain 

Additional Information’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this final 

rule contact Yvonne Tran, Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–7908; facsimile 

(202) 267–5463, email 

yvonne.tran@faa.gov. For legal 

questions concerning this final rule 

contact Laura Montgomery, AGC 200, 

Senior Attorney for Commercial Space 

Transportation, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–3150; facsimile 

(202) 267–7971, email 

laura.montgomery@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

The Commercial Space Launch Act of 

1984, as amended and re-codified at 51 

United States Code (U.S.C.) Subtitle V— 

Commercial Space Transportation, 

ch.509, Commercial Space Launch 

Activities, 51 U.S.C. 50901–50923 (the 

Act), authorizes the Department of 

Transportation (DOT) and thus the FAA, 

through delegations, to oversee, license, 

and regulate commercial launch and 

reentry activities, and the operation of 

launch and reentry sites as carried out 

by U.S. citizens or within the United 

States. 51 U.S.C. 50904, 50905. 

Authority for this particular rulemaking 

is derived from 51 U.S.C. 50905, which 

requires that the FAA issue a license to 

operate a launch site consistent with 

public health and safety. See also 49 

U.S.C. 322(a), 51 U.S.C. 50901(a)(7). 

Section 50901(a)(7) directs the FAA to 

regulate only to the extent necessary to, 

in relevant part, protect the public 

health and safety and safety of property. 

I. Overview of Final Rule 

This final rule amends part 420 of 

Title 14 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (14 CFR) Chapter III, 

updating the FAA’s requirements for 

how to site explosives under a license 

to operate a launch site.1 Part 420 

establishes criteria for siting facilities at 

a launch site where solid propellants, 

energetic liquids, or other explosives are 

located to prepare launch vehicles and 

payloads for flight. These criteria are 

commonly referred to as quantitydistance (Q–D) requirements because 

they provide minimum separation 

distances between explosive hazard 

facilities, surrounding facilities and 

locations where the public may be 

present on the basis of the type and 

quantity of solid propellants, energetic 

liquids, and other explosives located 

within the area. Minimum separation 

distances are necessary to protect the 

public from explosive hazards. 

The FAA is making a number of 

changes consistent with the goals of 

Executive Order 13610, Identifying and 

Reducing Regulatory Burdens, 77 FR 

28469 (May 14, 2012). First, the FAA is 

dispensing with its separation distance 

requirements at launch sites for storing 

liquid oxygen, nitrogen tetroxide, 

hydrogen peroxide in concentrations 

equal to or below 91 percent, and 

refined petroleum-1 (RP–1). If these 

energetic liquids are not within an 

intraline distance of an incompatible 

energetic liquid or co-located on a 

launch vehicle, the FAA is no longer 

imposing public area separation 

distances because the current separation 

requirements for storing these energetic 

liquids unnecessarily duplicate the 

requirements of the Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration. Second, the 

FAA is decreasing the separation 

distances required for division 1.1 

explosives and liquid propellants with 

trinitrotoluene (TNT) equivalents of less 

than or equal to 450 pounds. Although 

decreased, the revised separation 

requirements will continue to protect 

against hazardous fragments, which are 

defined as having a kinetic energy of 58 

foot-pounds, which is a level of kinetic 

energy capable of causing a fatality. The 

probability of a person six feet tall and 

one foot wide being struck by a 

hazardous fragment at a given 

separation from a given net explosive 

weight (NEW) is one percent, which is 

an equivalent level of safety to today’s 

separation distances. Third, the FAA is 

reducing the separation distances for the 

storage and handling of division 1.3 

explosives, while maintaining a level of 

safety equivalent to current 

requirements. Fourth, the FAA is 

eliminating its own separation distance 

requirements for storing liquid oxidizers 

and Class I, II and III flammable and 

combustible liquids because they 

duplicate the requirements of other 

regulatory regimes. Consistent with the 


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