This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

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Vol. 79, No. 179 

Tuesday, September 16, 2014 

1The Simulator Technical Issues Group (STIG) is 

an industry working group organized by Airlines for 

America (A4A) and is attended by multiple airlines, 

simulator manufacturers, simulator data providers, 

airframe manufacturers, and simulator training 

providers. The FAA met with the STIG on August 

20, 2014 to address questions on the NPRM. A 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 60 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0391; Notice No. 

2014–04] 

RIN 2120–AK08 

Flight Simulation Training Device 

Qualification Standards for Extended 

Envelope and Adverse Weather Event 

Training Tasks; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM); extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This action extends the 

comment period for an NPRM that was 

published on July 10, 2014. In that 

document, the FAA proposed new and 

updated flight simulation training 

device (FSTD) technical evaluation 

requirements that are necessary to fully 

implement the training requirements 

recently adopted in the Qualification, 

Service, and Use of Crewmembers and 

Aircraft Dispatchers final rule 

(Crewmember and Aircraft Dispatcher 

Training Final Rule) published on 

November 12, 2013. Additionally, the 

FAA proposed further changes to 

address several NTSB safety 

recommendations, aviation rulemaking 

committee recommendations, and to 

conduct a limited alignment of the part 

60 FSTD technical evaluation 

requirements with that of the latest 

international FSTD evaluation guidance 

document. One airline, an association 

that represents several airlines, and an 

FSTD sponsor have requested that the 

FAA extend the comment period to 

allow time to adequately analyze the 

NPRM and prepare comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

NPRM published on July 10, 2014 (79 

FR 39461), which was scheduled to 

close on October 8, 2014, is hereby 

extended until January 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number FAA– 

2014–0391 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Larry McDonald, Air 

Transportation Division/National 

Simulator Program Branch, AFS–205, 

Federal Aviation Administration, P.O. 

Box 20636, Atlanta, GA 30320; 

telephone (404) 474–5620; email 

larry.e.mcdonald@faa.gov. 

For legal questions concerning this 

action, contact Robert H. Frenzel, 

Manager, Operations Law Branch, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, Regulations 

Division (AGC–200), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–3073; email 

Robert.Frenzel@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the 

‘‘Additional Information’’ section for 

information on how to comment on this 

proposal and how the FAA will handle 

comments received. The ‘‘Additional 

Information’’ section also contains 

related information about the docket, 

privacy, and the handling of proprietary 

or confidential business information. In 

addition, there is information on 

obtaining copies of related rulemaking 

documents. 

Background 

On July 10, 2014, the FAA published 

a notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM), entitled ‘‘Flight Simulation 

Training Device Qualification Standards 

for Extended Envelope and Adverse 

Weather Event Training Tasks’’ (79 FR 

39461). Comments to that document 

were to be received on or before October 

8, 2014. 

By letter dated July 15, 2014, posted 

to the electronic docket for this NPRM, 

American Airlines requested that the 

FAA extend the comment period for the 

NPRM from 90 days to 180 days. The 

commenter stated that additional time is 

necessary to do a ‘‘complete and proper 

analysis of this complex proposed rule.’’ 

By letter dated August 13, 2014, 

posted to the electronic docket for this 

NPRM Airlines for America (A4A), an 

industry group which represents 

multiple airlines that are directly 

affected by this proposal, requested that 

the FAA extend the comment period an 

additional 90 days. The commenter 

stated that additional time is necessary 

to provide meaningful comments on this 

proposed rule. 

By letter dated August 21, 2014 

posted to the electronic docket for this 

NPRM FlightSafety International, an 

FSTD sponsor and flight training 

provider also requested that the FAA 

extend the comment period by 90 days 

in order to thoroughly review the 

proposal, prepare its response and 

submit comments. 

The FAA has reviewed the requests 

for extension and has additionally 

spoken to members of the Simulator 

Technical Issues Group1 (STIG) about 


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summary of FAA’s participation in that meeting has 

been posted to the electronic docket for this NPRM. 

the reasons why an extension is needed. 

Several members of the STIG advised 

that the proposal is very lengthy and 

difficult to directly compare with the 

existing part 60 rule. The FAA 

emphasizes that the primary reason for 

its length is due to the proposal to align 

a portion of the part 60 standards with 

current international FSTD evaluation 

guidelines published in the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO) document 9625 

Edition 3, Manual of Criteria for the 

Qualification of Flight Simulation 

Training Devices (ICAO 9625, Edition 

3). 

The FAA is proposing to align a 

portion of the part 60 standards with the 

ICAO 9625 FSTD evaluation guidance 

document to be responsive to industry’s 

historical requests for the FAA to align 

with the most current international 

standards. Part of the benefits of 

international alignment is to reduce the 

number of differences in regulatory 

requirements between various National 

Aviation Authorities by using a 

common source document. In addition 

to simply aligning with the basic 

requirements of the ICAO 9625 

document, the FAA found that by 

aligning with the document’s format, 

numbering system, and language used 

in many of the tables, differences 

between the part 60 standards and ICAO 

9625 could potentially be minimized 

even further going forward. To 

accomplish this, many of the tables in 

the Qualification Performance 

Standards (QPS) appendices of the 

proposal were completely rewritten as 

compared to the current part 60 QPS 

appendices. 

The FAA concurs with the 

commenters desire to provide the FAA 

with meaningful comments and hereby 

grants the additional 90 days to the 

comment period as requested. To 

further assist the commenters in 

reviewing this proposal, the FAA has 

prepared and submitted to the docket a 

summary matrix that better explains 

where the changes to the tables in the 

QPS appendices were made relative to 

the current part 60 rule (Document # 

FAA–2014–0391–0008 in the electronic 

docket for this NPRM). The FAA also 

arranged to place in the docket a readonly non-printable PDF of a portion of 

ICAO 9625 to be used for reference only. 

The FAA notes that this document will 

be removed from the docket at the end 

of the comment period. With this 

additional information, the FAA finds 

that providing an additional 90 days is 

sufficient for these commenters to 

analyze the NPRM and provide 

meaningful comment. 

Absent unusual circumstances, the 

FAA does not anticipate any further 

extension of the comment period for 

this rulemaking. 

Extension of Comment Period 

In accordance with § 11.47(c) of title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations, the 

FAA has reviewed the comments 

requesting an extension of the comment 

period for Notice No. 2014–04 and has 

determined that extension of the 

comment period is consistent with the 

public interest, and that good cause 

exists for taking this action. 

Accordingly, the comment period for 

Notice No. 2014–04 is extended until 

January 6, 2015. 

Additional Information 

A. Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

participate in this rulemaking by 

submitting written comments, data, or 

views. The agency also invites 

comments relating to the economic, 

environmental, energy, or federalism 

impacts that might result from adopting 

the proposals in this document. The 

most helpful comments reference a 

specific portion of the proposal, explain 

the reason for any recommended 

change, and include supporting data. To 

ensure the docket does not contain 

duplicate comments, commenters 

should send only one copy of written 

comments, or if comments are filed 

electronically, commenters should 

submit only one time. 

The FAA will file in the docket all 

comments it receives, as well as a report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerning 

this proposed rulemaking. Before acting 

on this proposal, the FAA will consider 

all comments it receives on or before the 

closing date for comments. The FAA 

will consider comments filed after the 

comment period has closed if it is 

possible to do so without incurring 

expense or delay. The agency may 

change this proposal in light of the 

comments it receives. 

Proprietary or Confidential Business 

Information: Do not file proprietary or 

confidential business information in the 

docket. Such information must be sent 

or delivered directly to the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document, and marked as proprietary or 

confidential. If submitting information 

on a disk or CD ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD ROM, and identify 

electronically within the disk or CD 

ROM the specific information that is 

proprietary or confidential. 

Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), if the FAA is 

aware of proprietary information filed 

with a comment, the agency does not 

place it in the docket. It is held in a 

separate file to which the public does 

not have access, and the FAA places a 

note in the docket that it has received 

it. If the FAA receives a request to 

examine or copy this information, it 

treats it as any other request under the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). The FAA processes such a request 

under Department of Transportation 

procedures found in 49 CFR part 7. 

B. Availability of Rulemaking 

Documents 

An electronic copy of rulemaking 

documents may be obtained from the 

Internet by— 

1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal (http://www.regulations.gov); 

2. Visiting the FAA’s Regulations and 

Policies Web page at http://

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies or 

3. Accessing the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. 

Copies may also be obtained by 

sending a request to the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking, ARM–1, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, or 

by calling (202) 267–9680. Commenters 

must identify the docket or notice 

number of this rulemaking. 

All documents the FAA considered in 

developing this proposed rule, 

including economic analyses and 

technical reports, may be accessed from 

the Internet through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal referenced in item 

(1) above. 

Issued under authority provided by 49 

U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), 44703, and Public 

Law 111–216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 

44701 note) in Washington, DC, on 

September 10, 2014. 

Brenda D. Courtney, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

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