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§ 147.23 Instructor requirements.

An applicant for an aviation

maintenance technician school

certificate and rating, or for an

additional rating, must provide the

number of instructors, determined by

the Administrator to be sufficient to

provide adequate supervision of the

students, who hold appropriate aviation

maintenance technician or aviation

maintenance technician (transport)

certificates with aviation maintenance

instructor ratings; the instructors shall

be provided after [date 12 months after

the effective date of the final rule], and

shall include at least 1 aviation

maintenance technician with an

aviation maintenance instructor rating

or 1 aviation maintenance technician

(transport) with an aviation

maintenance instructor rating for each

25 students in each shop class.

However, the applicant may provide

specialized instructors who are not

certificated aviation maintenance

technicians or aviation maintenance

technicians (transport) to teach

mathematics, physics, basic electricity,

basic hydraulics, drawing, or similar

subjects. The applicant is required to

maintain a list of the names and

qualifications of specialized instructors

and, upon request, provide a copy of the

list to the FAA.

12. Section 147.36 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 147.36 Maintenance instructor

requirements.

Each certificated aviation

maintenance technician school shall,

after certification or addition of a rating,

continue to provide the number of

instructors that the Administrator

deems sufficient to provide adequate

instruction to the students and who

hold appropriate aviation maintenance

technician or aviation maintenance

technician (transport) certificates with

aviation maintenance instructor ratings,

including after [date 12 months after the

effective date of the final rule], at least

1 certificated aviation maintenance

instructor for each 25 students in each

shop class. The school may continue to

provide specialized instructors who are

not certificated aviation maintenance

technicians or aviation maintenance

technicians (transport) to teach

mathematics, physics, basic electricity,

basic hydraulics, drawing, or similar

subjects.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26,

1998.

Ava L. Mims,

Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17589 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

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14 CFR Parts 65 and 66

[Docket No. 27863; Notice No. 98–5]

RIN 2120–AF22

Revision of Certification

Requirements: Mechanics and

Repairmen

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking

(NPRM); withdrawal.

SUMMARY: This document withdraws a

previously published NPRM (59 FR

42430, August 17, 1994) that proposed

to amend the Federal Aviation

Regulations that prescribe the

certification requirements for mechanics

and repairmen. That NPRM was the

result of the completion of the phase I

review of the certification requirements

for mechanics and repairmen by the

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee (ARAC), Part 65 Working

Group. Since the publication of that

NPRM, the ARAC completed their phase

II review of the certification

requirements for mechanics and

repairmen. Based on the phase II

review, the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) has developed a

new proposal, published elsewhere in

this separate part of the Federal

Register, that includes many of the

proposals set forth in the previously

published notice and additional

proposals resulting from the completion

of phase II review. In an effort to avoid

confusion in the aviation maintenance

community, and to ensure that adequate

notice and comment are provided, the

FAA has determined that the two

proposals should be reconciled and

consolidated into a single NPRM

containing both sets of proposals.

DATES: The proposed rule published at

59 FR 42430 is withdrawn July 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leslie K. Vipond (AFS–350),

Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance

Division, Flight Standards Service,

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202)

267–3269.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

17, 1994, the FAA published Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking No. 94–27 (59 FR

42430) to propose amendments to 14

CFR part 65 and create 14 CFR part 66.

The FAA invited public comment to

this proposal, and the comment period

closed on October 17, 1994. The

proposed rule would revise the

certification requirements for mechanics

and repairmen based on

recommendations from the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC), Part 65 Working Group, made

after completion of phase I of the FAA

review of the certification requirements

for these personnel.

Since the NPRM was issued, the

ARAC has completed phase II of its

regulatory review of these certification

requirements. Implementation of the

proposals made during phase II of the

ARAC review would cause significant

changes to the format and content of

part 66, as proposed in the previously

published NPRM. The new proposals

would result in the creation of new

subparts in proposed part 66 for the

aviation maintenance technician

(transport) certificate and inspection

authorization, the addition of a separate

rating for aviation maintenance

instructors, and the creation of an

additional aviation repair specialist

certificate.

The creation of part 66, as set forth in

the previously published NPRM,

followed by a series of sweeping

changes to implement the additional

proposals made after the completion of

phase II of the ARAC regulatory review,

would cause unnecessary confusion in

the aviation maintenance community

and hinder the implementation of the

changes. Such changes can be more

easily reconciled before the publication

of a final rule.

Therefore, in an effort to avoid

confusion in the implementation of the

final rule, the FAA has determined that

the changes proposed in Notice No. 94–

27 and the additional changes proposed

as a result of recommendations made at

the completion of phase II of the

regulatory review should be reconciled

and consolidated into a single NPRM

containing both sets of proposals.

Accordingly Notice No. 94–27,

published on August 17, 1994 (59 FR

42430), is withdrawn.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26,

1998.

Ava L. Mims,

Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.

[FR Doc. 98–17590 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

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