Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 1998 / Proposed Rules 3491

TABLE 1—Continued

Stage P/N S/N

12 ............... 772512 S01971

12 ............... 772512 S01980

12 ............... 772512 S01994

12 ............... 772512 S02002

12 ............... 772512 S02007

12 ............... 772512 S19593

12 ............... 772512 S19644

12 ............... 772512 S19843

12 ............... 772512 S51370

12 ............... 772512 S51437

12 ............... 772512 S51514

12 ............... 772512 S51519

12 ............... 772512 S51560

12 ............... 772512 S51571

12 ............... 772512 S78825

12 ............... 772512 S78841

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0009

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0045

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0051

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0060

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0073

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0077

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0082

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0142

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0155

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0290

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0293

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0361

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0428

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0586

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0618

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0647

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0735

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0747

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0942

12 ............... 798512 B212AA0974

12 ............... 798512 B212AA1031

12 ............... 798512 B212AA1062

12 ............... 798512 B212AA1098

12 ............... 798512 B212AA1173

12 ............... 798512 BENCAH1931

12 ............... 798512 BENCAH4104

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ4925

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ6158

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ7821

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ8115

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ9478

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ9497

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ9503

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ9530

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ9617

12 ............... 798512 BENCAJ9673

12 ............... 798512 BENCAK0455

12 ............... 798512 BENCAK2377

12 ............... 798512 BENCAK4552

12 ............... 798512 BENCAK5787

12 ............... 798512 BENCAK8605

12 ............... 798512 BENCAK9227

12 ............... 798512 BENCAL1655

12 ............... 798512 BENCAL2487

12 ............... 798512 BENCAL4173

12 ............... 798512 BENCAL6328

12 ............... 798512 BENCAL6602

12 ............... 798512 M86993

12 ............... 798512 N42703

12 ............... 798512 N42708

12 ............... 798512 N57617

12 ............... 798512 N57629

12 ............... 798512 N80087

12 ............... 798512 N80088

12 ............... 798512 N98138

12 ............... 798512 N99136

TABLE 1—Continued

Stage P/N S/N

12 ............... 798512 N99144

12 ............... 798512 P53305

12 ............... 798512 P76909

12 ............... 798512 P76916

12 ............... 798512 P77722

12 ............... 798512 P78317

12 ............... 798512 R17334

12 ............... 798512 R46556

12 ............... 798512 R46562

12 ............... 798512 R73201

12 ............... 798512 R74214

12 ............... 798512 S02217

12 ............... 798512 S02254

12 ............... 798512 S51853

12 ............... 798512 S79575

12 ............... 798512 S94530

12 ............... 798512 S94534

12 ............... 798512 S94538

12 ............... 798512 S94539

12 ............... 798512 S94569

12 ............... 798512 S94579

12 ............... 798512 S94590

12 ............... 798512 S94615

12 ............... 798512 T19187

12 ............... 798512 T19213

12 ............... 798512 T19220

12 ............... 798512 T19242

12 ............... 798512 T19277

12 ............... 798512 T19292

12 ............... 798512 T19314

12 ............... 798512 T28638

12 ............... 798512 T43059

(b) For the purpose of this AD, a shop

visit is defined as an engine removal,

where engine maintenance entails

separation of pairs of major mating

engine flanges or the removal of a disk,

hub, or spool regardless of other

planned maintenance.

(c) The accomplishment of the

inspections and repairs specified in this

AD must be performed at Greenwich Air

Services Inc., certificate number

RA1R445K of Dallas, Texas. Operators

wishing to use another facility to

perform the required inspections and

repairs must apply for an alternate

method of compliance in accordance

with paragraph (d) of this AD.

(d) An alternative method of

compliance or adjustment of the

compliance time that provides an

acceptable level of safety may be used

if approved by the Manager, Engine

Certification Office. Operators shall

submit their request through an

appropriate FAA Principal Maintenance

Inspector, who may add comments and

then send it to the Manager, Engine

Certification Office.

Note 2: Information concerning the

existence of approved alternative

methods of compliance with this

airworthiness directive, if any, may be

obtained from the Engine Certification

Office.

(e) Special flight permits may be

issued in accordance with sections

21.197 and 21.199 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197

and 21.199) to operate the aircraft to a

location where the inspection

requirements of this AD can be

accomplished.

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on

January 8, 1998.

James C. Jones,

Assistant Manager, Engine and Propeller

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 98–1483 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

14 CFR Part 255

[Docket No. OST–97–2881]

RIN 2105–AC65

Computer Reservations System (CRS)

Regulations (Part 255)

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (DOT).

ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed

rulemaking; notice extending reply

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Department began a

rulemaking to determine whether it

should continue or modify its existing

rules governing airline computer

reservations systems (CRSs). On

September 10, 1997, the Department

published an advance notice of

proposed rulemaking asking for

comments on that matter. The

Department is now extending the due

date for reply comments on the advance

notice to February 3, 1998, from the

current due date, January 23. The

Department is acting due to a party’s

request for an extension based on the

complexity of the issues and the large

number of comments.

DATES: Comments are due by February

3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Reply comments must be

filed in Room PL–401, Docket OST–97–

2881, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 7th St. SW.,

Washington , DC 20590. Late filed

comments will be considered to the

extent possible. To facilitate

consideration of comments, each

commenter should file six copies of its

comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas Ray, Office of the General

Counsel, 400 Seventh St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–4731.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department’s rules governing CRS
3492 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 1998 / Proposed Rules

1 61 FR 19869 (May 3, 1996).

2Pub. L. No. 102–546, § 217, 106 Stat. 3590

(1992).

3For the purposes of this release, the term

committee generally will be used to include

governing boards, disciplinary committees and

oversight panels unless otherwise specified. This

proposed rulemaking’s definitions of governing

board, disciplinary committee, oversight panel and

SRO are discussed below in Section III.A.

4 61 FR 19869 (May 3, 1996). In that same Federal

Register release, the Commission also published for

public comment a proposed new Regulation 156.4

which required contract markets to make more

readily available to the public the identity of

members of broker associations at their respective

exchanges. The Commission adopted Regulation

156.4, with minor modifications, on August 2, 1996.

61 FR 41496 (August 9, 1996).

operations—14 CFR part 255—will

expire on March 31, 1999, unless the

Department readopts them or changes

the rules’ termination date to a later

date. 62 FR 66272, December 18, 1997.

We published an advance notice of

proposed rulemaking to begin a

proceeding for reexamining the rules

and determining whether they should

be readopted and, if so, whether they

should be changed. 62 FR 47606,

September 10, 1997. Under our

modified schedule, the reply comments

are due January 23 (the comments were

due December 9). 62 FR 58700, October

30, 1997.

American Airlines, the principal

owner of Sabre, the largest system and

a major user of every system’s services,

has asked us to change the due date for

reply comments to February 3, 1998 (as

requested by our staff, American served

its request on every commenter, so that

all parties will be aware of its request).

American notes that many comments

were filed in response to our advance

notice, that those comments raised a

number of complex issues, and that

some parties did not file their comments

until well after the due date for

comments. American contends that an

extension of time for the reply

comments is needed to ensure that all

interested persons have a reasonable

opportunity to review the initial

comments and to prepare their reply

comments. We intend to complete our

rulemaking as soon as reasonably

possible, given the impact of computer

reservations system practices on airline

competition, the public’s ability to

obtain accurate and complete

information on airline services, and the

airline and travel agency businesses. We

have nonetheless decided to grant the

short extension requested by American.

Many parties filed comments, and those

comments dealt with a number of

difficult issues. We are likely to have a

better record for preparing a notice of

proposed rulemaking if we enable the

parties to prepare reply comments that

discuss in depth all of the issues. We

will therefore extend the due date for

reply comments to February 3.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 16,

1998.

Nancy E. McFadden,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–1595 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

17 CFR Part 1

Voting by Interested Members of SelfRegulatory Organization Governing

Boards and Committees

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: On May 3, 1996, the

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) published

for comment in the Federal Register a

proposed new Regulation 1.69 1 that

would implement the statutory

directives of Section 5a(a)(17) of the

Commodity Exchange Act (‘‘CEA’’) as it

was amended by Section 217 of the

Futures Trading Practices Act of 1992

(‘‘FTPA’’).2 The Commission received

eleven comment letters in response to

the proposed rulemaking. Based upon

those comments, the Commission has

amended its proposed rulemaking and

has determined to publish a revised

proposed rulemaking for additional

public comment.

Proposed Commission Regulation

1.69 would require self-regulatory

organizations (‘‘SRO’’) to adopt rules

prohibiting governing board,

disciplinary committee, and oversight

panel members from deliberating or

voting on certain matters where the

member had either a relationship with

the matter’s named party in interest or

a financial interest in the matter’s

outcome. The proposed rulemaking also

would amend Commission Regulations

1.41 and 1.63 to make modifications

made necessary by proposed

Commission Regulation 1.69.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

and rule amendments must be received

by February 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David P. Van Wagner, Special Counsel,

Division of Trading and Markets,

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,

1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20581; Telephone: (202) 418–5481.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 217 of the FTPA amended

Section 5a(a)(17) of the CEA to require

that contract markets ‘‘provide for the

avoidance of conflict of interest in

deliberations by [their] governing

board[s] and any disciplinary and

oversight committee[s].’’ 3 On May 3,

1996, the Commission published for

public comment in the Federal Register

a proposed new Regulation 1.69 which

required SROs to adopt rules

prohibiting governing board,

disciplinary committee and oversight

panel members from deliberating and

voting on certain matters where the

member had either a relationship with

the matter’s named party in interest or

a financial interest in the matter’s

outcome.4 The Commission also

proposed to make related amendments

to existing Commission Regulations 1.3,

1.41 and 1.63.

II. Comments Received

The Commission received eleven

comment letters in response to its

proposed rulemaking. The comment

letters were submitted by six futures

exchanges (the Chicago Board of Trade

(‘‘CBT’’), the Chicago Mercantile

Exchange (‘‘CME’’), the Coffee, Sugar &

Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CSC’’), the

Kansas City Board of Trade (‘‘KCBT’’),

the New York Cotton Exchange

(‘‘NYCE’’), and the New York Mercantile

Exchange (‘‘NYMEX’’)); two futures

clearing organizations (the Board of

Trade Clearing Corporation (‘‘BOTCC’’)

and the Commodity Futures Clearing

Corporation of New York (‘‘CFCCNY’’));

two futures trade associations (the

Equity Owners’ Association of the CME

(‘‘EOA’’) and the Futures Industry

Association (‘‘FIA’’)); and a registered

futures association (‘‘RFA’’) (the

National Futures Association (‘‘NFA’’)).

The Commission has reviewed these

comments carefully and has decided to

issue for public comment re-proposed

versions of Regulation 1.69 and

amended Regulations 1.41 and 1.63

with modifications from the originallyproposed versions. The following

section of this release analyzes the

Commission’s rulemaking. Each

provision of the Commission’s

originally-proposed rulemaking is

described along with a discussion of

comments which were made on that

particular provision, an indication of

how the provision has been amended in