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.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

53008 

Vol. 79, No. 172 

Friday, September 5, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 121 and 145 

[AC 120–66C] 

Advisory Circular for Aviation Safety 

Action Program (ASAP) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed revision to Advisory Circular 

for Aviation Safety Action Program 

(ASAP), request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is announcing the 

availability of proposed Advisory 

Circular (AC) 120–66C. AC 120–66C 

provides guidance for establishing an air 

transportation Aviation Safety Action 

Program (ASAP). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 4, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by AC 120–66C using any of the 

following methods: 

• Aviation Safety Draft Document 

Open for Comment Web site: Go to 

http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/ 

afs_ac/ and follow the online 

instructions for sending your comments 

electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to 1625 K 

Street NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20006. 

• Fax: Fax comments to 202–223– 

4615. Attn: Laura L. Miller. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

1625 K Street NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy McDonald, Air Transportation 

Division, Flight Standards Service, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202– 

267–8166; facsimile: 202–267–5229; 

email: randy.mcdonald@faa.gov. 

Background 

The primary goal of this proposed AC 

revision is to clarify FAA policy, 

facilitate achievement of an ASAP’s 

safety goals, and encourage wider 

participation in the program. The 

objective of an ASAP is to encourage 

employees of certificate holders or other 

operators to voluntarily report safety 

information that may be critical to 

identifying potential precursors to 

accidents. The FAA has determined that 

identifying these precursors is essential 

to further reducing the already low 

accident rate. The ASAP provides for 

the collection, analysis, and retention of 

the safety data that is obtained through 

the reporting process. ASAP 

participants use ASAP safety data, 

much of which would otherwise be 

unobtainable, to develop corrective 

actions for identified safety concerns, 

and to educate the appropriate parties to 

prevent a recurrence of the same type of 

safety event. 

The agency will consider all 

comments received by November 4, 

2014. Comments received after that date 

may be considered if consideration will 

not delay agency action on the review. 

A copy of the advisory circular is 

available for review at http:// 

www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/afs_ 

ac/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 29, 

2014. 

John Barbagallo, 

Director, Flight Standards Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21094 Filed 9–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 81 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0563; FRL–9916–19– 

OAR] 

Notice of Final Action on Petition From 

Sierra Club To Redesignate Newly 

Violating Ozone Areas as 

Nonattainment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Action Denying 

Petition. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is providing 

notice that it has responded to a petition 

from the Sierra Club that requests the 

EPA to redesignate as nonattainment 57 

areas with 2012 design values violating 

the 2008 national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) for ozone. The 

petition also requests that the EPA set 

specific boundaries for the areas. The 

EPA Administrator denied the petition 

in letters to the signatories of the 

petition dated August 14, 2014. The 

letters explain the EPA’s reasons for the 

denial and are available in the 

rulemaking docket. 

DATES: The EPA’s response to this 

petition was signed on August 15, 2014. 

Any petitions for review of the final 

letters denying the petition to 

redesignate 57 areas to nonattainment 

for the 2008 ozone NAAQS must be 

filed in the Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit on or before 

November 4, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Oldham, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (C539–04), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 541–3347; 

email address: oldham.carla@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

This Federal Register notice, the 

petition, and the letters denying the 

petition are available in the docket that 

the EPA has established under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0563. The 

table below identifies the petitioner, the 

date of the petition, the document 

identification number for the petition, 

the date of the EPA’s response, and the 

document identification number for the 

EPA’s response. 


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