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1 81 FR 90126; corrected at 82 FR 2193, January 

9, 2017; corrected at 82 FR 9677, February 8, 2017. 

2The FAA notes that the training and recent flight 

experience requirements of § 61.66 will become 

effective on March 13, 2018. 

3The EFVS recent flight experience and EFVS 

refresher training requirements are contained in 

§ 61.66(d) and (e). Section 61.66(h)(3) states that the 

requirements of paragraph (d) and (e) do not apply 

to a pilot who is employed by a part 119 certificate 

holder authorized to conduct operations under part 

121, 125, or 135 when the pilot is conducting an 

EFVS operation for that certificate holder under 

part 91, 121, 125, or 135, as applicable, provided 

the pilot conducts the operation in accordance with 

the certificate holder’s operations specifications for 

EFVS operations. 

Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71 

Airspace, Incorporation by reference, 

Navigation (air). 

Adoption of the Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows: 

PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, 

B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR 

TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND 

REPORTING POINTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 71 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p. 389. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11B, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 3, 2017, and 

effective September 15, 2017, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas 

Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More 

Above the Surface of the Earth. 

* * * * * 

ANM OR E5 Madras, OR [New] 

Madras Municipal Airport, OR 

(Lat. 44°40′13′′ N, long. 121°09′19′′ W) 

That airspace extending upward from 700 

feet above the surface within 4 miles 

northwest and 3.5 miles southeast of the 028° 

bearing from Madras Municipal Airport 

extending to 6.5 miles northeast of the 

airport, and within 4 miles northwest and 3.5 

miles southeast of the 208° bearing from the 

airport extending to 7.5 miles southwest of 

the airport, and within 1.0 mile west and 1.1 

miles east of the 180° bearing from the airport 

extending to 10.6 miles south of the airport. 

Issued in Seattle, Washington, on January 

2, 2018. 

Shawn M. Kozica, 

Group Manager, Operations Support Group, 

Western Service Center. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00197 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 121 

[Docket No.: FAA–2013–0485; Amdt. No. 

121–376B] 

RIN 2120–AJ94 

Revisions to Operational 

Requirements for the Use of Enhanced 

Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and to 

Pilot Compartment View Requirements 

for Vision Systems; Correcting 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; correcting 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a final 

rule published on December 13, 2016. In 

that rule, the FAA amended its 

regulations to allow operators to use an 

enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) in 

lieu of natural vision to continue 

descending from 100 feet above the 

touchdown zone elevation (TDZE) to the 

runway and to land on certain straightin instrument approach procedures 

(IAPs) under instrument flight rules 

(IFR). As part of the final rule, the FAA 

revised appendix F to part 121 to 

provide greater clarity on the checking 

requirements for EFVS. In amending 

appendix F to part 121, the FAA used 

amendatory instructions that 

inadvertently misplaced new paragraph 

III(c)(5). This document amends 

appendix F to part 121 to correct that 

error. 

DATES: Effective January 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry King, Flight Technologies and 

Procedures Division, Flight Standards 

Service, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–8790; email 

Terry.King@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 13, 2016, the FAA 

published a final rule entitled, 

‘‘Revisions to Operational Requirements 

for the Use of Enhanced Flight Vision 

Systems (EFVS) and to Pilot 

Compartment View Requirements for 

Vision Systems.’’ 1 In that final rule, 

which became effective, in part, on 

March 13, 2017, the FAA created new 

14 CFR 91.176 to contain the operating 

rules for EFVS operations to touchdown 

and rollout and for EFVS operations to 

100 feet above the TDZE. The FAA also 

established training and recent flight 

experience requirements for persons 

conducting EFVS operations.2

Because part 121 operators authorized 

to conduct EFVS operations were 

already required to train, check, and 

qualify their pilots on EFVS in 

accordance with their Operation 

Specifications, the FAA excepted part 

121 pilots from the new EFVS recent 

flight experience requirements.3 The 

FAA recognized, however, that the 

requirement to be qualified for EFVS 

operations by one of the certificate 

holder’s check airmen was not as 

transparent as the requirements to train 

crewmembers on EFVS, which are 

found within the relevant operating 

rules of 14 CFR. Therefore, the FAA 

revised appendix F to part 121 to 

provide greater clarity on the checking 

requirements for EFVS operations. 

In amending appendix F to part 121, 

the FAA included amendatory 

instructions to amend the Table by 

adding new entry III.(c)(5). However, 

because of the undesignated paragraph 

following paragraph III.(c)(4) in 

appendix F, it was unclear whether new 

paragraph III(c)(5) should be published 

before or after the undesignated 

paragraph. When the final rule became 

effective, paragraph III.(c)(5) was 

inadvertently placed after the 

undesignated paragraph. 

Correction 

The FAA did not intend to add 

paragraph III.(c)(5) after the 

undesignated paragraph preceding 

paragraph III.(d). Instead, paragraph 

III(c)(5) should immediately follow 

paragraph III.(c)(4). The FAA is 

therefore revising appendix F to part 

121 to relocate paragraph III.(c)(5) 

accordingly. 

Because this amendment results in no 

substantive change, the FAA finds that 

the notice and public procedures under 

5 U.S.C. 553(b) are unnecessary. For the 

same reason, the FAA finds good cause 

exists under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make 

the amendments effective in less than 

30 days. 


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List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 121 

Air carriers, Aircraft, Airmen, 

Aviation safety. 

Correcting Amendment 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Federal Aviation 

Administration amends chapter I of title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations as 

follows: 

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(f), 106(g), 40103, 

40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note 

added by Pub. L. 112–95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 

89, 44101, 44701–702, 44705, 44709–44711, 

44713, 44716–44717, 44722, 44729, 44732; 

46105; Pub. L. 111–216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 

U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112–95, 126 Stat. 

62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note). 

■ 2. In appendix F, revise paragraph III. 

of the table to read as follows: 

Appendix F to Part 121—Proficiency 

Check Requirements 

* * * * * 

Maneuvers/procedures 

Required Permitted 

Simulated 

instrument 

conditions 

Inflight Visual 

simulator 

Nonvisual 

simulator 

Training 

device 

Waiver 

provisions 

of 

§ 121.441(d) 

*******

III. Instrument procedures: 

(a) Area departure and area arrival. During each of 

these maneuvers the applicant must— ........................ B .................... .................... B .................... * B 

(1) Adhere to actual or simulated ATC clearances 

(including assigned radials); and 

(2) Properly use available navigation facilities. 

Either area arrival or area departure, but not both, 

may be waived under § 121.441(d). 

(b) Holding. This maneuver includes entering, maintaining, and leaving holding patterns. It may be performed 

in connection with either area departure or area arrival B .................... .................... B .................... B 

(c) ILS and other instrument approaches. There must be 

the following: 

(1) At least one normal ILS approach ....................... B .................... B .................... .................... ....................

(2) At least one manually controlled ILS approach 

with a simulated failure of one powerplant. The 

simulated failure should occur before initiating the 

final approach course and must continue to 

touchdown or through the missed approach procedure .................................................................... B .................... .................... .................... .................... ....................

(3) At least one nonprecision approach procedure 

that is representative of the non-precision approach procedures that the certificate holder is 

likely to use ............................................................ B .................... B .................... .................... ....................

(4) Demonstration of at least one nonprecision approach procedure on a letdown aid other than the 

approach procedure performed under subparagraph (3) of this paragraph that the certificate 

holder is approved to use ...................................... B .................... .................... .................... B ....................

(5) For each type of EFVS operation the certificate 

holder is authorized to conduct, at least one instrument approach must be made using an 

EFVS. Each instrument approach must be performed according to any procedures and limitations approved for the approach facility used. The 

instrument approach begins when the airplane is 

over the initial approach fix for the approach procedure being used (or turned over to the final approach controller in the case of a GCA approach) 

and ends when the airplane touches down on the 

runway or when transition to a missed approach 

configuration is completed. Instrument conditions 

need not be simulated below 100′ above touchdown zone elevation .............................................. B * B .................... .................... .................... ....................

(d) Circling approaches. If the certificate holder is 

approved for circling minimums below 1000–3, at 

least one circling approach must be made under 

the following conditions .......................................... .................... .................... * B .................... .................... * B 

(1) The portion of the approach to the authorized 

minimum circling approach altitude must be made 

under simulated instrument conditions .................. B .................... .................... .................... .................... ....................


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Maneuvers/procedures 

Required Permitted 

Simulated 

instrument 

conditions 

Inflight Visual 

simulator 

Nonvisual 

simulator 

Training 

device 

Waiver 

provisions 

of 

§ 121.441(d) 

(2) The approach must be made to the authorized 

minimum circling approach attitude followed by a 

change in heading and the necessary maneuvering by visual reference to maintain a flight path 

that permits a normal landing on a runway at 

least 90[degrees] from the final approach course 

of the simulated instrument portion of the approach. 

(3) The circling approach must be performed without excessive maneuvering, and without exceeding the normal operating limits of the airplane. 

The angle of bank should not exceed 

30[degrees]. 

If local conditions beyond the control of the pilot prohibit 

the maneuver or prevent it from being performed as 

required, it may be waived as provided in 

§ 121.441(d): Provided, however, that the maneuver 

may not be waived under this provision for two successive proficiency checks. 

The circling approach maneuver is not required for a 

second-in-command if the certificate holder’s manual 

prohibits a second-in-command from performing a circling approach in operations under this part. 

(e) Missed Approach 

(1) Each pilot must perform at least one missed approach from an ILS approach ................................ .................... .................... * B .................... .................... ....................

(2) Each pilot in command must perform at least 

one additional missed approach ............................ .................... .................... * P .................... .................... ....................

A complete approved missed approach procedure must 

be accomplished at least once. At the discretion of the 

person conducting a check a simulated powerplant 

failure may be required during any of the missed approaches. These maneuvers may be performed either 

independently or in conjunction with maneuvers required under Sections III or V of this appendix. At 

least one missed approach must be performed in 

flight. 

* * * * * * * 

Issued under the authority of 49 U.S.C. 

106(f) and (g) in Washington, DC on January 

3, 2018. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00225 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 135 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–0982; Amdt. No. 

135–138] 

RIN 2120–AJ53 

Helicopter Air Ambulance, Commercial 

Helicopter, and Part 91 Helicopter 

Operations; Technical Amendment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a final 

rule published on February 21, 2014. In 

that rule, the FAA amended its 

regulations to improve safety in 

helicopter air ambulance and 

commercial helicopter operations. This 

document removes an incorrect crossreference and makes corresponding 

revisions. 

DATES: Effective January 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Verna, Aircraft Maintenance 

Division, Avionics Branch, AFS–360, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone (202) 267–1710; 

email brian.verna@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Good Cause for Immediate Adoption 

Without Prior Notice 

Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 551 et seq.) authorizes agencies 

to dispense with notice and comment 

procedures for rules when the agency 

for ‘‘good cause’’ finds that those 

procedures are ‘‘impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Under this section, an agency, 

upon finding good cause, may issue a 

final rule without seeking comment 

prior to the rulemaking. 

Section 553(d)(3) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act requires 

that agencies publish a rule not less 

than 30 days before its effective date, 

except as otherwise provided by the 

agency for good cause found and 

published with the rule. 

This document is correcting an error 

in 14 CFR 135.168. These corrections 

will not impose any additional 


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