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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] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

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 

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restrictions on the persons affected by 

these regulations. Furthermore, any 

additional delay in making the 

regulations correct would be contrary to 

the public interest. Accordingly, the 

FAA finds that (i) public comment on 

these standards prior to promulgation is 

unnecessary, and (ii) good cause exists 

to make this rule effective in less than 

30 days. 

Background 

On February 21, 2014, the FAA 

published a final rule entitled, 

‘‘Helicopter Air Ambulance, 

Commercial Helicopter, and Part 91 

Helicopter Operations’’ (79 FR 9932). In 

that final rule the FAA created 

provisions directed primarily toward 

helicopter air ambulance operations and 

all commercial helicopter operations 

conducted under part 135. 

The rule added § 135.168(c) which 

states, ‘‘[t]he equipment required by this 

section must be maintained in 

accordance with § 135.419.’’ Section 

135.419 outlines inspection, not 

maintenance, requirements making the 

cross reference to § 135.419 incorrect. 

Technical Amendment 

This technical amendment addresses 

this incorrect reference to inspection 

requirements. Maintenance and 

inspection requirements for part 135 

operators are currently described in part 

135 Subpart J. Accordingly, the FAA is 

removing the current text of § 135.168 

(c) to avoid potential confusion from 

redundant regulatory text. 

This technical amendment also 

removes the reference to § 135.168(c) 

from § 135.168(b). Finally, the FAA 

removes the effective date for 

§ 135.168(b) because that date has 

passed, and the paragraph currently is 

effective. 

Executive Order Determinations 

Executive Order 13771, Reducing 

Regulation and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs 

This technical amendment is not an 

E.O. 13771 regulatory action because 

this technical amendment is not 

significant under E.O. 12866. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 135 

Air taxis, Aircraft, Aviation safety. 

The Amendment 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

amends chapter I of title 14, Code of 

Federal Regulations as follows: 

PART 135—OPERATING 

REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND 

ON-DEMAND OPERATIONS AND 

RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON 

BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 135 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 41706, 

40113, 44701–44702, 44705, 44709, 44711– 

44713, 44715–44717, 44722, 44730, 45101– 

45105; Pub. L. 112–95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 

44730). 

■ 2. Amend § 135.168 by revising 

paragraph (b) introductory text and 

removing and reserving paragraph (c). 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 135.168. Emergency equipment. 

Overwater rotorcraft operations. 

* * * * * 

(b) Required equipment. Except when 

authorized by the certificate holder’s 

operations specifications, or when 

necessary only for takeoff or landing, no 

person may operate a rotorcraft beyond 

autorotational distance from the 

shoreline unless it carries: 

* * * * * 

Issued under authority of 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 

106(g), 44701(a), and 44730 in Washington, 

DC. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00285 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 113 

Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable 

Mail (Publication 52); Incorporation by 

Reference 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service announces 

the issuance of Hazardous, Restricted, 

and Perishable Mail (Publication 52) 

dated August 2017, and its 

incorporation by reference in the Code 

of Federal Regulations. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

January 10, 2018. The incorporation by 

reference of certain publications listed 

in the rule is approved by the Director 

of the Federal Register as of January 10, 

2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lizbeth Dobbins (202) 268–3789. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The most 

recent issue of Hazardous, Restricted, 

and Perishable Mail (Publication 52) is 

dated August 2017. This issue of 

Publication 52 contains Postal Service 

mailing standards relating to the 

shipment of hazardous, restricted, and 

perishable materials. Publication 52 

provides a complete and comprehensive 

source for users to find information 

necessary to properly prepare mailings 

of hazardous, restricted, and perishable 

materials, and limits the need for users 

to consult other information sources 

when preparing such mailings. 

Publication 52 is available, in a readonly format, to the mailing industry and 

general public via the Postal Explorer®

website at http://pe.usps.com. The 

Postal Explorer application can be 

accessed directly at any time. In 

addition, links to Postal Explorer are 

provided on: 

• The landing page of USPS.com, the 

Postal Service’s primary customerfacing website; and 

• The USPS application Postal Pro, 

an online informational source available 

to both mailing industry members and 

Postal customers, intended to eventually 

replace RIBBS. 

New editions of Publication 52 will be 

published at regular intervals, generally 

no less frequently than once each 

calendar year. Changes to mailing 

standards applicable to hazardous, 

restricted, and perishable materials will 

be made as necessary, and incorporated 

into each successive edition of 

Publication 52. The incorporation by 

reference of each edition of Publication 

52 will be announced through 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Details of the revisions to Publication 52 

will be published in the Postal Bulletin, 

available at https://about.usps.com/ 

postal-bulletin/welcome.htm. 

Prior to July, 2014, the Postal Service 

maintained standards for the mailing of 

hazardous, restricted, and perishable 

mail in both the Mailing Standards of 

the United States Postal Service, 

Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) and 

Publication 52. On July 28, 2014, as part 

of a continuing initiative to reduce the 

size of the DMM, the Postal Service 

removed from that publication the 

detailed mailing standards relating to 

hazardous, restricted, and perishable 

materials. In place of these detailed 

provisions, revised DMM 601.8.0 

advised that mailing standards specific 

to hazardous, restricted, and perishable 

mail would be incorporated into 

Publication 52, and could be found on 

the Postal Explorer website at 

pe.usps.com. 

Based on its experience applying the 

mailing standards for hazardous, 

restricted and perishable mail since July 

28, 2014, the Postal Service believes that 

these mailing standards were more 

visible to the mailing community when 

they were included in the DMM, which 


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