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.

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Vol. 78, No. 138 

Thursday, July 18, 2013 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Chapter VI 

RIN 3052–AC88 

Statement on Regulatory Burden 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA, our, or we) issues 

this notice in order to consider whether 

our existing regulations are inefficient 

or burdensome. We seek public 

comment on the appropriateness of the 

requirements we impose on Farm Credit 

System (System) institutions, including 

the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 

Corporation (Farmer Mac). We ask for 

comments on our regulations that may 

duplicate other requirements, are 

ineffective, are not based on law, or 

impose burdens that are greater than the 

benefits received. 

DATES: Please send your comments to 

FCA by November 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: We offer a variety of 

methods for you to submit comments on 

this notice. For accuracy and efficiency 

reasons, commenters are encouraged to 

submit comments by email or through 

FCA’s Web site. As facsimiles (fax) are 

difficult for us to process and achieve 

compliance with section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act, we are no longer 

accepting comments submitted by fax. 

Regardless of the method you use, 

please do not submit your comment 

multiple times via different methods. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Email: Send us an email at regcomm@fca.gov. 

• FCA Web site: http://www.fca.gov. 

Select ‘‘Public Commenters,’’ then 

‘‘Public Comments,’’ and follow the 

directions for ‘‘Submitting a Comment.’’ 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Barry F. Mardock, Deputy 

Director, Office of Regulatory Policy, 

Farm Credit Administration, 1501 Farm 

Credit Drive, McLean, VA 22102–5090. 

You may review copies of all 

comments we receive at our office in 

McLean, Virginia, or on our Web site at 

http://www.fca.gov. Once you are in the 

Web site, select ‘‘Public Commenters,’’ 

then ‘‘Public Comments,’’ and follow 

the directions for ‘‘Reading Submitted 

Public Comments.’’ We will show your 

comments as submitted, but for 

technical reasons we may omit items 

such as logos and special characters. 

Identifying information that you 

provide, such as phone numbers and 

addresses, will be publicly available. 

However, we will attempt to remove 

email addresses to help reduce Internet 

spam. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori 

Markowitz, Policy Analyst, Office of 

Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, VA 22102– 

5090, (703) 883–4487, TTY (703) 883– 

4056, or Mary Alice Donner, Senior 

Counsel, Office of General Counsel, 

Farm Credit Administration, McLean, 

VA 22102–5090, (703) 883–4020, TTY 

(703) 883–4056. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Objective 

The objective of this notice is to 

continue our comprehensive review of 

regulations governing the System and to 

eliminate, consistent with law and 

safety and soundness, all regulations 

that are unnecessary, unduly 

burdensome or costly, or not based on 

the law. 

The notice requests public comment 

on FCA regulations that: 

• Are not currently under review; 

• Were effective prior to January 1, 

2012; 

• May duplicate other requirements; 

• Are ineffective; 

• Are not based on law; or 

• Impose burdens that are greater 

than the benefits received. 

II. Background 

FCA is the independent Federal 

agency in the executive branch of the 

Government responsible for examining 

and regulating System institutions. 

System banks and associations 

primarily provide loans to farmers, 

ranchers, aquatic producers and 

harvesters, agricultural cooperatives, 

and rural utilities. Farmer Mac provides 

a secondary market for agricultural and 

rural housing mortgages and eligible 

rural utility cooperative loans. 

III. Our Continuing Efforts To Reduce 

Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens 

The regulations of FCA that are 

subject to regulatory review described in 

this notice are codified in title 12, 

chapter VI, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. We are requesting your 

comments on any FCA regulations or 

policies that may duplicate other 

governmental requirements, are not 

effective in achieving stated objectives, 

are not based on law, or create a burden 

that is perceived to be greater than the 

benefits received. Please do not respond 

to this solicitation with comments 

concerning proposed regulations that 

are currently under review, or final 

regulations that did not become 

effective until after January 1, 2012. 

Your comments will assist us in our 

continuing efforts to identify and reduce 

unnecessary regulatory burdens on 

System institutions. We will also 

continue our efforts to maintain and 

adopt regulations and policies that are 

necessary to implement the Farm Credit 

Act of 1971, as amended, and ensure the 

safety and soundness of the System. 

These actions will enable the System 

institutions to better serve the credit 

needs of its customers, i.e., America’s 

farmers, ranchers, aquatic producers 

and harvesters, cooperatives, and rural 

residents, in the changing agricultural 

credit markets. 

Dated: July 12, 2013. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17181 Filed 7–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0548; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–008–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, 

Inc. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 


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SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Bombardier, Inc. Model BD–700–1A11 

airplanes. This proposed AD was 

prompted by a report that certain 

lanyards for the passenger oxygen masks 

are longer than the specified length, 

possibly leading to inactive oxygen 

masks in an emergency. This proposed 

AD would require replacing certain 

oxygen mask lanyards. We propose this 

AD to detect and correct lanyards of 

incorrect length, which might not 

activate the flow of oxygen in an 

emergency, resulting in injury to 

passengers. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by September 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this proposed AD, contact Bombardier, 

Inc., 400 Coˆte-Vertu Road West, Dorval, 

Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, Canada; telephone 

514–855–5000; fax 514–855–7401; email 

thd.crj@aero.bombardier.com; Internet 

http://www.bombardier.com. You may 

review copies of the referenced service 

information at the FAA, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, WA. For information on 

the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov; or in person at the 

Docket Operations office between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this proposed AD, the 

regulatory evaluation, any comments 

received, and other information. The 

street address for the Docket Operations 

office (telephone (800) 647–5527) is in 

the ADDRESSES section. Comments will 

be available in the AD docket shortly 

after receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cesar Gomez, Aerospace Engineer, 

Airframe and Mechanical Systems 

Branch, ANE–171, FAA, New York 

Aircraft Certification Office, 1600 

Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, 

New York 11590; telephone (516) 228– 

7318; fax (516) 794–5531. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited 

We invite you to send any written 

relevant data, views, or arguments about 

this proposed AD. Send your comments 

to an address listed under the 

ADDRESSES section. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2013–0548; Directorate Identifier 

2013–NM–008–AD’’ at the beginning of 

your comments. We specifically invite 

comments on the overall regulatory, 

economic, environmental, and energy 

aspects of this proposed AD. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

closing date and may amend this 

proposed AD based on those comments. 

We will post all comments we 

receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. We 

will also post a report summarizing each 

substantive verbal contact we receive 

about this proposed AD. 

Discussion 

Transport Canada Civil Aviation 

(TCCA), which is the aviation authority 

for Canada, has issued Canadian 

Airworthiness Directive CF–2012–31, 

dated December 7, 2012 (referred to 

after this as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or ‘‘the 

MCAI’’), to correct an unsafe condition 

for the specified products. The MCAI 

states: 

The aeroplane manufacturer has 

determined that the Oxygen Dispensing Unit 

(ODU) lanyards, in several locations 

throughout the aeroplane cabin, are 

excessively long. In an emergency situation 

where oxygen is required, it is possible that 

certain occupants may put their oxygen mask 

on without automatically activating the 

oxygen flow which could result in a fatal 

injury. 

This [Canadian] AD mandates the 

replacement of the existing ODU lanyards 

with lanyards of the correct length. 

You may obtain further information 

by examining the MCAI in the AD 

docket. 

Relevant Service Information 

Bombardier, Inc. has issued Service 

Bulletin 700–1A11–35–009, dated 

October 22, 2012. The actions described 

in this service information are intended 

to correct the unsafe condition 

identified in the MCAI. 

FAA’s Determination and Requirements 

of This Proposed AD 

This product has been approved by 

the aviation authority of another 

country, and is approved for operation 

in the United States. Pursuant to our 

bilateral agreement with the State of 

Design Authority, we have been notified 

of the unsafe condition described in the 

MCAI and service information 

referenced above. We are proposing this 

AD because we evaluated all pertinent 

information and determined an unsafe 

condition exists and is likely to exist or 

develop on other products of the same 

type design. 

Differences Between This AD and the 

MCAI or Service Information 

This AD applies only to airplanes that 

have been modified by FAA 

Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) 

ST02140NY, issued October 14, 2005. 

Internet: http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_

and_Guidance_Library/rgstc.nsf/0/

6B8CF26D01F5E6DE862570C7006

DCD7E?OpenDocument&Highlight=

st02140ny. 

Costs of Compliance 

Based on the service information, we 

estimate that this proposed AD would 

affect about 22 products of U.S. registry. 

We also estimate that it would take 

about 16 work-hours per product to 

comply with the basic requirements of 

this proposed AD. The average labor 

rate is $85 per work-hour. Required 

parts would cost about $0 per product. 

Where the service information lists 

required parts costs that are covered 

under warranty, we have assumed that 

there will be no charge for these parts. 

As we do not control warranty coverage 

for affected parties, some parties may 

incur costs higher than estimated here. 

Based on these figures, we estimate the 

cost of the proposed AD on U.S. 

operators to be $29,920, or $1,360 per 

product. 

Authority for This Rulemaking 

Title 49 of the United States Code 

specifies the FAA’s authority to issue 

rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, 

section 106, describes the authority of 

the FAA Administrator. ‘‘Subtitle VII: 

Aviation Programs,’’ describes in more 

detail the scope of the Agency’s 

authority. 

We are issuing this rulemaking under 

the authority described in ‘‘Subtitle VII, 

Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: 

General requirements.’’ Under that 

section, Congress charges the FAA with 

promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in 

air commerce by prescribing regulations 

for practices, methods, and procedures 

the Administrator finds necessary for 

safety in air commerce. This regulation 

is within the scope of that authority 

because it addresses an unsafe condition 

that is likely to exist or develop on 


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products identified in this rulemaking 

action. 

Regulatory Findings 

We determined that this proposed AD 

would not have federalism implications 

under Executive Order 13132. This 

proposed AD would not have a 

substantial direct effect on the States, on 

the relationship between the national 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

For the reasons discussed above, I 

certify this proposed regulation: 

1. Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under Executive Order 12866; 

2. Is not a ‘‘significant rule’’ under the 

DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures 

(44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 

3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in 

Alaska; and 

4. Will not have a significant 

economic impact, positive or negative, 

on a substantial number of small entities 

under the criteria of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

We prepared a regulatory evaluation 

of the estimated costs to comply with 

this proposed AD and placed it in the 

AD docket. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 

Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation 

safety, Incorporation by reference, 

Safety. 

The Proposed Amendment 

Accordingly, under the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 

39 as follows: 

PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS 

DIRECTIVES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 39 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. 

§ 39.13 [Amended] 

■ 2. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding 

the following new AD: 

Bombardier, Inc.: Docket No. FAA–2013– 

0548; Directorate Identifier 2013–NM– 

008–AD. 

(a) Comments Due Date 

We must receive comments by September 

3, 2013. 

(b) Affected ADs 

None. 

(c) Applicability 

This AD applies to Bombardier, Inc. Model 

BD–700–1A11 airplanes, certificated in any 

category, modified by FAA Supplemental 

Type Certificate (STC) ST02140NY, issued 

October 14, 2005. Internet: http://rgl.faa.gov/ 

Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgstc.nsf/

0/6B8CF26D01F5E6DE862570C7006DCD7E?

OpenDocument&Highlight=st02140ny. 

(d) Subject 

Air Transport Association (ATA) of 

America Code 35, Oxygen. 

(e) Reason 

This AD was prompted by a report that 

certain lanyards for the passenger oxygen 

masks are longer than the specified length, 

possibly leading to inactive oxygen masks in 

an emergency. We are issuing this AD to 

detect and correct lanyards of incorrect 

length, which might not activate the flow of 

oxygen in an emergency, resulting in injury 

to passengers. 

(f) Compliance 

You are responsible for having the actions 

required by this AD performed within the 

compliance times specified, unless the 

actions have already been done. 

(g) Replacement 

Within 750 flight hours or 15 months after 

the effective date of this AD, whichever 

occurs first: Replace lanyards having part 

numbers (PN) B431564–503 and –505 for all 

passenger oxygen dispensing units, with 

lanyards having PN B431564–507, in 

accordance with the Accomplishment 

Instructions of Bombardier Service Bulletin 

700–1A11–35–009, dated October 22, 2012. 

(h) Other FAA AD Provisions 

The following provisions also apply to this 

AD: 

(1) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs): The Manager, New York Aircraft 

Certification Office (ACO), ANE–170, FAA, 

has the authority to approve AMOCs for this 

AD, if requested using the procedures found 

in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 

39.19, send your request to your principal 

inspector or local Flight Standards District 

Office, as appropriate. If sending information 

directly to the ACO, send it to ATTN: 

Program Manager, Continuing Operational 

Safety, FAA, New York ACO, 1600 Stewart 

Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; 

telephone 516–228–7300; fax 516–794–5531. 

Before using any approved AMOC, notify 

your appropriate principal inspector, or 

lacking a principal inspector, the manager of 

the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. The AMOC 

approval letter must specifically reference 

this AD. 

(2) Airworthy Product: For any requirement 

in this AD to obtain corrective actions from 

a manufacturer or other source, use these 

actions if they are FAA-approved. Corrective 

actions are considered FAA-approved if they 

are approved by the State of Design Authority 

(or their delegated agent). You are required 

to assure the product is airworthy before it 

is returned to service. 

(i) Related Information 

(1) Refer to Canadian Airworthiness 

Directive CF–2012–31, dated December 7, 

2012, for related information. 

(2) For service information identified in 

this AD, contact Bombardier, Inc., 400 CoˆteVertu Road West, Dorval, Que ́bec H4S 1Y9, 

Canada; telephone 514–855–5000; fax 514– 

855–7401; email 

thd.crj@aero.bombardier.com; Internet http:// 

www.bombardier.com. You may review 

copies of the referenced service information 

at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 425–227–1221. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on July 5, 

2013. 

Jeffrey E. Duven, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17255 Filed 7–17–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0547; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NM–028–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

The Boeing Company Model 727–200 

and 727–200F series airplanes. This 

proposed AD is intended to complete 

certain mandated programs intended to 

support the airplane reaching its limit of 

validity (LOV) of the engineering data 

that support the established structural 

maintenance program. This proposed 

AD would require a one-time inspection 

for cracking of the pressure floor of both 

main wheel wells, and related 

investigative and corrective actions if 

necessary; and would require modifying 

the pressure floor of both main wheel 

wells. We are proposing this AD to 

prevent fatigue cracking in the pressure 

floor of the main wheel wells, which 

could lead to rapid loss of cabin 

pressurization. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this proposed AD by September 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, 


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