26970 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 15, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Proposed Advisory Circular 25.869–1X,

Electrical System Fire and Smoke

Protection

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed Advisory Circular (AC)

25.869–1X and request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces and

requests comment on a proposed

advisory circular (AC). The AC provides

methods acceptable to the

Administrator for showing compliance

with revised standards for fire

protection of electrical system

components, which the FAA is

proposing in a separate notice elsewhere

in this Federal Register. This notice is

necessary to give all interested people

an opportunity to present their views on

the proposed AC.

DATES: Send your comments on or

before July 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the

proposed AC to: Federal Aviation

Administration, Attn: Massoud Sadeghi,

FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service, Airplane

and Flight Crew Interface Branch,

ANM–111, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056. You

may inspected all comments received at

that address between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00

p.m. weekdays, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill

DeMarco, Program Management Branch,

ANM–114, Transport Airplane

Directorate, FAA, 1601 Lind Avenue

SW., Renton, Washington 98055–4056;

telephone (425) 227–1313; fax (425)

227–1320; e-mail jill.demarco@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

The FAA invites anyone interested in

the proposed AC to comment on it by

sending written data, views, or

arguments as they may desire. Identify

the AC by title and send your comments

in duplicate to the address mentioned

previously. The Transport Airplane

Directorate will consider all

communications received by the closing

date for comments before issuing the

final AC.

Availability of Proposed AC

You can find and download the

proposed AC from the Internet at http:

//www.faa.gov/avr/air/airhome.htm, at

the link titled ‘‘Advisory Circulars’’

under the ‘‘Available Information’’

drop-down menu. You can get a paper

copy of the proposed AC by contacting

the person named above under the

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Discussion

In a separate notice published

elsewhere in this Federal Register, the

FAA is proposing to amend the

airworthiness standards for transport

category airplanes concerning the

protection of electrical system

components. The proposal would revise

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), 25.869(a) to adopt what are

considered the ‘‘more stringent’’

requirements that currently exist in the

parallel European Joint Airworthiness

Requirements (JAR) 25.869(a). We

initiated the proposal under the ‘‘Fast

Track Harmonization Program’’ (64 FR

66522, November 26, 1999). Adopting

the proposal would eliminate regulatory

differences between the airworthiness

standards of the U.S. and the Joint

Aviation Requirements of Europe,

without affecting current industry

design practices.

We have prepared proposed AC

25.869–1X, ‘‘Electrical System Fire and

Smoke Protection,’’ to provide guidance

on one means of showing compliance

with the revised requirements of

§ 25.896(a). Final issuance of proposed

AC 25.869–1X is contingent on the final

adoption of the proposed changes to

§ 25.869(a).

Issued in Renton, Washington, on May 3,

2001.

Lirio Liu Nelson,

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.

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