24072 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2022 / Proposed Rules 

1To view the proposal, supporting documents, 

and public comments, go to www.regulations.gov. 

Enter APHIS–2020–0068 in the Search field. 

generate sufficient revenue to meet the 

Committee’s 2022–23 expenditures of 

$268,484. Therefore, the Committee 

rejected the idea of maintaining the 

current assessment rate. 

A review of historical information and 

preliminary information pertaining to 

the upcoming season indicates that the 

grower price for the 2022–23 season 

should be around $22.50 per 55-pound 

container or equivalent of avocados. The 

proposed assessment rate of $0.50 per 

55-pound container or equivalent of 

avocados represents 2.2 percent of the 

$22.50 estimated average grower price 

($0.50 divided by $22.50 × 100). 

This action would increase the 

assessment obligation imposed on 

handlers. While assessments impose 

additional costs on handlers, the costs 

are minimal and uniform on all 

handlers, and some of the costs may be 

passed on to growers. However, these 

costs are expected to be offset by the 

benefits derived by the operation of the 

Order. 

The Committee’s meeting was widely 

publicized throughout the Florida 

avocado industry and all interested 

persons were invited to attend the 

meeting and participate in Committee 

deliberations on all issues. Like all 

Committee meetings, the January 12, 

2022, meeting was a public meeting and 

all entities, both large and small, were 

able to express views on this issue. 

Finally, interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on this proposed rule, 

including the regulatory and 

informational impacts of this action on 

small businesses. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the Order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by OMB and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0189 Fruit 

Crops. No changes in those 

requirements would be necessary as a 

result of this proposed rule. Should any 

changes become necessary, they would 

be submitted to OMB for approval. 

This proposed rule would not impose 

any additional reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements on either 

small or large Florida avocado handlers. 

As with all Federal marketing order 

programs, reports and forms are 

periodically reviewed to reduce 

information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

AMS has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this proposed rule. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: https://

www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/ 

moa/small-businesses. Any questions 

about the compliance guide should be 

sent to Richard Lower at the previously 

mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

A 30-day comment period is provided 

to allow interested persons to respond 

to this proposed rule. All written 

comments timely received will be 

considered before a final determination 

is made on this matter. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 915 

Avocados, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service proposes to amend 7 CFR part 

915 as follows: 

PART 915—AVOCADOS GROWN IN 

SOUTH FLORIDA 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 915 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Section 915.235 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 915.235 Assessment rate. 

On and after April 1, 2022, an 

assessment rate of $0.50 per 55-pound 

container or equivalent is established 

for avocados grown in South Florida. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08606 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Parts 1, 2, and 3 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0068] 

RIN 0579–AE61 

Standards for Birds Not Bred for Use 

in Research Under the Animal Welfare 

Act 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are extending the 

comment period for our proposed rule 

that would revise the regulations to 

establish standards governing the 

humane handling, care, treatment, and 

transportation of birds, excluding birds 

bred for use in research, covered under 

the Animal Welfare Act. This action 

will allow interested persons additional 

time to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on February 

22, 2022 (87 FR 9880–9913) is extended. 

We will consider all comments that we 

receive on or before May 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2020–0068 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0068, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at Regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cody M. Yager, DVM, Supervisory 

Animal Care Specialist, Animal Care, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 84, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (970) 494–7478; 

cody.m.yager@usda.gov. Secondary 

Contact: Dr. David Miller, DVM, Ph.D., 

National Animal Welfare Specialist, 

Animal Care, APHIS, 2150 Centre Ave., 

Building B, Mailstop 3W11, Fort 

Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494–7478; 

david.s.miller@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 22, 2022, we published in the 

Federal Register (87 FR 9880–9913, 

Docket No. APHIS–2020–0068) a 

proposal 1 to revise the animal welfare 

regulations by establishing standards 

governing the humane handling, care, 

treatment, and transportation of birds, 

excluding birds bred for use in research, 

covered under the Animal Welfare Act. 

Comments on the proposed rule were 

required to be received on or before 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2022 / Proposed Rules 24073 

April 25, 2022. We are extending the 

comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 

2020–0068 for an additional 30 days. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2131–2159; 7 CFR 2.22, 

2.80, and 371.7. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

April 2022. 

Anthony Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08642 Filed 4–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0462; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2021–00647–T] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing 

Company Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for 

certain The Boeing Company Model 

737–700, 737–800, 747–400, 747–8, 

767–400ER, and 777–200 airplanes. 

This proposed AD was prompted by a 

report that there is the potential for 

electrical current to pass through low 

pressure (LP) oxygen flex-hoses in the 

gaseous passenger oxygen system. This 

proposed AD would require replacing 

each conductive oxygen flex-hose 

installed on LP gaseous passenger 

oxygen systems with a serviceable nonconductive oxygen flex-hose. This 

proposed AD would also prohibit 

installation of a conductive oxygen flexhose on LP gaseous passenger oxygen 

systems. The FAA is proposing this AD 

to address the unsafe condition on these 

products. 

DATES: The FAA must receive comments 

on this proposed AD by June 6, 2022. 

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 

https://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: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

For service information identified in 

this NPRM, contact Lufthansa Technik 

AG, Weg beim Ja ̈ger 193 22335 

Hamburg, Germany; telephone 49–40– 

5070–67428; internet https://

www.lufthansa-technik.com. You may 

view this service information at the 

FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, 

Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 

216th St., Des Moines, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket at 

https://www.regulations.gov by 

searching for and locating Docket No. 

FAA–2022–0462; or in person at Docket 

Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The AD docket contains this 

NPRM, any comments received, and 

other information. The street address for 

Docket Operations is listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chirayu Gupta, Aerospace Engineer, 

Mechanical Systems and Administrative 

Services Section, FAA, New York ACO 

Branch, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 

410, Westbury, NY 11590; telephone 

516–228–7300; fax 516–794–5531; email 

9-avs-nyaco-cos@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

The FAA invites you to send any 

written relevant data, views, or 

arguments about this proposal. Send 

your comments to an address listed 

under ADDRESSES. Include ‘‘Docket No. 

FAA–2022–0462; Project Identifier 

MCAI–2021–00647–T’’ at the beginning 

of your comments. The most helpful 

comments reference a specific portion of 

the proposal, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. The FAA will consider 

all comments received by the closing 

date and may amend the proposal 

because of those comments. 

Except for Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) as described in the 

following paragraph, and other 

information as described in 14 CFR 

11.35, the FAA will post all comments 

received, without change, to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. The 

agency will also post a report 

summarizing each substantive verbal 

contact received about this NPRM. 

Confidential Business Information 

CBI is commercial or financial 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by its owner. 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt 

from public disclosure. If your 

comments responsive to this NPRM 

contain commercial or financial 

information that is customarily treated 

as private, that you actually treat as 

private, and that is relevant or 

responsive to this NPRM, it is important 

that you clearly designate the submitted 

comments as CBI. Please mark each 

page of your submission containing CBI 

as ‘‘PROPIN.’’ The FAA will treat such 

marked submissions as confidential 

under the FOIA, and they will not be 

placed in the public docket of this 

NPRM. Submissions containing CBI 

should be sent to Chirayu Gupta, 

Aerospace Engineer, Mechanical 

Systems and Administrative Services 

Section, FAA, New York ACO Branch, 

1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, 

Westbury, NY 11590; telephone 516– 

228–7300; fax 516–794–5531; email 9- 

avs-nyaco-cos@faa.gov. Any 

commentary that the FAA receives 

which is not specifically designated as 

CBI will be placed in the public docket 

for this rulemaking. 

Background 

The European Union Aviation Safety 

Agency (EASA), which is the Technical 

Agent for the Member States of the 

European Union, has issued EASA AD 

2021–0135, dated June 2, 2021 (EASA 

AD 2021–0135) (also referred to after 

this as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or the 

MCAI), to correct an unsafe condition 

for certain The Boeing Company Model 

737–700, 737–800, 747–400, 747–8, 

767–400ER, and 777–200 airplanes with 

certain Lufthansa Technik AG 

supplemental type certificates (STCs). 

Those STCs are not validated by the 

FAA; this proposed AD therefore refers 

to the corresponding FAA STC, STC 

ST04127NY, instead in the 

applicability. You may examine the 

MCAI in the AD docket at https://

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

and locating Docket No. FAA–2022– 

0462. 

This proposed AD was prompted by 

a report that there is the potential for 

electrical current to pass through LP 

oxygen flex-hoses in the gaseous 

passenger oxygen system. Exposure to 

electrical faults, such as unintended 

short circuits, can result in localized 

electrical heating of the LP oxygen flexhoses. The FAA issued AD 2018–09–12, 

Amendment 39–19269 (83 FR 22360, 


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