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Accordingly, the OCC has not prepared 

a budgetary impact statement or 

specifically addressed the regulatory 

alternatives considered. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506; 

5 CFR Part 1320 Appendix A.1), we 

have reviewed the interim rule to assess 

any information collections. There are 

no collections of information as defined 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act in the 

interim rule. 

Lists of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 8 

Assessment of fees. 

Authority and Issuance 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, part 8 of chapter I of title 12 

of the Code of Federal Regulations is 

amended as follows: 

PART 8—ASSESSMENT OF FEES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 8 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a, 481, 482, 1867, 

3102, and 3108; and 15 U.S.C. 78c and 78l. 

■ 2. Section 8.2 is amended by: 

■ a. Revising paragraph (a) introductory 

text, including the table; and 

■ b. Removing the word ‘‘ten’’ in 

paragraph (a)(1) in the first sentence, to 

read as follows: 

§ 8.2 Semiannual assessment. 

(a) Each national bank shall pay to the 

Comptroller of the Currency a 

semiannual assessment fee, due by 

March 31 and September 30 of each 

year, for the six month period beginning 

on January 1 and July 1 before each 

payment date. The Comptroller of the 

Currency will calculate the amount due 

under this section and provide a notice 

of assessments to each national bank no 

later than 7 business days prior to 

March 31 and September 30 of each 

year. The semiannual assessment will 

be calculated as follows: 

If the bank’s total assets (consolidated domestic and foreign subsidiaries) are: The semiannual assessment is: 

Over— But not over—

This amount—base 

amount Plus marginal rates Of excess over—

Column A Column B Column E Column C Column D 

Million Million Million 

$0 $2 $X1 0 

2 20 X2 Y1 $2 

20 100 X3 Y2 20 

100 200 X4 Y3 100 

200 1,000 X5 Y4 200 

1,000 2,000 X6 Y5 1,000 

2,000 6,000 X7 Y6 2,000 

6,000 20,000 X8 Y7 6,000 

20,000 40,000 X9 Y8 20,000 

40,000 250,000 X10 Y9 40,000 

250,000 ........................................... X11 Y10 250,000 

* * * * * 

Dated: February 11, 2008. 

John C. Dugan, 

Comptroller of the Currency. 

[FR Doc. E8–3004 Filed 2–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. 384; Notice No. 25–370–SC] 

Special Conditions: Boeing Model 787 

Series Airplanes; Seats With NonTraditional, Large, Non-Metallic Panels 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

for Boeing Model 787 series airplanes. 

These airplanes will have a novel or 

unusual design feature(s) associated 

with seats that include non-traditional, 

large, non-metallic panels that would 

affect survivability during a post-crash 

fire event. The applicable airworthiness 

regulations do not contain adequate or 

appropriate safety standards for this 

design feature. These special conditions 

contain the additional safety standards 

that the Administrator considers 

necessary to establish a level of safety 

equivalent to that established by the 

existing airworthiness standards. 

DATES: The effective date of these 

special conditions is March 20, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Sinclair, FAA, Airframe/Cabin 

Safety Branch, ANM–115, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind 

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 

98057–3356; telephone (425) 227–2195; 

facsimile (425) 227–1232; electronic 

mail alan.sinclair@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Change to Special Condition Number 4 

The FAA previously notified the 

public of our intent to issue special 

conditions for seats with nontraditional, large, non-metallic panels 

on various airplane makes and models. 

Notice of Proposed Special Conditions 

No. 25–06–13–C, applicable to Boeing 

Model 737 series airplanes, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 9, 2006 (71 FR 65761). The 

special conditions were issued on June 

29, 2007 (Docket No. NM 359, Special 

Conditions No. 25–358–SC), published 

in the Federal Register on July 10, 2007 

(72 FR 37425), and became effective on 

August 9, 2007. Both the Notice and the 

Final Special Conditions contained 

these words: 

We anticipate that seats with nontraditional, large, non-metallic panels will be 

installed in other makes and models of 

airplanes. We have made the determination 

to require special conditions for all 

applications requesting the installation of 

seats with non-traditional, large, non-metallic 

panels until the airworthiness requirements 

can be revised to address this issue. Having 

the same standards across the range of 

airplane makes and models will ensure a 

level playing field for the aviation industry. 

Special condition number 4 in the 737 

special conditions limits the 

applicability of the special conditions to 

new seat certification programs applied 

for after the effective date of the special 

conditions. In these special conditions 

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make the special conditions applicable 

to new seat certification programs that 

are approved after the effective date of 

the special conditions. This change 

could affect pending as well as future 

project applications. The rationale 

behind this change is that these seat 

installations affect survivability during a 

post-crash fire event and should be 

implemented as soon as possible. 

Additionally, the public has been 

previously notified of the FAA’s intent 

to issue similar special conditions on 

other airplane makes and models. 

Background 

On August 8, 2005, Boeing 

Commercial Airplanes, P.O. Box 3707, 

Seattle, Washington 98124, applied for 

a type certificate for a new Boeing 

Model 787 airplane. The Boeing Model 

787 series airplanes will be all new, 

twin-engine, jet transport airplanes with 

a two-aisle cabin. The maximum takeoff 

weight will be 476,000 pounds, with a 

maximum passenger count of 381 

passengers. 

The applicable regulations to 

airplanes currently approved under part 

25 do not require seats to meet the more 

stringent flammability standards 

required of large, non-metallic panels in 

the cabin interior. At the time the 

applicable rules were written, seats 

were designed with a metal frame 

covered by fabric, not with large, nonmetallic panels. Seats also met the then 

recently adopted standards for 

flammability of seat cushions. With the 

seat design being mostly fabric and 

metal, the contribution to a fire in the 

cabin had been minimized and was not 

considered a threat. For these reasons, 

seats did not need to be tested to heat 

release and smoke emission 

requirements. 

Seat designs have now evolved to 

occasionally include non-traditional, 

large, non-metallic panels. Taken in 

total, the surface area of these panels is 

on the same order as the sidewall and 

overhead stowage bin interior panels. 

To provide the level of passenger 

protection intended by the 

airworthiness standards, these nontraditional, large, non-metallic panels in 

the cabin must meet the standards of 

Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), part 25, Appendix F, parts IV and 

V, heat release and smoke emission 

requirements. 

Type Certification Basis 

Under provisions of 14 CFR 21.17, 

Boeing must show that Model 787–8 

airplanes (hereafter referred to as ‘‘the 

Model 787’’) meet the applicable 

provisions of 14 CFR part 25, as 

amended by Amendments 25–1 through 

25–117, except §§ 25.809(a) and 25.812, 

which will remain at Amendment 25–

115. If the Administrator finds that the 

applicable airworthiness regulations do 

not contain adequate or appropriate 

safety standards for the Model 787 

airplane because of a novel or unusual 

design feature, special conditions are 

prescribed under provisions of 14 CFR 

21.16. 

In addition to the applicable 

airworthiness regulations and special 

conditions, the Model 787 airplanes 

must comply with the fuel vent and 

exhaust emission requirements of 14 

CFR part 34 and the noise certification 

requirements of part 36. In addition, the 

FAA must issue a finding of regulatory 

adequacy pursuant to section 611 of 

Public Law 92–574, the ‘‘Noise Control 

Act of 1972.’’

Special conditions, as defined in 

§ 11.19, are issued in accordance with 

§ 11.38 and become part of the type 

certification basis in accordance with 

§ 21.17(a)(2). 

Special conditions are initially 

applicable to the model for which they 

are issued. Should the type certificate 

for that model be amended later to 

include any other model that 

incorporates the same or similar novel 

or unusual design feature, the special 

conditions would also apply to the other 

model under the provisions of § 21.101. 

Novel or Unusual Design Features 

The Boeing Model 787 series 

airplanes will incorporate the following 

novel or unusual design features: These 

models offer interior arrangements that 

include passenger seats that incorporate 

non-traditional, large, non-metallic 

panels in lieu of the traditional metal 

frame covered by fabric. The 

flammability properties of these panels 

have been shown to significantly affect 

the survivability of the cabin in the case 

of fire. These seats are considered a 

novel design for transport category 

airplanes that include Amendment 25–

61 and Amendment 25–66 in the 

certification basis, and were not 

considered when those airworthiness 

standards were established. 

The existing regulations do not 

provide adequate or appropriate safety 

standards for seat designs that 

incorporate non-traditional, large, nonmetallic panels in their designs. In order 

to provide a level of safety that is 

equivalent to that afforded to the 

balance of the cabin, additional 

airworthiness standards, in the form of 

special conditions, are necessary. These 

special conditions supplement § 25.853. 

The requirements contained in these 

special conditions consist of applying 

the identical test conditions required of 

all other large panels in the cabin, to 

seats with non-traditional, large, nonmetallic panels. 

Definition of ‘‘Non-Traditional, Large, 

Non-Metallic Panel’’ 

A non-traditional, large, non-metallic 

panel, in this case, is defined as a panel 

with exposed-surface areas greater than 

1.5 square feet installed per seat place. 

The panel may consist of either a single 

component or multiple components in a 

concentrated area. Examples of parts of 

the seat where these non-traditional 

panels are installed include, but are not 

limited to: seat backs, bottoms and leg/ 

foot rests, kick panels, back shells, 

credenzas and associated furniture. 

Examples of traditional exempted parts 

of the seat include: arm caps, armrest 

close-outs such as end bays and armreststyled center consoles, food trays, video 

monitors, and shrouds. 

Clarification of ‘‘Exposed’’ 

‘‘Exposed’’ is considered to include 

panels that are directly exposed to the 

passenger cabin in the traditional sense, 

and panels that are enveloped, such as 

by a dress cover. Traditional fabrics or 

leathers currently used on seats are 

excluded from these special conditions. 

These materials must still comply with 

§ 25.853(a) and § 25.853(c) if used as a 

covering for a seat cushion, or 

§ 25.853(a) if installed elsewhere on the 

seat. Non-traditional, large, non-metallic 

panels covered with traditional fabrics 

or leathers will be tested without their 

coverings or covering attachments. 

Discussion 

In the early 1980s the FAA conducted 

extensive research on the effects of postcrash flammability in the passenger 

cabin. As a result of this research and 

service experience, we adopted new 

standards for interior surfaces 

associated with large surface area parts. 

Specifically, the rules require 

measurement of heat release and smoke 

emission (part 25, Appendix F, parts IV 

and V) for the affected parts. Heat 

release has been shown to have a direct 

correlation with post-crash fire survival 

time. Materials that comply with the 

standards (i.e., § 25.853 entitled 

‘‘Compartment interiors’’ as amended by 

Amendment 25–61 and Amendment 

25–66) extend survival time by 

approximately 2 minutes over materials 

that do not comply. 

At the time these standards were 

written the potential application of the 

requirements of heat release and smoke 

emission to seats was explored. The seat 

frame itself was not a concern because 

it was primarily made of aluminum and 

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metallic materials. It was determined 

that the overall effect on survivability 

was negligible, whether or not the food 

trays met the heat release and smoke 

requirements. The requirements 

therefore did not address seats. The 

preambles to both the Notice of 

Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), Notice 

No. 85–10 (50 FR 15038, April 16, 1985) 

and the Final Rule at Amendment 25–

61 (51 FR 26206, July 21, 1986), 

specifically note that seats were 

excluded ‘‘because the recently-adopted 

standards for flammability of seat 

cushions will greatly inhibit 

involvement of the seats.’’

Subsequently, the Final Rule at 

Amendment 25–83 (60 FR 6615, March 

6, 1995) clarified the definition of 

minimum panel size: ‘‘It is not possible 

to cite a specific size that will apply in 

all installations; however, as a general 

rule, components with exposed-surface 

areas of one square foot or less may be 

considered small enough that they do 

not have to meet the new standards. 

Components with exposed-surface areas 

greater than two square feet may be 

considered large enough that they do 

have to meet the new standards. Those 

with exposed-surface areas greater than 

one square foot, but less than two square 

feet, must be considered in conjunction 

with the areas of the cabin in which 

they are installed before a determination 

could be made.’’

In the late 1990s, the FAA issued 

Policy Memorandum 97–112–39, 

Guidance for Flammability Testing of 

Seat/Console Installations, October 17, 

1997 (http://rgl.faa.gov). That memo 

was issued when it became clear that 

seat designs were evolving to include 

large, non-metallic panels with surface 

areas that would impact survivability 

during a cabin fire event, comparable to 

partitions or galleys. The memo noted 

that large surface area panels must 

comply with heat release and smoke 

emission requirements, even if they 

were attached to a seat. If the FAA had 

not issued such policy, seat designs 

could have been viewed as a loophole 

to the airworthiness standards that 

would result in an unacceptable 

decrease in survivability during a cabin 

fire event. 

In October of 2004, an issue was 

raised regarding the appropriate 

flammability standards for passenger 

seats that incorporated non-traditional, 

large, non-metallic panels in lieu of the 

traditional metal covered by fabric. The 

Seattle Aircraft Certification Office and 

Transport Standards Staff reviewed this 

design and determined that it 

represented the kind and quantity of 

material that should be required to pass 

the heat release and smoke emissions 

requirements. We have determined that 

special conditions would be 

promulgated to apply the standards 

defined in 14 CFR 25.853(d) to seats 

with large, non-metallic panels in their 

design. 

Discussion of Comments 

Notice of proposed special conditions 

No. 25–07–16–SC, pertaining to Boeing 

Model 787 series airplanes, was 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 29, 2007 (72 FR 61082). We 

only received comments from Boeing. 

Change ‘‘Approved’’ to ‘‘Applied for’’ in 

Special Condition Number 4 

Boeing requested that the word 

‘‘approved’’ in the following sentence be 

changed to ‘‘applied for.’’

Only airplanes associated with new 

seat certification programs approved 

after the effective date of these special 

conditions will be affected by the 

requirements in these special 

conditions. 

Boeing also requested clarification 

regarding what is meant by ‘‘approved.’’

FAA Response: Special condition 

number 4 was revised from what was 

issued for the final special conditions 

applicable to Model 737 airplanes. The 

Model 737 final special conditions 

contained the phrase ‘‘applied for.’’

That phrase was changed to ‘‘approved’’

in these final special conditions to 

ensure that these special conditions are 

applicable to as many Model 787 

certification projects as possible. The 

737 special conditions, in effect, 

notified Boeing that the flammability 

issue regarding seats with nontraditional, large, non-metallic panels 

must be addressed. The FAA discussed 

this issue with Boeing and stated that all 

subsequent special conditions related to 

this matter would be based on the 

project approval date. 

To clarify what we mean by the 

approval date, the approval date is the 

date of approval of the affected 

amended type certificate or 

supplemental type certificate. 

These Special Conditions Are Not Being 

Applied to Other Airplane 

Manufacturers 

Boeing did not request a specific 

change in this comment, but did draw 

attention to the fact that the standards 

promulgated by these special conditions 

have not yet achieved a ‘‘level playing 

field for the aviation industry.’’ Boeing 

stated that it agreed with the FAA’s 

goals to ensure that all parties in the 

industry are treated fairly, and the new 

standards are applied uniformly. 

However, Boeing noted that it is not 

apparent that those goals have yet been 

met. 

FAA Response: As projects are 

identified that include seats with large, 

non-metallic panels, the FAA will issue 

special conditions for the affected 

airplane makes and models. We are 

currently working on several other 

special condition packages for airplanes 

produced by other manufacturers. In 

addition, we are considering rulemaking 

to revise § 25.853 to address this issue. 

These special conditions are adopted 

as proposed. 

Applicability 

As discussed above, these special 

conditions are applicable to Boeing 

Model 787 series airplanes. Because the 

heat release and smoke testing 

requirements of § 25.853 are part of the 

type certification basis for the Model 

787, these special conditions are 

applicable to all Model 787 series 

airplanes. Should Boeing apply at a later 

date for a change to the type certificate 

to include another model incorporating 

the same novel or unusual design 

feature, the special conditions would 

apply to that model as well. 

Conclusion 

This action affects only certain novel 

or unusual design features on one model 

series of airplanes. It is not a rule of 

general applicability. 

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25 

Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

■ The authority citation for these 

special conditions is as follows: 

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

44702, 44704. 

The Special Conditions 

■ Accordingly, pursuant to the authority 

delegated to me by the Administrator, 

the following special conditions are 

issued as part of the type certification 

basis for Boeing Model 787 series 

airplanes. 

1. Except as provided in paragraph 3 

of these special conditions, compliance 

with Title 14 CFR part 25, Appendix F, 

parts IV and V, heat release and smoke 

emission, is required for seats that 

incorporate non-traditional, large, nonmetallic panels that may either be a 

single component or multiple 

components in a concentrated area in 

their design. 

2. The applicant may designate up to 

and including 1.5 square feet of nontraditional, non-metallic panel material 

per seat place that does not have to 

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1, above. A triple seat assembly may 

have a total of 4.5 square feet excluded 

on any portion of the assembly (e.g., 

outboard seat place 1 square foot, 

middle 1 square foot, and inboard 2.5 

square feet). 

3. Seats do not have to meet the test 

requirements of Title 14 CFR part 25, 

Appendix F, parts IV and V, when 

installed in compartments that are not 

otherwise required to meet these 

requirements. Examples include: 

a. Airplanes with passenger capacities 

of 19 or less, and 

b. Airplanes exempted from § 25.853, 

Amendment 25–61 or later. 

4. Only airplanes associated with new 

seat certification programs approved 

after the effective date of these special 

conditions will be affected by the 

requirements in these special 

conditions. Previously certificated 

interiors on the existing airplane fleet 

and follow-on deliveries of airplanes 

with previously certificated interiors are 

not affected. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 

7, 2008. 

Kevin Hull, 

Acting Manager, Transport Airplane 

Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 08–701 Filed 2–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Parts 0, 1, 2, 61, 64, and 80 

[DA–08–122] 

Amendment of the Commission’s 

Rules, Concerning Commission 

Organization, Practice and Procedure, 

Frequency Allocations and Radio 

Treaty Matters; General Rules and 

Regulations, and Stations in the 

Maritime Services 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the Federal 

Communications Commission’s (FCC) 

Office of Managing Director adopts final 

rules that change the addresses that 

regulatees, applicants and licensees use 

to submit, or file, certain applications 

and payments to the Commission. These 

non-substantive, non-controversial rule 

amendments are necessary to reflect a 

recent change by the Commission in the 

bank providing the Commission’s 

lockbox service, ensuring continued 

processing of future applications and 

fees. This Order also makes several nonsubstantive changes to the 

Commission’s fee provisions. 

DATES: Effective February 19, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Warren Firschein, Office of the 

Managing Director, (202) 418–0844. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order, 

DA–08–122, adopted January 24, 2008 

and released January 25, 2008. The full 

text of the Report and Order is available 

for public inspection on the 

Commission’s Internet site at http:// 

www.fcc.gov. It is also available for 

inspection and copying during regular 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center (Room CY–A257), 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The 

full text of this document also may be 

purchased from the Commission’s 

duplication contractor, Best Copy and 

Printing Inc., Portals II, 445 12th St., 

SW., Room CY–B402, Washington, DC 

20554; telephone (202) 488–5300; fax 

(202) 488–5563; e-mail 

FCC@BCPIWEB.COM. 

Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

Analysis 

The rules contained herein have been 

analyzed with respect to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1980 and found to 

contain no new or modified form, 

information collection and/or 

recordkeeping, labeling, disclosure, or 

record retention requirements, and will 

not increase or decrease burden hours 

imposed on the public. Finally, because 

these amendments to our rules are 

adopted without notice and comment, 

no regulatory flexibility analysis is 

required. 

Congressional Review Act 

Because the adopted rules are rules of 

agency organization, procedure, or 

practice that do not ‘‘substantially affect 

the rights or obligations of non-agency 

parties,’’ the Commission will not send 

a copy of the Report and Order in a 

report to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

Synopsis of the Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking 

Amendment of Parts 0, 1, 2, 61, 64, 

and 80 of the Commission’s Rules, 

Concerning Commission Organization, 

Practice and Procedure, Frequency 

Allocations and Radio Treaty Matters; 

General Rules and Regulations, and 

Stations in the Maritime Services. 

This Order amends the Commission’s 

rules to change the name and address 

that regulatees, applicants and licensees 

use to submit, or file, certain 

applications and payments to the 

Commission. These non-substantive, 

non-controversial rule amendments are 

necessary to reflect a recent change by 

the Commission in the bank providing 

the Commission’s lockbox service, 

ensuring continued processing of future 

applications and fees. The changes 

affect rules governing Commission 

Organization (47 CFR Part 0), Practice 

and Procedure (47 CFR Part 1), 

Frequency Allocations and Radio Treaty 

Matters; General Rules and Regulations 

(47 CFR Part 2), Tariffs (47 CFR Part 61), 

Miscellaneous Rules Relating to 

Common Carriers (47 CFR Part 64), 

Radio Broadcast Services (47 CFR Part 

73), and Stations in the Maritime 

Services (47 CFR Part 80). Specifically, 

this Order corrects bank addresses in 

several provisions of sections 0.401(b), 

0.482, 1.80(h), 1.227(b), 1.907, 1.1102, 

1.1103, 1.1104, 1.1105, 1.1106, 1.1107, 

1.1152, 1.1153, 1.1154, 1.1155, 1.1156, 

1.1166(d), 1.10001, 1.10009, 2.913(b), 

61.14(b), 61.17(b), 61.20(b), 61.32(b), 

61.153(b), 64.709(d), and 80.59(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules, 47 CFR 0.401(b), 

0.482, 1.80(h), 1.227(b), 1.907, 1.1102, 

1.1103, 1.1104, 1.1105, 1.1106, 1.1107, 

1.1152, 1.1153, 1.1154, 1.1155, 1.1156, 

1.1166(d), 1.10001, 1.10009, 2.913(b), 

61.14, 61.17, 61.20, 61.32, 61.153, 

64.709, and 80.59(c). This Order also 

makes several non-substantive changes 

to the Commission’s fee provisions to 

correct inadvertent errors to payment 

codes. 

In order to provide a fair and 

sufficient transition period to allow 

filers to become familiar with the 

address changes in the rules, we provide 

that for forty-five days after publication 

in the Federal Register, fees, 

applications, and other filings 

erroneously submitted by parties to the 

former lockbox bank shall be forwarded 

automatically to the new bank at the 

address listed in the rules. In addition, 

during this transition period, the date 

that such fees, applications, and other 

filings are date-stamped as received by 

the former lockbox bank shall be 

deemed to be the official filing date of 

such submissions. 

The rule amendments set forth in the 

attached Appendix relate to agency 

practice and procedure, and make 

minor, non-controversial procedural 

changes that do not raise issues upon 

which public notice and comment is 

necessary or would serve any useful 

purpose. Furthermore, since these 

amendments merely reflect procedural 

changes in the bank and addresses to 

which filings must be submitted, and 

the Commission has provided by rule 

the 45-day transition period to allow 

filers to become aware of the procedural 

change, good cause exists for adoption 

of these rule amendments without 

affording notice and comment. 


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