66874 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 1995 / Rules and Regulations

§ 39.13 [AMENDED]

2. Section 39.13 is amended by

removing Amendment 39—9345 (60 FR

43963, August 24, 1995), and by adding

a new airworthiness directive,

Amendment 39–9461, to read as

follows:

95–26–03 Pratt & Whitney: Amendment 39–

9461. Docket 95–ANE–58. Supersedes

AD 95–15–51, Amendment 39–9345.

Applicability: Pratt & Whitney (PW)

Models JT8D–1, –1A, –1B, –7, –7A, –9, –9A,

–11, –15, –15A, –17, –17A, –17R, –17AR

engines with serial numbers specified in

Section 2 of PW Alert Service Bulletin (ASB)

No. A6226, dated October 17, 1995. These

engines are installed on but not limited to

Boeing B727 and B737, and McDonnell

Douglas DC–9 aircraft.

Note: This airworthiness directive (AD)

applies to each engine identified in the

preceding applicability provision, regardless

of whether it has been modified, altered, or

repaired in the area subject to the

requirements of this AD. For engines that

have been modified, altered, or repaired so

that the performance of the requirements of

this AD is affected, the owner/operator must

use the authority provided in paragraph (c)

to request approval from the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA). This approval may

address either no action, if the current

configuration eliminates the unsafe

condition, or different actions necessary to

address the unsafe condition described in

this AD. Such a request should include an

assessment of the effect of the changed

configuration on the unsafe condition

addressed by this AD. In no case does the

presence of any modification, alteration, or

repair remove any engine from the

applicability of this AD.

Compliance: Required as indicated, unless

accomplished previously.

To prevent an uncontained high pressure

compressor (HPC) disk failure, which can

result in damage to the aircraft, accomplish

the following:

(a) Perform a records search, inspect if

necessary, repair or replace if necessary, and

report results, of stage 7 through 12 HPC

disks in accordance with the intervals and

procedures of paragraph 2.A through 2.D of

PW ASB No. A6226, dated October 17, 1995.

Reporting requirements have been approved

by the Office of Management and Budget and

assigned OMB control number 2120–0056.

(b) For the purpose of this AD, the

accomplishment effective date to be used for

determination of inspection intervals, as

required by Section 2.B of PW ASB A6226,

dated October 17, 1995, is defined as the

effective date of this AD.

(c) An alternative method of compliance or

adjustment of the compliance time that

provides an acceptable level of safety may be

used if approved by the Manager, Engine

Certification Office. The request should be

forwarded through an appropriate FAA

Principal Maintenance Inspector, who may

add comments and then send it to the

Manager, Engine Certification Office.

Note: Information concerning the existence

of approved alternative methods of

compliance with this airworthiness directive,

if any, may be obtained from the Engine

Certification Office.

(d) Special flight permits may be issued in

accordance with sections 21.197 and 21.199

of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

21.197 and 21.199) to operate the aircraft to

a location where the requirements of this AD

can be accomplished.

(e) The actions required by this AD shall

be done in accordance with the following

service document:

Document No. Pages Revision Date

PW ASB No. A6226 .................................................................................................................................. 1–20 Original .. October 17, 1995.

Total pages: 20.

This incorporation by reference was

approved by the Director of the Federal

Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)

and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be obtained

from Pratt & Whitney, Publications

Department, M/S 132–30, 400 Main St., East

Hartford, CT 06108. Copies may be inspected

at the FAA, New England Region, Office of

the Assistant Chief Counsel, 12 New England

Executive Park, Burlington, MA; or at the

Office of the Federal Register, 800 North

Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington,

DC.

(f) This amendment becomes effective on

January 11, 1996.

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on

December 11, 1995.

Jay J. Pardee,

Manager, Engine and Propeller Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 95–31332 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

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14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. 24456; Amendment No. 91–247]

Special VFR Weather Minimums

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical

amendment.

SUMMARY: This action corrects the

Special visual flight rules (SVFR)

weather minimums in Alaska.

Specifically, this action allow SVFR

operations in Alaska when the sun is 6

degrees or more below the horizon.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet Apple, Air Traffic Rules Branch,

ATP–230, Airspace Rules and

Aeronautical Information Division,

Federal Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202)

267–8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 17, 1991, the FAA published

the Airspace Reclassification final rule

(56 FR 65638) that, in pertinent part,

changed regulations and procedures in

regard to airspace classifications. These

changes, effective September 16, 1992,

were intended to simplify airspace

classifications to reduce airspace

complexity and thereby enhance safety.

Prior to the Airspace Reclassification

final rule, § 91.157 of Title 14, Code of

Federal Regulations (14 CFR) stated that

no person may operate an aircraft (other

than a helicopter) in a control zone

under the special weather minimums of

section 91.157 between sunset and

sunrise (or in Alaska, when the sun is

more than 6 degrees below the horizon),

with additional conditions. However,

the amendment language in the

Airspace Reclassification final rule

(Amdt. 91–227 56 FR 65660, December

17, 1991) inadvertently changed section

91.157 to read ‘‘* * * 6 degrees or

more above the horizon.’’ This technical

amendment corrects that error.

The Amendment

This amendment to 14 CFR part 91

subparagraph (b)(4) revises the

restriction for Special VFR operations in

Alaska to 6 degrees or more below the

horizon. The FAA has determined that

this action: (1) Is not a ‘‘major rule’’

under Executive Order 12291; (2) is not

a ‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT

Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44

FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)

does not warrant preparation of a

regulatory evaluation as the anticipated

impact is negligible.

This action is a clarification of an

existing rule and does not place any

new restrictions or requirements on the

public, but rather lifts certain

restrictions presently in place. Notice

and public procedure under 5 U.S.C.

553(b) are unnecessary.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 91

Air traffic control, Aircraft, Airmen,

Airports, Aviation safety.
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PART 91—GENERAL OPERATING AND

FLIGHT RULES

1. The authority citation for Part 91

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 1155, 40103,

40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44709,

44711, 44712, 44715, 44716, 44717, 44722,

46306, 46315, 46316, 46502, 46504, 46506,

46507, 47122, 47508, 47528–47531; articles

12 and 29 of the Convention on International

Civil Aviation 961 stat. 1180.

2. Section 91.157 is amended by

revising paragraph (b)(4) introductory

text to read as follows:

§ 91.157 Special VFR weather minimums.

* * * * *

(b) Special VFR operations may only

be conducted—

* * * * *

(4) Except for helicopters, between

sunrise and sunset (or in Alaska, when

the sun is 6 degrees or more below the

horizon) unless—

* * * * *

Issued in Washington, D.C. on December

18, 1995.

Harold W. Becker,

Acting Program Director for Air Traffic Rules

and Procedures.

[FR Doc. 95–31290 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

15 CFR Parts 922, 924, 925, 935, 936,

938, 940, 941, 942, 943 and 944

[Docket No. 951201283–5283–01]

RIN 0648–AI51

National Marine Sanctuary Program

AGENCY: Office of Ocean and Coastal

Resource Management (OCRM),

National Ocean Service (NOS), National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA), Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is

removing 15 CFR Parts 924, 925, 935,

936, 938, 940, 941, 942, 943, and 944

and revising 15 CFR Part 922 by

consolidating therein the removed

regulations. As revised, Part 922

implements the National Marine

Sanctuaries Act, as amended, (Act), 16

U.S.C. 1431 et seq. and governs ten of

the present twelve National Marine

Sanctuaries. The rulemakings to

implement the designations of the

eleventh and twelfth Sanctuaries, the

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback

Whale National Marine Sanctuary, are

presently ongoing and the regulations

governing the old Key Largo and Looe

Key National Marine Sanctuaries (15

CFR Parts 929 and 937) subsumed in the

new Florida Keys Sanctuary will

continue to be maintained until

replaced by regulations governing the

entire Florida Keys Sanctuary. This final

rule does not make substantive changes

to the existing regulations governing the

other ten Sanctuaries, rather it removes

duplicative and outdated provisions,

makes technical changes to incorporate

current term usage and achieve

uniformity in regulatory language, and

consolidates and reorganizes all

remaining provisions in a more logical

and cohesive order. The effect of this

final rule is to make the regulations

implementing the Act more concise,

better organized, and thereby easier for

the public to use.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 27, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harriet Sopher, Office of Ocean and

Coastal Resource Management, at 301–

713–3125 (ext. 109), fax: 301–713–0404,

e-mail: hsopher@ocean.nos.noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is

removing 15 CFR Parts 924, 925, 935,

936, 938, 940, 941, 942, 943, and 944

and is revising 15 CFR Part 922 by

consolidating therein the removed

regulations.

In March 1995, President Clinton

issued a directive to Federal agencies

regarding their responsibilities under

his Regulatory Reinvention Initiative.

This initiative is part of the National

Performance Review and calls for

immediate, comprehensive regulatory

reform. The President directed all

agencies to undertake an exhaustive

review of all their regulations, with an

emphasis on eliminating or modifying

those that are obsolete, duplicative, or

otherwise in need of reform. This final

rule is intended to carry out the

President’s directive with respect to the

regulations implementing the Act and

the National Marine Sanctuary program

and revises those regulations as follows:

II. Consolidates National Marine

Sanctuary Regulations in One CFR

Part, 15 CFR Part 922, and removes Ten

CFR Parts Containing Site-Specific

Regulations

Currently, regulations implementing

the Act are included in 13 separate Parts

of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.

This rulemaking removes ten parts of

the Code and consolidates the removed

regulations, which addressed ten of the

twelve National Marine Sanctuaries, in

15 CFR Part 922. The rulemakings to

implement the designations of the

eleventh and twelfth Sanctuaries, the

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback

Whale National Marine Sanctuary, are

presently ongoing and the regulations

governing the old Key Largo and Looe

Key National Marine Sanctuaries (15

CFR Parts 929 and 937) subsumed in the

new Florida Keys Sanctuary will

continue to be maintained until

replaced by regulations governing the

entire Florida Keys Sanctuary. As

revised, subparts A, D and E of the 15

CFR Part 922 are applicable to all the

ten Sanctuaries. Site-specific regulations

for each of the ten appear in each

Sanctuary’s own subpart (subparts F

through O). Subparts B and C apply to

the Site Evaluation List (SEL) and to the

designation of future Sanctuaries.

III. Makes Technical Changes to

Incorporate Current Term Usage and

Achieve Uniformity in Regulatory

Language, and Replaces the Duplicative

Provisions in the Site-Specific

Regulations With Uniform Definitions

and Provisions in Subparts A, D and E

Applicable to the Ten Covered

Sanctuaries

Many of the existing regulations for

the ten Sanctuaries covered by this

rulemaking contain identical or nearly

identical provisions addressing matters

such as definitions, emergency

regulations, penalties, appeals of

administrative action, and permit

procedures and criteria. The

consolidation of these provisions and

the deletion of the duplicative

provisions results in the deletion of

many pages of text from the CFR.

The site specific prohibitions were

retained for each Sanctuary in its own

respective subpart. Site-specific

definitions were only retained in those

cases where application of a given term

to other Sanctuaries other than the

Sanctuary in question might create a

conflict with either regulatory

provisions or management practice at

another Sanctuary.

IV. Reorganizes Remaining Regulations

The final rule reorganizes the

remaining regulations of the present 15

CFR Part 922 in a more logical and

cohesive order. For example, those

provisions relating to the SEL and to the

designation of future Sanctuaries have

been moved to two separate subparts.

Provisions pertaining to management