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1To view the proposed rule, its supporting 

documents, or the comments that we received, go 

to http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0106. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 319 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0106] 

RIN 0579–AE10 

Importation of Phalaenopsis Spp. 

Plants for Planting in Approved 

Growing Media From China to the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We are amending the 

regulations governing the importation of 

plants for planting to authorize the 

importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants 

for planting from China in approved 

growing media into the continental 

United States, subject to a systems 

approach. The systems approach 

consists of measures that are currently 

specified in the regulations as generally 

applicable to all plants for planting 

authorized for importation into the 

United States in approved growing 

media. This rule allows for the 

importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants 

for planting from China in approved 

growing media, while providing 

protection against the introduction of 

quarantine plant pests. 

DATES: Effective March 14, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lydia E. Colo ́n, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 851–2302. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 7 CFR part 319 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

certain plants and plant products into 

the United States to prevent the 

introduction of quarantine plant pests. 

The regulations contained in ‘‘Subpart— 

Plants for Planting,’’ §§ 319.37 through 

319.37–14 (referred to below as the 

regulations), prohibit or restrict, among 

other things, the importation of living 

plants, plant parts, and seeds for 

propagation or planting. 

The regulations differentiate between 

prohibited articles and restricted 

articles. Prohibited articles are plants for 

planting whose importation into the 

United States is not authorized due to 

the risk the articles present of 

introducing or disseminating quarantine 

plant pests. Restricted articles are 

articles authorized for importation into 

the United States, provided that the 

articles are subject to mitigation 

measures to address such risk. 

Conditions for the importation into 

the United States of restricted articles in 

growing media are found in § 319.37–8. 

Within that section, the introductory 

text of paragraph (e) lists taxa of 

restricted articles that may be imported 

into the United States in approved 

growing media, subject to the provisions 

of a systems approach. Paragraph (e)(1) 

of § 319.37–8 lists the approved growing 

media, while paragraph (e)(2) contains 

the provisions of the systems approach. 

Within paragraph (e)(2), paragraphs (i) 

through (viii) contain provisions that are 

generally applicable to all the taxa listed 

in the introductory text of paragraph (e), 

while paragraphs (ix) through (xii) 

contain additional, taxon-specific 

provisions. 

In response to a request from the 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of China, on June 1, 2015, in a 

proposed rule 1 published in the Federal 

Register (80 FR 30959–30961, Docket 

No. APHIS–2014–0106), we proposed to 

amend the introductory text of 

paragraph (e) of § 319.37–8 to add 

Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting 

from China to the list of taxa authorized 

for importation into the United States in 

approved growing media. We also 

proposed to add a paragraph (e)(2)(xii) 

to § 319.37–8 that would specify that 

such plants for planting may only be 

imported into the continental United 

States. 

We solicited comments concerning 

our proposal for 60 days ending July 31, 

2015. We received eight comments by 

that date. They were from the NPPO of 

China, two State departments of 

agriculture, an organization representing 

State departments of agriculture, an 

organization representing horticulture 

in the State of Hawaii, a plant 

pathologist specializing in Phalaenopsis 

spp. plants for planting, and private 

citizens. 

One commenter suggested we finalize 

the rule, as written. The remaining 

commenters had questions and 

comments regarding the rule and its 

supporting documents. We discuss the 

comments that we received below, by 

topic. 

Comments Regarding the Pest Risk 

Assessment and Risk Management 

Document 

In response to the NPPO of China’s 

request, we prepared a pest risk 

assessment (PRA), titled ‘‘Importation of 

Phalaenopsis spp. Orchids in Growing 

Media from China into the Continental 

United States: A Pathway-Initiated Risk 

Assessment,’’ to analyze the potential 

pest risk associated with the 

importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants 

for planting in approved growing media 

into the continental United States from 

China. We also prepared a risk 

management document (RMD), titled 

‘‘Importation of Phalaenopsis spp. 

Orchids in Approved Growing Media 

from China into the Continental United 

States,’’ to identify the phytosanitary 

measures necessary to ensure the safe 

importation into the continental United 

States of Phalaenopsis spp. plants for 

planting in approved growing media 

from China. 

One commenter stated that the PRA 

did not consider the possibility that 

viral pathogens of Phalaenopsis spp. 

plants for planting could be introduced 

into the continental United States 

through the importation of Phalaenopsis 

spp. plants for planting in approved 

growing media from China. 

In developing our PRAs, we first 

prepare a list of pests of the commodity 

that we have determined to occur in the 

particular foreign region. We then 

determine whether the pests are 

quarantine pests, which the regulations 

define as plant pests that are of potential 

economic importance to the United 

States and not yet present in the United 

States, or present but not widely 

distributed and being officially 

controlled. If the pests are quarantine 

pests, we then assess whether they 


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could be introduced into the United 

States through the importation of the 

commodity. 

The PRA identified five viral 

pathogens of Phalaenopsis spp. plants 

for planting that we have determined to 

occur in China. However, none of these 

pathogens are quarantine pests. 

Accordingly, we did not assess whether 

they are likely to follow the pathway on 

Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting in 

approved growing media from China to 

the continental United States. 

One commenter pointed out that, in 

the PRA, the list of plant pests of 

Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting 

that are known to occur in China did 

not include Dickeya dieffenbachiae, a 

bacterial pathogen, and Colletotrichum 

karstii, a pathogenic fungus. The 

commenter stated that these pests occur 

in China and could follow the pathway 

on Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting 

in approved growing media from China 

to the continental United States. The 

commenter concluded that the pests 

therefore should be added to the PRA, 

and mitigation measures specific to the 

pests should be added to the RMD and 

rule. 

D. dieffenbachiae and C. karstii were 

detected in China after the PRA and 

RMD were drafted, and we agree with 

the commenter that they could follow 

the pathway on Phalaenopsis spp. 

plants for planting in approved growing 

media from China to the continental 

United States. However, we do not 

consider it necessary to revise the RMD 

or rule to specify mitigation measures 

for these pests. We reserve pest-specific 

mitigation measures for quarantine 

pests. Neither D. dieffenbachiae nor C. 

karstii is a quarantine pest: Both are 

present in the United States, and neither 

pest is under official control. 

Two commenters pointed out that the 

PRA identified four quarantine pests 

that could follow the pathway on 

Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting in 

approved growing media from China to 

the continental United States: 

Spodoptera litura, Thrips palmi, 

Cylindrosporium phalaenopsidis, and 

Lissachatina fulica. The commenters 

stated that, if these pests became 

established throughout the United 

States, they could result in significant 

economic losses for domestic producers. 

For this reason, the commenters did not 

support the proposed rule. 

We agree that, if the quarantine pests 

identified by the PRA were to become 

established throughout the United 

States, they could cause economic 

losses for domestic producers. However, 

for the reasons specified in the RMD 

and the proposed rule itself, if the 

provisions of this rule are adhered to, 

we have determined that they will 

mitigate the plant pest risk associated 

with the importation of Phalaenopsis 

spp. plants for planting in approved 

growing media from China. 

Because we had identified more pests 

that could follow the pathway on 

orchids from Taiwan to the United 

States than from China to the 

continental United States, one 

commenter surmised that we were 

establishing more favorable trading 

conditions for China than for Taiwan 

regarding the export of orchids to the 

United States. 

The commenter’s assumption is 

incorrect. There are more quarantine 

pests of Oncidium spp. known to occur 

in Taiwan that could follow the 

pathway on Oncidium spp. plants for 

planting in approved growing media 

from Taiwan to the United States than 

there are of Phalaenopsis spp. known to 

occur in China that could follow the 

pathway on Phalaenopsis spp. plants for 

planting in approved growing media 

from China to the continental United 

States. 

Finally, one commenter asked 

whether we were confident that the PRA 

had identified all the plant pests of 

Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting in 

China, given China’s size. 

We are confident. In the PRA, we took 

into consideration China’s size and 

relied on multiple sources to identify 

pests of Phalaenopsis spp. plants for 

planting in China. 

Comments Regarding Movement to 

Hawaii 

One commenter noted that the rule 

only proposed to authorize the 

importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants 

for planting in approved growing media 

from China to the continental United 

States, and did not propose to authorize 

such importation to Hawaii or the 

territories of the United States. The 

commenter asked whether, once 

Phalaenopsis spp. plants for planting in 

approved growing media from China 

enter the continental United States, they 

subsequently may be shipped to Hawaii 

or the territories. If the rule does not 

authorize such reshipment, the 

commenter asked how we intended to 

prevent it from occurring. 

This rule expressly prohibits such 

reshipment, and we will use inspections 

to prevent it from occurring. 

Comments Regarding the Proposed 

Systems Approach 

We proposed that the Phalaenopsis 

spp. plants for planting would have to 

be grown in a greenhouse in which 

sanitary procedures adequate to exclude 

quarantine pests are always employed. 

We proposed that, at a minimum, the 

greenhouse would have to be free from 

sand and soil, have screenings with 

openings of not more than 0.6 mm on 

all vents and openings except 

entryways, have entryways equipped 

with automatic closing doors, regularly 

clean and disinfect floors, benches, and 

tools, and use only rainwater that has 

been boiled or pasteurized, clean well 

water, or potable water to water the 

plants. 

One commenter stated that plant pest 

population densities can vary 

significantly within a foreign region. 

The commenter expressed concern that 

sanitary procedures that are adequate to 

exclude quarantine pests from a 

greenhouse in one region of China may 

not be adequate to do so in another 

region. 

Growers must employ sanitary 

procedures that are adequate to exclude 

quarantine pests from the Phalaenopsis 

spp. plants for planting grown at the 

greenhouse that are intended for export 

to the United States. These sanitary 

procedures must therefore correspond to 

the quarantine pest risk associated with 

the area in which the greenhouse is 

located. Accordingly, if the greenhouse 

is located in an area of China with 

particularly high population densities of 

a certain quarantine pest, the grower 

may need to employ additional 

safeguards to exclude that pest from 

affecting plants for planting at the 

greenhouse. The NPPO of China will 

make this determination regarding 

whether additional safeguards are 

necessary, and will communicate the 

safeguards needed to the greenhouse in 

an agreement with the grower. The 

grower must enter into such an 

agreement with the NPPO in order to 

export Phalaenopsis spp. plants for 

planting in approved growing media to 

the United States. 

Another commenter expressed 

concern that screenings with openings 

of 0.6 mm would not preclude T. palmi 

from entering the greenhouses. The 

commenter cited studies indicating that 

40 to 50 percent of T. palmi that attempt 

to pass through such an opening can do 

so. 

We agree that screenings with 

openings of 0.6 mm may not preclude 

all T. palmi from entering the 

greenhouse. However, as we mentioned 

above, in order to comply with the 

provisions of the systems approach, 

growers will have to employ sanitary 

procedures that are sufficient to exclude 

quarantine pests from the Phalaenopsis 

spp. intended for export to the United 

States. Accordingly, growers in areas 

where T. palmi are present will be 

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plan for T. palmi to address incursions 

of this pest into the greenhouse; the 

plan must have sufficient safeguards to 

prevent Phalaenopsis spp. plants for 

planting intended for export to the 

United States from becoming infested 

with T. palmi. The agreement that the 

grower enters into with the NPPO of 

China will specify the additional 

safeguards that the grower will use. 

In the proposed rule, we proposed to 

add a condition restricting the 

importation of Phalaenopsis spp. from 

China in approved growing media to the 

continental United States to § 319.37–8 

as paragraph (e)(2)(xii). In this final rule, 

it is added as paragraph (e)(2)(xiii). 

Therefore, for the reasons given in the 

proposed rule and in this document, we 

are adopting the proposed rule as a final 

rule, with the change discussed in this 

document. 

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866 and, therefore, 

has not been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 604, we 

have performed a final regulatory 

flexibility analysis, which is 

summarized below, regarding the 

economic effects of this rule on small 

entities. Copies of the full analysis are 

available on the Regulations.gov Web 

site (see footnote 1 in this document for 

a link to Regulations.gov) or by 

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

APHIS is amending the regulations in 

7 CFR 319.37–8(e) to allow the 

importation from China into the 

continental United States of orchids of 

the genus Phalaenopsis established in 

an approved growing medium, subject 

to specified growing, inspection, and 

certification requirements. 

Prior to this rule, Phalaenopsis spp. 

imported from China were required to 

be bare-rooted. Eliminating this 

requirement is expected to increase the 

number and quality of orchids imported 

from China by U.S. producers, who then 

finish the plants for the retail market. 

This change could result in cost savings 

for these U.S. producers, which may or 

may not be passed on to U.S. buyers. 

The amended regulations could also 

result in the importation of marketready Phalaenopsis spp. in approved 

growing media from China that would 

directly compete at wholesale and retail 

levels with U.S. finished potted orchids. 

The latter scenario is considered 

unlikely, given the technical challenges 

and additional marketing costs incurred 

when shipping finished plants in pots. 

While many of the U.S. entities that 

will be affected by the rule such as 

orchid producers and importers may be 

small by Small Business Administration 

standards, we expect economic effects 

for these entities to be modest. 

Executive Order 12988 

This final rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts 

all State and local laws and regulations 

that are inconsistent with this rule; (2) 

has no retroactive effect; and (3) does 

not require administrative proceedings 

before parties may file suit in court 

challenging this rule. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

An environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact have 

been prepared for this final rule. The 

environmental assessment provides a 

basis for the conclusion that the 

importation of Phalaenopsis spp. plants 

for planting from China, subject to a 

required systems approach, will not 

have a significant impact on the quality 

of the human environment. Based on 

the finding of no significant impact, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared. 

The environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact were 

prepared in accordance with: (1) The 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

The environmental assessment and 

finding of no significant impact may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site. 

Copies of the environmental assessment 

and finding of no significant impact are 

also available for public inspection at 

USDA, Room 1141, South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Persons wishing to 

inspect copies are requested to call 

ahead on (202) 799–7039 to facilitate 

entry into the reading room. In addition, 

copies may be obtained by writing to the 

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with section 3507(d) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the information 

collection or recordkeeping 

requirements included in this final rule, 

which were filed under 0579–0439, 

have been submitted for approval to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). When OMB notifies us of its 

decision, if approval is denied, we will 

publish a document in the Federal 

Register providing notice of what action 

we plan to take. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance 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. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this final rule, please contact Ms. 

Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2727. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 

Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, 

Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rice, 

Vegetables. 

Accordingly, we are amending 7 CFR 

part 319 as follows: 

PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 319 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

■ 2. Section 319.37–8 is amended as 

follows: 

■ a. In paragraph (e) introductory text, 

in the entry for ‘‘Phalaenopsis spp. from 

Taiwan’’, add the words ‘‘and the 

People’s Republic of China’’ after the 

word ‘‘Taiwan’’. 

■ b. Add paragraph (e)(2)(xiii). 

■ c. Revise the OMB citation at the end 

of the section. 

The addition and revision read as 

follows: 

§ 319.37–8 Growing media. 

* * * * * 

(e) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(xiii) Plants for planting of 

Phalaenopsis spp. from the People’s 

Republic of China may only be imported 

into the continental United States, and 

may not be imported or moved into 

Hawaii or the territories of the United 

States. 

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(Approved by the Office of Management and 

Budget under control numbers 0579–0266, 

0579–0431, and 0579–0439) 

Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

February 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02822 Filed 2–10–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 702 

RIN 3133–AE44 

Capital Planning and Stress Testing— 

Schedule Shift 

AGENCY: National Credit Union 

Administration (NCUA). 

ACTION: Final rule; correcting 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The NCUA Board (Board) 

published a final rule in the Federal 

Register on August 11, 2015, regarding 

the capital planning and stress testing 

provisions in NCUA’s regulations. This 

amendment corrects the regulations by 

reinstating a provision that was 

inadvertently removed by the August 

2015 final rule. 

DATES: This correcting amendment is 

effective February 11, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marvin Shaw, Staff Attorney, Office of 

General Counsel, 1775 Duke Street, 

Alexandria VA 22314 or telephone (703) 

518–6553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NCUA is 

correcting a technical error in the final 

rule NCUA published in the Federal 

Register on August 11, 2015 (80 FR 

48012). This amendment corrects 

§ 702.504(a) of NCUA’s regulations by 

reinstating § 702.504(a)(2) which was 

inadvertently removed by the August 

2015 final rule. 

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 702 

Capital, Credit unions, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

By the National Credit Union 

Administration Board on February 5, 2016. 

Gerard Poliquin, 

Secretary of the Board. 

For the reasons discussed above, the 

National Credit Union Administration 

amends part 702 as follows: 

PART 702—CAPITAL ADEQUACY 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 702 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1766(a), 1790d. 

■ 2. In § 702.504, revise paragraph (a) to 

read as follows: 

§ 702.504 Capital planning. 

(a) Annual capital planning. (1) A 

covered credit union must develop and 

maintain a capital plan. It must submit 

this plan and its capital policy to NCUA 

by May 31 each year, or such later date 

as directed by NCUA. The plan must be 

based on the credit union’s financial 

data as of December 31 of the preceding 

calendar year, or such other date as 

directed by NCUA. NCUA will assess 

whether the capital planning and 

analysis process is sufficiently robust in 

determining whether to accept a credit 

union’s capital plan. 

(2) A covered credit union’s board of 

directors (or a designated committee of 

the board) must at least annually, and 

prior to the submission of the capital 

plan under paragraph (a)(1) of this 

section: 

(i) Review the credit union’s process 

for assessing capital adequacy; 

(ii) Ensure that any deficiencies in the 

credit union’s process for assessing 

capital adequacy are appropriately 

remedied; and 

(iii) Approve the credit union’s 

capital plan. 

* * * * * 

[FR Doc. 2016–02740 Filed 2–10–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7535–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–5877; Special 

Conditions No. 25–610–SC] 

Special Conditions: The Boeing 

Company, Model 737–8 Airplanes; 

Design Roll-Maneuver Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for Boeing Model 737–8 

airplanes. These airplanes will have a 

novel or unusual design feature 

associated with an electronic flightcontrol system that provides roll control 

of the airplane through pilot inputs to 

the flight computers. 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: This action is effective on the 

Boeing Company on February 11, 2016. 

We must receive your comments by 

March 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket no. FAA–2015–5877 using 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, 

DC, 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov/, 

including any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot 

.gov/. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket, or go to Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Freisthler, FAA, Airframe and 

Cabin Safety Branch, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Aircraft 

Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue 

SW., Renton, Washington, 98057–3356; 

telephone 425–227–1119; facsimile 

425–227–1232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has determined that notice of, and 

opportunity for prior public comment 

on, these special conditions is 

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