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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 34 

[Docket No. PRM–34–6; NRC–2017–0022; 

NRC–2008–0173] 

Industrial Radiographic Operations 

and Training 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notification of interpretation, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a 

notification of interpretation on 

industrial radiographic operations at 

temporary radiography jobsites and an 

Agreement State Compatibility Category 

change. The interpretation and 

Compatibility Category change are 

effective immediately with a 30-day 

post-promulgation comment period. The 

NRC is taking this action to respond to 

a petition for rulemaking from the 

Organization of Agreement States 

(OAS). 

DATES: This interpretation and 

Compatibility Category change is 

effective June 1, 2021. Submit 

comments by July 1, 2021. Comments 

received after this date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2017–0022. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Dawn 

Forder; telephone: 301–415–3407; 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Email comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

• Attention: The Public Document 

Room (PDR), where you may examine 

and order copies of public documents, 

is currently closed. You may submit 

your request to the PDR via email at 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800– 

397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory R. Trussell, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–6244, email: Gregory.Trussell@

nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting 

Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

B. Submitting Comments 

II. Background 

III. Interpretation 

IV. Compatibility of Agreement State 

Regulations 

V. Request for Comment 

VI. Petition Resolution 

VII. Availability of Documents 

VIII. Congressional Review Act 

IX. Conclusion 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket IDs NRC–2017– 

0022 and NRC–2008–0173 when 

contacting the NRC about the 

availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket IDs NRC–2017–0022 and 

NRC–2008–0173. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s PDR reference staff at 1–800– 

397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. For the 

convenience of the reader, instructions 

about obtaining materials referenced in 

this document are provided in the 

‘‘Availability of Documents’’ section. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket IDs NRC–2017– 

0022 and NRC–2008–0173 in your 

comment submission. When preparing 

and submitting your comments, see 

‘‘Tips for Submitting Effective 

Comments’’ in the ‘‘Availability of 

Documents’’ section. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, then you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 

II. Background 

A. Industrial Radiographic Operations 

and Training Rulemaking 

On May 28, 1997, the NRC issued 

§ 34.41(a) of title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Licenses 

for Industrial Radiography and 

Radiation Safety Requirements for 

Industrial Radiographic Operations,’’ 

commonly called ‘‘the two-person rule,’’ 

which requires a second qualified 

individual (radiographer or 

radiographer’s assistant) to be present 

during industrial radiography 

operations at temporary jobsites. (62 FR 


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1 Integrated Materials Performance Evaluation 

Program Review of Texas Agreement State Program 

August 27–31, 2001, Final Report, pp. 13–15 

(Agencywide Documents Access and Management 

System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML013530314) 

(final IMPEP report). 

2STP–05–025, Results of the Management Review 

Board’s Consideration of the Working Group’s 

Report on the Re-evaluation of 10 CFR 34.41(a) 

Commonly Known as the ‘‘Two Person Rule.’’ 

3Final Memo to Management Review Board, Reevaluation of 10 CFR 34.41(a) Commonly Known as 

the Two-person Rule (June 18, 2004) (ADAMS 

Accession No. ML041700450). 

4NUREG–1556, Volume 2, ‘‘Program-Specific 

Guidance About Industrial Radiography Licenses,’’ 

has been revised since the PRM was received. The 

August 1998 version referenced by the PRM is 

available at ADAMS Accession No. ML010370172. 

The current version, Revision 1, published in 

February 2016, is available at ADAMS Accession 

No. ML16062A091. The PRM’s request for revision 

continues to be relevant to the current revision. 5See NUREG–1556, Volume 2. 

28948). In the preamble for the twoperson rule, the NRC stated, ‘‘the 

purpose of the second individual is to 

provide immediate assistance when 

required and to prevent unauthorized 

entry into the restricted area.’’ (62 FR 

28955). The second individual should 

have ‘‘. . . sufficient radiography and 

safety training to allow him/her to take 

charge and secure the radioactive 

material, provide aid where necessary, 

and prevent access to radiation areas by 

unauthorized persons.’’ (62 FR 28955). 

The NRC has consistently interpreted 10 

CFR 34.41(a) to require the second 

qualified individual to directly observe 

radiographic operations. 

B. Integrated Materials Performance 

Evaluation Program Review 

The Integrated Materials Performance 

Evaluation Program (IMPEP) is a review 

process that evaluates the adequacy and 

compatibility of each Agreement State 

and NRC radioactive materials program. 

In June 2001, during an IMPEP review, 

the NRC preliminarily identified that 

implementation of the two-person rule 

by the State of Texas Department of 

Health (Texas) was not compatible with 

the provisions of 10 CFR 34.41(a).1

Specifically, the NRC concluded that 

Texas’s regulations are not compatible 

with 10 CFR 34.41(a) because Texas 

does not require the second individual 

to ‘‘observe’’ the operations. For 

example, the second qualified 

individual is permitted to perform other 

job-related duties, such as developing 

radiographic film in a nearby darkroom, 

during radiographic operations. In such 

a case, the second person would not be 

deemed available to observe and 

provide immediate assistance in the 

case of an accident or injury. However, 

the final IMPEP report found that 

Texas’s performance was satisfactory 

based on additional performance 

information provided by Texas at that 

time. The final IMPEP report 

recommended that the NRC, in 

coordination with the Agreement States, 

reconsider how the rule could be 

implemented. 

The NRC convened a working group 

with representatives from the OAS in 

June 2002.2 The group provided options 

to an NRC Management Review Board.3

The Management Review Board 

recommended that OAS or the State of 

Texas submit a Petition for Rulemaking 

(PRM) to the NRC with a request to 

reevaluate the two-person rule. The 

NRC agreed to hold in abeyance 

compatibility findings for 

inconsistencies identified during all 

IMPEP reviews related to the issues in 

the PRM until the issue is resolved. 

C. Petition for Rulemaking 

On November 3, 2005, the OAS 

submitted a PRM requesting the NRC to 

amend its regulations in 10 CFR 

34.41(a), 34.43(a), and 34.51 related to 

industrial radiographic operations to: (1) 

Require that an individual receive a 

specific amount of radiation safety 

training before using sources of 

radiation for industrial radiography; (2) 

clarify the requirements related to the 

responsibilities of the second individual 

that is required to be present during 

radiographic operations; and (3) clarify 

how many individuals are required to 

meet visual surveillance requirements 

during radiographic operations. The 

petitioner also requested that NUREG– 

1556, Volume 2, ‘‘Program-Specific 

Guidance about Industrial Radiography 

Licenses,’’ 4 be revised to reflect the 

proposed amendments. The petitioner 

asserted that the NRC’s interpretation of 

the two-person rule added unnecessary 

cost to the industry because the second 

qualified individual is unavailable to 

perform other job-related duties such as 

developing radiographic film in a 

darkroom. The petitioner requested the 

NRC delete from the two-person rule the 

sentence, ‘‘[t]he additional qualified 

individual shall observe the operation 

and be capable of providing immediate 

assistance to prevent unauthorized 

entry.’’ The petitioner posited that in a 

temporary jobsite situation in which the 

crew consists of two qualified 

radiographers, and the surveillance 

requirement of 10 CFR 34.51 can be met, 

that the second individual should be 

considered available to provide 

immediate assistance even if the second 

qualified individual is engaged in jobrelated duties other than observation of 

radiographic operations. The petitioner 

also argued that one of the primary 

factors identified as a root cause of 

many industrial radiography 

overexposures was lack of radiation 

safety training. 

The NRC reviewed the petition and 

determined that the issues and concerns 

raised in the petition merited further 

NRC consideration and inclusion in a 

future rulemaking (73 FR 27771). 

Because the rulemaking activity did not 

raise an immediate safety, 

environmental, or security concern, it 

was rated a medium priority. Resources 

were applied to this rulemaking in fiscal 

year 2018. 

III. Interpretation 

The NRC has previously interpreted 

§ 34.41(a) to require both the 

radiographer and the second qualified 

individual to maintain direct 

observation when radiographic 

operations are being conducted at a 

temporary jobsite.5 This interpretation 

has been demonstrated, through 

operating experience, to be unnecessary 

to protect public health and safety. The 

NRC is now reinterpreting that 

requirement. 

The regulation uses the term 

‘‘observe’’ rather than ‘‘directly 

observe,’’ and also requires that the 

second qualified individual ‘‘be capable 

of providing immediate assistance to 

prevent unauthorized entry.’’ The NRC’s 

interpretation has been that direct 

observation is required to ensure the 

second individual can provide 

immediate assistance. The two-person 

rule is intended to ensure that the 

second individual is able ‘‘. . . to take 

charge and secure the radioactive 

material, provide aid where necessary, 

and prevent access to radiation areas by 

unauthorized persons.’’ To achieve that 

purpose, the word ‘‘observe’’ is used to 

ensure that the second individual can 

determine when it is necessary to take 

charge or help the radiographer and 

prevent unauthorized entry. 

Therefore, the NRC now interprets 

§ 34.41 such that the requirements 

contained in the sentence, ‘‘[t]he 

additional qualified individual shall 

observe the operation and be capable of 

providing immediate assistance to 

prevent unauthorized entry’’ are met if 

the second qualified individual is in 

sufficiently close proximity to the 

operation and sufficiently aware of the 

ongoing activities to be able to provide 

assistance or take charge when 

necessary and to prevent unauthorized 

entry. The second individual may 

perform other tasks nearby so long as 

they are cognizant of the site-specific 

circumstances when radiographic 

operations are in progress. The second 

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remote video surveillance to maintain 

awareness of ongoing radiographic 

operations from a nearby darkroom. 

This interpretation does not affect the 

NRC’s existing guidance for temporary 

jobsites that have multiple access 

points. As explained in NUREG–1556, 

Volume 2, Revision 1, licensees may 

need two or more individuals present to 

prevent unauthorized entry at 

temporary jobsites at facilities with 

multiple levels and multiple access 

points, or where members of the public 

are close to the radiographic operations. 

IV. Compatibility of Agreement State 

Regulations 

The NRC is not requiring Agreement 

States to revise their interpretations of 

§ 34.41. As such, and as described 

below, the NRC hereby changes the 

compatibility category of § 34.41 from B 

to C. 

Under the ‘‘Agreement State Program 

Policy Statement’’ approved by the 

Commission on October 2, 2017, and 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 18, 2017 (82 FR 48535), NRC 

program elements (including 

regulations) are placed into 

compatibility categories A, B, C, D, 

NRC, or adequacy category Health and 

Safety (H&S). 

Compatibility Category A program 

elements are those program elements 

that are basic radiation protection 

standards and scientific terms and 

definitions that are necessary to 

understand radiation protection 

concepts. An Agreement State should 

adopt Category A program elements in 

an essentially identical manner in order 

to provide uniformity in the regulation 

of agreement material on a nationwide 

basis. 

Compatibility Category B program 

elements are those program elements 

that apply to activities that have direct 

and significant effects in multiple 

jurisdictions. An Agreement State 

should adopt Category B program 

elements in an essentially identical 

manner. 

Compatibility Category C program 

elements are those program elements 

that do not meet the criteria of Category 

A or B, but contain the essential 

objectives that an Agreement State 

should adopt to avoid conflict, 

duplication, gaps, or other conditions 

that would jeopardize an orderly pattern 

in the regulation of agreement material 

on a national basis. An Agreement State 

should adopt the essential objectives of 

the Category C program elements. 

Compatibility Category D program 

elements are those program elements 

that do not meet any of the criteria of 

Category A, B, or C and, therefore, do 

not need to be adopted by Agreement 

States for purposes of compatibility. 

Compatibility Category NRC program 

elements are those program elements 

that address areas of regulation that 

cannot be relinquished to the 

Agreement States under the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or 

provisions of 10 CFR. These program 

elements should not be adopted by the 

Agreement States. 

Adequacy Category H&S program 

elements are program elements that are 

required because of a particular health 

and safety role in the regulation of 

agreement material within the State and 

should be adopted in a manner that 

embodies the essential objectives of the 

NRC program. 

The NRC is changing the 

compatibility category designation for 

§ 34.41(a) from B to C. Instead of 

requiring Agreement States to adopt this 

regulation in an essentially identical 

manner, they would now be able to 

implement regulations that are more 

restrictive than the NRC requirements, 

provided that the essential objective is 

met, and the State requirements do not 

jeopardize an orderly pattern of 

regulation of agreement material on a 

nationwide basis. The NRC, with the 

benefit of over 20 years of experience 

with Agreement States’ implementing 

differing interpretations of the twoperson rule, has determined that 

essentially identical implementation is 

not necessary to provide an orderly 

pattern of regulation. Despite 

differences in implementation of the 

two-person rule, the NRC is not aware 

of any cross-jurisdictional boundary 

issues for the National Materials 

Program. Therefore, § 34.41(a) is hereby 

redesignated Compatibility Category C. 

The essential objective of § 34.41(a) is 

to have a second qualified individual 

maintain awareness of the radiographic 

operations, maintain direct 

communications with the radiographer, 

and be capable of providing immediate 

assistance to the radiographer or taking 

charge when necessary, and to prevent 

unauthorized entry into a restricted 

area. To meet the essential objective of 

Compatibility Category C, the 

Agreement State may either adopt the 

NRC’s position or may continue to 

require direct observation of 

radiographic operations by the second 

qualified individual at temporary 

jobsites. Agreement States may also 

adopt other more restrictive 

requirements. 

V. Request for Comment 

The NRC is requesting comments on 

this interpretation and the change from 

Compatibility Category B to C for the 

surveillance requirements in § 34.41(a). 

The NRC will publish a document in the 

Federal Register containing an 

evaluation of the significant comments 

and any revisions to this interpretation 

made as a result of the comments and 

their evaluation. 

VI. Petition Resolution 

The NRC will evaluate comments 

received on this notification of 

interpretation to determine if the 

petition issues related to the two-person 

rule in PRM–34–6 are resolved. This 

notification of interpretation makes 

§ 34.41(a) consistent with the 

requirement of § 34.51 that at least one 

of the two individuals present at a 

temporary jobsite ‘‘maintain direct 

observation of the operation.’’ 

In addition, the NRC has reviewed the 

petition regarding training requirements 

and has concluded, based on associated 

operational experience since 1997, that 

current requirements in § 34.43(c) are 

sufficient to ensure safe radiographic 

operations. Specifically, the second 

qualified individual is required to 

receive equipment training on 

radiographic devices, sources, 

associated equipment, radiation survey 

equipment and the daily inspection 

requirements on the equipment. The 

training requirements in 10 CFR part 34 

prepare individuals conducting 

radiographic operations with sufficient 

knowledge and understanding of the 

regulations and safety requirements and 

familiarity with the equipment that they 

will use in the performance of their 

work. 

Based on this review, the NRC has 

preliminarily concluded that 

rulemaking to amend its requirements 

for Industrial Radiographic Operations 

and Training is no longer necessary and, 

therefore, is proposing discontinuing 

the rulemaking activity. 

The NRC intends to develop an 

addendum to the current version of 

NUREG–1556, Volume 2, Revision 1, 

‘‘Program-Specific Guidance About 

Industrial Radiography Licenses’’ and to 

revise Inspection Procedure 87121, 

‘‘Industrial Radiography Programs’’ to 

address the interpretation of the 

surveillance requirements. 

VII. Availability of Documents 

The documents identified in the 

following table are available to 

interested persons through one or more 

of the following methods, as indicated. 


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Document Date 

Adams accession No. or 

Federal Register citation 

Tips for Submitting Effective Comments ..................................................................................................... January 16, 2020 ...... ML20014E720 

Petition from OAS PRM–34–6 .................................................................................................................... November 3, 2005 ..... ML053190112 

‘‘Licenses for Industrial Radiography and Radiation Safety Requirements for Industrial Radiographic 

Operations,’’ commonly known as the ‘‘Two-Person Rule’’.

May 28, 1997 ............ 62 FR 28948 

Final Memo to MRB re: Re-evaluation of 10 CFR 34.41(a), commonly known as the ‘‘Two-Person 

Rule,’’ group report to MRB.

June 18, 2004 ........... ML041700450 

Organization of Agreement States, Inc., Consideration of Petition in Rulemaking Process ...................... May 14, 2008 ............ 73 FR 27771 

NUREG–1556, Volume 2, ‘‘Program-Specific Guidance about Industrial Radiography Licenses’’ ............ August 1998 .............. ML010370172 

NUREG–1556, Volume 2, Revision 1, ‘‘Program-Specific Guidance about Industrial Radiography Licenses’’.February 2016 ........... ML16062A091 

Inspection Procedure 87121, ‘‘Industrial Radiography Programs’’ ............................................................. September 5, 2014 ... ML14239A234 

VIII. Congressional Review Act 

This notification of interpretation is a 

rule as defined in the Congressional 

Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801–808). 

However, the Office of Management and 

Budget has not found it to be a major 

rule as defined in the Congressional 

Review Act. 

IX. Conclusion 

The requirement of § 34.41(a) is met if 

the additional qualified individual is in 

sufficiently close proximity to the 

operation and sufficiently aware of the 

ongoing activities to be able to provide 

assistance or take charge when 

necessary and to prevent unauthorized 

entry. In addition, the compatibility 

category for § 34.41(a) is changed to 

Category C. This notification of 

interpretation addresses the issues 

identified in PRM–34–6 regarding the 

two-person rule. Therefore, the NRC has 

preliminarily concluded that 

rulemaking is no longer necessary and 

is proposing discontinuing the 

rulemaking activity initiated in response 

to PRM–34–6. 

In addition, the NRC has concluded 

that the training requirements for the 

second qualified individual in § 34.43(c) 

are sufficient to ensure safe radiographic 

operations. The NRC’s review of 

operational experience since 1997 

shows that the NRC’s training 

requirements for the second qualified 

individual, either a radiographer’s 

assistant or radiographer, are adequate 

to protect public health and safety. 

Therefore, the NRC proposes denying 

PRM–34–6. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day 

of May 2021. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Wesley W. Held, 

Acting Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11436 Filed 5–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0145; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2020–01212–R; Amendment 

39–21558; AD 2021–10–25] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus 

Helicopters 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Airbus Helicopters Model EC130B4 and 

EC130T2 helicopters. This AD was 

prompted by a report of cracks and 

geometrical non-conformities of the tail 

rotor blades (TRBs); all cracks initiated 

in the drain hole area at the blade root 

section. This AD requires cleaning 

affected parts, visual and dye penetrant 

inspections for cracks of affected parts, 

a dimensional inspection to verify 

conformity of affected parts, and 

corrective actions if necessary, as 

specified in a European Union Aviation 

Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is 

incorporated by reference. The FAA is 

issuing this AD to address the unsafe 

condition on these products. 

DATES: This AD is effective July 6, 2021. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of July 6, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For material incorporated 

by reference (IBR) in this AD, contact 

the EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 

50668 Cologne, Germany; phone: +49 

221 8999 000; email: ADs@

easa.europa.eu; internet: 

www.easa.europa.eu. You may find this 

material on the EASA website at https:// 

ad.easa.europa.eu. You may view this 

material at the FAA, Office of the 

Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 

10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Room 6N–321, 

Fort Worth, TX 76177. For information 

on the availability of this material at the 

FAA, call 817–222–5110. It is also 

available in the AD docket on the 

internet at https://www.regulations.gov 

by searching for and locating Docket No. 

FAA–2021–0145. 

Examining the AD Docket 

You may examine the AD docket on 

the internet at https://

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and locating Docket No. FAA–2021– 

0145; 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 final rule, 

any comments received, and other 

information. The address for Docket 

Operations is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hal 

Jensen, Aerospace Engineer, Operational 

Safety Branch, FAA, 950 L’Enfant Plaza 

SW, Washington, DC 20024; phone: 

202–267–9167; email: hal.jensen@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The EASA, which is the Technical 

Agent for the Member States of the 

European Union, has issued EASA AD 

2020–0187, dated August 21, 2020 

(EASA AD 2020–0187) (also referred to 

as the Mandatory Continuing 

Airworthiness Information, or the 

MCAI), to correct an unsafe condition 

for all Airbus Helicopters Model 

EC130B4 and EC130T2 helicopters. 

The FAA issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 by adding an AD that would 

apply to certain Airbus Helicopters 

Model EC130B4 and EC130T2 

helicopters. The NPRM published in the 

Federal Register on March 15, 2021 (86 


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