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Newsletter A23–6111–008, Revision 001, 

dated February 22, 2007. This may be done 

by inserting a copy of Appendix A of the 

newsletter into the AFM. 

New Requirements of This AD 

Terminating Action 

(h) Within 12 months after the effective 

date of this AD, upload applicable software 

as specified in Table 2 of this AD. After 

uploading the applicable software, the 

requirements of paragraphs (f) and (g) of this 

AD are no longer necessary, and the AFM 

revision required by paragraph (g) of this AD 

may be removed. 

TABLE 2—TERMINATING ACTION

Upload new software in— In accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions of— For—

(1) The IC–800 or IC–800E integrated avionic 

computer (IAC), as applicable.

Honeywell Alert Service Bulletin 7017300–22–

A6112, dated June 22, 2007.

The IAC identified in the service bulletin. 

(2) The NZ–2000 navigation computer (NAV 

computer).

Honeywell Alert Service Bulletin 7018879–34–

A6060, Revision 001, dated January 21, 

2008.

The NAV computer identified in the service 

bulletin. 

Honeywell Service Bulletin 7018879–34–

6061, Revision 001, dated January 21, 

2008.

The NAV computer identified in the service 

bulletin. 

Honeywell Alert Service Bulletin 7018879–34–

A6062, dated June 12, 2007.

The NAV computer identified in the service 

bulletin. 

Honeywell Alert Service Bulletin 7018879–34–

A6063, dated July 6, 2007.

The NAV computer identified in the service 

bulletin. 

Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(i)(1) The Manager, Los Angeles Aircraft 

Certification Office, FAA, ATTN: J. Kirk 

Baker, Aerospace Engineer, Systems and 

Equipment Branch, ANM–130L, FAA, Los 

Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, 3960 

Paramount Boulevard, Lakewood, California 

90712–4137; telephone (562) 627–5345; fax 

(562) 627–5210; has the authority to approve 

AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the 

procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. 

(2) To request a different method of 

compliance or a different compliance time 

for this AD, follow the procedures in 14 CFR 

39.19. Before using any approved AMOC on 

any airplane to which the AMOC applies, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector 

(PI) in the FAA Flight Standards District 

Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local 

FSDO. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on August 

6, 2008. 

Ali Bahrami, 

Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

15 CFR Part 303 

[Docket No. 080716841–8842–01] 

RIN 0625–AA80 

Changes in the Insular Possessions 

Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry 

Programs 2008 

AGENCIES: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce; Office of 

Insular Affairs, Department of the 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

and Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Departments of 

Commerce and the Interior (the 

Departments) propose to amend their 

regulations governing watch dutyexemption allocations and watch and 

jewelry duty-refund benefits for 

producers in the United States insular 

possessions (the U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands). The proposed rule would 

amend the regulations by updating the 

formula that is used to calculate the 

combined amount of individual and 

family health and life insurance per year 

that is creditable towards the duty 

refund benefit. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before September 22, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Address written comments 

to Faye Robinson, Director, Statutory 

Import Programs Staff, Room 2104, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 14th and 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye 

Robinson, (202) 482–3526, same address 

as above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

insular possessions watch industry 

provision in Sec. 110 of Public Law No. 

97–446 (96 Stat. 2331) (1983), as 

amended by section 602 of Public Law 

No. 103–465 (108 Stat. 4991) (1994), and 

additional U.S. Note 5 to chapter 91 of 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (‘‘HTSUS’’), as amended 

by Public Law 94–241 (90 Stat. 263) 

(1976) requires the Secretary of 

Commerce and the Secretary of the 

Interior (‘‘the Secretaries’’), acting 

jointly, to establish a limit on the 

quantity of watches and watch 

movements that may be entered free of 

duty during each calendar year. The law 

also requires the Secretaries to establish 

the shares of this limited quantity that 

may be entered from the Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands (‘‘CNMI’’). After the 

Departments have verified the data 

submitted on the annual application 

(Form ITA–334P), the producers’ dutyexemption allocations are calculated 

from the territorial share in accordance 

with 15 CFR 303.14 and each producer 

is issued a duty-exemption license. The 

law further requires the Secretaries to 

issue duty-refund certificates to each 

territorial watch and watch movement 

producer based on the company’s dutyfree shipments and creditable wages 

paid during the previous calendar year. 

Public Law 106–36 (113 Stat. 127) 

(1999) authorizes the issuance of a dutyrefund certificate to each territorial 

jewelry producer for any article of 

jewelry provided for in heading 7113 of 

the HTSUS that is the product of any 

such territory. The value of the 

certificate is based on creditable wages 

paid and duty-free units shipped into 

the United States during the previous 

calendar year. Although the law 

specifically mentions the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Guam and American Samoa, the 

issuance of the duty-refund certificate 

would also apply to the CNMI due to 

the Covenant to Establish a 

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Islands in Political Union with the 

United States of America (Pub. L. 94–

241), that states that goods from the 

CNMI are entitled to the same tariff 

treatment as imports from Guam. See 

also 19 CFR 7.2(a). In order to be 

considered a product of such territories, 

the jewelry must meet the U.S. Customs 

Service substantial transformation 

requirements (the jewelry must become 

a new and different article of commerce 

as a result of production or manufacture 

performed in the territory). To receive 

duty-free treatment, the jewelry must 

also satisfy the requirements of General 

Note 3(a)(iv) of the HTSUS and 

applicable Customs Regulations (19 CFR 

7.3). 

Section 1562 of Public Law 108–429 

(2004), amended by Public Law 97–446, 

Public Law 103–465 and Public Law 

106–36 authorizes the extension of the 

duty refund benefits to include the 

value of usual and customary health 

insurance, life insurance and pension 

benefits; raising the ceiling on the 

amount of jewelry that qualifies for the 

duty refund benefit; allowing new 

insular jewelry producers to assemble 

jewelry and have such jewelry treated as 

an article of the insular possessions for 

up to 18 months after the jewelry 

company commences assembly 

operations; allowing duty refund 

certificate holders to secure a duty 

refund on any articles that are imported 

into the customs territory of the United 

States by the certificate holder duty 

paid; and providing compensation to 

insular watch producers if tariffs on 

watches and watch movements are 

reduced. 

Under the Department of Commerce’s 

regulations, the combined creditable 

amount of individual health and life 

insurance per year may not exceed 100 

percent of the ‘‘weighted average’’

yearly individual federal employee 

health insurance, and the combined 

creditable amount of family health and 

life insurance per year may not exceed 

120 percent of the ‘‘weighted average’’

yearly family federal employee health 

insurance. The Department of 

Commerce’s regulations combine the 

creditable amount of health and life 

insurance into one benefit calculation 

because most program companies 

purchase health and life insurance 

together in one plan or payment. 

In March 2008, the Department of 

Commerce received a letter from the 

U.S. Virgin Islands Watch and Jewelry 

Manufacturers Association (V.I.M.A) 

requesting that we reexamine the 

methodology for determining the health 

benefit portion of the production 

incentive certificate (‘‘PIC’’). The 

V.I.M.A. stated that its members’ health 

insurance costs have outpaced the 

current formula due to factors including 

the age of the staff and difficulty in 

getting local medical providers to accept 

the Virgin Islands card health plan. 

According to the V.I.M.A, the health 

insurance costs of two producers 

currently exceed the maximum 

allowable reimbursement, even though 

the health benefit plans remain 

unchanged. 

During the Departments’ audit in 

February 2008, Department officials 

discovered there had been substantial 

increases in combined health and life 

insurance costs for some program 

producers and that creditable limits had 

been exceeded for a few employees 

within two companies. One company 

exceeded the individual creditable limit 

and the other company exceeded the 

family creditable limit. In light of the 

upward trend in the costs of health and 

life insurance within the industry 

generally, as discussed above, we have 

reevaluated the creditable limits. 

Accordingly, we are proposing an 

increase in the formula for determining 

creditable health and life insurance 

benefits. 

Proposed Amendments 

We propose to amend 

§ 303.2(a)(13)(ii), § 303.2(a)(13)(ii)(A), 

§ 303.2(a)(14)(ii), § 303.2(a)(14)(ii)(A), 

§ 303.16(a)(9)(ii), § 303.16(a)(9)(ii)(A), 

§ 303.16(a)(10)(ii), and 

§ 303.2(a)(10)(ii)(A) by increasing the 

percentage used to calculate the 

combined amount of individual and 

family health and life insurance per year 

that is creditable towards the duty 

refund benefit for watch and jewelry 

producers. Currently, the combined 

creditable amount of individual health 

and life insurance per year may not 

exceed 100 percent of the ‘‘weighted 

average’’ yearly individual federal 

employee health insurance, and the 

combined creditable amount of family 

health and life insurance per year may 

not exceed 120 percent of the ‘‘weighted 

average’’ yearly family federal employee 

health insurance. Under the proposed 

rule, the combined creditable amount of 

individual health and life insurance per 

year would not exceed 130 percent of 

the ‘‘weighted average’’ yearly 

individual federal employee health 

insurance, and the combined creditable 

amount of family health and life 

insurance per year would not exceed 

150 percent of the ‘‘weighted average’’

yearly family federal employee health 

insurance. 

Classification 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. In 

accordance with the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., the 

Chief Counsel for Regulation at the 

Department of Commerce has certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy, 

Small Business Administration, that the 

proposed rule, if promulgated as final, 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

There are currently five companies 

participating in the insular watch and 

jewelry programs. The updating of the 

formula that is used to calculate the 

combined amount of individual and 

family health and life insurance per year 

that is creditable towards the duty 

refund benefit is being proposed to 

compensate for the increase in the cost 

of health insurance in the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, where all five of the watch and 

jewelry producers are located. Adoption 

of this rule would benefit producers by 

increasing the maximum amount of 

combined health and life insurance that 

would be eligible for the duty refund 

benefit. Under the proposed rule, the 

combined annual creditable amount of 

individual health and life insurance for 

calendar year 2008 would be increased 

by $1,571 and the combined annual 

creditable amount of family health and 

life insurance for calendar year 2008 

would be increased by $3,567. There 

would be no adverse economic impact 

from this proposed change. 

This proposed rule also would not 

change reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements. The changes in the 

regulations will also not duplicate, 

overlap or conflict with other laws or 

regulations. Consequently, the changes 

are not expected to meet the RFA 

criteria of having a ‘‘significant’’

economic effect on a ‘‘substantial 

number’’ of small entities, as stated in 

5 U.S.C. 603 et seq. Therefore, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis was not 

prepared. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This 

proposed rulemaking does not contain 

revised collection of information 

requirements subject to review and 

approval by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Collection 

activities are currently approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

control numbers 0625–0040 and 0625–

0134. 

Not withstanding any other provision 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, nor shall any person be 

subject to a penalty for failure to comply 

with a collection of information unless 

it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

E.O. 12866. It has been determined 

that the proposed rulemaking is not 


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significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 303 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, American Samoa, Customs 

duties and inspection, Guam, Imports, 

Marketing quotas, Northern Mariana 

Islands, Reporting and record keeping 

requirements, Virgin Islands, Watches 

and jewelry. 

For reasons set forth above, the 

Departments propose to amend 15 CFR 

part 303 as follows: 

PART 303—WATCHES, WATCH 

MOVEMENTS AND JEWELRY 

PROGRAMS 

1. The authority citation for 15 CFR 

part 303 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Pub. L. 97–446, 96 Stat. 2331 

(19 U.S.C. 1202, note); Pub. L. 103–465, 108 

Stat. 4991; Pub. L. 94–241, 90 Stat. 263 (48 

U.S.C. 1681, note); Pub. L. 106–36, 113 Stat. 

167; Pub. L. 108–429, 118 Stat. 2582. 

§ 303.2 [Amended] 

2. Section 303.2 is amended as 

follows: 

A. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(13)(ii) and add 

‘‘130’’ in its place. 

B. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(13)(ii)(A) and 

add ‘‘150’’ in its place. 

C. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(14)(ii) and add 

‘‘130’’ in its place. 

D. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(14)(ii)(A) and 

add ‘‘150’’ in its place. 

§ 303.16 [Amended] 

3. Section 303.16 is amended as 

follows: 

A. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(9)(ii) and add 

‘‘130’’ in its place. 

B. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(9)(ii)(A) and 

add ‘‘150’’ in its place. 

C. Remove ‘‘100’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(10)(ii) and add 

‘‘130’’ in its place. 

D. Remove ‘‘120’’ from the first 

sentence in paragraph (a)(10)(ii)(A) and 

add ‘‘150’’ in its place. 

Dated: August 13, 2008. 

David Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, Department of Commerce. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Nikolao Pula, 

Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department 

of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Mine Safety and Health Administration 

30 CFR Part 18 

RIN 1219–AB60 

Conveyor Belt Combustion Toxicity 

and Smoke Density 

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health 

Administration (MSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for information, 

reopening and extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Mine Safety and Health 

Administration is reopening the 

rulemaking record on the request for 

information entitled ‘‘Conveyor Belt 

Combustion Toxicity and Smoke 

Density’’ published in the Federal 

Register on June 19, 2008 (73 FR 35057) 

and extending the comment period to 

September 8, 2008. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

by midnight eastern daylight time on 

September 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments must 

be clearly identified with ‘‘RIN 1219–

AB60’’ and may be sent to MSHA by 

any of the following methods: 

(1) Federal Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

(2) Electronic mail: zzMSHAComments@dol.gov. Include ‘‘RIN 

1219–AB60’’ in the subject line of the 

message. 

(3) Facsimile: (202) 693–9441. Include 

‘‘RIN 1219–AB60’’ in the subject. 

(4) Regular Mail: MSHA, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939. 

(5) Hand Delivery or Courier: MSHA, 

Office of Standards, Regulations, and 

Variances, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 

2350, Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939. 

Sign in at the receptionist’s desk on the 

21st floor. 

Comments can be accessed 

electronically at http://www.msha.gov 

under the ‘‘Rules and Regs’’ link. MSHA 

will post all comments on the Internet 

without change, including any personal 

information provided. Comments may 

also be reviewed at the Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350, 

Arlington, Virginia. Sign in at the 

receptionist’s desk on the 21st floor. 

MSHA maintains a listserve that 

enables subscribers to receive e-mail 

notification when rulemaking 

documents are published in the Federal 

Register. To subscribe to the listserve, 

go to http://www.msha.gov/ 

subscriptions/subscribe.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of 

Standards, Regulations, and Variances, 

MSHA, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Room 2350, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209–3939, 

silvey.patricia@dol.gov (e-mail), (202) 

693–9440 (voice), or (202) 693–9441 

(Fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

On June 19, 2008, MSHA published a 

Request for Information (RFI) on 

conveyor belt combustion toxicity and 

smoke density (73 FR 35057). The 

comment period for the RFI closed on 

August 18, 2008. In a separate 

rulemaking, MSHA published on the 

same day a proposed rule on flameresistant conveyor belts, fire prevention 

and detection, and use of air from the 

belt entry (73 FR 35026). The comment 

period for the proposed rule closes on 

September 8, 2008. 

II. Extension of Comment Period 

MSHA is reopening the rulemaking 

record for the RFI to be consistent with 

the proposed rule on flame-resistant 

conveyor belt, fire prevention and 

detection, and use of air from the belt 

entry. The comment period for the RFI 

closes on midnight eastern daylight time 

September 8, 2008. MSHA will consider 

all comments received through 

September 8, 2008, including those 

received between August 19 and the 

date of this notice. 

Dated: August 15, 2008. 

Richard E. Stickler, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety 

and Health. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2007–0382, EPA–R03–

OAR–2008–0113; FRL–8707–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Virginia; 

Emission Reductions From Large 

Stationary Internal Combustion 

Engines and Large Cement Kilns 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revisions for the Commonwealth of 

Virginia. These revisions, submitted by 

the Virginia Department of 


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