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49423 

Vol. 79, No. 162 

Thursday, August 21, 2014 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

5 CFR Parts 1201 and 1210 

Practices and Procedures; Appeal of 

Removal or Transfer of Senior 

Executive Service Employees of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs; 

Corrections 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Correcting amendments. 

SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection 

Board (MSPB or the Board) published 

an interim final rule in the Federal 

Register on August 19, 2014, amending 

its rules of practice and procedure to 

adapt the Board’s regulations to 

legislative changes that have created 

new laws applicable to the removal or 

transfer of Senior Executive Service 

employees of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs. This document 

corrects the interim final rule by 

revising these sections. 

DATES: Effective on August 19, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William D. Spencer, Clerk of the Board, 

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20419; 

phone: (202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 653– 

7130; or email: mspb@mspb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

interim final rule is necessary to adapt 

the MSPB’s regulations to recent 

amendments to Federal law contained 

in section 707 of the Veterans’ Access to 

Care through Choice, Accountability, 

and Transparency Act of 2014, Public 

Law 113–146 (the Act). The Act was 

signed by the President on August 7, 

2014, and took effect on that same date. 

These are technical corrections to 

definitions and citations. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Parts 1201 and 

1210 

Administrative practice and 

procedure. 

Accordingly, 5 CFR part 1210 is 

corrected by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 1210—PRACTICES AND 

PROCEDURES FOR AN APPEAL OF A 

REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF A 

SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE 

EMPLOYEE BY THE SECRETARY OF 

THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1210 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 1204 and 7701, and 38 

U.S.C. 713. 

■ 2. In § 1210.2, revise paragraph (a) to 

read as follows: 

§ 1210.2 Definitions. 

(a) The term employee covered by this 

part means an individual career 

appointee as that term is defined in 5 

U.S.C. 3132(a)(4) or an individual who 

occupies an administrative or executive 

position and is appointed under 38 

U.S.C. 7306(a) or 7401(1). (38 U.S.C. 

713(a) and (g)). 

* * * * * 

■ 3. In § 1210.18, revise paragraph (b) to 

read as follows: 

§ 1210.18 Burden of proof, standard of 

review, and penalty. 

* * * * * 

(b) Appellant. The appellant has the 

burden of proof, by a preponderance of 

the evidence, concerning: 

(1) Issues of jurisdiction; 

(2) The timeliness of the appeal; and 

(3) Affirmative defenses. 

* * * * * 

William D. Spencer, 

Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19851 Filed 8–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7400–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0801; Special 

Conditions No. 25–562–SC] 

Special Conditions: Airbus Model 

A350–900 Airplanes; Permanently 

Installed Rechargeable Lithium-Ion 

Batteries and Battery Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for Airbus Model A350–900 

airplanes. This airplane will have a 

novel or unusual design feature 

associated with permanently installed 

rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and 

battery systems. These batteries have 

certain failure, operational, and 

maintenance characteristics that differ 

significantly from those of the nickelcadmium and lead-acid rechargeable 

batteries currently approved for 

installation on large transport-category 

airplanes. 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: Effective date: September 22, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nazih Khaouly, FAA, Airplane and 

Flight Crew Interface Branch, ANM– 

111, Transport Airplane Directorate, 

Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 

98057–3356; telephone 425–227–2432; 

facsimile 425–227–1149. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 25, 2008, Airbus applied 

for a type certificate for their new Model 

A350–900 series airplane. Later, Airbus 

requested, and the FAA approved, an 

extension to the application for FAA 

type certification to November 15, 2009. 

The Model A350–900 series has a 

conventional layout with twin wingmounted Rolls-Royce Trent XWB 

engines. It features a twin aisle, 9- 


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