22090 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 12, 2009 / Rules and Regulations 

Comment: We support amending the 

regulations used to administer the TASC 

program by increasing the amount of 

funding per proposal in any given year. 

The amendment to the TASC 

regulations will make the program more 

viable and relevant in addressing 

potential and existing trade barriers. 

Comment: CCC should reconsider the 

proposed funding limitation by either 

reducing the funding limitation of 

$500,000 per project to allow for longer 

maximum durations, or by creating a 

discretionary fund to be designated 

specifically for projects extending 

beyond the maximum duration. The 

assessment of these types of 

circumstances should be based on the 

effectiveness of the project’s activities 

by the measurement in reaching 

projected goals. 

Response: Given the increase in 

program funding authorized by the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008, CCC believes that increasing the 

project funding limitation will not 

constrict the number or duration of 

approved projects. Therefore, CCC is 

adopting the rule as proposed. 

Increase the Maximum Duration of an 

Activity From 3 Years to 5 Years 

CCC received six comments on this 

issue. One of the six opposed the 5-year 

limitation. 

Comment: The proposed rule change 

increasing the maximum duration of an 

activity from 3 years to 5 years should 

facilitate the efficient allocation of 

funding to the specialty crop industry 

and promote the design and 

implementation of projects that will 

benefit our industry. 

Comment: The proposed 5-year 

limitation, although appreciated, is an 

unrealistic timeline when mitigating 

phytosanitary concerns of international 

trade partners. A discretionary fund 

should be specifically created for those 

projects that extend beyond the 

maximum duration. 

Response: After 7 years of operating 

the TASC program, CCC believes that 3 

years is not a sufficient length of time 

to complete certain projects. CCC 

believes that 5 years should be sufficient 

to complete all projects, and that 

making a provision to allow for projects 

to exceed 5 years in duration is 

unnecessary. Therefore, CCC is adopting 

the rule as proposed. 

Increase the Number of Approved 

Projects From Three to Five That a 

TASC Participant Can Have Underway 

at Any Given Time 

CCC received five comments on this 

issue, all of which favored the proposed 

change. 

Comment: Allowing up to five 

approved projects for any one TASC 

participant at any given time should 

facilitate the efficient allocation of 

funding to the specialty crop industry 

and promote the design and 

implementation of projects that will 

benefit the industry. 

Response: CCC will adopt the rule as 

proposed. 

■ For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 1487 is amended 

as follows: 

Title 7—Agriculture 

PART 1487—TECHNICAL 

ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1487 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Sec. 3205 of Pub. L. 107–171. 

■ 2. Revise § 1487.4 to read as follows: 

§ 1487.4 Are there any limits on the scope 

of proposals? 

(a) Funding cap. Proposals which 

request more than $500,000 of CCC 

funding in a given year will not be 

considered. 

(b) Length of activities. Funding will 

not be provided for projects that have 

received TASC funding for 5 years. The 

5 years do not need to be consecutive. 

(c) Target countries. Proposals may 

target all eligible export markets, 

including single countries or reasonable 

regional groupings of countries. 

(d) Multiple proposals. Applicants 

may submit multiple proposals, but no 

participant may have more than five 

approved projects underway at any 

given time. 

■ 3. Amend § 1487.6 by revising 

paragraph (b) to read as follows: 

§ 1487.6 Administration. 

* * * * * 

(b) Evaluation process. FAS will 

review all proposals for eligibility and 

completeness and will evaluate each 

proposal against the factors described in 

paragraph (a) of this section. The 

purpose of this review is to identify 

meritorious proposals, recommend an 

appropriate funding level for each 

proposal, and submit the proposals and 

funding recommendations to 

appropriate officials within FAS for 

decision. FAS may, when appropriate to 

the subject matter of the proposal, 

request the assistance of other U.S. 

government experts in evaluating the 

merits of a proposal. 

■ 4. Amend § 1487.8 by revising 

paragraph (a)(4) to read as follows: 

§ 1487.8 How are payments made? 

(a) * * * 

(4) Participants shall maintain all 

records and documents relating to TASC 

projects, including the original 

documentation which supports 

reimbursement claims, for a period of 3 

calendar years following the expiration 

or termination date of the program 

agreement. Such records and documents 

will be subject to verification by FAS 

and shall be made available upon 

request to authorized officials of the 

U.S. Government. FAS may deny a 

claim for reimbursement if the claim is 

not supported by acceptable 

documentation. 

* * * * * 

Signed at Washington, DC, on the 28th of 

April 2009. 

Patricia R. Sheikh, 

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, and Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–11053 Filed 5–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

9 CFR Part 93 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0095] 

RIN 0579–AC63 

Importation of Cattle From Mexico; 

Addition of Port at San Luis, AZ; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: We are correcting an error in 

the amendatory language in our final 

rule that added the port of San Luis, AZ, 

as a port through which cattle that have 

been infested with fever ticks or 

exposed to fever ticks or tick-borne 

diseases may be imported into the 

United States and that removed 

provisions that limit the admission of 

cattle that have been infested with fever 

ticks or exposed to fever ticks or tickborne diseases to the State of Texas. The 

final rule was published in the Federal 

Register on January 2, 2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of this correction to § 93.427(b)(2) 

introductory text is delayed indefinitely. 

This delay is consistent with the 

delayed effective date of the amendment 

to § 93.427(b)(2) introductory text 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 2, 2009, at 74 FR 5–6. APHIS 

will publish a document announcing an 

effective date for this correction in the 

Federal Register. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Betzaida Lopez, Staff Veterinarian, 

National Center for Import and Export, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734– 

8364. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In a final rule published in the 

Federal Register on January 2, 2009 (74 

FR 1–6, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0095), 

we amended the regulations regarding 

the importation of cattle from Mexico by 

adding San Luis, AZ, as a port through 

which cattle that have been infested 

with fever ticks or exposed to fever ticks 

or tick-borne diseases may be imported 

into the United States. We also amended 

the regulations to remove provisions 

that limit the admission of cattle that 

have been infested with fever ticks or 

exposed to fever ticks or tick-borne 

diseases to the State of Texas. In 

amendatory instruction 3, it was our 

intent to further amend the introductory 

text of § 93.427(b)(2) to add the port of 

San Luis. However, we inadvertently 

omitted San Luis, AZ, from the text that 

followed. This document corrects that 

error. 

After port facilities at San Luis, AZ, 

are constructed and approved by the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), APHIS will publish a 

document announcing an effective date 

for this correction in the Federal 

Register. 

Correction 

In FR Doc. E8–31212, published on 

January 2, 2009 (74 FR 1), under 

amendatory instruction 3 on page 5, 

third column, and page 6, first column, 

§ 93.427(b)(2) introductory text is 

corrected to read as follows: 

§ 93.427 Cattle from Mexico. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) Cattle that have been exposed to 

splenetic, southern, or tick fever, or that 

have been infested with or exposed to 

fever ticks, may be imported from 

Mexico for admission into the United 

States, except into areas of Texas 

quarantined because of said disease or 

tick infestation as specified in § 72.5 of 

this chapter, at one of the land border 

ports in Texas listed in § 93.403(c), the 

port of Santa Teresa, NM, or the port of 

San Luis, AZ, provided that the 

following conditions are strictly 

observed and complied with: 

* * * * * 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

May 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11059 Filed 5–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2008–0975; Directorate 

Identifier 2008–NE–29–AD; Amendment 39– 

15905; AD 2009–08–51] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce 

Corporation (RRC) AE 3007A Series 

Turbofan Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This document publishes in 

the Federal Register an amendment 

adopting emergency airworthiness 

directive (AD) 2009–08–51 that was sent 

previously to all known U.S. owners 

and operators of RRC AE 3007A series 

turbofan engines. This AD requires 

performing an eddy current inspection 

(ECI) or surface wave ultrasonic test 

(SWUT) inspection on each affected 

high-pressure turbine wheel. This AD 

results from additional reports of cracks 

in the high-pressure turbine (HPT) stage 

2 wheels identified from the required 

inspections in AD 2008–26–06. A 

revised risk assessment that includes 

these additional reports indicates we 

need to require a higher inspection rate. 

We are issuing this AD to prevent an 

uncontained failure of the HPT stage 2 

wheel and damage to the airplane. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective May 

27, 2009 to all persons except those 

persons to whom it was made 

immediately effective by emergency AD 

2009–08–51, issued on April 10, 2009, 

which contained the requirements of 

this amendment. The Director of the 

Federal Register approved the 

incorporation by reference of certain 

publications listed in the regulations as 

of May 27, 2009. 

We must receive any comments on 

this AD by July 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Use one of the following 

addresses to comment on this AD. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail 

address above between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyri 

Zaroyiannis, Aerospace Engineer, 

Chicago Aircraft Certification Office, 

Small Airplane Directorate, FAA, 2300 

E. Devon Ave., Des Plaines, IL 60018; email: kyri.zaroyiannis@faa.gov; 

telephone (847) 294–7836; fax (847) 

294–7834. 

Contact Rolls-Royce Corporation, P.O. 

Box 420, Indianapolis, IN 46206; 

telephone (317) 230–3774; fax (317) 

230–8084; e-mail: 

indy.pubs.services@rolls-royce.com, for 

the service information identified in this 

AD. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

10, 2009, the FAA issued emergency AD 

2009–08–51, that applies to RRC AE 

3007A series turbofan engines. That AD 

supersedes AD 2008–26–06, and 

requires performing an ECI or SWUT 

inspection on HPT stage 2 wheels for 

cracks. That AD resulted from 

additional reports of cracks in the HPT 

stage 2 wheels identified from the 

required inspections. A revised risk 

assessment that includes these 

additional reports indicates we needed 

to require a higher inspection rate. That 

emergency AD also addresses a group of 

low utilization engines above 16,350 

cycles-since-new (CSN) that might not 

yet have been inspected. This condition, 

if not corrected, could result in a 

possible uncontained failure of the HPT 

stage 2 wheel and damage to the 

airplane. 

Relevant Service Information 

We have reviewed RRC Alert Service 

Bulletin (ASB) AE 3007A–A–72–367, 

Revision 1, dated April 7, 2009, that 

describes procedures for ECI of the HPT 

stage 2 wheel on AE 3007A series 

turbofan engines and RRC SB AE 

3007A–72–368, Revision 1, dated April 

6, 2009, that describes the procedures 

for SWUT inspection of the HPT stage 

2 wheel on AE 3007A series turbofan 

engines. 

FAA’s Determination and Requirements 

of This AD 

Since the unsafe condition described 

is likely to exist or develop on other 

engines of the same type design, we 


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