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1 82 FR 23758 (May 24, 2017). The Commission 

posted this document on its Web site on May 19, 

2017. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on 

Amendments to Supplemental Standards of Ethical 

Conduct for Employees of the Postal Regulatory 

Commission, May 19, 2017 (Order No. 3906). 

2 82 FR 23766 (May 24, 2017). The Commission 

posted this document on its Web site on May 19, 

2017. Order No. 3907, Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking on Amendments to Ethics Rules, May 

19, 2017. 

3See Executive Order No. 12674, 54 FR 15159 

(Apr. 12, 1989); Executive Order No. 12731, 55 FR 

42547 (Oct. 17, 1990). 

4See 57 FR 35006–35067, as corrected at 57 FR 

48557 (Oct. 27, 1992), 57 FR 52583 (Nov. 4, 1992), 

and 60 FR 66857–66858 (Dec. 27, 1995). 

5Comment Received from Beth Sum, June 19, 

2017 (Sum Comments). For transparency, this 

comment was posted to the Commission’s Web site 

and associated with this docket. 

6Public Representative Comments on Notices of 

Proposed Rulemaking on Amendments to Ethics 

Rules and Amendments to Supplemental Standards 

of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Postal 

Regulatory Commission, June 26, 2017 (PR 

Comments). The Public Representative also filed a 

motion for late acceptance of his comments. Motion 

Continued 

Æ Repeal or reconsider several test 

procedures, including for compressors, 

residential central air conditioners and heat 

pumps, and consumer and commercial water 

heaters. Other commenters recommend 

maintaining current test procedures. 

• Follow the requirements of EO 13783 

when analyzing climate impacts. EO 13783 

withdraws certain documents concerning the 

development of the Social Cost of Carbon 

(SCC) and requires agencies to follow the 

requirements of OMB Circular A–4 in climate 

analyses. DOE will follow these requirements 

in our regulations. Also, some commenters 

encouraged DOE not to use SCC to calculate 

the climate impacts of regulations. 

In addition to the recommendations listed 

above, DOE is committed to enhancing 

engagement with stakeholders in an open 

and transparent process. Building on the 

listening session held on October 2, 2017, 

DOE is preparing to send a letter to each of 

the Department’s Federal Advisory 

Committees requesting them to include 

regulatory reform on the agenda for their next 

meeting. DOE will also consider holding 

additional listening sessions on a semiregular basis to gather feedback and hold the 

Department accountable to the public. 

Furthermore, DOE will continue to 

consider other areas where it may be possible 

to relieve burdens on domestic energy 

production. For example, DOE will consider, 

consistent with Federal law, possible 

flexibility for regulations relating to fossil 

fuel consumption in Federal buildings, 

buildings codes, nuclear export licensing, 

and DOE’s proposed nuclear damage 

contingent cost allocation rule. In short, we 

will remain committed to reducing burdens 

on all kinds of domestic energy production. 

Section 2(d) of EO 13783 

These recommendations comprise DOE’s 

final report, which will be submitted to the 

Vice President, the OMB Director, the 

Assistant to the President for Economic 

Policy, the Assistant to the President for 

Domestic Policy, and the Chair of the Council 

on Environmental Quality, as required by 

section 2(d) of EO 13783. 

If implemented, these recommendations 

would alleviate or eliminate aspects of 

agency actions that burden domestic energy 

development, production, and use. 

October 24, 2017 

Rick Perry, 

Secretary of Energy 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

5 CFR Part 5601 

[Docket No. RM2017–4; Order No. 4177] 

Supplemental Standards of Ethical 

Conduct 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is issuing a 

set of rules that amend existing rules 

related to supplemental standards of 

ethical conduct for Postal Regulatory 

Commission employees. The rules 

revise the existing rules in order to 

better conform to Office of Government 

Ethics standards and accurately reflect 

the Commission’s regulatory role under 

the Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act. 

DATES: Effective December 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Background 

III. Comments 

IV. Commission Analysis 

V. Ordering Paragraphs 

I. Introduction 

On May 24, 2017, the Postal 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 

to revise its supplemental standards of 

ethical conduct, 5 CFR part 5601.1 On 

the same day, the Commission also 

issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 

to revise the ethics rules applicable to 

Commission employees, 39 CFR subpart 

A of part 3000.2

Executive branch employees are 

subject to multiple federal ethics laws, 

regulations issued by the Office of 

Government Ethics (OGE), and 

executive orders. The supplemental 

standards of ethical conduct at issue in 

this Order are additional restrictions 

applicable only to Commission 

employees. These supplemental 

standards of ethical conduct concern 

prohibited financial interests, 

prohibited outside employment, 

disqualification when seeking nonfederal employment, and prior approval 

to engage in outside employment. For 

the reasons discussed below, the 

Commission adopts the proposed rules 

without alteration. OGE concurs with 

the Commission’s proposed revisions to 

5 CFR part 5601. 

II. Background 

In 1991, Executive Order 12674, as 

amended by Executive Order 12731, 

authorized OGE to establish a single, 

comprehensive, and clear set of 

executive branch standards of ethical 

conduct.3 On August 7, 1992, OGE 

published a final rule titled Standards of 

Ethical Conduct for Employees of the 

Executive Branch (OGE Standards).4

The OGE Standards, codified at 5 CFR 

part 2635, became effective February 3, 

1993, and established uniform standards 

of ethical conduct applicable to all 

executive branch personnel. On August 

12, 1993, the Postal Rate Commission 

collaborated with OGE to publish 

existing 5 CFR part 5601 as an interim 

rule. 58 FR 42839 (Aug. 12, 1993). 

In 2006, the Postal Accountability and 

Enhancement Act (PAEA), Public Law 

109–435, 120 Stat. 3198 (2006) changed 

the agency’s name from the Postal Rate 

Commission to the Postal Regulatory 

Commission and made several changes 

to the Commission’s regulatory role. 

Order No. 3906 at 2–3. The 

supplemental standards of ethical 

conduct, existing 5 CFR part 5601, have 

never been amended or finalized since 

their 1993 adoption and remain 

attributed to the Postal Rate 

Commission. The PAEA’s changes to the 

Commission’s responsibilities drive the 

need to modernize the Commission’s 

supplemental standards of ethical 

conduct. Moreover, experience has 

informed the Commission’s view 

regarding linguistic and organizational 

revisions to clarify the supplemental 

standards of ethical conduct. 

III. Comments 

The Commission received two sets of 

comments pertaining to the proposed 

revisions to the supplemental standards 

of ethical conduct and the 

Commission’s ethics rules. 

Sum Comments. The Commission 

received the following comment 

through the www.federalregister.gov 

Web site: ‘‘Any deletion of ethical 

conduct would not be in the best 

interest of the American people due to 

transparency.’’ 5

PR Comments. The Public 

Representative supports the proposed 

revisions.6 He deems it ‘‘critical that the 


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of Public Representative for Late Acceptance of 

Comments, June 26, 2017 (Motion). The Motion is 

granted. 

7Order No. 4178, Order Amending Ethics Rules, 

October 25, 2017. 

Commission’s ethics rules accurately 

reflect its role as a regulator and are 

reflective of the agency’s procedures.’’ 

PR Comments at 2. He concludes that 

the proposed revisions serve the public 

interest, reinforce public perception of 

the Commission’s integrity, and increase 

accessibility and transparency. Id. He 

states that the proposed revisions 

‘‘ensure that financial holdings and 

outside employment do not result in the 

appearance of or in actual conflicts of 

interest.’’ Id. at 3. He observes that the 

proposed deletions are primarily 

editorial revisions made to delete 

duplicative and outdated sections. Id. 

He notes that the proposed deletions 

will not limit the ethical obligations of 

Commission employees. Id. 

IV. Commission Analysis 

Neither commenter suggested changes 

to the proposed rules. The Public 

Representative supports the proposed 

rules. Id. at 2–3. In response to the 

concern expressed in the Sum 

Comments, the Commission reiterates 

its commitment to upholding the 

highest ethical standards. As executive 

branch employees, Commission 

employees remain subject to several 

statutes governing conflicts of interests 

(see, e.g., 18 U.S.C. 201–219); the 

standards of ethical conduct appearing 

in Executive Order 12674, as amended 

by Executive Order 12731; and 

regulations promulgated by OGE 

relating to several issues including 

financial disclosure, the standards of 

ethical conduct, and post-employment 

conflicts of interest (see, e.g., 5 CFR 

parts 2634, 2635, and 2641). 

Commission employees are also subject 

to the Commission’s ethics rules, 39 

CFR subpart A of part 3000, which are 

also being revised to reflect the 

Commission’s modern regulatory role 

under the PAEA and to remove 

duplicative and outdated provisions.7

The regulations at issue in this Order, 

the supplemental standards of ethical 

conduct applicable to Commission 

employees only, concern restrictions 

imposed upon Commission employees 

in addition to these laws and standards. 

The proposed revisions remain 

consistent with these laws and do not 

abrogate their application in any way. 

Streamlining the Commission’s 

supplemental standards of ethical 

conduct supports OGE’s mission to 

establish a single, comprehensive, and 

clear set of executive branch standards 

of ethical conduct in accordance with 

Executive Order 12731. The proposed 

revisions will not lead to any reduction 

in the ethical obligations of Commission 

employees. Ultimately, the proposed 

revisions will enhance the 

Commission’s adherence to ethical 

conduct by more accurately reflecting 

the Commission’s modern regulatory 

role under the PAEA. 

The proposed rules clarify the bounds 

of ethical conduct in several ways, 

including linguistic and organizational 

revisions to delete duplicative and 

outdated language as well as to improve 

the specificity of the provisions. For 

instance, the definition of ‘‘affected 

persons’’ used in existing § 5601.101(b) 

is being incorporated into proposed 

§ 5601.102. Existing § 5601.101(b)’s nonexhaustive list of categories of 

prohibited financial interest are being 

restructured to form specific categories 

upon which the Commission will 

develop a prohibited securities list 

(PSL) applicable to Commission staff 

(and their spouses and dependent 

children). Based on years of experience 

with the existing rules, the Commission 

believes that developing the PSL will 

assist employees to identify financial 

holdings that may pose (or appear to 

pose) a financial conflict of interest. 

Having the PSL available to employees 

as a reference before purchasing 

securities will improve transparency 

and adherence to ethical standards. The 

six categories underlying the PSL 

properly reflect the Commission’s 

modern regulatory role under the PAEA 

and are consistent with the laws 

prohibiting actual or apparent financial 

conflicts of interests. See Order No. 

3906 at 7–12. 

The proposed revisions also improve 

the procedures related to the 

supplemental standards of ethical 

conduct. Proposed §§ 5601.101 and 

5601.102 define additional terms and 

provide specific procedures related to 

exceptions, newly prohibited securities, 

new employees, acquisition of 

prohibited securities without specific 

intent, divestiture, and waiver. 

Proposed §§ 5601.103 and 5601.104 

improve the procedures concerning 

employees that are seeking employment 

or prior approval for outside 

employment to better ensure any 

disqualification is prompt and 

appropriate. Therefore, the proposed 

revisions improve transparency and the 

ability of Commission employees to 

adhere to the highest ethical standards. 

For these reasons and those reasons 

detailed in Order No. 3906, the 

Commission adopts the proposed rules 

without changes. 

V. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

1. Part 5601 of title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations, is amended as set forth 

below the signatures of this Order 

effective 30 days after the date of 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

2. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this Order in the Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 5601 

Conflicts of interests. 

By the Commission. 

Stacy L. Ruble, 

Secretary. 

By the Office of Government Ethics. 

David J. Apol, 

Acting Director and General Counsel, Office 

of Government Ethics. 

■ For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Commission amends 

chapter XLVI of title 5 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations by revising part 

5601 to read as follows: 

PART 5601—SUPPLEMENTAL 

STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT 

FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE POSTAL 

REGULATORY COMMISSION 

Sec. 

5601.101 General. 

5601.102 Prohibited financial interests. 

5601.103 Notice of disqualification when 

seeking employment. 

5601.104 Prohibited outside employment. 

5601.105 Prior approval for outside 

employment. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7301; 5 U.S.C. App. 

(Ethics in Government Act of 1978); 39 

U.S.C. 503; E.O. 12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 

1989 Comp., p. 215, as modified by E.O. 

12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 

306; 5 CFR 2635.105, 2635.403(a), 

2635.802(a), 2635.803. 

§ 5601.101 General. 

(a) Purpose. In accordance with 

§ 2635.105 of this title, the regulations 

in this part apply to employees, 

including Commissioners, of the Postal 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

and supplement the Standards of 

Ethical Conduct for Employees of the 

Executive Branch contained in part 

2635 of this title. In addition, the 

executive branch financial disclosure 

regulations contained in part 2634 of 

this title, additional regulations on 

responsibilities and conduct at part 735 

of this title, and Commission-specific 

provisions contained in 39 CFR part 

3000 apply to Commission employees. 

(b) Definitions. For the purposes of 

this part: 

(1) The term securities includes an 

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The term includes, without limitation, 

secured and unsecured bonds, 

debentures, notes, securitized assets, 

and commercial paper, as well as all 

types of preferred and common stock. 

The term encompasses both current and 

contingent ownership interests, 

including any beneficial or legal interest 

derived from a trust. It extends to any 

right to acquire or dispose of any long 

or short position in such securities and 

includes, without limitation, interests 

convertible into such securities, as well 

as options, rights, warrants, puts, calls, 

and straddles with respect thereto. 

(2) The term parent means a company 

that possesses, directly or indirectly, the 

power to direct or cause the direction of 

the management and policies of an 

entity identified in § 5601.102 (b)(1)(i) 

through (v). 

(3) The term person means an 

individual, corporation and subsidiaries 

it controls, company, association, firm, 

partnership, society, joint stock 

company, or any other organization or 

institution, including any officer, 

employee, or agent of such person or 

entity. For purposes of this part, a 

corporation will be deemed to control a 

subsidiary if it owns 50 percent or more 

of the subsidiary’s voting securities. The 

term is all-inclusive and applies to 

commercial ventures and nonprofit 

organizations as well as to foreign, State, 

and local governments, including the 

Government of the District of Columbia. 

It does not include any agency or other 

entity of the Federal Government or any 

officer or employee thereof when acting 

in his official capacity on behalf of that 

agency or entity. 

(4) The term entity means person. 

(5) The term DAEO means the 

Designated Agency Ethics Official, or 

his delegate under § 2638.601 of this 

title. 

(6) The term employment means any 

form of non-Federal employment or 

business relationship involving the 

provision of personal services by the 

employee. It includes but is not limited 

to personal services as an officer, 

director, employee, agent, attorney, 

consultant, contractor, general partner 

or trustee. Employment does not 

include participation in the activities of 

a nonprofit charitable, religious, 

professional, social, fraternal, 

educational, recreational, public service 

or civic organization unless such 

activities involve the practice of a 

profession within the meaning of 

§ 2636.305(b)(1) of this title, including 

the giving of professional advice, or are 

for compensation, other than 

reimbursement of expenses. 

(7) The term publicly held corporation 

means any corporation issuing any class 

of common equity securities required to 

be registered under section 12 of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

(8) The term dependent child means 

when used with respect to any reporting 

individual, any individual who is a son, 

daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter and 

who: 

(i) Is unmarried, under age 21, and 

living in the household of the reporting 

individual; or 

(ii) Is a dependent of the reporting 

individual within the meaning of 

section 152 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. 152. 

§ 5601.102 Prohibited financial interests. 

(a) General prohibition. No employee, 

and no spouse or dependent child of an 

employee, shall acquire or hold any 

securities issued by an entity on the 

prohibited securities list described in 

paragraph (b) of this section. 

(b) Prohibited securities list. At least 

once a year, the Commission will 

publish and distribute to employees a 

list of entities whose securities an 

employee or the spouse or dependent 

child of an employee may not own. 

(1) The list shall include: 

(i) An entity participating in a 

proceeding before the Commission in 

the last 4 years, e.g., complainants, 

appellants, intervenors, and entities 

filing comments on the record in 

Commission proceedings; 

(ii) A party to a proceeding to which 

the Commission is a party, e.g., 

appellate proceedings, administrative 

proceedings, or civil actions; 

(iii) An entity primarily engaged in 

the business of delivering packages, 

merchandise, or written 

communications, i.e., an entity whose 

primary business competes with the 

Postal Service; 

(iv) An entity providing services or 

products to the Postal Service that can 

be expected to produce annual revenue: 

(A) to a publicly held corporation 

exceeding $1,000,000, and if the entity 

reports its gross revenue publicly, 

exceeding 10 percent of its annual gross 

revenue; or 

(B) to any other entity exceeding 

$100,000, and if the entity reports its 

gross revenue publicly, exceeding 5 

percent of the entity’s annual gross 

revenue; 

(v) Any other entities not listed above 

for which a Commission employee 

holding a security may raise an actual 

or apparent loss of impartiality affecting 

the integrity of the Commission’s 

programs and operations, e.g., entities 

primarily engaged in the business of 

publishing or distributing publications 

such as periodicals or sending 

advertising, promotional, or other 

material on behalf of itself or another 

entity through the mails; and 

(vi) The parent corporation of any 

subsidiary described in paragraphs 

(b)(1)(i) through (v) of this section. 

(2) The list shall not include an entity 

whose use of the mail is merely an 

incidental or minor factor in the general 

conduct of its business. 

(c) Exception. Nothing in this section 

prohibits an employee, or the spouse or 

dependent child of an employee, from 

acquiring or holding an interest in a 

publicly traded or publicly available 

mutual fund or other collective 

investment fund, or in a widely held 

pension or mutual fund, provided that 

the fund’s prospectus or practice does 

not indicate the stated objective of 

concentrating its investments in entities 

identified in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through 

(vi) of this section. 

(d) Newly prohibited securities or new 

employees. Within 30 days after the 

Commission disseminates the 

prohibited securities list to an 

employee, an employee who owns, or 

whose spouse or dependent child owns, 

prohibited securities shall report that 

ownership to the DAEO. The 

employee’s report must be in writing 

and include the name of the prohibited 

security and the date of acquisition. 

Except as provided in paragraph (g) of 

this section, the employee, or the spouse 

or dependent child of the employee, 

shall divest prohibited securities within 

90 days after dissemination of the 

prohibited securities list. 

(e) Securities acquired without 

specific intent. Within 30 days after an 

employee, or the spouse or dependent 

child of an employee, acquires 

securities of an entity on the prohibited 

securities list as a result of marriage, 

inheritance, gift or otherwise without 

specific intent to acquire the securities, 

the employee shall report the 

acquisition to the DAEO. The 

employee’s report must be in writing 

and include the name of the prohibited 

security, the date of acquisition, and the 

method of acquisition. Except as 

provided in paragraph (g) of this 

section, an employee, or the spouse or 

dependent child of an employee, shall 

divest prohibited securities within 90 

days after the date of acquisition. 

(f) Divestiture—(1) Procedure for 

accomplishing divestiture. To alleviate 

an actual or apparent conflict of interest, 

an employee divesting prohibited 

securities shall obtain written 

confirmation from the DAEO that 

divesture has been accomplished. A 

request for such confirmation shall be 

submitted in writing with sufficient 

proof to enable the DAEO to confirm 

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prohibited security. The employee shall 

continue to be recused until the date of 

the DAEO’s written confirmation that 

divesture has been accomplished. 

(2) Extension of period to divest. 

Upon a showing of undue hardship, the 

DAEO may extend the 90 day period for 

divestiture specified in paragraphs (e) 

through (f) of this section. 

(3) Disqualification pending 

divestiture. Pending divestiture of 

prohibited securities, an employee must 

disqualify himself or herself, in 

accordance with § 2635.402 of this title, 

from participation in particular matters 

which, as a result of continued 

ownership of the prohibited securities, 

would affect the financial interests of 

the employee, or those of the spouse or 

dependent child of the employee. 

(g) Waivers. The DAEO may grant a 

written waiver from this section based 

on a determination that the waiver is 

not inconsistent with part 2635 of this 

title or otherwise prohibited by law and 

that, under the particular circumstances, 

application of the prohibition is not 

necessary to avoid the appearance of an 

employee’s misuse of position or loss of 

impartiality, or to otherwise ensure 

confidence in the impartiality and 

objectivity with which the 

Commission’s programs are 

administered, or in the case of a special 

Government employee, divestiture 

would result in substantial financial 

hardship. A waiver under this 

paragraph must be in writing and may 

impose conditions, such as requiring 

execution of a written disqualification. 

§ 5601.103 Notice of disqualification when 

seeking employment. 

(a) An employee who has been 

assigned to or is supervising work on a 

particular matter that affects the 

financial interests of a prospective 

employer and who is required, in 

accordance with § 2635.604(a) of this 

title, to disqualify himself or herself 

from participation in that matter shall 

provide written notice of 

disqualification to the DAEO within 3 

business days. The DAEO shall inform 

the employee’s supervisor that the 

employee is disqualified from the 

matter. Public filers must comply with 

the notification requirement set forth in 

§ 2635.607 of this title even when not 

required to disqualify from participation 

in a particular matter. Employees who 

file a notification statement in 

compliance with § 2635.607 of this title 

are not required to file a separate notice 

under this section. 

(b) An employee may withdraw 

written notice under paragraph (a) of 

this section upon determining that 

disqualification from participation in 

the matter is no longer required. A 

withdrawal of disqualification shall be 

in writing and shall be provided to the 

DAEO. The DAEO shall inform the 

employee’s supervisor that the 

employee is no longer disqualified from 

the matter. 

§ 5601.104 Prohibited outside 

employment. 

An employee shall not engage in 

outside employment, either on a paid or 

unpaid basis, with or for an entity on 

the prohibited securities list described 

in § 5601.102(b)(1)(i) through (vi). 

§ 5601.105 Prior approval for outside 

employment. 

(a) Prior approval for outside 

employment. An employee who wishes 

to engage in outside employment, either 

on a paid or unpaid basis, shall obtain 

the prior written approval of the DAEO. 

A request for such approval shall be 

submitted in writing with sufficient 

description of the employment to enable 

the DAEO to give approval based on an 

informed determination that the outside 

employment is not expected to involve 

conduct prohibited by statute or Federal 

regulation, including paragraph (a) of 

this section and part 2635 of this title. 

The DAEO shall provide a copy of any 

written approvals for outside 

employment to the employee’s 

supervisor. 

(b) Scope of approval. An employee 

must submit a new request for approval 

upon either a significant change in the 

nature or scope of the outside 

employment or a change in the 

employee’s Commission position or 

assigned responsibilities. 

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BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. FAA–2017–0717; Special 

Conditions No. 25–704–SC] 

Special Conditions: The Boeing 

Company Model 777–8 and 777–9 

Airplanes; Interaction of Systems and 

Structures 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final special conditions; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: These special conditions are 

issued for The Boeing Company 

(Boeing) Model 777–8 and 777–9 

airplanes. These airplanes will have 

novel or unusual design features when 

compared to the state of technology 

envisioned in the airworthiness 

standards for transport-category 

airplanes. These design features include 

systems that, directly or as a result of 

failure or malfunction, affect airplane 

structural performance. The applicable 

airworthiness regulations do not contain 

adequate or appropriate safety standards 

for these design features. 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 Boeing 

on November 1, 2017. We must receive 

your comments by December 18, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2017–0717 

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). 

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 


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