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the 1 o’clock through 11 o’clock position. It 

is recommended to use backlighting to see 

gaps. If gaps between the outer band and the 

v-retainer coupling segments are found, do 

not re-install the v-band coupling. Before 

further flight, you must install a new v-band 

coupling and restart the hours TIS for the 

repetitive replacement of the v-band 

coupling. 

(v) Visually inspect the bend radii of the 

coupling v-retainer coupling segments for 

cracks. Inspect the radii throughout the 

length of the segment. See figure 1 to 

paragraphs (k)(1)(iii) and (v) of this AD. If 

any cracks are found, do not re-install the vband coupling. Before further flight, you 

must install a new v-band coupling and 

restart the hours TIS for the repetitive 

replacement of the v-band coupling. 

(vi) Visually inspect the outer band 

opposite the t-bolt for damage (distortion, 

creases, bulging, or cracks), which may be 

caused from excessive spreading of the 

coupling during installation and/or removal. 

If any damage is found, do not re-install the 

v-band coupling. Before further flight, you 

must install a new v-band coupling and 

restart the hours TIS for the repetitive 

replacement of the v-band coupling. 

(2) If the removed exhaust tailpipe v-band 

coupling passes all of the inspection steps 

listed in paragraphs (k)(1)(i) through (vi) of 

this AD, you may re-install the same v-band 

coupling. After the coupling is re-installed 

and torqued as specified in Replacement of 

the V-Band Coupling, paragraph (i) of this 

AD, verify there is space between each vretainer coupling segment below the t-bolt. If 

there is no space between each v-retainer 

coupling segment below the t-bolt, before 

further flight, you must install a new v-band 

coupling and restart the hours TIS for the 

repetitive replacement of the v-band 

coupling. 

(3) The inspections required in paragraphs 

(k)(1) and (2) of this AD only apply to reinstalling the same exhaust tailpipe v-band 

coupling that was removed as specified in 

paragraph (j) of this AD. It does not apply to 

installation of a new v-band coupling. These 

inspections do not terminate the 500-hour 

TIS repetitive replacement of the v-band 

coupling and do not restart the hours TIS for 

the repetitive replacement of the v-band 

coupling. 

(4) As of the effective date of this AD, do 

not install a used exhaust tailpipe v-band 

coupling on the airplane except for the 

reinstallation of the inspected exhaust 

tailpipe v-band coupling that was removed as 

specified in paragraphs (j) and (k) of this AD. 

(l) Alternative Methods of Compliance 

(AMOCs) 

(1) The Manager, Wichita ACO Branch, 

FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs 

for this AD, if requested using the procedures 

found in 14 CFR 39.19. The Manager, 

Chicago ACO Branch, FAA, has the authority 

to approve AMOCs concerning STC 

SA1035WE, if requested using the 

procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In 

accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your 

request to your principal inspector or local 

Flight Standards District Office, as 

appropriate. If sending information directly 

to the manager of the Wichita ACO Branch, 

send it to the attention of the person 

identified in paragraph (m) of this AD. If 

sending information directly to the manager 

of the Chicago ACO Branch, send it to the 

attention of John Tallarovic, Aerospace 

Engineer, AIR–7C3 Chicago ACO Branch, 

2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 

60018–4696; telephone: (847) 294–8180; fax: 

(847) 294–7834; email: john.m.tallarovic@

faa.gov. 

(2) Before using any approved AMOC, 

notify your appropriate principal inspector, 

or lacking a principal inspector, the manager 

of the local flight standards district office/ 

certificate holding district office. 

(m) Related Information 

For more information about this AD, 

contact Thomas Teplik, Aerospace Engineer, 

Wichita ACO Branch, FAA, 1801 Airport 

Road, Room 100, Wichita, Kansas 67209; 

phone: (316) 946–4196; fax: (316) 946–4107; 

email: thomas.teplik@faa.gov. 

Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on 

October 23, 2017. 

William Schinstock, 

Acting Deputy Director, Policy & Innovation 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24065 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

23 CFR Part 490 

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2017–0025] 

RIN 2125–AF776 

National Performance Management 

Measures; Assessing Performance of 

the National Highway System, Freight 

Movement on the Interstate System, 

and Congestion Mitigation and Air 

Quality Improvement Program 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is extending the 

comment period for a notice of 

proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and 

request for comments, which was 

published on October 5, 2017. The 

original comment period is set to close 

on November 6, 2017. The extension is 

based on concern expressed by 

stakeholders that this closing date does 

not provide sufficient time to review 

and provide comprehensive comments 

on the proposal. The FHWA recognizes 

that others interested in commenting 

may have similar concerns, but is 

mindful of commenters who have 

expressed opposition to a lengthy 

rulemaking process. Therefore, the 

closing date for comments is extended, 

which will provide stakeholders 

interested in commenting additional 

time to submit responses to the docket. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published October 5, 

2017, at 82 FR 46427, is extended. 

Comments must be received on or 

before November 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Dockets Management 

Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should include the docket number that 

appears in the heading of this 

document. All comments received will 

be available for examination and 

copying at the above address from 8 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. Those 

desiring notification of receipt of 

comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or may 

print the acknowledgment page that 

appears after submitting comments 

electronically. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70, Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susanna Hughes-Reck, Office of 

Infrastructure, (202) 366–1548, or Janet 

Myers, Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 

366–2019, Federal Highway 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access and Filing 

You may submit or access all 

comments received by DOT online 

through: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic submission and retrieval help 

and guidelines are available on the Web 

site. It is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. Please follow the 

instructions. An electronic copy of this 

document may also be downloaded 

from the Federal Register’s home page 

at: http://www.federalregister.gov. 

Background 

Section 150 of title 23, U.S.C., 

identifies the national transportation 

goals and requires the Secretary by rule 


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to establish performance measures in 

specified Federal-aid highway program 

areas. One of the measures FHWA 

created to assess the performance of the 

NHS under the National Highway 

Performance Program (NHPP) is Percent 

Change in Tailpipe Carbon Dioxide 

(CO2) Emissions on the NHS from the 

Calendar Year 2017 (also referred to as 

the GHG measure). It was created to 

advance a policy preference of the prior 

Administration. On October 5th at 82 

FR 46427, FHWA published an NPRM 

proposing to repeal the measure. 

The original comment period for the 

NPRM closes on November 6, 2017. 

Clean Air Carolina, Natural Resources 

Defense Council, Southern 

Environmental Law Center, U.S. Public 

Interest Research Group, and The City of 

New York Law Department have 

expressed concern that this closing date 

does not provide sufficient time to 

review and provide comprehensive 

comments on the proposal. The FHWA 

is mindful, however, of requests by the 

State Department of Transportation of 

Michigan, Idaho, Montana, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and 

Missouri to complete the rulemaking as 

expeditiously as possible to provide 

them certainty in their investment and 

programming activities. As such, FHWA 

is extending the closing date from 

November 6, 2017, to November 15, 

2017. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1), 119, and 

150. 

Brandye L. Hendrickson, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24345 Filed 11–3–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0355; FRL–9970–58– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AT55 

Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Stationary 

Sources: Electric Utility Generating 

Units 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public 

hearing and extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On October 16, 2017, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

published a proposal to announce its 

intention to repeal the Carbon Pollution 

Emission Guidelines for Existing 

Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 

Generating Units, commonly referred to 

as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), as 

promulgated on October 23, 2015. The 

proposal also requested public comment 

on the proposed rule. The EPA is 

announcing that a public hearing will be 

held. In addition, the EPA is extending 

the public comment period. 

DATES: The public hearing for the 

proposed rule (82 FR 48035) will be 

held November 28 and 29, 2017. The 

deadline for accepting written 

comments is being extended by 32 days 

to January 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held on November 28 and 29, 2017, at 

the West Virginia Capitol Complex, 

1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, 

Charleston, West Virginia 25305. The 

hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. 

(Eastern Standard Time) and will 

conclude at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time). If the EPA receives a high 

volume of requests, we may continue 

the public hearing to November 30, 

2017, at the Capitol Complex. The EPA 

may also hold an additional hearing to 

be announced at a later date. The EPA 

will make every effort to accommodate 

all speakers. The EPA’s Web site for the 

rulemaking, which includes the 

proposal and information about the 

hearing, can be found at: https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan. 

Written comments on the proposed rule 

may be submitted to the EPA 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile or 

through hand delivery/courier. Please 

refer to the proposal (82 FR 48035) for 

the addresses and detailed instructions. 

How To Register: If you would like to 

present oral testimony at the public 

hearing, registration will begin on 

November 8, 2017. The last day to 

register to present oral testimony will be 

November 16, 2017. To register to speak 

at the hearing, please use the online 

registration form available at: https://

www.epa.gov/stationary-sources-airpollution/electric-utility-generatingunits-repealing-clean-power-plan or 

contact Tanya Johnson at (888) 627– 

7764; email address: airaction@epa.gov. 

We request the following information: 

The time you wish to speak (morning or 

afternoon), name, affiliation, email 

address, and telephone number. If you 

require the service of a translator or 

accommodation, please let us know at 

the time of registration. Once 

registration closes, the EPA will allocate 

available morning and afternoon preregistered speaking slots and confirm 

those via email starting on November 

17, 2017. Please note that updates made 

to any aspect of the hearing will be 

posted online at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/electricutility-generating-units-repealing-cleanpower-plan. While the EPA expects the 

hearing to go forward as set forth above, 

it asks that you monitor its Web site or 

contact Tanya Johnson at (888) 627– 

7764; email address airaction@epa.gov 

to determine if there are any updates to 

the information on the hearing. The EPA 

does not intend to publish a notice in 

the Federal Register announcing any 

such updates. 

Questions concerning the proposed 

rule that was published in the Federal 

Register on October 16, 2017, should be 

addressed to Mr. Peter Tsirigotis, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Sector Policies and Programs Division 

(D205–01), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Research Triangle Park, North 

Carolina 27711; telephone number: 

(888) 627–7764; email address: 

airaction@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposal for which the EPA is holding 

the public hearing was published in the 

Federal Register on October 16, 2017, 

and is available at: https://www.epa.gov/ 

stationary-sources-air-pollution/electricutility-generating-units-repealing-cleanpower-plan and also in the docket 

identified below. The public hearing 

will provide interested parties the 

opportunity to present oral comments 

regarding the EPA’s proposed repeal, 

including data, views, or arguments 

concerning the proposal. The EPA may 

ask clarifying questions during the oral 

presentations, but will not respond to 

the presentations at that time. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered with the same weight 

as any oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

hearing. The period for providing 

written comments to the EPA will 

remain open until January 16, 2018. 

Once the EPA learns how many 

people have registered to speak at the 

public hearing, it will allocate speaking 

times, allowing time for necessary 

breaks. In addition, a block of time will 

be reserved for anyone in the audience 

who wants to give testimony. For 

planning purposes, each speaker should 

anticipate speaking for no more than 5 

minutes, although we might need to 

shorten that time if there is a large 

turnout. The EPA encourages 

commenters to submit to the docket a 

copy of their testimony electronically 

(via email or CD) or in hard copy form. 


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