Document ID: FAA-2008-0125-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Fuel Flowmeters Technical Standard Order TSO-C44d Revision
Posted Date: 2008-01-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 18)]
[Notices]               
[Page 4941-4942]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Fuel Flowmeters Technical Standard Order TSO-C44d Revision

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and request for 
public comments on the proposed revision of current Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) Technical Standard Order TSO-C44c, Fuel 
Flowmeters. The TSO tells manufacturers seeking a TSO authorization or 
letter of design approval what minimum performance standards (MPS) 
their Fuel Flowmeters must first meet for approval and identification 
with the applicable TSO markings.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 27, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the proposed revision to FAA TSO-44d 
to: Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service, 
Aircraft Engineering Division, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591. ATTN: Jim Kabbara, AIR-120. You may deliver 
comments to: Federal Aviation Administration, Room 815, 700 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or electronically 
submit comments to the following Internet address: 9-AWA-AVR-AIR-
TSO44d-Comments@faa.gov. Include in the subject line of your message 
the title of the document, Comments FAA TSO-44d, Fuel Flowmeter 
Technical Standard Order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Kabbara, Aerospace Engineer, 
Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service, 
Aircraft Engineering Division, Technical Programs and Continued 
Airworthiness Branch, AIR-120, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591. Telephone (202) 267-8001, FAX (202) 267-5340, or 
e-mail at: jim.kabbara@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    You are invited to comment on the draft order listed order listed 
in this notice by sending such written data, views, or arguments to the 
above listed address. Please identify ``FAA TSO-44d, Fuel Flowmeters 
Technical Standard Order'' as the subject of your comments. You may 
also examine comments received on the proposals before and after the 
comment closing date at the FAA Headquarters Building, Room 815, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, weekdays except Federal 
holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Director of the Aircraft 
Certification Service will consider all communications received on or 
before the closing date before implementing the revision.

Background

    The draft of Flowmeters TSO-44d rescinds the ``hazardous'' 
condition of paragraph 3b. The ``hazardous'' condition was added to 
revision c of TSO-44 dated 08/22/06. The proposed draft does not change 
any other existing requirement of TSO-44. The FAA developed this draft 
based on industry proposals.

How To Obtain Copies

    You can get an electronic copy via the Internet at http://
rgl.faa.gov, then select Technical Standard Orders and Index and chose 
``Proposed'', or by contacting the person named in the paragraph FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, on January 17, 2008.
David W. Hempe,
Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 08-319 Filed 1-25-08; 8:45 am]

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