Document ID: FAA-2013-0933-0023
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Changes to Production Certificates and Approvals: Availability of Proposed Advisory Circulars
Posted Date: 2014-12-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 76248-76249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29799]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 21 and 45

[Docket No. FAA-2013-0933]
RIN 2120-AK20

Changes to Production Certificates and Approvals; Notice of 
Availability of Proposed Advisory Circulars

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and request for 
comments on proposed revisions to three FAA Advisory Circulars (ACs). 
The proposed revisions correspond to proposed regulatory changes 
outlined in the FAA's February 27, 2014, notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NPRM), Changes to Production Certificates and Approvals. Due to 
erroneous information in the docket that may have led commenters not to 
submit their views on the ACs, the FAA will accept comment on the three 
ACs only, and not on the regulatory changes proposed in the NPRM. The 
three ACs include: AC 21-43, Production Under 14 CFR Part 21, Subparts 
F, G, K, and O; AC 21-44, Issuance of Export Airworthiness Approvals 
Under 14 CFR Part 21 Subpart L; and AC 45-2, Identification and 
Registration Marking.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 21, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by docket number FAA-2013-
0933 using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking 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: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 
from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts 
these comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system 
of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.
    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 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: For technical questions concerning 
this action, contact Priscilla Steward or Robert Cook, Aircraft 
Certification Service, Production Certification Branch, AIR-112, 
Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-1656; email: 
priscilla.steward@faa.gov; or telephone: (202) 267-1590; email: 
robert.cook@faa.gov.
    For legal questions concerning this action, contact Benjamin 
Jacobs, AGC-210, Office of the Chief Counsel, International Law, 
Legislation, and Regulations Division, Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 
267-7240; email: benjamin.jacobs@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: See the ``Additional Information'' section 
for information on how to comment on these proposed ACs and how the FAA 
will handle comments received. The ``Additional Information'' section 
also contains information related to the docket, privacy, and the 
handling of proprietary or confidential business information. In 
addition, there is information on obtaining copies of related 
rulemaking documents.

Background

    On February 27, 2014, the FAA issued Notice No. 14-10, ``Changes to 
Production Certificates and Approvals'' (79 FR 11004). In addition to 
the NPRM, the FAA proposed revisions to three advisory circulars (ACs):
    (1) AC No. 21-43A, Production Under 14 CFR Part 21, subparts F, G, 
K, and O, provides information about Title 14 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (14 CFR) part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and 
Parts. This AC addresses the manufacturing and production requirements 
of part 21, subpart F, Production Under Type Certificate; subpart G, 
Production Certificates; subpart K, Parts Manufacturer Approvals; and 
subpart O, Technical Standard Order Approvals. This AC provides 
guidance on how a production approval applicant or production approval 
holder should develop and maintain its quality system. In addition, the 
AC provides guidance on how to meet the production-related requirements 
of subparts F, G, K, and O.
    (2) AC No. 21-44A, Issuance of Export Airworthiness Approvals Under 
14 CFR Part 21 Subpart L, provides guidance for an acceptable means, 
but not the only means, to comply with requirements in Title 14, Code 
of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 21, Certification Procedures for 
Products, Articles, and Parts, subpart L, Export Airworthiness 
Approvals.
    (3) AC No. 45-2E, Identification and Registration Marking, provides 
information about Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 
45, Identification and Registration Marking. This AC describes an 
acceptable means, but not the only means, to comply with the 
requirements for marking aircraft and aircraft engines with 
identification plates, marking of propellers, and marking aircraft with 
nationality and registration marks.
    Copies of these revised ACs were included in the docket along with 
the NPRM, and the FAA requested that members of the public submit any 
comments on or before May 28, 2014. However, due to erroneous 
information in the docket, commenters on the ACs were led to believe 
they could not file their comments on the ACs during the comment 
period. Therefore, to ensure that the public has the opportunity to

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provide comments specifically on the ACs posted in the docket (FAA-
2013-0933), the FAA is opening a 30-day comment period to allow for 
comments on the referenced ACs only. The FAA will not accept or address 
comments on the NPRM because the comment period for the NPRM closed on 
May 28, 2014.

Additional Information

A. Comments Invited

    The FAA invites interested persons to participate in this request 
for comment by submitting written comments, data, or views. The most 
helpful comments should reference a specific portion of the AC, explain 
the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. To 
ensure the docket does not contain duplicate comments, commenters 
should send only one copy of written comments, or if comments are filed 
electronically, commenters should submit them only one time. All 
comments received on or before the closing date for comments will be 
considered by the FAA before we issue the final ACs.
    Proprietary or Confidential Business Information: Do not file 
proprietary or confidential business information in the docket. Such 
information must be sent or delivered directly to the person identified 
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document, and 
marked as proprietary or confidential. If submitting information on a 
disk or CD-ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM, and identify 
electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that 
is proprietary or confidential.
    Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), if the FAA is aware of proprietary 
information filed with a comment, the agency does not place it in the 
docket. It is held in a separate file to which the public does not have 
access, and the FAA places a note in the docket that it has received 
it. If the FAA receives a request to examine or copy this information, 
it treats it as any other request under the Freedom of Information Act 
(5 U.S.C. 552). The FAA processes such a request under the DOT 
procedures found in 49 CFR part 7.

B. Availability of Rulemaking Documents

    An electronic copy of rulemaking documents may be obtained from the 
Internet by--
    1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking Portal (http://www.regulations.gov);
    2. Visiting the FAA's Regulations and Policies Web page at http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies or
    3. Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/.
    Copies may also be obtained by sending a request to the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-9680. 
Commenters must identify the docket or notice number when submitting a 
request.

    Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 44701(a), 
and 44703 in Washington, DC, on December 12, 2015.
Frank P. Paskiewicz,
Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-29799 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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