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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Proposed Collections; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC
20549.

Extensions: Schedule 14D-1F; OMB Control No. 3235-0376; SEC File No.
270-338; Schedule 14D-9F; OMB Control No. 3235-0382; SEC File No.
270-339

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collections of
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit these
existing collections of information to the Office of Management and
Budget for approval.
    Schedule 14D-1F (17 CFR 240.14d-102) may be used by any person
making a cash tender or exchange offer for securities of any issuer
incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any Canadian
province or territory that is a foreign private issuer, where less than
40% of the outstanding class of such issuer's securities that is the
subject of the offer is held by U.S. holders. Schedule 14D-1F is
designed to facilitate cross-border transactions in securities of
Canadian issuers. The information required to be filed with the
Commission is intended to permit verification of compliance with the
securities law requirements and assures the public availability of such
information. Schedule 14D-1F takes approximately 2 hours per response
to prepare and is filed by 5 respondents annually for a total reporting
burden of 10 hours.
    Schedule 14D-9F (17 CFR 240.14d-103) is used by any issuer
incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any Canadian
province or territory that is a foreign private issuer, or by any
director or officer of such issuer, where the issuer is the subject of
a cash tender or exchange offer for a class of securities filed on
Schedule 14D-1F. The information required to be filed with the
Commission is intended to permit verification of compliance with the
securities law requirements and assures the public availability of such
information. Schedule 14D-9F takes approximately 2 hours per response
to prepare and is filed by 5 respondents annually for a total reporting
burden of 10 hours.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether these proposed
collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden imposed by the collections of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o
Shirley Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312;
or send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: September 6, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2018 /
Rules and Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 744

[Docket No. 180112034-8034-01]
RIN 0694-AH48

Russian Sanctions: Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity
List

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) with this final rule
amends the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding twenty-one
entities to the Entity List. The twenty-one entities that are added to
the Entity List have been determined by the U.S. Government to be
acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of
the United States. BIS is taking this action to ensure the efficacy of
existing sanctions on the Russian Federation (Russia) for violating
international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine. These
entities will be listed on the Entity List under the destinations of
Georgia, Poland and Russia.

DATES: This rule is effective February 16, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chair, End-User Review Committee,
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Export Administration, Bureau of
Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>,
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Entity List (Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the EAR)
identifies entities and other persons reasonably believed to be
involved in, or that pose a significant risk of being or becoming
involved in, activities that are contrary to the national security or
foreign policy of the United States. The EAR imposes additional
licensing requirements on, and limits the availability of most license
exceptions for, exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to those
persons or entities listed on the Entity List. The license review
policy for each listed entity is identified in the License Review
Policy column on the Entity List and the impact on the availability of
license exceptions is described in the Federal Register notice adding
entities or other persons to the Entity List. BIS places entities on
the Entity List based on certain sections of part 744 (Control Policy:
End-User and End-Use Based) and part 746 (Embargoes and Other Special
Controls) of the EAR.
    The End-user Review Committee (ERC) is composed of representatives
of the Departments of Commerce (Chair), State, Defense, Energy, and
where appropriate, the Treasury. The ERC makes decisions to add an
entry to the Entity List by majority vote and to remove or modify an
entry by unanimous vote. The Departments represented on the ERC have
approved these changes to the Entity List.

Entity List Additions

Additions to the Entity List

    This rule adds twenty-one entities to the Entity List. These
twenty-one entities are being added on the basis of Sec.  744.11
(License requirements that apply to entities acting contrary to the
national security or foreign policy interests of the United States) of
the EAR. The twenty-one entities being added to the Entity List consist
of one entity in Georgia, one entity in Poland and ninteteen entities
in Russia.
    Under Sec.  744.11(b) (Criteria for revising the Entity List) of
the EAR, persons for whom there is reasonable cause to believe, based
on specific and articulable facts, have been involved, are involved, or
pose a significant risk of being or becoming involved, in activities
that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests
of the United States and those acting on behalf of such persons may be
added to the Entity List. The entities being added to the Entity List
have been determined to be involved in activities that are contrary to
the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.
Specifically, in this rule, BIS adds entities to the Entity List for
violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern
Ukraine. These additions ensure the efficacy of existing sanctions on
Russia. The particular additions to the Entity List and related
authorities are described below.

A. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13660

    Four entities are added based on activities that are described in
Executive Order 13660 (79 FR 13493), Blocking Property of Certain
Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine, issued on March 6,
2014. As described in the Executive Order, the actions and policies of
persons who have asserted governmental authority in Crimea without the
authorization of the Government of Ukraine undermine democratic
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security,
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to
the misappropriation of its assets, and thereby constitute an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of
the United States.
    Executive Order 13660 blocks all property and interests in property
that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or
that are or come within the possession or control of any United States
person (including any foreign branch) of any person determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly
or indirectly, misappropriation of state assets of Ukraine or of an
economically significant entity in Ukraine, among other activities.
Under Section 8 of the Order, all agencies of the United States
Government are directed to take all appropriate measures within their
authority to carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC), pursuant to Executive Order 13660, has designated the following
four entities as being within the scope of the Order: Doncoaltrade SP Z
O O; Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans; Ugolnye Tekhnologii, OOO; and ZAO
Vneshtorgservis. In conjunction with that designation, the Department
of Commerce adds all four entities to the Entity List under this rule
and imposes a license requirement for exports,

reexports, or transfers (in-country) of all items subject to the EAR to
these blocked persons. This license requirement implements an
appropriate measure within the authority of the EAR to carry out the
provisions of Executive Order 13660.

B. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13661

    Two entities are added based on activities that are described in
Executive Order 13661 (79 FR 15533), Blocking Property of Additional
Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine, issued on March 16,
2014. This Order expanded the scope of the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014 (79 FR 13493). As described
in Executive Order 13661, the actions and policies of the Government of
the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine--including the
deployment of Russian military forces in the Crimea region of Ukraine--
undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten
its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity;
and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and thereby
constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security
and foreign policy of the United States.
    Executive Order 13661 includes a directive that all property and
interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter
come within the United States, or that are or thereafter come within
the possession or control of any United States person (including any
foreign branch) of the following persons are blocked and may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: Persons
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State to have either materially assisted, sponsored or
provided financial, material or technological support for, or goods and
services to or in support of a senior official of the government of the
Russian Federation or operate in the defense or related materiel sector
in Russia. Under Section 8 of the Order, all agencies of the United
States Government are directed to take all appropriate measures within
their authority to carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's OFAC, pursuant to Executive Order
13661, on behalf of the Secretary of Treasury, and in consultation with
the Secretary of State, has designated the following two entities as
being within the scope of the Order: Evro Polis Ltd. and Instar
Lodzhistiks, OOO. BIS is also adding these entities to the Entity List
pursuant to Executive Order 13661. The two entities added to the Entity
List under Executive Order 13661 meet the criteria of Section 1,
subparagraph B of the Executive Order 13661 because they operate in
Russia's arms or related materiel sector. With respect to these two
entities, BIS imposes a license requirement for exports, reexports, or
transfers (in-country) of all items subject to the EAR to these
entities. This license requirement implements an appropriate measure
within the authority of the EAR to carry out the provisions of
Executive Order 13661.

C. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13662

    Twelve entities are added to the Entity List based on activities
that are described in Executive Order 13662 (79 FR 16169), Blocking
Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in
Ukraine, issued on March 20, 2014. This Order expanded the scope of the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014
and expanded in Executive Order 13661 of March 16, 2014.
    Specifically, Executive Order 13662 expanded the scope to include
sectors of the Russian economy as may be determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, such as
financial services, energy, metals and mining, engineering, and defense
and related materiel. Under Section 8 of the Order, all agencies of the
United States Government are directed to take all appropriate measures
within their authority to carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's OFAC, pursuant to Executive Order
13662, on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury, and in consultation
with the Secretary of State, has designated the following twelve
entities as operating in the energy sector of Russia and owned or
controlled by, or have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of,
directly or indirectly, a person whose property and interests are
blocked pursuant to the Order: Kaliningradnefteprodukt OOO; Kinef OOO;
Kirishiavtoservis OOO; Lengiproneftekhim OOO; Media-Invest OOO;
Novgorodnefteprodukt OOO; Pskovnefteprodukt OOO; SNGB AO; SO
Tvernefteprodukt OOO; Sovkhoz Chervishevski PAO; Strakhovove
Obshchestvo Surgutneftegaz OOO; and Surgutmebel OOO. In conjunction
with that designation, BIS adds all twelve of the entities to the
Entity List under this rule and imposes a license requirement for
exports, reexports, or transfers (in-country) of all items subject to
the EAR to these blocked persons, when the exporter, reexporter or
transferor knows that the item will be used directly or indirectly in
exploration for, or production of, oil or gas in Russian deepwater
(greater than 500 feet) or Arctic offshore locations or shale
formations in Russia, or is unable to determine whether the item will
be used in such projects. This license requirement implements an
appropriate measure within the authority of BIS to carry out the
provisions of Executive Order 13662.

D. Entity Additions Consistent With Executive Order 13685

    Three entities are added based on activities that are described in
Executive Order 13685 (79 FR 77357), Blocking Property of Certain
Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Crimea
Region of Ukraine, issued on December 19, 2014. In order to take
additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the Crimea region
of Ukraine with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 of
March 16, 2014, and Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014, certain
additional prohibitions with respect to the Crimea region of Ukraine
were imposed. In particular, Executive Order 13685 prohibits the
export, reexport, sale or supply, directly or indirectly, from the
United States or by a U.S. person, wherever located, of any goods,
services, or technology to the Crimea region of Ukraine. Under Section
10 of the Order, all agencies of the United States Government are
directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to
carry out the provisions of the Order.
    The Department of the Treasury's OFAC, pursuant to Executive Order
13685, on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury and in consultation
with the Secretary of State, has designated the following three
entities as operating in the Crimea region of Ukraine: Limited
Liability Company Foreign Economic Association Technopomexport; PJSC
Power Machines; and VAD, AO. In conjunction with these designations,
BIS adds all three of these entities to the Entity List under this rule
and imposes a license requirement for exports, reexports, or transfers
(in-country) of all items subject to the EAR to these blocked persons.
This license requirement implements an appropriate measure within the
authority of the EAR to carry out the provisions of Executive Order
13685.

    For the twenty-one entities added to the Entity List based on
activities that are described in Executive Order 13660, 13661, 13662 or
13685, BIS imposes a license requirement for all items subject to the
EAR and a license review policy of presumption of denial. The license
requirements apply to any transaction in which items subject to the EAR
are to be exported, reexported, or transferred (in-country) to any of
the entities or in which such entities act as purchaser, intermediate
consignee, ultimate consignee, or end-user. In addition, no license
exceptions are available for exports, reexports, or transfers (in-
country) to the entities being added to the Entity List in this rule.
    The acronym ``a.k.a.'' (also known as) is used in entries on the
Entity List to help exporters, reexporters and transferors to better
identify listed persons on the Entity List.
    This final rule adds the following twenty-one entities to the
Entity List:

Georgia

(1) ZAO Vneshtorgservis,
    1 Geroyev Street, Tskhinval, South Ossetia, Georgia.

Poland

(1) Doncoaltrade SP Z O O,
    Ul. Barbary 21, Katowice, woj. Slaskie, pow. M. Katowice 40-053,
Poland.

Russia

(1) Evro Polis Ltd., a.k.a., the following two aliases:
    --Evro Polis, OOO; and
    --Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Evro Polis.
    d. 1A pom. 9.1A, Shosse Ilinskoe, Krasnogorsk, Krasnogorski Raion,
Moskovskaya Obl. 143409, Russia;
(2) Instar Lodzhistiks, OOO, a.k.a., the following one alias:
    --Instar Logistics.
    d. 20 str., 7 ofis 102V, ul. Elektrozavodskaya, Moscow 1072023,
Russia;
(3) Kaliningradnefteprodukt OOO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Kaliningradnefteprodukt LLC;
    --Limited Liability Company Kaliningradnefteproduct; and
    --LLC Kaliningradnefteproduct.
    22-b Komsomolskaya Ulitsa, Central District, Kaliningrad, Russia;
(4) Kinef OOO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Kinef, LLC;
    --Limited Liability Company Production Association
Kirishinefteorgsintez; and
    --LLC Kinef.
    d. 1 Shosse Entuziastov, Kirishi, Leningradskaya Oblast 187110,
Russia;
(5) Kirishiavtoservis OOO, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
    --Limited Liability Company Kirishiavtoservis; and
    --LLC Kirishiavtoservis.
    lit A, 12 Smolenskaya Ulitsa, St. Petersburg 196084;
(6) Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Company Gaz-Alliance LLC;
    --Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO; and
    --Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu Kompaniya Gaz-
Alyans.
    15 Ul., Svobody, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya Obl. 603003,
Russia;
(7) Lengiproneftekhim OOO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Institut Po Proektirovaniyu Predpriyaty Neftepererabatyvayuschey
I Neftekhimicheskoy Promyshlennosti, Limited Liability Company;
    --Limited Liability Company Oil Refining and Petrochemical
Facilities Design Institute; and
    --LLC Lengiproneftekhim.
    d. 94, Obvodnogo Kanala, nab, St. Petersburg 196084, Russia;
(8) Limited Liability Company Foreign Economic Association
Technopromexport, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Obschestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvestvennostyu Vneshneekonomicheskoe
Obedinenie Tekhnopromeksport;
    --OOO VO Technopromexport; and
    --OOO VO TPE.
    Novyi Arbat Str. 15, Building 2, Moscow 119019, Russia;
(9) Media-Invest OOO, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
    --Limited Liability Company Media-Invest; and
    --LLC Media-Invest.
    17 Bld 1 Zubovsky Blvd., Moscow 119847, Russia;
(10) Novgorodnefteprodukt OOO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Limited Liability Company Novgorodnefteproduct;
    --LLC Novgorodnefteproduct; and
    --Novgorodnefteprodukt LLC.
    d. 20 Germana Ulitsa, Veliky Novgorod, Novgorodskaya Oblast 173002,
Russia;
(11) PJSC Power Machines, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Open Joint Stock Company Power Machines--ZTL, LMZ, Electrosila,
Energomachexport;
    --Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo Silovye Mashiny--ZTL, LMZ,
Elektrosila, Energomasheksport; and
    --Silovye Mashiny, PAO.
    3A Vatutina St., St. Petersburg 195009, Russia;
(12) Pskovnefteprodukt OOO, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
    --Limited Liability Company Marketing Association
Pskovnefteproduct; and
    --LLC Pskovnefteproduct.
    4 Oktyabrsky Prospekt, Pskov 180000, Russia;
(13) SNGB AO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --Closed Joint Stock Company Surgutneftegasbank (ZAO SNGB);
    --Joint Stock Company Surgutneftegasbank; and
    --JSC BANK SNGB.
    19 Kukuyvitskogo Street, Surgut 628400, Russia;
(14) SO Tvernefteprodukt OOO, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
    --Limited Liability Company Marketing Association Tvernefteproduct;
and
    --LLC MA Tvernefteproduct.
    6 Novotorzhskaya Ulitsa, Tver, Russia;
(15) Sovkhoz Chervishevski PAO, a.k.a., the following three aliases:
    --OJSC Sovkhoz Chervishevsky;
    --Open Joint Stock Company Sovkhoz Chervishevsky; and
    --Sovkhoz Chervishevsky, JSC.
    d. 81 Sovetskaya Ulitsa, S. Chervichevsky, Tyumensky Rayon,
Tyumensky Oblast 625519, Russia;
(16) Strakhovove Obshchestvo Surgutneftegaz OOO, a.k.a., the following
three aliases:
    --Insurance Company Surgutneftegas, LLC;
    --Limited Liability Company Insurance Company Surgutneftegas; and
    --LLC Insurance Company Surgutneftegas.
    9/1 Lermontova Ulitsa, Surgut 628418, Russia;
(17) Surgutmebel OOO, a.k.a., the following four aliases:
    --Limited Liability Company Syrgutmebel;
    --LLC Surgutmebel;
    --LLC Syrgutmebel; and
    --Surgutmebel, LLC.
    Vostochnaya Industrial 1 Territory 2, Poselok Barsovo, Surgutsky
District, Yugra, Khanty-Mansiysky Autonomos Okrug, Russia;
(18) Ugolnye Tekhnologii, OOO, a.k.a., the following two aliases:
    --Coal Technologies; and
    --Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostyu ``Ugolnye
Tekhnologii''.
    d. 25 ofis 13, 14, per. Avtomobilny, Rostov-on-Don, Rostovskaya
Oblast 344038, Russia;

(19) VAD, AO, a.k.a, the following seven aliases:
    --Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo VAD;
    --AO, VAD;
    --CJSC VAD;
    --Joint Stock Company VAD;
    --JSC VAD;
    --ZAO VAD; and
    --High-Quality Highways.
    133, ul. Chernyshevskogo, Vologda, Vologodskaya Obl 160019, Russia;
and 122 Grazhdanskiy Prospect, Suite 5, Liter A, St. Petersburg 195267,
Russia.

Export Administration Act of 1979

    Although the Export Administration Act of 1979 expired on August
20, 2001, the President, through Executive Order 13222 of August 17,
2001, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783 (2002), as amended by Executive Order
13637 of March 8, 2013, 78 FR 16129 (March 13, 2013) and as extended by
the Notice of August 15, 2017, 82 FR 39005 (August 16, 2017), has
continued the Export Administration Regulations in effect under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act. BIS continues to carry out
the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as appropriate
and to the extent permitted by law, pursuant to Executive Order 13222,
as amended by Executive Order 13637.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866. This rule is not an Executive Order
13771 regulatory action because this rule is not significant under
Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is
required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (PRA),
unless that collection of information displays a currently valid Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. This regulation involves
collections previously approved by OMB under control number 0694-0088,
Simplified Network Application Processing System, which includes, among
other things, license applications and carries a burden estimate of
43.8 minutes for a manual or electronic submission.
    Total burden hours associated with the PRA and OMB control number
0694-0088 are not expected to increase as a result of this rule. You
may send comments regarding the collection of information associated
with this rule, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to
Jasmeet K. Seehra, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), by email to
[email protected], or by fax to<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for
public comment and a delay in effective date are inapplicable because
this regulation involves a military or foreign affairs function of the
United States. (See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). BIS implementation of this
rule is necessary to protect U.S. national security or foreign policy
interests by preventing items from being exported, reexported, or
transferred (in country) to the entities being added to the Entity
List. If this rule were delayed to allow for notice and comment and a
delay in effective date, the twenty-one entities being added to the
Entity List by this action would continue to be able to receive items
without a license and to conduct activities contrary to the national
security or foreign policy interests of the United States. In addition,
publishing a proposed rule would give these parties notice of the U.S.
Government's intention to place them on the Entity List and would
create an incentive for these persons to either accelerate receiving
items subject to the EAR to conduct activities that are contrary to the
national security or foreign policy interests of the United States,
and/or to take steps to set up additional aliases, change addresses,
and other measures to try to limit the impact of the listing on the
Entity List once a final rule was published. Further, no other law
requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for
public comment be given for this rule.
    5. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for
public comment are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C.
553, or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., are not applicable. Accordingly,
no regulatory flexibility analysis is required and none has been
prepared.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744

    Exports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Bureau of Industry and
Security amends part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15
CFR parts 730-774) as follows:

PART 744--[AMENDED]

0
 1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 is revised to read as
follows:

     Authority: 50 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22
U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.; 22
U.S.C. 7210; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179;
E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12938, 59
FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 CFR,
1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p.
228; E.O. 13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 208; E.O. 13222,
66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice of August 15, 2017, 82 FR 39005
(August 16, 2017); Notice of September 18, 2017, 82 FR 43825
(September 19, 2017); Notice of November 6, 2017, 82 FR 51971
(November 8, 2017); Notice of January 17, 2018, 83 FR 2731 (January
18, 2018).

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2. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended:
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a. By adding, in alphabetical order, a heading for Georgia and one
Georgian entity;
0
b. By adding, in alphabetical order, a heading for Poland and one
Polish entity; and
0
c. By adding under the destination of Russia, in alphabetical order,
nineteen Russian entities.
    The additions read as follows:

Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List

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GEORGIA................  ZAO Vneshtorgservis, 1        For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          Geroyev Street, Tskhinval,    subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          South Ossetia, Georgia.       EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                                                        744.11 of the
                                                        EAR).
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POLAND.................  Doncoaltrade SP Z O O, Ul.    For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          Barbary 21, Katowice, woj.    subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          Slaskie, pow. M. Katowice     EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          40-053, Poland.               744.11 of the
                                                        EAR).
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RUSSIA.................                                         * * * * * *
                         Evro Polis Ltd., a.k.a., the  For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          following two aliases:        subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                         --Evro Polis, OOO; and         EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Obshchestvo S                744.11 of the
                          Ogranichennoi                 EAR).
                          Otvetstvennostyu Evro
                          Polis.
                         d. 1A pom. 9.1A, Shosse
                          Ilinskoe, Krasnogorsk,
                          Krasnogorski Raion,
                          Moskovskaya Obl. 143409,
                          Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Instar Lodzhistiks, OOO,      For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following one     subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          alias:                        EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Instar Logistics.            744.11 of the
                                                        EAR).
                         d. 20 str., 7 ofis 102V, ul.
                          Elektrozavodskaya, Moscow
                          1072023, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Kaliningradnefteprodukt OOO,  For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following three   subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Kaliningradnefteprodukt      744.11 of the
                          LLC;                          EAR).
                         --Limited Liability Company
                          Kaliningradnefteproduct;
                          and
                         --LLC
                          Kaliningradnefteproduct.
                         22-b Komsomolskaya Ulitsa,
                          Central District,
                          Kaliningrad, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Kinef OOO, a.k.a., the        For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          following three aliases:      subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                         --Kinef, LLC;                  EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Limited Liability Company    744.11 of the
                          Production Association        EAR).
                          Kirishinefteorgsintez; and
                         --LLC Kinef.
                         d. 1 Shosse Entuziastov,
                          Kirishi, Leningradskaya
                          Oblast 187110, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Kirishiavtoservis OOO,        For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following two     subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Limited Liability Company    744.11 of the
                          Kirishiavtoservis; and        EAR).
                         --LLC Kirishiavtoservis.
                         lit A, 12 Smolenskaya
                          Ulitsa, St. Petersburg
                          196084.
                         Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO,    For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following three   subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Company Gaz-Alliance LLC;    744.11 of the
                         --Kompaniya Gaz-Alyans, OOO;   EAR).
                          and
                         --Obshchestvo S
                          Ogranichennoi
                          Otvetstvennostyu Kompaniya
                          Gaz-Alyans.
                         15 Ul., Svobody, Nizhni
                          Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya
                          Obl. 603003, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *

                         Lengiproneftekhim OOO,        For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following three   subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Institut Po                  744.11 of the
                          Proektirovaniyu Predpriyaty   EAR).
                          Neftepererabatyvayuschey I
                          Neftekhimicheskoy
                          Promyshlennosti, Limited
                          Liability Company;
                         --Limited Liability Company
                          Oil Refining and
                          Petrochemical Facilities
                          Design Institute; and
                         --LLC Lengiproneftekhim.
                         d. 94, Obvodnogo Kanala,
                          nab, St. Petersburg 196084,
                          Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Limited Liability Company     For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          Foreign Economic              subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          Association                   EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          Technopromexport, a.k.a.,     744.11 of the
                          the following three           EAR).
                          aliases:
                         --Obschestvo S Ogranichennoi
                          Otvestvennostyu
                          Vneshneekonomicheskoe
                          Obedinenie
                          Tekhnopromeksport;
                         --OOO VO Technopromexport;
                          and
                         --OOO VO TPE.
                         Novyi Arbat Str. 15,
                          Building 2, Moscow 119019,
                          Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Media-Invest OOO, a.k.a.,     For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          the following two aliases:    subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                         --Limited Liability Company    EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          Media-Invest; and             744.11 of the
                         --LLC Media-Invest.            EAR).
                         17 Bld 1 Zubovsky Blvd,
                          Moscow 119847, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Novgorodnefteprodukt OOO,     For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following three   subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Limited Liability Company    744.11 of the
                          Novgorodnefteproduct;         EAR).
                         --LLC Novgorodnefteproduct;
                          and
                         --Novgorodnefteprodukt LLC .
                         d. 20 Germana Ulitsa, Veliky
                          Novgorod, Novgorodskaya
                          Oblast 173002, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         PJSC Power Machines, a.k.a.,  For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          the following three           subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Open Joint Stock Company     744.11 of the
                          Power Machines--ZTL, LMZ,     EAR).
                          Electrosila,
                          Energomachexport;
                         --Publichnoe Aktsionernoe
                          Obshchestvo Silovye
                          Mashiny--ZTL, LMZ,
                          Elektrosila,
                          Energomasheksport; and
                         --Silovye Mashiny, PAO.
                         3A Vatutina St., St.
                          Petersburg 195009, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Pskovnefteprodukt OOO,        For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following two     subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Limited Liability Company    744.11 of the
                          Marketing Association         EAR).
                          Pskovnefteproduct; and
                         --LLC Pskovnefteproduct.
                         4 Oktyabrsky Prospekt, Pskov
                          180000, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         SNGB AO, a.k.a., the          For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          following three aliases:      subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                         --Closed Joint Stock Company   EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          Surgutneftegasbank (ZAO       744.11 of the
                          SNGB);                        EAR).
                         --Joint Stock Company
                          Surgutneftegasbank; and
                         --JSC BANK SNGB.

                         19 Kukuyvitskogo Street,
                          Surgut 628400, Russia.
                         SO Tvernefteprodukt OOO,      For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following two     subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Limited Liability Company    744.11 of the
                          Marketing Association         EAR).
                          Tvernefteproduct; and
                         --LLC MA Tvernefteproduct.
                         6 Novotorzhskaya Ulitsa,
                          Tver, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Sovkhoz Chervishevski PAO,    For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following three   subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --OJSC Sovkhoz                 744.11 of the
                          Chervishevsky;                EAR).
                         --Open Joint Stock Company
                          Sovkhoz Chervishevsky; and
                         --Sovkhoz Chervishevsky,
                          JSC.
                         d. 81 Sovetskaya Ulitsa, S.
                          Chervichevsky, Tyumensky
                          Rayon, Tyumensky Oblast
                          625519, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Strakhovove Obshchestvo       For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          Surgutneftegaz OOO, a.k.a.,   subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          the following three           EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          aliases:                      744.11 of the
                         --Insurance Company            EAR).
                          Surgutneftegas, LLC;
                         --Limited Liability Company
                          Insurance Company
                          Surgutneftegas; and
                         --LLC Insurance Company
                          Surgutneftegas.
                         9/1 Lermontova Ulitsa,
                          Surgut 628418, Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Surgutmebel OOO, a.k.a., the  For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          following four aliases:       subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                         --Limited Liability Company    EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          Syrgutmebel;                  744.11 of the
                         --LLC Surgutmebel;             EAR).
                         --LLC Syrgutmebel; and
                         --Surgutmebel, LLC.
                         Vostochnaya Industrial 1
                          Territory 2, Poselok
                          Barsovo, Surgutsky
                          District, Yugra, Khanty-
                          Mansiysky Autonomos Okrug,
                          Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         Ugolnye Tekhnologii, OOO,     For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          a.k.a., the following two     subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                          aliases:                      EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                         --Coal Technologies; and       744.11 of the
                         --Obshchestvo S                EAR).
                          Ogranichennoi
                          Otvetstvennostyu ``Ugolnye
                          Tekhnologii''.
                         d. 25 ofis 13, 14, per.
                          Avtomobilny, Rostov-on-Don,
                          Rostovskaya Oblast 344038,
                          Russia.
                                                                * * * * * *
                         VAD, AO, a.k.a, the           For all items        Presumption of     83 FR [INSERT FR
                          following seven aliases:      subject to the       denial.            PAGE NUMBER] 2/
                         --Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo     EAR. (See Sec.                          16/2018.
                          VAD;                          744.11 of the
                         --AO, VAD;                     EAR).
                         --CJSC VAD;
                         --Joint Stock Company VAD;
                         --JSC VAD;
                         --ZAO VAD; and
                         --High-Quality Highways.
                         133, ul. Chernyshevskogo,
                          Vologda, Vologodskaya Obl
                          160019, Russia; and 122
                          Grazhdanskiy Prospect,
                          Suite 5, Liter A, St.
                          Petersburg 195267, Russia.
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    Dated: February 12, 2018.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-03234 Filed 2-15-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2007-29255; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-085-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -
300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of
comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are revising an earlier proposed airworthiness directive
(AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300, -400, and -
500 series airplanes. The original NPRM would have required doing
repetitive internal eddy current and detailed inspections to detect
cracked stringer tie clips; measuring the fastener spacing and the edge
margin if applicable, and doing applicable corrective and related
investigative actions. As a temporary alternative to doing the actions
described previously, the original NPRM would have required repetitive
inspections of the skin and lap joints for cracks and evidence of
overload resulting from cracked stringer tie clips, and applicable
corrective actions if necessary. The original NPRM resulted from a
report of several cracked stringer tie clips. This action revises the
original NPRM by including repetitive external eddy current sliding
probe inspections of the lap joints for cracks and evidence of overload
resulting from cracked stringer tie clips. We are proposing this
supplemental NPRM to detect and correct multiple adjacent cracked
stringer tie clips and damaged skin and frames, which could lead to the
skin and frame structure developing cracks and consequent decompression
of the airplane.

DATES: We must receive comments on this supplemental NPRM by September
23, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    For service information identified in this AD, contact Boeing
Commercial Airplanes, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124-2207.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov; or in person at the Docket Management Facility
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The AD docket contains this proposed AD, the

regulatory evaluation, any comments received, and other information.
The street address for the Docket Office (telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>) is in
the ADDRESSES section. Comments will be available in the AD docket
shortly after receipt.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Lockett, Aerospace Engineer,
Airframe Branch, ANM-120S, FAA, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office,
1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 98057-3356; telephone (425)
917-6447; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    We invite you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposed AD. Send your comments to an address
listed under the ADDRESSES section. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2007-
29255; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-085-AD'' at the beginning of your
comments. We specifically invite comments on the overall regulatory,
economic, environmental, and energy aspects of this proposed AD. We
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposed AD because of those comments.
    We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. We
will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact we
receive about this proposed AD.

Discussion

    We issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) (the ``original
NPRM'') to amend 14 CFR part 39 to include an airworthiness directive
(AD) that would apply to certain Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -
300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. That original NPRM was published
in the Federal Register on September 20, 2007 (72 FR 53706). That
original NPRM proposed to require doing repetitive internal eddy
current and detailed inspections to detect cracked stringer tie clips;
measuring the fastener spacing and the edge margin if applicable; and
doing applicable corrective and related investigative actions. As a
temporary alternative to doing the actions described previously, that
original NPRM proposed to require repetitive external general visual
inspections of the skin and lap joints for cracks and evidence of
overload resulting from cracked stringer tie clips, and applicable
corrective actions if necessary.

Comments

    We gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing
this AD. We considered the comments received from the four commenters.

Requests To Revise Grace Period for Accomplishing Inspections A and B

    US Airways requests that, for certain airplane configurations, the
grace period for accomplishing the initial inspections specified in
paragraph (g) of the original NPRM (Inspection A) be extended from 2
years to 4 years. KLM requests that the grace period of Inspection A be
extended to 8 years, and that the intervals for accomplishing the
temporary alternative inspection specified in paragraph (h) of the
original NPRM (Inspection B) be reduced.
    US Airways states that it has been successfully inspecting the same
area for corrosion and other damage per the Corrosion Prevention and
Control Program (CPCP), as required by AD 90-25-01, amendment 39-6789
(55 FR 49263, November 27, 1990). US Airways states that the compliance
time should be extended for operators accomplishing the CPCP. US
Airways and KLM state extending the compliance time for accomplishing
Inspection A would allow operators to better schedule that inspection,
and thus would limit the economic impact. US Airways also states that
temporary alternative inspections specified in paragraph (h) of the
original NPRM (Inspection B) are not as desirable as Inspection A. US
Airways believes Inspection B would increase the risk of damage to
airplanes due to operators' need to use various lift equipment to reach
the inspection area.
    We do not agree with the commenters' request to extend the
compliance time specified in paragraph (g) of the supplemental NPRM
(Inspection A) or to reduce the compliance time specified in paragraph
(h) of the supplemental NPRM (Inspection B). We have determined that
the visual inspections required by AD 90-25-01 do not detect multiple
adjacent cracks at stringer tie clips, which is the identified unsafe
condition of this supplemental NPRM. The CPCP inspections cited do not
focus on the areas of affected stringer tie clips. In developing an
appropriate compliance time for this supplemental NPRM, we considered
not only the degree of urgency associated with addressing the
identified unsafe condition, but the practical aspect of incorporating
the proposed inspections into affected operators' maintenance schedules
in a timely manner. Further, deferral of Inspection A for multiple clip
failures does not provide an acceptable level of safety. In light of
these items, we have determined that the applicable compliance times
identified in paragraphs (g) and (h) of the supplemental NPRM are
appropriate. However, paragraph (o) of the supplemental NPRM provides
affected operators the opportunity to apply for an adjustment of the
compliance time if the operator also presents data that justify the
adjustment.

Requests To Clarify Inspection B

    The Air Transport Association (ATA), on behalf of one of its
members, United Airlines, and Boeing request that paragraph (h) of the
NPRM be clarified as to which affected airplanes the temporary
alternative inspections specified in paragraph (h) of the original NPRM
(Inspection B) may be done on. The commenters state that a note in the
Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Special Attention Service
Bulletin 737-53-1268, dated August 25, 2006 (referred to as the
appropriate source of service information for doing the proposed
actions), limits Inspection B to airplanes having stringer tie clips
replaced in accordance with Boeing Service Bulletin 737-53-1085,
Revision 1, dated May 10, 1990. The commenters note that the AD does
not have such a limitation.
    We agree with the commenters that clarification is necessary.
Paragraph (h) of the supplemental NPRM specifies to do all
``applicable'' actions in accordance with the Accomplishment
Instructions of Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-53-1268.
As noted by the commenters, a note in the Accomplishment Instructions
states, ``The Option B Inspection is not allowed on airplanes that have
not accomplished terminating action of replacing the stringer tie clips
as given in Service Bulletin 737-53-1085.'' However, the note does not
explain that Boeing Service Bulletin 737-53-1085 affects only airplanes
having line numbers 1 through 1000 inclusive. Without such an
explanation, operators could misinterpret that paragraph (h) of the
supplemental NPRM may be done on airplanes having line numbers 1001 and
subsequent, which are also subject to the proposed actions of this
supplemental NPRM. Therefore, we have added Note 3 to this supplemental
NPRM to clarify this point.
    Boeing also requests that the first sentence of paragraph (h) of
the NPRM be revised to include eddy current inspections of the lap
joints. Boeing states that, for Inspection B, Boeing Special Attention
Service Bulletin 737-53-1268 specifies eddy current inspections of the
lap joints.

    We agree. It was our intent that the proposed inspections align
with those specified in Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-
53-1268. Therefore, we have revised paragraph (h) of the supplemental
NPRM accordingly.

Request To Clarify Unsafe Condition

    Boeing requests that, for clarification purposes, the unsafe
condition throughout the original NPRM be revised from ``* * * multiple
cracked stringer tie clips * * *.'' to ``* * * multiple adjacent
cracked stringer tie clips * * *.'' Boeing states that the safety
concern is when there are multiple ``adjacent'' stringer tie clips
(three or more) that are cracked.
    We agree and have revised the supplemental NPRM accordingly.

Request To Clarify Relevant Service Information Section

    Boeing requests several editorial changes to the Relevant Service
Information section of the original NPRM for clarification purposes.
    We partially agree. We acknowledge that Boeing's suggested changes
to that section would further clarify the information specified in the
service bulletin. However, the Relevant Service Information section of
the original NRPM does not reappear in the supplemental NPRM.
Therefore, we have made no change to this supplemental NPRM in this
regard.

Request To Revise Work-Hour Estimate

    Boeing requests that the work hours for Inspection A in the Costs
of Compliance section of the original NPRM be revised from between 40
and 103 to between 253 and 307. Boeing states that Inspection A
requires internal access, which requires many more hours than that
shown in the Estimated Costs table.
    We do not agree. The Costs of Compliance section describes only the
direct costs of the specific actions proposed by this supplemental
NPRM. The estimated work hours represent the time necessary to perform
only the actions actually proposed by this supplemental NPRM. We
recognize that, in doing the actions required by an AD, operators might
incur incidental costs in addition to the direct costs. The cost
analysis in AD rulemaking actions, however, typically does not include
incidental costs such as the time required to gain access and close up,
time necessary for planning, or time necessitated by other
administrative actions. Those incidental costs, which might vary
significantly among operators, are almost impossible to calculate.
Therefore, we have made no change to the supplemental NPRM in this
regard.

Clarification of Unsafe Condition

    The Summary section and paragraph (d) of the NPRM state, ``We are
proposing this supplemental NPRM to prevent multiple cracked stringer
tie clips and damaged skin and frames * * *'' For clarification
purposes, we have changed the phrase ``to prevent'' to ``to detect and
correct'' in that section and paragraph of this supplemental NPRM.

FAA's Determination and Proposed Requirements of the Supplemental NPRM

    We are proposing this supplemental NPRM because we evaluated all
pertinent information and determined an unsafe condition exists and is
likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design.
Certain changes described above expand the scope of the original NPRM.
As a result, we have determined that it is necessary to reopen the
comment period to provide additional opportunity for the public to
comment on this supplemental NPRM.

Costs of Compliance

    We estimate that this proposed AD would affect 787 airplanes of
U.S. registry. The following table provides the estimated costs for
U.S. operators to comply with this proposed AD.

                                                 Estimated Costs
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                                                                                Number of
                                                     Average    Cost per airplane     U.S.-
            Action                Work hours \1\    labor rate         \1\          registered   Fleet cost \1\
                                                     per hour                       airplanes
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Inspection A..................  Between 40 and             $80  Between $3,200             787  Between
                                 103.                            and $8,240, per                 $2,518,400 and
                                                                 inspection cycle.               $6,484,880, per
                                                                                inspection
                                                                                cycle.
Inspection B (temporary         Between 2 and 109           80  Between $160 and           787  Between $125,920
 alternative to Inspection A).                                   $8,720.                         and $6,862,640,
                                                                                per inspection
                                                                                cycle.
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\1\ Depending on the airplane configuration.

Authority for This Rulemaking

    Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAA's authority to
issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the
authority of the FAA Administrator. ``Subtitle VII: Aviation
Programs,'' describes in more detail the scope of the Agency's
authority.
    We are issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in
``Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General
requirements.'' Under that section, Congress charges the FAA with
promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing
regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator
finds necessary for safety in air commerce. This regulation is within
the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition
that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this
rulemaking action.

Regulatory Findings

    We determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not
have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
    For the reasons discussed above, I certify this proposed
regulation:
    1. Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order
12866,
    2. Is not a ``significant rule'' under the DOT Regulatory Policies
and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979), and
    3. Will not have a significant economic impact, positive or
negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    You can find our regulatory evaluation and the estimated costs of
compliance in the AD Docket.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Safety.

The Proposed Amendment

    Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the
Administrator, the FAA proposes to amend 14 CFR part 39 as follows:

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

    1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701.

Sec.  39.13  [Amended]

    2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by adding the following new AD:

Boeing: Docket No. FAA-2007-29255; Directorate Identifier 2007-NM-
085-AD.

Comments Due Date

    (a) We must receive comments by September 23, 2008.

Affected ADs

    (b) AD 93-08-04, amendment 39-8551.

Applicability

    (c) This AD applies to Boeing Model 737-100, -200, -200C, -300,
-400, and -500 series airplanes, certificated in any category; as
identified in Boeing Special Attention Service Bulletin 737-53-1268,
dated August 25, 2006.

Unsafe Condition

    (d) This AD results from a report of several cracked stringer
tie clips. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct multiple
adjacent cracked stringer tie clips and damaged skin and frames,
which could lead to the skin and frame structure developing cracks
and consequent decompression of the airplane.

Compliance

    (e) You are responsible for having the actions required by this
AD performed within the compliance times specified, unless the
actions have already been done.

Service Bulletin References

    (f) The term ``the service bulletin,'' as used in this AD, means
the Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Special Attention Service
Bulletin 737-53-1268, dated August 25, 2006.

Inspection A: Required Internal Inspections, Applicable Corrective and
Related Investigative Actions, and Measurement

    (g) Do repetitive internal eddy current and detailed inspections
to detect cracked stringer tie clips; measure the fastener spacing
and the edge margin if applicable; and do applicable corrective and
related investigative actions. Do all applicable actions at the
applicable compliance times and repeat intervals identified in
Tables 2 through 8 inclusive of paragraph 1.E., ``Compliance,'' of
the service bulletin; except as provided by paragraphs (i) through
(l) of this AD. Do all applicable actions in accordance with the
Accomplishment Instructions of the service bulletin, except as
provided by paragraph (m) of this AD.

    Note 1: The service bulletin refers to Boeing Service Bulletin
737-53A1177, Revision 6, dated May 31, 2001, as an additional source
of service information for doing an internal eddy current inspection
of the lap joint for certain airplane configurations.

Inspection B: Temporary Alternative External Inspections and Corrective
Actions

    (h) As a temporary alternative to doing the actions required by
paragraph (g) of this AD, do repetitive external general visual
inspections of the skin and lap joints and repetitive external eddy
current sliding probe inspections of the lap joints for cracks and
evidence of overload resulting from cracked stringer tie clips, and
applicable corrective actions if necessary. Do all applicable
actions at the applicable compliance times and repeat intervals
identified in Tables 9 through 12 inclusive of paragraph 1.E.,
``Compliance,'' of the service bulletin, but not to exceed the
flight cycles in the ``Inspection Period Allowed'' column of the
tables; except as provided by paragraphs (i) and (l) of this AD. Do
all applicable actions in accordance with the Accomplishment
Instructions of the service bulletin, except as provided by
paragraph (m) of this AD.

    Note 2: The eddy current inspection along the stringer tie clip
radius to detect damage and replacement, as applicable, specified in
paragraph 3.B.5. of the Accomplishment Instructions of the service
bulletin are not required by this AD. The actions are optional and
can be done in addition to and at the same time as the actions
required by paragraph (g) of this AD.

    Note 3: Inspection B may be used on affected airplanes having
line numbers 1 through 1000 inclusive on which the terminating
action (i.e., replacement of stringer tie clips) specified in Boeing
Service Bulletin 737-53-1085, Revision 1, dated May 10, 1990, has
been done; and on affected airplanes having line numbers 1001 and
subsequent. The service bulletin contains a similar note.

Exceptions to Service Information

    (i) Where the service bulletin specifies a compliance time after
the date of the service bulletin, this AD requires compliance within
the specified compliance time after the effective date of this AD.
    (j) For Model 737-100, -200, and -200C series airplanes, on
which Boeing Service Bulletin 737-53-1085, Revision 1, dated May 10,
1990, has not been done in accordance with AD 93-08-04: As of the
effective date of this AD, do the applicable inspections from
station (STA) 559 to STA 887 in accordance with paragraph (g) of
this AD, at the applicable compliance times specified in paragraph
(b) of AD 93-08-04.
    (k) In the first row of Tables 5 and 6 of paragraph 1.E.,
``Compliance,'' of the service bulletin, where the service bulletin
specifies a compliance time of before 25,000 total airplane flight
cycles, this AD requires a compliance time of before the
accumulation of 25,000 total flight cycles, or within 2 years after
the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later.
    (l) Where the service bulletin specifies no starting point
(e.g., ``after the date on the service bulletin'') for a grace
period, this AD requires compliance within the specified grace
period after the effective date of this AD.
    (m) Where the service bulletin specifies to contact Boeing for
appropriate action: Before further flight, repair the discrepancy
using a method approved in accordance with the procedures specified
in paragraph (o) of this AD.

Certain Actions End Certain Requirements of AD 93-08-04

    (n) Accomplishment of the internal eddy current and detailed
inspections for STA 559 to STA 887 in accordance with paragraph (g)
of this AD constitutes compliance with the inspections required by
paragraph (a) of AD 93-08-04, as it pertains to Boeing Service
Bulletin 737-53-1085, Revision 1, dated May 10, 1990. Accomplishment
of the internal eddy current and detailed inspections does not
terminate the remaining requirements of AD 93-08-04, as it applies
to other service bulletins. Operators are required to continue to
inspect and/or modify per the other service bulletins listed in that
AD.

Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (o)(1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (ACO),
FAA, ATTN: Wayne Lockett, Aerospace Engineer, Airframe Branch, ANM-
120S, FAA, Seattle ACO, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington
98057-3356; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>; has the
authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the
procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19.
    (2) To request a different method of compliance or a different
compliance time for this AD, follow the procedures in 14 CFR 39.19.
Before using any approved AMOC on any airplane to which the AMOC
applies, notify your appropriate principal inspector (PI) in the FAA
Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), or lacking a PI, your local
FSDO.
    (3) An AMOC that provides an acceptable level of safety may be
used for any repair required by this AD, if it is approved by an
Authorized Representative for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Delegation Option Authorization Organization who has been authorized
by the Manager, Seattle ACO, to make those findings. For a repair
method to be approved, the repair must meet the certification basis
of the airplane, and the approval must specifically refer to this
AD.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on August 20, 2008.
Kevin Hull,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
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[Federal Register: June 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 117)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP08-72-000]

Northern Border Pipeline Company; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Des Plaines Project

June 10, 2008.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) of the
natural gas compressor station proposed by Northern Border Pipeline
Company (Northern Border) in the above-referenced docket.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act. The FERC staff concludes that approval of the
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of Northern Border's proposed Des Plaines
Project, consisting of a new 1,600 horsepower compressor station, meter
station, and interconnect facilities at a site along Northern Border's
existing pipeline system in Will County, Illinois. The Des Plaines
Project would enable Northern Border to receive natural gas from ANR
Pipeline Company, for transport to a

delivery point on Northern Border's pipeline system.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference
Room, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-
8371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to federal, state, and local
agencies, interested individuals, newspapers, libraries, and parties to
this proceeding.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is
important that we receive your comments before the date specified
below.
    Please note that the Commission strongly encourages electronic
filing of any comments or interventions or protests to this proceeding.
See 18 Code of Federal Regulations 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission's Internet Web site at http://
www.ferc.gov under the link to ``Documents and Filings'' and
``eFiling.'' eFiling is a file attachment process and requires that you
prepare your submission in the same manner as you would if filing on
paper, and save it to a file on your hard drive. New eFiling users must
first create an account by clicking on ``Sign up'' or ``eRegister.''
You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making. This
filing is considered a ``Comment on Filing.'' In addition, there is a
``Quick Comment'' option available, which is an easy method for
interested persons to submit text only comments on a project. The
Quick-Comment User Guide can be viewed at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-
filing/efiling/quick-comment-guide.pdf. Quick Comment does not require
a FERC eRegistration account; however, you will be asked to provide a
valid e-mail address. All comments submitted under either eFiling or
the Quick Comment option are placed in the public record for the
specified docket.
    If you are filing written comments, please carefully follow these
instructions to ensure that your comments are received in time and
properly recorded:
     Send an original and two copies of your comments to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426;
     Reference Docket No. CP08-72-000;
     Label one copy of the comments for the attention of the
Gas Branch 3, PJ-11.3; and
     Mail your comments so that they will be received in
Washington, DC, on or before July 10, 2008.
    Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to
make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene
pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
comments electronically.
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    Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor
status to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the
FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link.
Click on the eLibrary link, click on ``General Search'' and enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number
field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>. The eLibrary link also provides access to the
texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders,
notices, and rulemakings.
    In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription, which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances
and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time
you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to
the documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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