[Federal Register: August 5, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 150)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2010-0045; Directorate Identifier 2009-NM-085-AD;
Amendment 39-16382; AD 2010-16-05]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Model 747-100, 747-
100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400,
747-400D, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP Series Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain
Model 747 airplanes. This AD requires inspecting to verify the part
number of the low-pressure flex-hoses of the crew oxygen system
installed under the oxygen mask stowage boxes in the flight deck, and
replacing the flex-hose with a new non-conductive low-pressure flex-
hose if necessary. This AD results from reports of low-pressure flex-
hoses of the crew oxygen system that burned through due to inadvertent
electrical current from a short circuit in the audio select panel. We
are issuing this AD to prevent inadvertent electrical current, which
can cause the low-pressure flex-hoses of the crew oxygen system to melt
or burn, causing oxygen system leakage and smoke or fire.

DATES: This AD is effective September 9, 2010.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by
reference of a certain publication listed in the AD as of September 9,
2010.

ADDRESSES: For service information identified in this AD, contact
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services Management,
P.O. Box 3707, MC 2H-65, Seattle, Washington 98124-2207; telephone 206-
544-5000, extension 1; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Internet https://www.myboeingfleet.com.

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 AD, the regulatory evaluation,
any comments received, and other information. The address for the
Docket Office (telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>) is the Document Management
Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30,
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan L. Monroe, Aerospace Engineer,
Cabin Safety and Environmental Systems Branch, ANM-150S, FAA, Seattle
Aircraft Certification Office, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton,
Washington 98057-3356; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion

    We issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR
part 39 to include an airworthiness directive (AD) that would apply to
certain Model 747 airplanes. That NPRM was published in the Federal
Register on January 22, 2010 (75 FR 3658). That NPRM proposed to
require inspecting to verify the part number of the low-pressure flex-
hoses of the crew oxygen system installed under the oxygen mask stowage
boxes in the flight deck, and replacing the flex-hose with a new non-
conductive low-pressure flex-hose if necessary.

Comments

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

Support for the NPRM

    Boeing concurs with the contents of the NPRM, and the Air Line
Pilots Association, International (ALPA) supports the intent of the
NPRM.

Request To Shorten Compliance Time

    ALPA requests that the 36-month compliance time specified in the
NPRM be shortened given the potential consequence of an oxygen-fed fire
in the vicinity of the flightcrew station.
    We do not agree. In developing an appropriate compliance time, we
considered the safety implications, parts availability, and normal
maintenance schedules for timely accomplishment of replacement of the
fasteners. Further, we arrived at the compliance time with manufacturer
concurrence. In consideration of all of these factors, we determined
that the compliance time, as proposed, represents an appropriate
interval in which the inspections can be done in a timely manner within
the fleet, while still maintaining an adequate level of safety.
Operators are always permitted to accomplish the requirements of an AD
at a time earlier than the specified compliance time; therefore, an
operator may choose to do

the inspection before 36 months in order to accomplish the requirements
of this AD. If additional data are presented that would justify a
shorter compliance time, we may consider further rulemaking on this
issue. We have not changed the AD in this regard.

Conclusion

    We reviewed the relevant data, considered the comments received,
and determined that air safety and the public interest require adopting
the AD as proposed.

Explanation of Change to Costs of Compliance

    Since issuance of the NPRM, we have increased the labor rate used
in the Costs of Compliance from $80 per work-hour to $85 per work-hour.
The Costs of Compliance information, below, reflects this increase in
the specified hourly labor rate.

Costs of Compliance

    We estimate that this AD will affect 211 airplanes of U.S.
registry. We also estimate that it will take 1 work-hour per product to
comply with this AD. The average labor rate is $85 per work-hour. Based
on these figures, we estimate the cost of this proposed AD to the U.S.
operators to be $17,935, or $85 per product.

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

    This AD will not have federalism implications under Executive Order
13132. This AD will 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 that this AD:
    (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866,
    (2) Is not a ``significant rule'' under 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, Incorporation by
reference, Safety.

Adoption of the Amendment

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

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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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]

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

2010-16-05 The Boeing Company: Amendment 39-16382. Docket No. FAA-
2010-0045; Directorate Identifier 2009-NM-085-AD.

Effective Date

    (a) This airworthiness directive (AD) is effective September 9,
2010.

Affected ADs

    (b) None.

Applicability

    (c) This AD applies to The Boeing Company Model 747-100, 747-
100B, 747-100B SUD, 747-200B, 747-200C, 747-200F, 747-300, 747-400,
747-400D, 747-400F, 747SR, and 747SP series airplanes, certificated
in any category; line numbers 1 through 1229 inclusive.

Subject

    (d) Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 35: Oxygen.

Unsafe Condition

    (e) This AD results from reports of low-pressure flex-hoses of
the crew oxygen system that burned through due to inadvertent
electrical current from a short circuit in the audio select panel.
The Federal Aviation Administration is issuing this AD to prevent
inadvertent electrical current, which can cause the low-pressure
flex-hoses of the crew oxygen system to melt or burn, resulting in
oxygen system leakage and smoke or fire.

Compliance

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

Inspection

    (g) Within 36 months after the effective date of this AD, do an
inspection to determine whether any low-pressure flex-hose of the
crew oxygen system installed under the oxygen mask stowage box in
the flight deck has a part number identified in Table 1 of this AD.
A review of airplane maintenance records is acceptable in lieu of
this inspection if the part number of the low-pressure flex-hoses of
the crew oxygen system can be conclusively determined from that
review.
    (1) For any hose having a part number identified in Table 1 of
this AD, before further flight, replace the hose with a new or
serviceable part, in accordance with the Accomplishment Instructions
of Boeing Service Bulletin 747-35A2101, Revision 1, dated May 15,
2003.
    (2) For any hose not having a part number identified in Table 1
of this AD, no further action is required by this paragraph.

                    Table 1--Applicable Part Numbers
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                                                            Equivalent
              Boeing specification part No.               hydraflow part
                                                                No.
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60B50059-19.............................................        38001-19
60B50059-20.............................................        38001-20
60B50059-60.............................................        38001-60
60B50059-62.............................................        38001-62
60B50059-69.............................................        38001-69
60B50059-70.............................................        38001-70
60B50059-81.............................................        38001-81
60B50059-94.............................................        38001-94
60B50059-95.............................................        38001-95
60B50059-101............................................       38001-101
60B50059-129............................................       38001-129
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Parts Installation

    (h) As of the effective date of this AD, no person may install
on any airplane a crew oxygen hose with a part number identified in
Table 1 of this AD.

Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (i)(1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft Certification Office (ACO),
FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested
using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. Send information to
Attn: Susan L. Monroe, Aerospace Engineer, Cabin Safety and
Environmental Systems Branch, ANM-150S, FAA, Seattle Aircraft
Certification Office, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington
98057-3356; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>. Or, e-mail
information to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (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 principal maintenance inspector (PMI) or
principal avionics inspector (PAI), as appropriate, or lacking a
principal inspector, your local Flight Standards District Office.
The AMOC approval letter must specifically reference this AD.
Material Incorporated by Reference.

Material Incorporated by Reference

    (j) You must use Boeing Service Bulletin 747-35A2101, Revision
1, dated May 15, 2003 to do the actions required by this AD, unless
the AD specifies otherwise.
    (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the
incorporation by reference of this service information under 5
U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
    (2) For service information identified in this AD, contact
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services Management,
P. O. Box 3707, MC 2H-65, Seattle, Washington 98124-2207; telephone
206-544-5000, extension 1; fax<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Internet https://www.myboeingfleet.com.
    (3) You may review copies of the service information at the FAA,
Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton,
Washington. For information on the availability of this material at
the FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    (4) You may also review copies of the service information that
is incorporated by reference at the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this
material at NARA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>, or go to: http://
www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/
ibr_locations.html.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on July 16, 2010.
Ali Bahrami,
Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17409-17411]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7286]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC11-53-000
    Applicants: Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec T, Enbridge
Inc.,

IPL System Inc., Laurentides Investissements S.A.S.
    Description: Laurentides Investissements S.A.S et al. submits
application for authorization to transfer its indirect 12.47% ownership
interest in Green Mountain Power Corporation etc.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-0204
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1638-001
    Applicants: Public Service Electric and Gas Company
    Description: Public Service Electric and Gas Company submits tariff
filing per 35: Compliance Filing pursuant to February 25, 2011 Order to
be effective 3/21/2011.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5114
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER10-1660-001
    Applicants: PSEG Fossil LLC
    Description: PSEG Fossil LLC submits tariff filing per 35:
Compliance Filing pursuant to February 25, 2011 Order. To be effective
3/21/2011.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5115
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER10-2869-001
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
submits tariff filing per 35: Compliance to Module B, Cross Border Out
to be effective 11/22/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5119
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-2365-001
    Applicants: Paradise Solar Urban Renewal, L.L.C.
    Description: Paradise Solar Urban Renewal, L.L.C. submits tariff
filing per 35.17(b): Paradise Solar Revisions to Limitations and
Exemptions Tariff Language to be effective 12/15/2010.
    Filed Date: 02/08/2011
    Accession Number: 20110208-5165
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 01, 2011
    Docket Numbers: ER11-2826-001
    Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.
submits tariff filing per 35.17(b): ATC Oconto D-T Amendment to be
effective 1/6/2011.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5031
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3039-001
    Applicants: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC
    Description: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, LLC submits tariff
filing per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 8/10/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5076
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3040-001
    Applicants: Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC
    Description: Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC
submits tariff filing per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be
effective 8/10/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5097
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3041-001
    Applicants: Constellation Power Source Generation, Inc.
    Description: Constellation Power Source Generation, Inc. submits
tariff filing per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 8/10/
2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5099
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3042-001
    Applicants: Criterion Power Partners, LLC
    Description: Criterion Power Partners, LLC submits tariff filing
per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 9/30/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5077
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3043-001
    Applicants: R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC
    Description: R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC submits tariff
filing per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 8/10/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5098
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3044-001
    Applicants: Handsome Lake Energy, LLC
    Description: Handsome Lake Energy, LLC submits tariff filing per
35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 8/10/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5078
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3045-001
    Applicants: Constellation Mystic Power, LLC
    Description: Constellation Mystic Power, LLC submits tariff filing
per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 11/9/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5079
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3046-001
    Applicants: Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC
    Description: Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC submits tariff
filing per 35: Compliance Triennial Filing to be effective 8/10/2010.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5080
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3150-000
    Applicants: Aquilon Power Ltd.
    Description: Aquilon Power Ltd submits notification of change in
status.
    Filed Date: 03/18/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-0203
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 08, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3151-000
    Applicants: Silverhill Investments Corp.
    Description: Silverhill Investments Corp submits change in status
notification.
    Filed Date: 03/18/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-0202
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 08, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3152-000
    Applicants: Silverhill Ltd.
    Description: Silverhill Ltd submits change of status notification.
    Filed Date: 03/18/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-0201
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 08, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3160-000
    Applicants: Ameren Energy Marketing Company
    Description: Ameren Energy Marketing Company submits tariff filing
per 35.13(a)(2)(iii): MBR Amendment 1 to be effective 5/1/2011.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5136
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Docket Numbers: ER11-3161-000
    Applicants: NorthWestern Corporation
    Description: NorthWestern Corporation submits tariff filing per

35.13(a)(2)(iii): Service Agreements--LGIAs with Martinsdale to be
effective 9/10/2009.
    Filed Date: 03/21/2011
    Accession Number: 20110321-5142
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 11, 2011

    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    As it relates to any qualifying facility filings, the notices of
self-certification [or self-recertification] listed above, do not
institute a proceeding regarding qualifying facility status. A notice
of self-certification [or self-recertification] simply provides
notification that the entity making the filing has determined the
facility named in the notice meets the applicable criteria to be a
qualifying facility. Intervention and/or protest do not lie in dockets
that are qualifying facility self-certifications or self-
recertifications. Any person seeking to challenge such qualifying
facility status may do so by filing a motion pursuant to 18 CFR
292.207(d)(iii). Intervention and protests may be filed in response to
notices of qualifying facility dockets other than self-certifications
and self-recertifications.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance
with any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: March 22, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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