[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71071-71072]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24680]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514; FRL-10015-77]

Atrazine, Simazine, and Propazine Registration Review; Draft
Endangered Species Act Biological Evaluations; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA or the Agency) draft biological evaluations
(BEs) for the registration review of the pesticides atrazine, simazine,
and propazine, and opens a public comment period on these documents.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 5, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information
you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
    Please note that due to the public health concerns related to
COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to
visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote
customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status
information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Perry, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of
interest to a wide range of stakeholders including environmental, human
health, farm worker, and agricultural advocates; the chemical industry;
pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides and/or the potential impacts of
pesticide use on threatened or endangered (listed) species and
designated critical habitat. Since others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may
be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When preparing and submitting
your comments, see the commenting tips at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/comments.html.
    3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to achieve environmental
justice, the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of any group,
including minority and/or low-income populations, in the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. To help address potential environmental justice issues, the
Agency seeks information on any groups or segments of the population
who, as a result of their location, cultural practices, or other
factors, may have atypical or disproportionately high and adverse human
health impacts or environmental effects from exposure to the pesticides
discussed in this document, compared to the general population.

II. What action is the agency taking?

A. Authority

    The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires federal agencies, such as
EPA, to ensure that their actions are not likely to jeopardize the
continued existence of species listed as threatened or endangered under
the ESA or destroy or adversely modify the designated critical habitat
of such species. The final registration review determination of
reevaluating a pesticide under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) constitutes an EPA ``action'' under the ESA. If
EPA determines a pesticide may affect a listed species or its
designated critical habitat, EPA must initiate informal or formal
consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the
National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively referred to as the
Services), as appropriate. EPA initiates formal consultation with the
Services through the conduct and transmittal of a biological
evaluations (BE) with its findings.

B. Background

    The Agency has completed comprehensive, nationwide draft BEs for
atrazine, simazine, and propazine uses relative to the potential
effects on listed species and their designated critical habitats. The
schedule for conducting the atrazine and simazine BEs was negotiated as
part of a partial settlement agreement pursuant to a joint stipulation
filed on October 18, 2019 and entered by the court on October 22,

2019, in Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. EPA et al. (N.D. Ca)
(3:11-cv-00293).
    The atrazine, simazine and propazine BEs follow the Revised Method
for National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluations of
Conventional Pesticides (see docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0185-0084
at www.regulations.gov). EPA utilized the Revised Method for the first
time when conducting the methomyl and carbaryl draft BEs, for which the
Agency solicited public comment for a total of 120 days. EPA is
currently evaluating public comments received and will take them into
consideration for the final BEs for these pesticides. Comments received
on carbaryl and methomyl that are applicable to the broader BE
methodology will also be incorporated into the final BEs for atrazine,
simazine, and propazine.
    After reviewing comments received during the public comment period
on the atrazine, simazine, and propazine draft BEs, EPA will issue
final BEs and a response to public comments document. If EPA determines
that these pesticides may affect listed species and/or their designated
critical habitats, EPA will initiate consultation with the Services.
Based on the BEs, the Services will then develop Biological Opinions
for atrazine, simazine, and propazine.

C. Public Comments Sought

    Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.53(c) and consistent with the enhanced
stakeholder engagement practices (see docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-
0442), EPA is providing an opportunity, through this notice of
availability, for interested parties to provide comments and input
concerning the Agency's draft BEs for atrazine, simazine, and
propazine. Such comments could address, among other things, the
application of the Agency's revised risk assessment methodologies to
and assumptions for these draft BEs.
    The file sizes of the draft BEs for atrazine, simazine, and
propazine exceed the docket system's file size limitation, therefore
these documents are not posted to this BE docket. Instead, the BEs are
posted on EPA's endangered species web page (see web links provided in
the Table below). Commenters are instructed to post comments on the BEs
to this BE docket (EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514) in www.regulations.gov, as
indicated in the Table below.

 Table--Pesticide Docket ID Numbers for Posting Comments on the Atrazine, Simazine, and Propazine Draft BEs and
                                             Links to the Draft BEs
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               Document                  for public comments                 Links to the draft BEs
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Atrazine BE..........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514...  https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/draft-national-level-listed-species-biological-evaluation-atrazine.
Simazine BE..........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514...  https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/draft-national-level-listed-species-biological-evaluation-simazine.
Propazine BE.........................  EPA-HQ-OPP-2020-0514...  https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/draft-national-level-listed-species-biological-evaluation-propazine.
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    1. Other related information. Additional information on endangered
species risk assessment and the NAS report recommendations are
available at https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/implementing-nas-report-recommendations-ecological-risk-assessment-endangered-and.
Information on the Agency's registration review program and its
implementing regulation is available at https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
    2. Information submission requirements. Anyone may submit data or
information in response to this document. To be considered during a
pesticide's registration review, the submitted data or information must
meet the following requirements:
     To ensure that EPA will consider data or information
submitted, interested persons must submit the data or information
during the comment period. The Agency may, at its discretion, consider
data or information submitted at a later date.
     The data or information submitted must be presented in a
legible and useable form. For example, an English translation must
accompany any material that is not in English and a written transcript
must accompany any information submitted as an audio-graphic or video-
graphic record. Written material may be submitted in paper or
electronic form.
     Submitters must clearly identify the source of any
submitted data or information.
     Submitters may request the Agency to reconsider data or
information that the Agency rejected in a previous review. However,
submitters must explain why they believe the Agency should reconsider
the data or information in the pesticide's registration review.
    As provided in 40 CFR 155.58, the registration review docket for
each pesticide case will remain publicly accessible through the
duration of the registration review process; that is, until all actions
required in the final decision on the registration review case have
been completed.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

    Dated: November 2, 2020.
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17477-17479]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07081]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID FEMA-2016-0002; Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA-B-1608]

Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists communities where the addition or
modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or
the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard
determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for
each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical
data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have
been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through
issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with title
44, part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations (44 CFR part 65). The
LOMR will be used by insurance agents and others to calculate
appropriate flood insurance premium rates for new buildings and the
contents of those buildings. For rating purposes, the currently
effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used
for all new policies and renewals.

DATES: These flood hazard determinations will become effective on the
dates listed in the table below and revise the FIRM panels and FIS
report in effect prior to this determination for the listed
communities.
    From the date of the second publication of notification of these
changes in a newspaper of local circulation, any person has 90 days in
which to request through the community that the Deputy Associate
Administrator for Mitigation reconsider the changes. The flood hazard
determination information may be changed during the 90-day period.

ADDRESSES: The affected communities are listed in the table below.
Revised flood hazard information for each community is available for
inspection at both the online location and the respective community map
repository address listed in the table below. Additionally, the current
effective FIRM and FIS report for each community are accessible online
through the FEMA Map Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
    Submit comments and/or appeals to the Chief Executive Officer of
the community as listed in the table below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering
Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration,
FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>, or
(email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or visit the FEMA Map Information
eXchange (FMIX) online at www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/fmx_main.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The specific flood hazard determinations are
not described for each community in this notice. However, the online
location and local community map repository address where the flood
hazard determination information is available for inspection is
provided.
    Any request for reconsideration of flood hazard determinations must
be submitted to the Chief Executive Officer of the community as listed
in the table below.
    The modifications are made pursuant to section 201 of the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, 42 U.S.C. 4105, and are in accordance
with the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.,
and with 44 CFR part 65.
    The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management
measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show
evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified
for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
    These flood hazard determinations, together with the floodplain
management criteria required by 44 CFR 60.3, are the minimum that are
required. They should not be construed to mean that the community must
change any existing ordinances that are more stringent in their
floodplain management requirements. The community may at any time enact
stricter requirements of its own or pursuant to policies established by
other Federal, State, or regional entities. The flood hazard
determinations are in accordance with 44 CFR 65.4.
    The affected communities are listed in the following table. Flood
hazard determination information for each community is available for
inspection at both the online location and the respective community map
repository address listed in the table below. Additionally, the current
effective FIRM and FIS report for each community are accessible online
through the FEMA Map Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 97.022, ``Flood
Insurance.'')

    Dated: March 10, 2016.
Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation, Department
of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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        State and county          Location and case      Chief executive       Community map     of letter of map      Effective date of       Community
                                         No.          officer of community       repository          revision             modification            No.
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Arizona:
    Maricopa...................  City of Peoria (15- The Honorable Cathy     City Hall 8401,    http://            Apr. 29, 2016............      040050
                                  09-2060P).          Carlat Mayor, City of   West Monroe        www.msc.fema.gov/
                                                      Peoria, 8401 West       Street, Peoria,    lomc.
                                                      Monroe Street,          AZ 85345.
                                                      Peoria, AZ 85345.
    Pima.......................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Sharon    Pima County Flood  http://            Apr. 15, 2016............      040073
                                  areas of Pima       Bronson Chair, Board    Control            www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  County (15-09-      of Supervisors, Pima    District, 210      lomc.
                                  1650P).             County, 130 West        North Stone
                                                      Congress Street, 10th   Avenue, 9th
                                                      Floor, Tucson, AZ       Floor, Tucson,
                                                      85701.                  AZ 85701.
    Pima.......................  City of Tucson (15- The Honorable Jonathan  Pima County Flood  http://            Jun. 13, 2016............      040076
                                  09-2298P).          Rothschild, Mayor,      Control            www.msc.fema.gov/
                                                      City of Tucson, City    District, 210      lomc.
                                                      Hall, 255 West          North Stone
                                                      Alameda Street, 10th    Avenue, 9th
                                                      Floor, Tucson, AZ       Floor, Tucson,
                                                      85701.                  AZ 85701.
    Yavapai....................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Craig     Yavapai County     http://            May 27, 2016.............      040093
                                  areas of Yavapai    Brown, Chairman,        Flood Control      www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  County (15-09-      Board of Supervisors,   District Office,   lomc..
                                  1727P).             Yavapai County, 1015    1120 Commerce
                                                      Fair Street,            Drive, Prescott,
                                                      Prescott, AZ 86305.     AZ 86305.
California:
    Riverside..................  City of Corona (15- The Honorable Eugene    City Hall, 400     http://            Mar. 31, 2016............      060250
                                  09-1832P).          Montanez, Mayor, City   South Vicentia     www.msc.fema.gov/
                                                      of Corona, 400 South    Avenue, Corona,    lomc.
                                                      Vicentia Avenue,        CA 92882.
                                                      Corona, CA 92882.
    Riverside..................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Marion    Riverside County   http://            Mar. 31, 2016............      060245
                                  areas of            Ashley, Chairman,       Flood Control      www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  Riverside County    Board of Supervisors,   and Water          lomc.
                                  (15-09-1832P).      Riverside County,       Conservation
                                                      4080 Lemon Street,      District, 1995
                                                      5th Floor, Riverside,   Market Street,
                                                      CA 92501.               Riverside, CA
                                                                              92501.
    Riverside..................  City of Moreno      The Honorable Tom       City Hall, 14177   http://            May 26, 2016.............      065074
                                  Valley (15-09-      Owings, Mayor, City     Frederick          www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  1728P).             of Moreno Valley,       Street, Moreno     lomc.
                                                      14177 Frederick         Valley, CA 92552.
                                                      Street, Moreno
                                                      Valley, CA 92552.
    Riverside..................  City of Perris (15- The Honorable Daryl R.  City Hall, 101     http://            May 26, 2016.............      060258
                                  09-1728P).          Busch, Mayor, City of   North D Street,    www.msc.fema.gov/
                                                      Perris, 101 North D     Perris, CA 92570.  lomc.
                                                      Street, Perris, CA
                                                      92570.
    Sacramento.................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Phil      Municipal          http://            Mar. 21, 2016............      060262
                                  areas of            Serna, Chairman,        Services Agency,   www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  Sacramento County   Board of Supervisors,   Department of      lomc.
                                  (15-09-2246P).      Sacramento County,      Water Resources,
                                                      700 H Street, Suite     827 7th Street,
                                                      2450, Sacramento, CA    Suite 301,
                                                      95814.                  Sacramento, CA
                                                                              95814.
    San Diego..................  City of El Cajon    The Honorable Bill      City Hall, 200     http://            Apr. 8, 2016.............      060289
                                  (15-09-1699P).      Wells, Mayor, City of   Civic Center       www.msc.fema.gov/
                                                      El Cajon, 200 Civic     Way, El Cajon,     lomc.
                                                      Center Way, El Cajon,   CA 92020.
                                                      CA 92020.
Nevada:
    Clark......................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Steve     Office of the      http://            May 19, 2016.............      320003
                                  areas of Clark      Sisolak, Chairman,      Director of        www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  County (15-09-      Board of Supervisors,   Public Works,      lomc.
                                  2566P).             Clark County, 500       500 South Grand
                                                      South Grand Central     Central Parkway,
                                                      Parkway, 6th Floor,     Las Vegas, NV
                                                      Las Vegas, NV 89106.    89155.

    Clark......................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Steve     Office of the      http://            May 10, 2016.............      320003
                                  areas of Clark      Sisolak, Chairman,      Director of        www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  County (16-09-      Board of Supervisors,   Public Works,      lomc.
                                  0035P).             Clark County, 500       500 South Grand
                                                      South Grand Central     Central Parkway,
                                                      Parkway, 6th Floor,     Las Vegas, NV
                                                      Las Vegas, NV 89106.    89155.
    Douglas....................  Unincorporated      The Honorable Doug N.   Douglas County     http://            May 26, 2016.............      320008
                                  areas of Douglas    Johnson, Chairman,      Public Works       www.msc.fema.gov/
                                  County (15-09-      Board of Supervisors    Department, 1615   lomc.
                                  0074P).             Douglas County, P.O.    8th Street,
                                                      Box 218, Minden, NV     Minden, NV 89423.
                                                      89423.
    Washoe.....................  City of Reno (16-   The Honorable Hillary   City Hall Annex    http://            May 25, 2016.............      320020
                                  09-0377X).          Schieve, Mayor, City    450 Sinclair       www.msc.fema.gov/
                                                      of Reno, 1 East 1st     Street Reno, NV    lomc.
                                                      Street, Reno, NV        89501.
                                                      89501.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 12529-12530]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 21

[Docket No. FAA-2019-0197]

Airworthiness Criteria: Glider Design Criteria for Alexander
Schleicher GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau Model ASK 21 B Glider

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed design criteria.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests
comments on the proposed design criteria for the Alexander Schleicher
GmbH & Co. Segelflugzeugbau Model ASK 21 B glider. The administrator
finds the proposed design criteria for the Model ASK 21 B
acceptable.These final design criteria will be published in the Federal
Register.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 2, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2019-0197
using any of the following methods:
    [ballot] Federal eRegulations Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
    [ballot] Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room
W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC, 20590-0001.
    [ballot] Hand Delivery of Courier: Take comments to Docket
Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m., and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    [ballot] Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Privacy: The FAA will post all comments it receives, without
change, to http://regulations.gov, including any personal information
the commenter provides. Using the search function of the docket
website, anyone can find and read the electronic form of all comments
received into any FAA docket, including the name of the individual
sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association,
business, labor union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement can
be found in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477-19478), as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
    Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions
for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140
of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m., and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jim Rutherford, AIR-692, Federal
Aviation Administration, Policy & Innovation Division, Small Airplane
Standards Branch, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106,
telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, FAX<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    We invite interested people to take part in this rulemaking by
sending written comments, data, or views. The most helpful comments
reference a specific portion of the design criteria, explain the reason
for any recommended change, and include supporting data. We ask that
you send us two copies of written comments.
    We will consider all comments received on or before the closing
date for comments. We will consider comments filed late if it is
possible to do so without incurring expense or delay. We may change
these airworthiness design criteria based on received comments.

Background

    On August 16, 2018, Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co.
Segelflugzeugbau (Alexander Schleicher) applied for validation of a
type certificate change to add the Model ASK 21 B glider in accordance
with the ``Technical Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness and
Environmental Certification Between the FAA and the European Aviation
Safety Agency (EASA),'' Revision 6, dated September 22, 2017. This
model is a modified version of the Model ASK 21 glider and will be
documented on existing Type Certificate Number (No.) G47EU. The Model
ASK 21 B is a two-seat, mid-wing glider constructed from glass-fiber
reinforced plastic and features a 55.8 foot (17 meters) wingspan with
airbrakes on the upper wing surface. The glider has a non-retractable
landing gear with a nose wheel and shock-absorbed, braked main wheel
and a T-type tailplane. The glider has a maximum weight of 1,323 pounds
(600 kilograms).
    EASA type certificated the Model ASK 21 B glider in the utility and
aerobatic categories and issued Type Certificate No. EASA.A.221, dated
August 9, 2018. The associated EASA Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS)
No. EASA.A.221 defined the certification basis, which Alexander
Schleicher submitted to the FAA for review and acceptance.
    Gliders are type certificated by the FAA as special class aircraft
for which airworthiness standards have not yet been established by
regulation. Under the provisions of 14 CFR 21.17(b), the airworthiness
standards for special class aircraft are those found by the FAA to be
appropriate and applicable to the specific type design. FAA Advisory
Circular (AC) 21.17-2A \1\ provides guidance on acceptable design
criteria for the type certification of gliders and powered gliders in
the United States. AC 21.17-2A allows applicants to utilize the Joint
Aviation Requirements (JAR)-22 \2\, other airworthiness criteria
comparable to 14 CFR part 23, or a combination of both as the means for
showing compliance for glider certification.
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    \1\ Ref AC 21.17-2A, ``Type Certification--Fixed-Wing Gliders
(Sailplanes), Including Powered Gliders,'' dated February 10, 1993.
    \2\ Ref JAR-22, ``Sailplanes and Powered Sailplanes.''
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Type Certification Basis

    The certification basis for the Model ASK 21 B will be the same as
the certification basis for the Model ASK 21 as shown on TCDS No.
G47EU, Revision

1, except for areas affected by the change, which will use EASA
Certification Specification (CS)-22\3\ as shown in these proposed
airworthiness criteria.
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    \3\ Ref EASA CS-22, ``Certification Specifications for
Sailplanes and Powered Sailplanes,'' amendment 2, dated March 5,
2009.
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The Proposed Design Criteria

    Applicable Airworthiness Criteria under 14 CFR 21.17(b).
    Based on the Special Class provisions of Sec.  21.17(b), the
following airworthiness requirements form the FAA certification basis
for the Model ASK 21 B:
    1. 14 CFR part 21, effective February 1, 1965, including amendments
21-1 through 21-53.
    2. Lufttuechtigkeitsforderungen fuer Segelflugzeuge and Motorsegler
(LFSM) Airworthiness Requirements for Sailplanes and Powered
Sailplanes, dated October 23, 1975.
    3. JAR-22, dated April 1, 1980, including amendment 1, dated May
18, 1981.
    4. CS-22, amendment 2, dated March 5, 2009, for the following
regulations: CS 22.147, 22.455, 22.477, 22.561 except (b)(2), 22.595,
22.597, 22.629, 22.677, 22.685, 22.689, 22.721, 22.771, 22.773, 22.777,
22.779, 22.780, 22.781, 22.785, 22.786, 22.787, 22.788, 22.807, and
22.831.
    5. AC 21.23-1, section 5(e)(6), dated January 12, 1981.
    6. Operations are limited to Day VFR and to flying in Instrument
Meteorological Conditions (IMC) if the glider is equipped as required
under 14 CFR 91.205. Night operation is prohibited.
    7. FAA Type Certificate Application Date: August 16, 2018.
    8. EASA Type Certificate No. EASA.A.221, Issue 05, dated August 9,
2018.

    Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 21, 2019.
Pat Mullen,
Manager, Small Airplane Standards Branch, Aircraft Certification
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-06395 Filed 4-1-19; 8:45 am]
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