[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9708-9713]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3740]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 29944; File No. 812-13962]

Pacific Life Insurance Company, et al.; Notice of Application

February 13, 2012.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of application for an order under section 12(d)(1)(J) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ``Act''), for an
exemption from sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act, under sections
6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an exemption from section 17(a) of the
Act, and under section 6(c) of the Act for an exemption from rule 12d1-
2(a) under the Act.

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    Summary of the Application: Applicants request an order that would
(a) permit certain series of registered open-end management investment
companies to acquire shares of other registered open-end management
investment companies and unit

investment trusts (``UITs'') that are within or outside the same
``group of investment companies,'' as defined in section
12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as the acquiring company and (b) permit
certain series of registered open-end management investment companies
relying on rule 12d1-2 under the Act to invest in certain financial
instruments.
    Applicants: Pacific Life Insurance Company (``Pacific Life''),
Pacific Life & Annuity Company (``PL&A,'' and collectively with Pacific
Life and any insurance company controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with Pacific Life or PL&A, the ``Insurance Companies'');
Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (the ``Manager''); Pacific Select Fund
(the ``Fund''); and Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. (the
``Distributor'').
    Filing Dates: The application was filed on September 20, 2011, and
amended on December 16, 2011 and February 10, 2012.
    Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the
application will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by
5:30 p.m. on March 9, 2012, and should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the
writer's interest, the reason for the request, and the issues
contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing may request
notification by writing to the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090; Applicants: c/
o Robin S. Yonis, Esq., Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC, 700 Newport
Center Drive, Newport Beach, California 92660.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark N. Zaruba, Attorney Advisor, at
(202) 551-6878, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at<PHONE_NUMBER>
(Office of Investment Company Regulation, Division of Investment
Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or an applicant
using the ``Company'' name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm
or by calling<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Applicants' Representations

    1. The Fund is a Massachusetts business trust, registered under the
Act as an open-end management investment company, and is comprised of
multiple series (the ``Series''), each of which has its own investment
objective, policies and restrictions.\1\ Shares of the Series are not
offered directly to the public. Shares of the Series are offered
through separate accounts that are registered as UITs under the Act
(``Registered Separate Accounts'') or that are exempt from registration
under the Act (``Unregistered Separate Accounts,'' and together with
the Registered Separate Accounts, ``Separate Accounts'') of the
Insurance Companies and serve as the underlying funding vehicles for
the variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity contracts
(the ``Contracts'') issued by the Insurance Companies. Shares of the
Series may also be offered to qualified pension and retirement plans,
certain of the general accounts of the Insurance Companies, or to other
Series.
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    \1\ Applicants request that the order extend to any future
Series of the Fund, and any other existing or future registered
open-end management investment company and series thereof that are
part of the same ``group of investment companies,'' as defined in
section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as the Fund and are, or may in
the future be, advised by the Manager or any other investment
adviser controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Manager (any such entity is included in the term, ``Series''). All
entities that currently intend to rely on the requested order are
named as applicants. Any other entity that relies on the order in
the future will comply with the terms and conditions of the
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    2. The Manager is a Delaware limited liability company registered
as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
amended (the ``Advisers Act''), and serves as investment adviser to the
Series. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Life and
PL&A. PL&A is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Life and Pacific
Life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Mutual Holding Company.
    3. The Distributor is a California corporation and serves as the
Fund's principal underwriter and distributor. The Distributor is
registered as a broker-dealer with the Commission and the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (``FINRA''). The Distributor is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Life. The Distributor also serves as
the distributor for the Contracts.
    4. Applicants request relief to permit: (a) Certain Series (each, a
``Fund of Funds,'' and collectively, the ``Funds of Funds'') to acquire
shares of registered open-end management investment companies and UITs
that are not part of the same ``group of investment companies,'' as
defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as the Funds of Funds
(the ``Unaffiliated Investment Companies'' and ``Unaffiliated Trusts,''
respectively, and together, the ``Unaffiliated Funds''); \2\ (b) the
Unaffiliated Investment Companies, their principal underwriters and any
broker or dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the ``Exchange Act'', and any such broker or dealer, a
``Broker''), to sell shares of the Unaffiliated Investment Companies to
the Funds of Funds in excess of the limitations in section 12(d)(1)(B)
of the Act; (c) the Funds of Funds to acquire shares of certain other
Series in the same ``group of investment companies,'' as defined in
section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as the Fund of Funds (the
``Affiliated Funds,'' and together with the Unaffiliated Funds, the
``Underlying Funds''); \3\ and (d) the Affiliated Funds, their
principal underwriters and any Broker to sell shares of the Affiliated
Funds to the Fund of Funds in excess of the limitations in section
12(d)(1)(B) of the Act. Applicants also request an order under sections
6(c) and 17(b) of the Act exempting the transactions described in (a)
through (d) above from section 17(a) of the Act to the extent necessary
to permit an Underlying Fund that is an affiliated person of a Fund of
Funds to sell its shares to, and redeem its shares from, the Fund of
Funds.
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    \2\ Certain of the Unaffiliated Funds may have obtained
exemptions from the Commission necessary to permit their shares to
be listed and traded on a national securities exchange at negotiated
prices (``ETFs'').
    \3\ Certain of the Underlying Funds currently pursue, or may in
the future pursue, their investment objectives through a master-
feeder arrangement in reliance on section 12(d)(1)(E) of the Act. In
accordance with condition 12, a Fund of Funds may not invest in an
Underlying Fund that operates as a feeder fund unless the feeder
fund is part of the same ``group of investment companies,'' as
defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as its corresponding
master fund or the Fund of Funds. If a Fund of Funds invests in an
Affiliated Fund that operates as a feeder fund and the corresponding
master fund is not within the same ``group of investment
companies,'' as defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as
the Fund of Funds and Affiliated Fund, the master fund would be an
Unaffiliated Fund for purposes of the application and its
conditions.
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    5. Applicants also request an exemption to the extent necessary to
permit a Fund of Funds that invests in Underlying Funds in reliance on
section 12(d)(1)(G) of the Act (a ``Section 12(d)(1)(G) Fund of
Funds''), and that is eligible to invest in securities (as defined in
section 2(a)(36) of the Act) in reliance on rule 12d1-2 under the Act,
to also invest, to the extent consistent

with its investment objectives, policies, strategies and limitations,
in financial instruments that may not be securities within the meaning
of section 2(a)(36) of the Act (``Other Investments'').

Applicants' Legal Analysis

A. Investments in Underlying Funds--Section 12(d)(1)

    1. Section 12(d)(1)(A) of the Act prohibits a registered investment
company (an ``acquiring company'') from acquiring shares of another
investment company (an ``acquired company'') if the securities
represent more than 3% of the total outstanding voting stock of the
acquired company, more than 5% of the total assets of the acquiring
company, or, together with the securities of any other investment
companies, more than 10% of the total assets of the acquiring company.
Section 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act prohibits a registered open-end
investment company, its principal underwriter and any Broker from
selling the shares of the investment company to another investment
company if the sale will cause the acquiring company to own more than
3% of the acquired company's voting stock, or if the sale will cause
more than 10% of the acquired company's voting stock to be owned by
investment companies generally.
    2. Section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act provides that the Commission may
exempt any person, security, or transaction, or any class or classes of
persons, securities or transactions, from any provision of section
12(d)(1) of the Act if the exemption is consistent with the public
interest and the protection of investors. Applicants seek an exemption
under section 12(d)(1)(J) of the Act from the limitations of sections
12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act to the extent necessary to permit the
Funds of Funds to acquire shares of the Underlying Funds in excess of
the limits set forth in section 12(d)(1)(A) of the Act and to permit
the Underlying Funds, their principal underwriters and any Broker to
sell shares of the Underlying Funds to the Funds of Funds in excess of
the limits set forth in section 12(d)(1)(B) of the Act.
    3. Applicants state that the proposed arrangement will not give
rise to the policy concerns underlying sections 12(d)(1)(A) and (B) of
the Act, which include concerns about undue influence by a Fund of
Funds or its affiliated persons over the Underlying Funds, excessive
layering of fees, and overly complex fund structures. Accordingly,
applicants believe that the requested exemption is consistent with the
public interest and the protection of investors.
    4. Applicants state that the proposed arrangement will not result
in undue influence by a Fund of Funds or its affiliated persons over
the Underlying Funds. The concern about undue influence does not arise
in connection with a Fund of Funds' investment in the Affiliated Funds,
since the Affiliated Funds are part of the same ``group of investment
companies,'' as defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as the
Funds of Funds. To limit the control that a Fund of Funds or its
affiliated persons may have over an Unaffiliated Fund, applicants state
that condition 1 prohibits: (a) The Manager and any person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Manager, any investment
company and any issuer that would be an investment company but for
section 3(c)(1) or section 3(c)(7) of the Act advised or sponsored by
the Manager or any person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with the Manager (collectively, the ``Group'') and (b) any
other investment adviser within the meaning of section 2(a)(20)(B) of
the Act to a Fund of Funds (each, a ``Subadviser''), any person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Subadviser,
and any investment company or issuer that would be an investment
company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act (or portion of
such investment company or issuer) advised or sponsored by a Subadviser
or any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with
the Subadviser (collectively, the ``Subadviser Group'') from
controlling (individually or in the aggregate) an Unaffiliated Fund
within the meaning of section 2(a)(9) of the Act.
    5. Applicants further state that condition 2 precludes a Fund of
Funds, the Manager, any Subadviser, promoter or principal underwriter
of a Fund of Funds, and any person controlling, controlled by or under
common control with any of those entities (each, a ``Fund of Funds
Affiliate'') from taking advantage of an Unaffiliated Fund, with
respect to transactions between the Fund of Funds or a Fund of Funds
Affiliate and the Unaffiliated Fund or the Unaffiliated Fund's
investment adviser(s), sponsor, promoter, principal underwriter and any
person controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of
those entities (each, an ``Unaffiliated Fund Affiliate'').
    6. Condition 5 precludes a Fund of Funds or Fund of Funds Affiliate
(except to the extent it is acting in its capacity as an investment
adviser to an Unaffiliated Investment Company or sponsor to an
Unaffiliated Trust) from causing an Unaffiliated Fund to purchase a
security in an offering of securities during the existence of any
underwriting or selling syndicate of which a principal underwriter is
an officer, director, member of an advisory board, Manager, Subadviser,
or employee of the Fund of Funds, or a person of which any such
officer, director, Manager, Subadviser, member of an advisory board, or
employee is an affiliated person (each, an ``Underwriting Affiliate,''
except any person whose relationship to the Unaffiliated Fund is
covered by section 10(f) of the Act is not an Underwriting Affiliate).
An offering of securities during the existence of any underwriting or
selling syndicate of which a principal underwriter is an Underwriting
Affiliate is an ``Affiliated Underwriting.''
    7. As an additional assurance that an Unaffiliated Investment
Company understands the implications of an investment by a Fund of
Funds under the requested order, prior to an investment in the shares
of the Unaffiliated Investment Company in excess of the limit in
section 12(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, the Fund of Funds and the
Unaffiliated Investment Company will execute an agreement (the
``Participation Agreement'') stating, without limitation, that their
respective boards of directors or trustees (for any entity, the
``Board'') and their investment advisers understand the terms and
conditions of the order and agree to fulfill their respective
responsibilities under the order. Applicants note that an Unaffiliated
Investment Company (other than an ETF whose shares are purchased by a
Fund of Funds in the secondary market) will retain the right at all
times to reject any investment by a Fund of Funds.\4\
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    \4\ An Unaffiliated Investment Company, including an ETF, would
retain its right to reject any initial investment by a Fund of Funds
in excess of the limit in section 12(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by
declining to execute the Participation Agreement with the Fund of
Funds.
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    8. Applicants do not believe that the proposed arrangement will
involve excessive layering of fees. With respect to investment advisory
fees, applicants state that, in connection with the approval of any
investment advisory contract under section 15 of the Act, the Board of
the Fund, including a majority of the trustees who are not ``interested
persons,'' as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act (for any Board,
the ``Independent Trustees''), will find that the advisory fees charged
to a Fund of Funds under the advisory contract are based on services
provided that are in

addition to, rather than duplicative of, services provided pursuant to
any Underlying Fund's advisory contract(s). Applicants further state
that the Manager will waive fees otherwise payable to it by a Fund of
Funds in an amount at least equal to any compensation (including fees
received pursuant to any plan adopted by an Unaffiliated Investment
Company pursuant to rule 12b-1 under the Act) received from an
Unaffiliated Fund by the Manager, or an affiliated person of the
Manager, other than any advisory fees paid to the Manager or an
affiliated person of the Manager by an Unaffiliated Investment Company,
in connection with the investment by the Fund of Funds in the
Unaffiliated Fund.
    9. Applicants state that with respect to Registered Separate
Accounts that invest in a Fund of Funds, no sales load will be charged
at the Fund of Funds level or at the Underlying Fund level. Other sales
charges and service fees, as defined in Rule 2830 of the Conduct Rules
of the NASD (``NASD Conduct Rule 2830''),\5\ if any, will only be
charged at the Fund of Funds level or at the Underlying Fund level, not
both. With respect to other investments in a Fund of Funds, any sales
charges and/or service fees charged with respect to shares of the Fund
of Funds will not exceed the limits applicable to funds of funds as set
forth in NASD Conduct Rule 2830.
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    \5\ Any references to NASD Conduct Rule 2830 include any
successor or replacement rule to NASD Conduct Rule 2830 that may be
adopted by FINRA.
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    10. Applicants represent that each Fund of Funds will represent in
the Participation Agreement that no Insurance Company sponsoring a
Registered Separate Account funding Contracts will be permitted to
invest in the Fund of Funds unless the Insurance Company has certified
to the Fund of Funds that the aggregate amount of all fees and charges
associated with each Contract that invests in the Fund of Funds,
including fees and charges at the Separate Account, Fund of Funds, and
Underlying Fund levels, is reasonable in relation to the services
rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed
by the Insurance Company.
    11. Applicants state that the proposed arrangement will not create
an overly complex fund structure. Applicants note that an Underlying
Fund will be prohibited from acquiring securities of any investment
company or company relying on section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act in
excess of the limits contained in section 12(d)(1)(A) of the Act,
except to the extent that such Underlying Fund: (a) Acquires such
securities in compliance with section 12(d)(1)(E) of the Act and either
is an Affiliated Fund or is in the same ``group of investment
companies,'' as defined in Section 12(d)(G)(ii) of the Act, as its
corresponding master fund; (b) receives securities of another
investment company as a dividend or as a result of a plan of
reorganization of a company (other than a plan devised for the purpose
of evading section 12(d)(1) of the Act); or (c) acquires (or is deemed
to have acquired) securities of another investment company pursuant to
exemptive relief from the Commission permitting such Underlying Fund
to: (i) acquire securities of one or more investment companies for
short-term cash management purposes, or (ii) engage in interfund
borrowing and lending transactions.

B. Investments in Underlying Funds--Section 17(a)

    1. Section 17(a) of the Act generally prohibits sales or purchases
of securities between a registered investment company and its
affiliated persons or affiliated persons of such persons. Section
2(a)(3) of the Act defines an ``affiliated person'' of another person
to include (a) any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling,
or holding with power to vote, 5% or more of the outstanding voting
securities of the other person; (b) any person 5% or more of whose
outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled, or held with power to vote by the other person; and (c) any
person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the other person.
    2. Applicants state that the Funds of Funds and the Affiliated
Funds may be deemed to be under common control and therefore affiliated
persons of one another. Applicants also state that the Funds of Funds
and the Underlying Funds may be deemed to be affiliated persons of one
another if a Fund of Funds acquires 5% or more of an Underlying Fund's
outstanding voting securities. In light of these possible affiliations,
section 17(a) of the Act could prevent an Underlying Fund from selling
shares to, and redeeming shares from, a Fund of Funds.\6\
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    \6\ Applicants acknowledge that receipt of any compensation by
(a) an affiliated person of a Funds of Funds, or an affiliated
person of such person, for the purchase by the Fund of Funds of
shares of an Underlying Fund or (b) an affiliated person of an
Underlying Fund, or an affiliated person of such person, for the
sale by the Underlying Fund of its shares to a Fund of Funds may be
prohibited by section 17(e)(1) of the Act. The Participation
Agreement also will include this acknowledgement.
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    3. Section 17(b) of the Act authorizes the Commission to grant an
order permitting a transaction otherwise prohibited by section 17(a) of
the Act if it finds that (a) the terms of the proposed transaction are
fair and reasonable and do not involve overreaching on the part of any
person concerned; (b) the proposed transaction is consistent with the
policies of each registered investment company involved; and (c) the
proposed transaction is consistent with the general purposes of the
Act. Section 6(c) of the Act permits the Commission to exempt any
person or transactions from any provision of the Act if such exemption
is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and consistent with
the protection of investors and the purposes fairly intended by the
policy and provisions of the Act.
    4. Applicants submit that the proposed transactions satisfy the
standards for relief under sections 17(b) and 6(c) of the Act, as the
terms are fair and reasonable and do not involve overreaching.
Applicants state that the terms upon which an Underlying Fund will sell
its shares to or purchase its shares from a Fund of Funds will be based
on the net asset value of each Underlying Fund.\7\ Applicants also
state that the proposed transactions will be consistent with the
policies of each Fund of Funds and Underlying Fund, and with the
general purposes of the Act.
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    \7\ To the extent purchases and sales of shares of an ETF occur
in the secondary market (and not through principal transactions
directly between a Fund of Funds and an ETF), relief from section
17(a) of the Act would not be necessary. The requested relief is
intended to cover, however, transactions directly between ETFs and a
Fund of Funds. Applicants are not seeking relief from section 17(a)
for, and the requested relief will not apply to, transactions where
an ETF could be deemed an affiliated person, or an affiliated person
of an affiliated person, of a Fund of Funds because the investment
adviser to the ETF or an entity controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the investment adviser to the ETF also is a
Manager to the Fund of Funds.
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C. Other Investments by Section 12(d)(1)(G) Funds of Funds

    1. Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the Act provides that section 12(d)(1)
will not apply to securities of an acquired company purchased by an
acquiring company if: (i) The acquiring company and acquired company
are part of the same ``group of investment companies,'' as defined in
section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act; (ii) the acquiring company holds
only securities of acquired companies that are part of the same ``group
of investment companies,'' as defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the
Act, government securities, and short-

term paper; (iii) the aggregate sales loads and distribution-related
fees of the acquiring company and the acquired company are not
excessive under rules adopted pursuant to section 22(b) or section
22(c) of the Act by a securities association registered under section
15A of the Exchange Act or by the Commission; and (iv) the acquired
company has a policy that prohibits it from acquiring securities of
registered open-end management investment companies or registered UITs
in reliance on section 12(d)(1)(F) or (G) of the Act.
    2. Rule 12d1-2 under the Act permits a registered open-end
investment company or a registered UIT that relies on section
12(d)(1)(G) of the Act to acquire, in addition to securities issued by
another registered investment company in the same group of investment
companies, government securities, and short-term paper: (1) Securities
issued by an investment company that is not in the same group of
investment companies, when the acquisition is in reliance on section
12(d)(1)(A) or 12(d)(1)(F) of the Act; (2) securities (other than
securities issued by an investment company); and (3) securities issued
by a money market fund, when the investment is in reliance on rule
12d1-1 under the Act. For the purposes of rule 12d1-2, ``securities''
means any security as defined in section 2(a)(36) of the Act.
    3. Applicants state that the proposed arrangement would comply with
the provisions of rule 12d1-2 under the Act, but for the fact that the
Section 12(d)(1)(G) Funds of Funds may invest a portion of their assets
in Other Investments. Applicants request an order under section 6(c) of
the Act for an exemption from rule 12d1-2(a) to allow the Section
12(d)(1)(G) Funds of Funds to invest in Other Investments. Applicants
assert that permitting the Section 12(d)(1)(G) Funds of Funds to invest
in Other Investments as described in the application would not raise
any of the concerns that the requirements of section 12(d)(1) of the
Act were designed to address.
    4. Consistent with its fiduciary obligations under the Act, each
Section 12(d)(1)(G) Fund of Funds' board of trustees will review the
advisory fees charged by the Section 12(d)(1)(G) Fund of Funds'
investment adviser(s) to ensure that the fees are based on services
provided that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, services
provided pursuant to the advisory agreement of any investment company
in which the Section 12(d)(1)(G) Fund of Funds may invest.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that the order granting the requested relief shall
be subject to the following conditions:

A. Investments in Underlying Funds by Funds of Funds

    1. The members of the Group will not control (individually or in
the aggregate) an Unaffiliated Fund within the meaning of section
2(a)(9) of the Act. The members of a Subadviser Group will not control
(individually or in the aggregate) an Unaffiliated Fund within the
meaning of section 2(a)(9) of the Act. If, as a result of a decrease in
the outstanding voting securities of an Unaffiliated Fund, the Group or
a Subadviser Group, each in the aggregate, becomes a holder of more
than 25% of the outstanding voting securities of the Unaffiliated Fund,
then the Group or the Subadviser Group (except for any member of the
Group or the Subadviser Group that is a Separate Account) will vote its
shares of the Unaffiliated Fund in the same proportion as the vote of
all other holders of the Unaffiliated Fund's shares. This condition
will not apply to a Subadviser Group with respect to an Unaffiliated
Fund for which the Subadviser or a person controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with the Subadviser acts as the investment
adviser within the meaning section 2(a)(20)(A) of the Act (in the case
of an Unaffiliated Investment Company) or the sponsor (in the case of
an Unaffiliated Trust). A Registered Separate Account will seek voting
instructions from its Contract holders and will vote its shares of an
Unaffiliated Fund in accordance with the instructions received and will
vote those shares for which no instructions were received in the same
proportion as the shares for which instructions were received. An
Unregistered Separate Account will either (i) vote its shares of the
Unaffiliated Fund in the same proportion as the vote of all other
holders of the Unaffiliated Fund's shares; or (ii) seek voting
instructions from its Contract holders and vote its shares in
accordance with the instructions received and vote those shares for
which no instructions were received in the same proportion as the
shares for which instructions were received.
    2. No Fund of Funds or Fund of Funds Affiliate will cause any
existing or potential investment by the Fund of Funds in an
Unaffiliated Fund to influence the terms of any services or
transactions between the Fund of Funds or a Fund of Funds Affiliate and
the Unaffiliated Fund or an Unaffiliated Fund Affiliate.
    3. The Board of the Fund, including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, will adopt procedures reasonably designed to assure that the
Manager and any Subadviser are conducting the investment program of the
Fund of Funds without taking into account any consideration received by
the Fund of Funds or a Fund of Funds Affiliate from an Unaffiliated
Fund or an Unaffiliated Fund Affiliate in connection with any services
or transactions.
    4. Once an investment by a Fund of Funds in the securities of an
Unaffiliated Investment Company exceeds the limit of section
12(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, the Board of the Unaffiliated Investment
Company, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, will
determine that any consideration paid by the Unaffiliated Investment
Company to a Fund of Funds or a Fund of Funds Affiliate in connection
with any services or transactions: (a) Is fair and reasonable in
relation to the nature and quality of the services and benefits
received by the Unaffiliated Investment Company; (b) is within the
range of consideration that the Unaffiliated Investment Company would
be required to pay to another unaffiliated entity in connection with
the same services or transactions; and (c) does not involve
overreaching on the part of any person concerned. This condition does
not apply with respect to any services or transactions between an
Unaffiliated Investment Company and its investment adviser(s), or any
person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such
investment adviser(s).
    5. No Fund of Funds or Fund of Funds Affiliate (except to the
extent it is acting in its capacity as an investment adviser to an
Unaffiliated Investment Company or sponsor to an Unaffiliated Trust)
will cause an Unaffiliated Fund to purchase a security in any
Affiliated Underwriting.
    6. The Board of an Unaffiliated Investment Company, including a
majority of the Independent Trustees, will adopt procedures reasonably
designed to monitor any purchases of securities by the Unaffiliated
Investment Company in an Affiliated Underwriting once an investment by
a Fund of Funds in the securities of the Unaffiliated Investment
Company exceeds the limit of section 12(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act,
including any purchases made directly from an Underwriting Affiliate.
The Board of the Unaffiliated Investment Company will review these
purchases periodically, but no less frequently than annually, to
determine whether the

purchases were influenced by the investment by the Fund of Funds in the
Unaffiliated Investment Company. The Board of the Unaffiliated
Investment Company will consider, among other things: (a) Whether the
purchases were consistent with the investment objectives and policies
of the Unaffiliated Investment Company; (b) how the performance of
securities purchased in an Affiliated Underwriting compares to the
performance of comparable securities purchased during a comparable
period of time in underwritings other than Affiliated Underwritings or
to a benchmark such as a comparable market index; and (c) whether the
amount of securities purchased by the Unaffiliated Investment Company
in Affiliated Underwritings and the amount purchased directly from an
Underwriting Affiliate have changed significantly from prior years. The
Board of an Unaffiliated Investment Company will take any appropriate
actions based on its review, including, if appropriate, the institution
of procedures designed to assure that purchases of securities in
Affiliated Underwritings are in the best interests of shareholders.
    7. Each Unaffiliated Investment Company will maintain and preserve
permanently in an easily accessible place a written copy of the
procedures described in the preceding condition, and any modifications
to such procedures, and will maintain and preserve for a period of not
less than six years from the end of the fiscal year in which any
purchase in an Affiliated Underwriting occurred, the first two years in
an easily accessible place, a written record of each purchase of
securities in an Affiliated Underwriting once an investment by a Fund
of Funds in the securities of an Unaffiliated Investment Company
exceeds the limit of section 12(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, setting forth
(a) the party from whom the securities were acquired, (b) the identity
of the underwriting syndicate's members, (c) the terms of the purchase,
and (d) the information or materials upon which the determinations of
the Board of the Unaffiliated Investment Company were made.
    8. Prior to its investment in shares of an Unaffiliated Investment
Company in excess of the limit of section 12(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Act,
the Fund of Funds and the Unaffiliated Investment Company will execute
a Participation Agreement stating, without limitation, that their
Boards and their investment advisers understand the terms and
conditions of the order and agree to fulfill their responsibilities
under the order. At the time of its investment in shares of an
Unaffiliated Investment Company in excess of the limit set forth in
section 12(d)(1)(A)(i), a Fund of Funds will notify the Unaffiliated
Investment Company of the investment. At such time, the Fund of Funds
will also transmit to the Unaffiliated Investment Company a list of the
names of each Fund of Funds Affiliate and Underwriting Affiliate. The
Fund of Funds will notify the Unaffiliated Investment Company of any
changes to the list as soon as reasonably practicable after a change
occurs. The Unaffiliated Investment Company and the Fund of Funds will
maintain and preserve a copy of the order, the Participation Agreement
and the list with any updated information for the duration of the
investment and for a period of not less than six years thereafter, the
first two years in an easily accessible place.
    9. Before approving any advisory contract under section 15 of the
Act, the Board of the Fund, including a majority of the Independent
Trustees, shall find that the advisory fees charged to the Fund of
Funds under the advisory contract(s) are based on services provided
that are in addition to, rather than duplicative of, services provided
under the advisory contract(s) of any Underlying Fund in which the Fund
of Funds may invest. Such finding, and the basis upon which the finding
was made, will be recorded fully in the minute books of the Fund.
    10. The Manager will waive fees otherwise payable to it by a Fund
of Funds in an amount at least equal to any compensation (including
fees received pursuant to any plan adopted by an Unaffiliated
Investment Company under rule 12b-1 under the Act) received from an
Unaffiliated Fund by the Manager, or an affiliated person of the
Manager, other than any advisory fees paid to the Manager or its
affiliated person by an Unaffiliated Investment Company, in connection
with the investment by the Fund of Funds in the Unaffiliated Fund. Any
Subadviser will waive fees otherwise payable to the Subadviser,
directly or indirectly, by the Fund of Funds in an amount at least
equal to any compensation received by the Subadviser, or an affiliated
person of the Subadviser, from an Unaffiliated Fund, other than any
advisory fees paid to the Subadviser or an affiliated person of the
Subadviser by the Unaffiliated Investment Company, in connection with
the investment by the Fund of Funds in the Unaffiliated Fund made at
the direction of the Subadviser. In the event that the Subadviser
waives fees, the benefit of the waiver will be passed through to the
Fund of Funds.
    11. With respect to Registered Separate Accounts that invest in a
Fund of Funds, no sales load will be charged at the Fund of Funds level
or at the Underlying Fund level. Other sales charges and service fees,
as defined in NASD Conduct Rule 2830, if any, will only be charged at
the Fund of Funds level or at the Underlying Fund level, not both. With
respect to other investments in a Fund of Funds, any sales charges and/
or service fees charged with respect to shares of a Fund of Funds will
not exceed the limits applicable to funds of funds set forth in NASD
Conduct Rule 2830.
    12. No Underlying Fund will acquire securities of any other
investment company or company relying on section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of
the Act in excess of the limits contained in section 12(d)(1)(A) of the
Act, except to the extent that such Underlying Fund (a) acquires such
securities in compliance with section 12(d)(1)(E) of the Act and either
is an Affiliated Fund or is in the same ``group of investment
companies,'' as defined in section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Act, as its
corresponding master fund; (b) receives securities of another
investment company as a dividend or as a result of a plan of
reorganization of a company (other than a plan devised for the purpose
of evading section 12(d)(1) of the Act); or (c) acquires (or is deemed
to have acquired) securities of another investment company pursuant to
exemptive relief from the Commission permitting such Underlying Fund
to: (i) Acquire securities of one or more investment companies for
short-term cash management purposes, or (ii) engage in interfund
borrowing and lending transactions.

B. Other Investments by Section 12(d)(1)(G) Funds of Funds

    13. Applicants will comply with all provisions of rule 12d1-2 under
the Act, except for paragraph (a)(2) to the extent that it restricts
any Section 12(d)(1)(G) Fund of Funds from investing in Other
Investments as described in the application.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
pursuant to delegated authority.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-3740 Filed 2-16-12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AMERICA

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings

    Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural
Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:

Filings Instituting Proceedings

    Docket Numbers: RP11-2473-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: Annual Cash-In/Cash-Out Filing--2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5044.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP11-2474-000.
    Applicants: Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company LLC.
    Description: Annual Cash-In/Cash-Out Report.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5043.

    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-980-000.
    Applicants: Gas Transmission Northwest LLC.
    Description: Revising Creditworthiness Language to be effective 10/
1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5012.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-982-000.
    Applicants: Sea Robin Pipeline Company, LLC.
    Description: Hurricane Surcharge Filing on 8-31-12 to be effective
10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5051.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-983-000.
    Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC.
    Description: Fuel Filing on 8-31-12 to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5052.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-984-000.
    Applicants: MoGas Pipeline LLC.
    Description: Annual Fuel and Gas Loss Retention Percentage
Adjustment to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5053.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-986-000.
    Applicants: WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
    Description: 2012 Semi-annual Fuel & Electric Power Reimbursement
to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5059.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-987-000.
    Applicants: Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited Par.
    Description: Treatment of Discounts to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5064.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-988-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: Devon 34694-39 Amendment to Neg Rate Agmt to be
effective 9/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5066.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-989-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: Devon 34694-40 Amendment to Neg Rate Agmt to be
effective 9/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5068.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-990-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: HK 37731 to Sequent 40088 Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmt filing
to be effective 9/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5070.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-991-000.
    Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP.
    Description: HK 37731 to Texla 40089 Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmt filing
to be effective 9/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5071.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-992-000.
    Applicants: Arlington Storage Company, LLC.
    Description: Arlington Storage Company, LLC--ACA FIling to be
effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5072.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-993-000.
    Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company.
    Description: Transco Docket No. RP12-xxx Rate Case to be effective
10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5087.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-994-000.
    Applicants: Carolina Gas Transmission Corporation.
    Description: CGT Rate Schedule BH Filing to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5093.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-995-000.
    Applicants: Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC.
    Description: FEP 2012 ACA Filing to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5097.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-996-000.
    Applicants: ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC.
    Description: Tiger 2012 ACA Filing to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5098.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-997-000.
    Applicants: Wyoming Interstate Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Interstate Pipeline Nomination Deadline Filing to be
effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5099.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-998-000.
    Applicants: Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC.
    Description: NegRate Pass-through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5100.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-999-000.
    Applicants: Big Sandy Pipeline, LLC.
    Description: NegRate Pass-through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5110.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1000-000.
    Applicants: East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC.
    Description: NegRate Pass-through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5117.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1001-000.
    Applicants: Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
    Description: NegRate Pass-through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5122.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1002-000.
    Applicants: Ozark Gas Transmission, L.L.C.
    Description: NegRate Pass-Through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5127.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1003-000.
    Applicants: Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.
    Description: NegRate Pass-Through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5129.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1004-000.
    Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
    Description: NegRate Pass-through Process to be effective 10/15/
2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5133.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1005-000.
    Applicants: Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC.
    Description: 2012 Transwestern Pipeline Co., LLC--Cancellation of
Volume No. 2.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5153.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1007-000.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: Volume No. 2--NSD Northeast Supply Diversification
Project to be effective 11/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5169.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1008-000.
    Applicants: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
    Description: NSD Project Recourse Rate to be effective 11/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5173.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1009-000.
    Applicants: Elba Express Company, L.L.C.
    Description: ACA Surcharge Filing to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5180.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1010-000.
    Applicants: Dominion Transmission, Inc.
    Description: DTI-August 31, 2012 Negotiated Rate Agreements to be
effective 9/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5183.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1011-000.
    Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
    Description: TEAM 2012 In-Service Filing--CP11-67 Compliance to be
effective 11/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5184.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1013-000.
    Applicants: Ruby Pipeline, L.L.C.
    Description: Ruby Annual FL&U Filing to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5309.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Docket Numbers: RP12-1014-000.
    Applicants: Colorado Interstate Gas Company LLC.
    Description: CIG Annual FL&U Filing to be effective 10/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 8/31/12.
    Accession Number: 20120831-5311.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/12/12.

    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, and service can be found at:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other
information, call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-
8659.

    Dated September 5, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC14-9-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-520, FERC-561,
and FERC-566); Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Comment request.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting its information
collections FERC-520 (Application for Authority to Hold Interlocking
Directorate Positions), FERC-561 (Annual Report of Interlocking
Positions), and FERC-566 (Annual Report of a Utility's 20 Largest
Purchasers) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of
the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments
to the Commission as explained below. The Commission previously issued
a Notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 12191, 3/4/2014) requesting
public comments. The Commission received four comments on the FERC-520,
FERC-561, and FERC-566 information collections. The Commission
addresses these comments in this notice and in its submittal to OMB.

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due August 8,
2014.

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control Nos.
1902-0083, 1902-0099, and 1902-0114, should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk
Officer may also be reached via telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Commission, in
Docket No. IC14-9-000, by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by phone at:<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll-free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> for TTY.
    Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>by telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, and by fax at
(202) 273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC-520 (Application for Authority to Hold Interlocking
Directorate Positions), FERC Form 561 (Annual Report of Interlocking
Positions), and FERC-566 (Annual Report of a Utility's 20 Largest
Purchasers).
    OMB Control No.: FERC-521 (1902-0083), FERC-561 (1902-0099), and
FERC-566 (1902-0114).
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the FERC-521, FERC Form
561, and FERC-566 information collection requirements with no changes
to the reporting requirements.
    Abstract: The Federal Power Act (FPA), as amended by the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), mandates federal
oversight and approval of certain electric corporate activities to
ensure that neither public nor private interests are adversely
affected. Accordingly, the FPA proscribes related information filing
requirements to achieve this goal. Such filing requirements are found
in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), specifically in 18 CFR Parts
45, 46, and Section 131.31 and serve as the basis for FERC-520, Form
561, and FERC-566.
    Overview of the Three Data Collections. FERC-520, Form 561 and
FERC-566 provide information related to complex electric corporate
activities and serve to safeguard public and private interests, as the
FPA requires. The Commission can use its enforcement authority when
violations and omissions of FPA requirements occur.
    FERC-520: FERC-520 is divided into two types of applications: Full
and informational. The full application, as specified in 18 CFR Section
45.8, implements the FPA requirement under Section 305(b) that it is
unlawful for any person to concurrently hold the positions of officer
or director of more than one public utility; or a public utility and a
financial institution that is authorized to underwrite or participate
in the marketing of public utility securities; or a public utility and
an electrical equipment supplier to that public utility, unless
authorized by order of the Commission. In order to obtain
authorization, an applicant must demonstrate that neither public nor
private interests will be adversely affected by the holding of the
position. The full application provides the Commission with information
about any interlocking position for which the applicant seeks
authorization including, but not limited to, a description of duties
and the estimated time devoted to the position.
    An informational application, specified in 18 CFR Section 45.9,
allows an applicant to receive automatic authorization for an
interlocked position upon receipt of the filing by the Commission. The
informational application applies only to those individuals who seek
authorization as: (1) an officer or director of two or more public
utilities where the same holding company owns, directly or indirectly,
that percentage of each utility's stock (of whatever class or classes)
which is required by each utility's by-laws to elect directors; (2) an
officer or director of two public utilities, if one utility is owned,
wholly or in part, by the other and, as its primary business, owns or
operates transmission or generation facilities to provide transmission
service or electric power for sale to its owners; or (3) an officer or
director of more than one public utility, if such person is already
authorized under Part 45 to hold different positions as officer or
director of those utilities where the interlock involves affiliated
public utilities.
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 45.5, in the event that an applicant resigns or
withdraws from Commission-authorized interlocked positions or is not
re-elected or re-appointed to such interlocked positions, the
Commission requires that the applicant submit a notice of change

within 30 days from the date of the change.
    FERC Form 561: The Commission uses FERC Form 561 to implement the
FPA requirement that those who are authorized to hold certain
interlocked positions annually disclose the interlocked positions they
held the prior year. The positions that must be disclosed in the Form
561 include those which public utility officers and directors hold with
other public utilities, with financial institutions, insurance
companies, electrical equipment and fuel providers, and with any of the
public utility's 20 largest purchasers of electric energy. The FPA
specifically defines most of the information elements in the Form 561,
including the information that must be filed, the required filers, the
directive to make the information available to the public, and the
filing deadline.
    FERC-566: FERC-566 implements FPA requirements that each public
utility annually publish a list of the 20 purchasers which purchased
the largest annual amounts of electric energy sold by such public
utility during any of the three previous calendar years. The public
disclosure of this information provides the information necessary to
determine whether an interlocked position is with any of the 20 largest
purchasers of electric energy. Similar to the Form 561, the FPA
identifies who must file the FERC-566 report and sets the filing
deadline.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals who plan to concurrently become or
concurrently are officers or directors of public utilities and of
certain other entities must request authorization to hold such
interlocking positions by submitting a FERC-520. Those who are
authorized to hold interlocked positions must annually disclose
interlocked positions that they held in the prior calendar year by
submitting a Form 561. Lastly, each public utility must annually
publish the FERC-566 to list the purchasers of the 20 largest annual
amounts of electric energy sold by such public utility during any of
the last three calendar years.
    Estimates of Annual Burden: \1\ The Commission estimates the annual
public reporting burdens for the information collections as:
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    \1\ The Commission defines burden as the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain,
retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal
agency. For further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
    \2\ The estimates for cost per response are derived using the
following formula: Total Annual Cost (Column 5) / Total Number of
Responses (Column 3) = Average Cost per Response.
    \3\ Total Annual Burden Hours * $70.50.

                                                                        FERC-520
                                         [Application for Authority to Hold Interlocking Directorate Positions]
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                                                                                Average      Total annual
                                                             Number of    Annual  number   Total number     burden/cost    burden hours      Cost per
                                                            respondents    of  responses   of responses    per response    (total annual    respondent
                                                                          per respondent                        \2\          cost) \3\          ($)
                                                                     (1)             (2)     (1)*(2)=(3)             (4)     (3)*(4)=(5)         (5)/(1)
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Full....................................................              10               1              10            51.8             518           3,652
                                                          ..............  ..............  ..............        $3,651.9         $36,519
Informational...........................................             454               1             454              16           7,264           1,128
                                                          ..............  ..............  ..............          $1,128        $512,112
Notice of Change........................................             254               1             254            0.25            63.5           17.63
                                                          ..............  ..............  ..............          $17.63          $4,477
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    Total...............................................  ..............  ..............             718  ..............         7,845.5       $4,797.63
                                                          ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............        $553,108
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                                                                      FERC Form 561
                                                        [Annual Report of Interlocking Positions]
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                                                                                Average      Total annual
                                                             Number of    Annual  number   Total number     burden/cost    burden hours      Cost per
                                                            respondents    of  responses   of responses    per response    (total annual    respondent
                                                                          per respondent                        \2\          cost) \3\          ($)
                                                                     (1)             (2)     (1)*(2)=(3)             (4)     (3)*(4)=(5)         (5)/(1)
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FERC Form 561...........................................           2,675               1           2,675            0.25          668.75           17.63
                                                          ..............  ..............  ..............          $17.63         $47,147
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                                                                        FERC-566
                                                  [Annual Report of a Utility's 20 Largest Purchasers]
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                                                                          Annual  number                      Average      Total annual
                                                             Number of     of  responses   Total number     burden/cost    burden hours      Cost per
                                                            respondents         per        of responses    per response    (total annual    respondent
                                                                            respondent                          \2\          cost) \3\          ($)
                                                                     (1)             (2)     (1)*(2)=(3)             (4)     (3)*(4)=(5)         (5)/(1)
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FERC-566................................................           1,082               1           1,082               6           6,492             423
                                                          ..............  ..............  ..............            $423        $457,686
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    Public Comments and FERC Responses: A summary of the comments filed
by the public in response to the 30-day notice for the FERC-520, FERC-
561, and FERC-566 information collections and FERC's responses are
provided below.
    Public Comments: A number of commenters request changes to Form
561. For example, the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) argues
that the Commission should modify Form 561 to allow individuals holding
interlocking positions pursuant to automatic authorization to check a
box indicating that they hold interlocking positions solely with
affiliated entities. Similarly, NRG Energy (NRG) argues that, instead
of requiring the Form 561, the Commission should consider an annual
report where those holding covered positions are permitted to check a
box indicating that they are the officer or director of affiliated
entities, whether the entities are public utilities, electrical
equipment suppliers, fuel suppliers or none of the categories. White &
Case LLP (White & Case) submits that the Commission should only require
the re-filing of an updated Form 561 after a year in which the
individual changed reportable positions from those previously reported
in a prior Form 561.
    Commenters also request certain exemptions from the FERC-520 and
FERC-566 reporting requirements. White & Case suggests that the
Commission should not require an informational report under Part 45 for
automatic authorization to hold officer/director positions with more
than one public utility in a corporate family when the corporate family
does not include any franchised public utility with captive customers.
White & Case also recommends that the Commission eliminate the
requirement to file notices of change under section 45.5 of the
Commission's regulations and the requirement to file FERC-566 for
public utilities that do not make any reportable sales. NYISO argues
that it should be exempted from the requirement to submit FERC-566.
EPSA and NRG suggest that the Commission should exempt electric
wholesale generators (EWG) from the FERC-566 filing requirement.
    FERC's Response: The Commission shares commenters' interest in
identifying and implementing burden reductions to the benefit of filers
as well as the Commission. Nevertheless, commenters' suggestions raise
issues that require additional study. Moreover, should the Commission
determine after further study to pursue changes to these information
collections, those changes would be more appropriately addressed in a
forum and through a process that is better suited to full public
identification of and deliberation on possible proposed changes. Any
changes to the Commission's regulations would need to be made through
the Commission's formal rulemaking process. Given competing demands on
the resources of both the Commission and industry, we estimate that it
would take more than two years to complete the rulemaking process for
the three information collections. That period includes the
development, preparation and issuance of a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, review of the submitted comments, the preparation and
promulgation of a Final Rule and the development and implementation of
any necessary software changes. As a result, the Commission is
requesting that OMB extend the three collections for three years and
thus provide the Commission with the necessary time to consider the
issues and, if it decides that changes may be warranted, to promulgate
any necessary rulemakings.
    Additional Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.

    Dated: July 1, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31848-31851]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11683]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2015-6548; Directorate Identifier 2015-NM-114-AD;
Amendment 39-18520; AD 2016-10-09]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company 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
The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes equipped with
General Electric engines. This AD was prompted by reports of cracking
in barrel nuts on a forward engine mount of Model 747-8 airplanes,
which shares a similar design to the forward engine mount of Model 787-
8 and 787-9 airplanes. This AD requires, for certain airplanes,
replacement of the four barrel nuts of the forward engine mount on each
engine. For certain other airplanes, this AD requires an inspection to
determine if any forward engine mount barrel nut having a certain part
number is installed; and related investigative and corrective actions
if necessary. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct cracking of
the forward engine mount barrel nuts. Such cracking could result in
reduced load capacity of the forward engine mount and could result in
separation of an engine from the airplane and consequent loss of
control of the airplane.

DATES: This AD is effective June 24, 2016.
    The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by
reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of June 24,
2016.

ADDRESSES: For service information identified in this final rule,
contact Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services
Management, P.O. Box 3707, MC 2H-65, Seattle, WA 98124-2207; telephone:
206-544-5000, extension 1; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; Internet https://www.myboeingfleet.com. You may view this referenced service information
at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
Renton, WA. For information on the availability of this material at the
FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>. It is also available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2015-
6548.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2015-
6548; 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 (phone: 800-647-
5527) is Docket 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: Allen Rauschendorfer, Aerospace
Engineer, Airframe Branch, ANM-120S, Seattle Aircraft Certification
Office, FAA, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA 98057-3356; phone: 425-
917-6487; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion

    We issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR
part 39 by adding an AD that would apply to certain The Boeing Company
Model 787-8 and 787-9 airplanes equipped with General Electric engines.
The NPRM published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2015 (80 FR
76878) (``the NPRM''). The NPRM was prompted by reports of cracking in
barrel nuts on a forward engine mount of Model 747-8 airplanes, which
shares a similar design to the forward engine mount of Model 787-8 and
787-9 airplanes. The NPRM proposed to require, for certain airplanes,
replacement of the four barrel nuts of the forward engine mount on each
engine. For certain other airplanes, the NPRM proposed to require an
inspection to determine if any forward engine mount barrel nut having a
certain part number is installed; and related investigative and
corrective actions if necessary. We are issuing this AD to detect and
correct cracking of the forward engine mount barrel nuts. Such cracking
could result in reduced load capacity of the forward engine mount and
could result in separation of an engine from the airplane and
consequent loss of control of the airplane.

Comments

    We gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing
this AD. The following presents the comment received on the NPRM and
the FAA's response to the comment.

Request To Revise the Compliance Time

    United Airlines requested that the compliance time in the NPRM for
Group 1 airplanes be changed from 2 years to ``at next engine change.''
United considered the proposed compliance time to be ``expedited''
because it took Boeing 7 months to publish the service information
operators would be required to use to comply with the requirements in
the NPRM, and it took

the FAA 6 months to publish the NPRM. The commenter reasoned that since
it took over 1 year from the time a solution for the unsafe condition
was identified to the publication of the NPRM, the timeline for
completing the corrective action is not critical and could be
accomplished at the next scheduled engine change. United Airlines
explained that allowing operators to replace the forward barrel nuts at
the next engine change would reduce the cost of compliance to zero and
would not add additional burden to operators.
    We do not agree with the commenter's request. In developing an
appropriate compliance time for this action we considered not only the
degree of urgency associated with addressing the subject unsafe
condition, but the manufacturer's recommendation for an appropriate
compliance time, the time required for the rulemaking process, and the
practical aspect of doing the required replacement within an interval
of time that corresponds to the typical scheduled maintenance for the
majority of affected operators. However, under the provisions of
paragraph (j) of this AD, we will consider requests for approval of an
extension of the compliance time if sufficient data are submitted to
substantiate that the new compliance time would provide an acceptable
level of safety. We have not changed the AD in this regard.

Conclusion

    We reviewed the relevant data, considered the comment received, and
determined that air safety and the public interest require adopting
this AD as proposed, except for minor editorial changes. We have
determined that these minor changes:
     Are consistent with the intent that was proposed in the
NPRM for correcting the unsafe condition; and
     Do not add any additional burden upon the public than was
already proposed in the NPRM.

Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51

    We reviewed Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue
001, dated June 10, 2015. The service information describes procedures
for replacing the forward engine mount barrel nuts with new, improved
barrel nuts; doing an inspection to determine if barrel nuts having a
certain part number are installed on the forward engine mount; and
doing related investigative and corrective actions. This service
information is reasonably available because the interested parties have
access to it through their normal course of business or by the means
identified in the ADDRESSES section.

Costs of Compliance

    We estimate that this AD affects 36 airplanes of U.S. registry.
    We estimate the following costs to comply with this AD:

                                                 Estimated Costs
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                                                                     Cost per
            Action                Labor cost        Parts cost        product         Cost on U.S.  operators
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Replacement (2 engines)......  29 work-hours x   $1,988 per               $6,441  $64,410 (10 airplanes).
                                $85 per hour =    engine x 2
                                $2,465 for 2      engines =
                                engines.          $3,976.
Inspection for part number     1 work-hour x     $0.............              85  $2,210 (26 airplanes).
 using maintenance records (2   $85 per hour =
 engines).                      $85 for 2
                                engines.
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    We estimate the following costs to do any related investigative
actions required based on the results of the inspection. We have no way
of determining the number of aircraft that might need these actions:

                                               On-Condition Costs
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                                                                                Cost per
                    Action                                Labor cost               Parts cost        product
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Inspection (2 engines).......................  9 work-hours x $85 per hour =                $0             $765
                                                $765 for 2 engines.
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    We have received no definitive data that will enable us to provide
cost estimates for the on-condition corrective actions specified in
this AD.
    According to the manufacturer, some of the costs of this AD may be
covered under warranty, thereby reducing the cost impact on affected
individuals. We do not control warranty coverage for affected
individuals. As a result, we have included all costs in our cost
estimate.

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),
    (3) Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and

    (4) 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.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by
reference, Safety.

Adoption of the Amendment

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

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

0
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 airworthiness
directive (AD):

2016-10-09 The Boeing Company: Amendment 39-18520; Docket No. FAA-
2015-6548; Directorate Identifier 2015-NM-114-AD.

(a) Effective Date

    This AD is effective June 24, 2016.

(b) Affected ADs

    None.

(c) Applicability

    This AD applies to The Boeing Company Model 787-8 and 787-9
airplanes, certificated in any category, equipped with General
Electric GEnx-1B engines, as identified in Boeing Service Bulletin
B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015.

(d) Subject

    Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 71, Powerplant.

(e) Unsafe Condition

    This AD was prompted by reports of cracking in barrel nuts on a
forward engine mount of Model 747-8 airplanes, which shares a
similar design to the forward engine mount of Model 787-8 and 787-9
airplanes. We are issuing this AD to detect and correct cracking of
the forward engine mount barrel nuts. Such cracking could result in
reduced load capacity of the forward engine mount, and could result
in separation of an engine from the airplane, and consequent loss of
control of the airplane.

(f) Compliance

    Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified,
unless already done.

(g) Replacement Barrel Nuts

    For Group 1 airplanes as identified in Boeing Service Bulletin
B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015: Except as
provided by paragraph (i)(1) of this AD, at the time specified in
paragraph 5., ``Compliance,'' of Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-
SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015, replace the existing
forward engine mount barrel nuts on each engine, in accordance with
the Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Service Bulletin B787-
81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015.

(h) Part Number Inspection for Installed Barrel Nuts

    For Group 2 airplanes as identified in Boeing Service Bulletin
B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015: Except as
provided by paragraph (i)(1) of this AD, at the time specified in
paragraph 5. ``Compliance,'' of Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-
SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015, review the aircraft
maintenance records to determine if the airplane engine has been
removed, installed, or replaced, in accordance with the
Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-
SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015. If the maintenance
records indicate that a barrel nut having part number SL4081C14SP1
is installed, or if the part number of an installed barrel nut
cannot be determined, before further flight, do the related
investigative and applicable corrective actions, in accordance with
the Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Service Bulletin B787-
81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001, dated June 10, 2015.

(i) Exception to Service Information

    (1) Where Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue
001, dated June 10, 2015, specifies a compliance time ``after the
Issue 001 date on this service bulletin,'' this AD requires
compliance within the specified compliance time after the effective
date of this AD.
    (2) Where Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue
001, dated June 10, 2015, specifies to contact Boeing for repair
instructions: Before further flight, repair using a method approved
in accordance with the procedures specified in paragraph (j) of this
AD.

(j) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (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. In accordance with 14
CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local
Flight Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending
information directly to the manager of the ACO, send it to the
attention of the person identified in paragraph (k) of this AD.
Information may be emailed to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    (2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate
principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the local flight standards district office/certificate holding
district office.
    (3) An AMOC that provides an acceptable level of safety may be
used for any repair, modification, or alteration required by this AD
if it is approved by The Boeing Commercial Airplanes Organization
Designation Authorization (ODA) that has been authorized by the
Manager, Seattle ACO, to make those findings. To be approved, the
repair method, modification deviation, or alteration deviation must
meet the certification basis of the airplane and the approval must
specifically refer to this AD.
    (4) Except as required by paragraph (i)(2) of this AD: For
service information that contains steps that are labeled as Required
for Compliance (RC), the provisions of paragraphs (j)(4)(i) and
(j)(4)(ii) apply.
    (i) The steps labeled as RC, including substeps under an RC step
and any figures identified in an RC step, must be done to comply
with the AD. An AMOC is required for any deviations to RC steps,
including substeps and identified figures.
    (ii) Steps not labeled as RC may be deviated from using accepted
methods in accordance with the operator's maintenance or inspection
program without obtaining approval of an AMOC, provided the RC
steps, including substeps and identified figures, can still be done
as specified, and the airplane can be put back in an airworthy
condition.

(k) Related Information

    For more information about this AD, contact Allen
Rauschendorfer, Aerospace Engineer, Airframe Branch, ANM-120S,
Seattle Aircraft Certification Office, FAA, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
Renton, WA 98057-3356; phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
(l) Material Incorporated by Reference

    (1) The Director of the Federal Register approved the
incorporation by reference (IBR) of the service information listed
in this paragraph under 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51.
    (2) You must use this service information as applicable to do
the actions required by this AD, unless the AD specifies otherwise.
    (i) Boeing Service Bulletin B787-81205-SB710026-00, Issue 001,
dated June 10, 2015.
    (ii) Reserved.
    (3) For service information identified in this AD, contact
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Data & Services Management,
P.O. Box 3707, MC 2H-65, Seattle, WA 98124-2207; telephone: 206-544-
5000, extension 1; fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>; Internet https://www.myboeingfleet.com.
    (4) You may view this service information at the FAA, Transport
Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, WA. For
information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call
425-227-1221.
    (5) You may view this 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/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on May 9, 2016.
Michael Kaszycki,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
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