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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2017-1125; Product Identifier 2017-SW-078-AD]
RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; MD Helicopters Inc. Helicopters

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for MD
Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) Model 600N helicopters. This proposed AD would
require establishing a life limit for the main rotor (M/R) blade upper
control collective/longitudinal link assembly (link assembly). This
proposed AD is prompted by the discovery that the life limit was
omitted from the maintenance manual. The actions of this proposed AD
are intended to prevent an unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: We must receive comments on this proposed AD by November 9,
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: Send comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: Deliver to the ``Mail'' address between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

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-2017-
1125; or in person at the Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains
this proposed AD, the economic evaluation, any comments received, and
other information. The street address for the Docket Operations
(telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>) is in the ADDRESSES section. Comments will be
available in the AD docket shortly after receipt.
    For service information identified in this proposed rule, contact
MD

Helicopters, Inc., Attn: Customer Support Division, 4555 E. McDowell
Rd., Mail Stop M615, Mesa, AZ 85215-9734; telephone 1-800-388-3378; fax
480-346-6813; or at http://www.mdhelicopters.com. You may review the
referenced service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional
Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Room 6N-321, Fort
Worth, TX 76177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Galib Abumeri, Aerospace Engineer
(Structures), Airframe Section, Los Angeles ACO Branch, Compliance and
Airworthiness Division, FAA, 3960 Paramount Blvd., Lakewood, California
90712; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    We invite you to participate in this rulemaking by submitting
written comments, data, or views. We also invite comments relating to
the economic, environmental, energy, or federalism impacts that might
result from adopting the proposals in this document. The most helpful
comments reference a specific portion of the proposal, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. To
ensure the docket does not contain duplicate comments, commenters
should send only one copy of written comments, or if comments are filed
electronically, commenters should submit only one time.
    We will file in the docket all comments that we receive, as well as
a report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel
concerning this proposed rulemaking. Before acting on this proposal, we
will consider all comments we receive on or before the closing date for
comments. We will consider comments filed after the comment period has
closed if it is possible to do so without incurring expense or delay.
We may change this proposal in light of the comments we receive.

Discussion

    We propose to adopt a new AD for MDHI Model 600N helicopters with a
yaw stability augmentation system and with a link assembly part number
(P/N) 600N7617-1 installed. This proposed AD would require establishing
a life limit of 15,000 hours time-in-service (TIS) for the link
assembly.
    This proposed AD is prompted by a report from MDHI that during a
review of the Airworthiness Limitations section of the applicable
maintenance manual, MDHI discovered that it did not include a life
limit for link assemblies installed on MDHI Model 600N helicopters with
a yaw stability augmentation system. Link assembly P/N 600N7617-1,
which is made of aluminum, is a life-limited part with a life limit of
15,000 hours TIS. MDHI subsequently revised the Airworthiness
Limitations section of the maintenance manual to include the life
limit. The proposed actions are intended to prevent a link assembly
remaining in service beyond its life limit, which could result in
fatigue failure, loss of M/R blade pitch control, and subsequent loss
of helicopter control.

Related Service Information

    We reviewed MDHI CSP-HMI-2 MDHI Maintenance Manual, Chapter 04,
Airworthiness Limitations, Revision 47, dated September 30, 2016. This
service information specifies a 15,000-hour TIS life limit for link
assembly P/N 600N7617-1 for helicopters with a yaw stability
augmentation system.

FAA's Determination

    We are proposing this AD because we evaluated all known relevant
information and determined that an unsafe condition exists and is
likely to exist or develop on other products of these same type
designs.

Proposed AD Requirements

    This proposed AD would require creating a component history card or
equivalent record for each affected link assembly, if one does not
exist, and recording a life limit of 15,000 hours TIS. This proposed AD
would also require determining the hours TIS of the link assembly and
replacing each link assembly that has reached or exceeded its life
limit.

Costs of Compliance

    We estimate that this proposed AD would affect 26 helicopters of
U.S. Registry and that labor costs average $85 a work-hour. Based on
these estimates, we expect it would take 30 minutes to determine the
hours TIS of each link assembly and update the aircraft records for a
cost of $85 per helicopter and $2,210 for the U.S. fleet. Replacing a
link assembly, if needed, would require 2 work-hours, and parts would
cost $984 for a cost of $1,154 per link per helicopter.

Authority for This Rulemaking

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

Regulatory Findings

    We determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not
have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
    For the reasons discussed, I certify this proposed regulation:
    1. Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order
12866;
    2. Is not a ``significant rule'' under the DOT Regulatory Policies
and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979);
    3. Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska to the extent that
it justifies making a regulatory distinction; 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.
    We prepared an economic evaluation of the estimated costs to comply
with this proposed AD and placed it in the AD docket.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

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

The Proposed Amendment

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

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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

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

Sec.  39.13  [Amended]

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2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness
directive (AD):

MD Helicopters Inc.: Product No. FAA-2017-1125; Product Identifier
2017-SW-078-AD.

(a) Applicability

    This AD applies to MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) Model 600N
helicopters, certificated in any category, with a yaw stability
augmentation system and with a main rotor (M/R) blade upper control
collective/longitudinal link assembly (link assembly) part number
(P/N) 600N7617-1 installed.

(b) Unsafe Condition

    This AD defines the unsafe condition as a link assembly
remaining in service beyond its fatigue life. This condition could
result in failure of the link assembly, failure of M/R blade pitch
control, and subsequent loss of helicopter control.

(c) Comments Due Date

    We must receive comments by November 9, 2018.

(d) Compliance

    You are responsible for performing each action required by this
AD within the specified compliance time unless it has already been
accomplished prior to that time.

(e) Required Actions

    Within 100 hours time-in-service (TIS):
    (1) Determine the total hours time-in-service (TIS) of each link
assembly P/N 600N7617-1. If the hours TIS are unknown, use the hours
TIS of the helicopter. Remove from service any link assembly that
has 15,000 or more hours TIS. Thereafter, remove from service any
link assembly before accumulating 15,000 hours TIS.
    (2) Create a component history card or equivalent record for
each link assembly P/N 600N7617-1 and record a life limit of 15,000
hours TIS.

(f) Special Flight Permits

    Special flight permits are prohibited.

(g) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOC)

    (1) The Manager, Los Angeles ACO Branch, FAA, may approve AMOCs
for this AD. Send your proposal to: Galib Abumeri, Aerospace
Engineer (Structures), Airframe Section, Los Angeles ACO Branch,
Compliance and Airworthiness Division, FAA, 3960 Paramount Blvd.,
Lakewood, California 90712; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
[email protected].
    (2) For operations conducted under a 14 CFR part 119 operating
certificate or under 14 CFR part 91, subpart K, we suggest that you
notify your principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector,
the manager of the local flight standards district office or
certificate holding district office before operating any aircraft
complying with this AD through an AMOC.

(h) Additional Information

    For service information identified in this AD, contact MD
Helicopters, Inc., Attn: Customer Support Division, 4555 E. McDowell
Rd., Mail Stop M615, Mesa, AZ 85215-9734; telephone 1-800-388-3378;
fax<PHONE_NUMBER>; or at http://www.mdhelicopters.com. You may review
a copy of information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel,
Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Room 6N-321, Fort Worth, TX
76177.

 (i) Subject

    Joint Aircraft Service Component (JASC) Code: 6710, Main Rotor
Control.

    Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 27, 2018.
Scott A. Horn,
Deputy Director for Regulatory Operations, Compliance & Airworthiness
Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee--New Task

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC).

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SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
(ARAC) a new task to develop maintenance requirements for aircraft used
in commercial air tour operations. This is in response to National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations. This notice is to
inform the public of the new ARAC activity and solicit membership to a
new Commercial Air Tour Maintenance (CATM) Working Group to support
ARAC on this new task.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Wiederman, Air Carrier
Maintenance Branch, AFS-330, Federal Aviation Administration, 950
L'Enfant Plaza, SW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20024; telephone (202)
385-6443, facsimile<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The FAA established ARAC to provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator on the FAA's rulemaking activities with respect
to aviation-related issues. This includes obtaining advice and
recommendations on 14 CFR part 136--Commercial Air Tours and National
Parks Air Tour Management.
    In March 2007, a helicopter, operating under part 135 as an air
tour flight, crashed while trying to land in Hawaii. Due to this crash,
NTSB, on June 12, 2008, issued two safety recommendations to the FAA
that identify the need for a maintenance quality assurance system and
maintenance training for commercial air tour operations. The two safety
recommendations are as follows:
    1. A-08-32: Require that all air tour operators (14 CFR parts 91
and 135) establish and maintain a system for continuously analyzing the
performance and effectiveness of their inspection and maintenance
program to ensure that all maintenance is performed with the utmost
regard for quality and safety.
    2. A-08-33: Require air tour operators to provide formal, model
specific helicopter maintenance training for their mechanics to ensure
an adequate level of competency.
    FAA's review of NTSB's safety recommendations further identifies
the need for a required inspection program for all commercial air tour
operations.
    Current FAA regulations require that air carriers operating under
parts 121 and 135 (with aircraft type certificated for a passenger
seating configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of ten seats or more)
for the purpose of conducting air tours are required to have a
maintenance quality assurance system, a maintenance training program
and a required inspection program. However, similar requirements do not
exist for aircraft operated under parts 91 and 135 (with aircraft type
certificated for a passenger seating configuration,

excluding any pilot seat, of 9 or fewer seats). This task is intended
to address these differences.
    The objective of the Commercial Air Tour Maintenance (CATM) Working
Group is to recommend a maintenance quality assurance system, a
maintenance training program and a required inspection program for
operators and air carriers that conduct air tours and operate under
parts 91 and 135 (with aircraft type certificated for a passenger
seating configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of 9 or fewer seats).

The Task

    ARAC is tasked to develop recommendations for a maintenance quality
assurance system, a maintenance training program and a required
inspection program for operators and air carriers that conduct air
tours and who operate under parts 91 and 135 (aircraft type
certificated for a passenger seating configuration, excluding any pilot
seat, of 9 or fewer seats).
    ARAC will be supported by the CATM Working Group who will:
    1. Review NTSB's June 12, 2008 letter to the FAA to understand the
facts and analysis of the accident findings that lead to issuing safety
recommendations A-08-32 and A-08-33. The letter is found at http://
www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/2008/A08_32_35.pdf. (Note: Included in
NTSB's letter are safety recommendations A-08-34 and A-08-35. These are
not part of this ARAC tasking.)
    2. Review Advisory Circulars (AC) 120-79 and 120-16E for available
guidance on developing and implementing a maintenance quality assurance
system, maintenance training program and required inspection program. A
copy of these ACs are at: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_
Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/
c83d3e4ceb74e1df86256d1600587657/$FILE/AC120-79.pdf and http://
www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/
rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/d505ffc06aecc27e862574c6005480a2/$FILE/
AC%20120-16E.pdf.
    3. Develop a report containing recommendations for rulemaking and
explain the reason and safety benefits for each recommendation and will
present the findings at the next ARAC Executive Committee meeting.
    If a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) is published for public
comment as a result of the recommendations from this tasking, the FAA
may ask ARAC to review the comments received and provide a recommended
response to them.
    Schedule: The tasks must be completed no later than 12 months after
the first working group meeting.

ARAC Acceptance of Task

    ARAC accepted the task and assigned the task to the CATM Working
Group. The working group serves as staff to ARAC and assists in the
analysis of assigned tasks. ARAC must review and approve the working
group's recommendations. If ARAC accepts the working group's
recommendations, it will send them to the FAA. The FAA will submit the
recommendations it receives to the agency's Rulemaking Management
Council to address the availability of resources and prioritization.

Working Group Activity

    The Commercial Air Tour Maintenance (CATM) Working Group must
comply with the procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures,
the working group must:
    1. Recommend a work plan for completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan for consideration at the next ARAC
Executive Committee meeting held following publication of this notice.
    2. Give a detailed conceptual presentation of the proposed
recommendations prior to proceeding with the work stated in item 3
below.
    3. Draft the appropriate documents and required analyses and/or any
other related materials or documents.
    4. Provide a status report at each meeting of the ARAC Executive
Committee.

Participation in the Working Group

    The CATM Working Group will be composed of technical experts having
an interest in the assigned task. A working group member need not be a
representative or a member of the full committee.
    If you have expertise in the subject matter and wish to become a
member of the working group, write to the person listed under the
caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that desire.
Describe your interest in the task and state the expertise you would
bring to the working group. We must receive all requests by September
14, 2009. The Executive Committee and the FAA will review the requests
and advise you whether or not your request is approved.
    If you are chosen for membership on the working group, you must
represent your aviation community segment and actively participate in
the working group by attending all meetings, and providing written
comments when requested to do so. You must devote the resources
necessary to support the working group in meeting any assigned
deadlines. You must keep your management chain and those you may
represent advised of working group activities and decisions to ensure
the proposed technical solutions don't conflict with your sponsoring
organization's position when the subject is presented to ARAC for
approval. Once the working group has begun deliberations, members will
not be added or substituted without the approval of the FAA and the
working group chair.
    The Secretary of Transportation determined the formation and use of
ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
    Meetings of ARAC are open to the public. Meetings of the CATM
Working Group will not be open to the public, except to the extent
individuals with an interest and expertise are selected to participate.
The FAA will make no public announcement of working group meetings.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10, 2009.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #2

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

    Docket Numbers: ER13-398-000.
    Applicants: The Detroit Edison Company.
    Description: DTE Electric Company submits tariff filing per
35.19a(b): Refund Report to be effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 11/3/15.
    Accession Number: 20151103-5130.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/15.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-72-001.
    Applicants: San Gorgonio Westwinds II--Windustries.
    Description: Tariff Amendment: Amendment to 1 to be effective 11/
24/2015.
    Filed Date: 11/3/15.
    Accession Number: 20151103-5141.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/15.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-206-001.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., ITC
Midwest LLC.
    Description: Tariff Amendment: 2015-11-03_SA 2862 ITC Midwest-WPL
FSA Amendment (G870) to be effective 11/1/2015.
    Filed Date: 11/3/15.
    Accession Number: 20151103-5051.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/15.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-249-000.
    Applicants: Eel River Power LLC.
    Description: Tariff Cancellation: Cancellation of Market-Based Rate
Tariff to be effective 11/4/2015.
    Filed Date: 11/3/15.
    Accession Number: 20151103-5049.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/15.

    Docket Numbers: ER16-250-000.
    Applicants: ISO New England Inc., New England Power Pool
Participants Committee.
    Description: Section 205(d) Rate Filing: Revisions to the NCPC
Credit Rules to be effective 2/1/2016.
    Filed Date: 11/3/15.
    Accession Number: 20151103-5164.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 11/24/15.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    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.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings 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<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: November 3, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0200; FRL-8890-01-OLEM]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Final
Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs, EPA ICR No.
0969.12, OMB Control No. 2050-0041

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Final Authorization
for Hazardous Waste Management Programs'' (Renewal), (EPA ICR No.
0969.12, OMB Control No. 2050-0041) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as
described in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a proposed extension of
the ICR, which is currently approved through May 31, 2022. An Agency
may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 29, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2018-0200, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, (mail code 5303P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the
public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room is closed
to the public, with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of
transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide
remote customer service via email, phone and webform. For further
information about the EPA's public docket, Docket Center services and
the current status, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone number for the Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: In order for a State to obtain final authorization for a
State hazardous waste program or to revise its previously authorized
program, it must submit an official application to the EPA Regional
office for approval. The purpose of the application is to enable the
EPA to properly determine whether the State's program meets the
requirements of section 3006 of RCRA. A State with an approved program
may voluntarily transfer program responsibilities to EPA by notifying
the EPA of the proposed transfer, as required by 40 CFR 271.23.
Further, the EPA may withdraw a State's authorized program under 40 CFR
271.23.
    State program revision may be necessary when the controlling
Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority is modified or
supplemented. In the event that the State is revising its program by
adopting new Federal requirements, the State shall prepare and submit
modified revisions of the program description, Attorney General's
statement, Memorandum of Agreement, or such other documents as the EPA
determines to be necessary. The State shall inform the EPA of any
proposed modifications to its basic statutory or regulatory authority
in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. If a State is proposing to transfer
all or any part of any program from the approved State agency to any
other agency, it must notify the EPA in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21
and submit revised organizational charts as required under 40 CFR
271.6, in accordance with 40 CFR 271.21. These paperwork requirements
are mandatory under section 3006(a). The EPA will use the information
submitted by the State in order to determine whether the State's
program meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for
authorization.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State/territorial governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA section
3006(a)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 50.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 9,996 hours per year. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $386,618 (per year), includes $386,618 in
annualized labor and $0 in annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay
substantially the same.

    Dated: September 10, 2021.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2022-1250; Project Identifier AD-2022-00763-T]
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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Model Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD)
for all The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -700C, -800, -900, and
-900ER series airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by an evaluation
by the design approval holder (DAH) indicating that the skin lap splice
at certain stringers is subject to widespread fatigue damage (WFD).
This proposed AD would require an inspection for any repair at certain
skin lap splices and depending on the configuration, repetitive
inspections for buckling, wrinkling, bulging at affected skin lap
splices and repair, repetitive inspections for cracking at affected
locations common to fuselage skin on the left and right sides and
repair, and alternative inspections and on-condition actions. The FAA
is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: The FAA must receive comments on this proposed AD by December
27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR

11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail address above between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    For service information identified in this NPRM, contact Boeing
Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Contractual & Data Services (C&DS),
2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110-SK57, Seal Beach, CA 90740-5600;
telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; internet myboeingfleet.com. You may view this
referenced service information at the FAA, Airworthiness Products
Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines,
WA. For information on the availability of this material at the FAA,
call<PHONE_NUMBER>. It is also available at regulations.gov by searching
for and locating Docket No. FAA-2022-1250.

Examining the AD Docket

    You may examine the AD docket at regulations.gov by searching for
and locating Docket No. FAA-2022-1250; or in person at Docket
Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this NPRM, any comments
received, and other information. The street address for Docket
Operations is listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Willard Ashforth, Senior Aerospace
Engineer, Airframe Section, FAA, Seattle ACO Branch, 2200 South 216th
St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email:
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The FAA invites you to send any written relevant data, views, or
arguments about this proposal. Send your comments to an address listed
under ADDRESSES. Include ``Docket No. FAA-2022-1250; Project Identifier
AD-2022-00763-T'' at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful
comments reference a specific portion of the proposal, explain the
reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA
will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend
this proposal because of those comments.
    Except for Confidential Business Information (CBI) as described in
the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR
11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to
regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. The
agency will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal
contact received about this NPRM.

Confidential Business Information

    CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments responsive to this NPRM contain commercial
or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that
you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to
this NPRM, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted
comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing
CBI as ``PROPIN.'' The FAA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of this NPRM. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to
Willard Ashforth, Senior Aerospace Engineer, Airframe Section, FAA,
Seattle ACO Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone:
206-231-3520; email: [email protected]. A. Any commentary that the
FAA receives that is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed
in the public docket for this rulemaking.

Background

    Fatigue damage can occur locally, in small areas or structural
design details, or globally, in widespread areas. Multiple-site damage
is widespread damage that occurs in a large structural element such as
a single rivet line of a lap splice joining two large skin panels.
Widespread damage can also occur in multiple elements such as adjacent
frames or stringers. Multiple-site damage and multiple-element damage
cracks are typically too small initially to be reliably detected with
normal inspection methods. Without intervention, these cracks will
grow, and eventually compromise the structural integrity of the
airplane. This condition is known as WFD. It is associated with general
degradation of large areas of structure with similar structural details
and stress levels. As an airplane ages, WFD will likely occur, and will
certainly occur if the airplane is operated long enough without any
intervention.
    An FAA final rule (``Aging Airplane Program: Widespread Fatigue
Damage;'' 75 FR 69746, November 15, 2010) became effective on January
14, 2011, and amended 14 CFR parts 25, 26, 121, and 129 (commonly known
as the WFD rule). The WFD rule requires certain actions to prevent
structural failure due to WFD throughout the operational life of
certain existing transport category airplanes and all of these
airplanes that will be certificated in the future. Design approval
holders (DAHs) of existing and future airplanes subject to the WFD rule
are required to establish a limit of validity (LOV) of the engineering
data that support the structural maintenance program. Operators
affected by the WFD rule may not fly an airplane beyond its LOV, unless
an extended LOV is approved.
    The WFD rule does not require identifying and developing
maintenance actions if the DAHs can show that such actions are not
necessary to prevent WFD before the airplane reaches the LOV. Many
LOVs, however, do depend on accomplishment of future maintenance
actions. As stated in the WFD rule, any maintenance actions necessary
to reach the LOV will be mandated by airworthiness directives through
separate rulemaking actions.
    In the context of WFD, this action is necessary to enable DAHs to
propose LOVs that allow operators the longest operational lives for
their airplanes, and still ensure that WFD will not occur. This
approach allows for an implementation strategy that provides
flexibility to DAHs in determining the timing of service information
development (with FAA approval), while providing operators with
certainty regarding the LOV applicable to their airplanes.
    The FAA has received reports indicating fuselage skin cracking
found between stations (STA) 767 and STA 787, just below S-14R fuselage
skin lap splice, where a lower skin panel buckle intersected the upper
skin of the lap splice. Fuselage skin cracking was also found between
just below S-14R between STA 747 and STA 767. Skin buckles, wrinkles,
or bulges may be precursors to cracks at the potential affected
fuselage longitudinal lap splice areas on all 737NG airplanes. Fatigue
cracks initiated at multiple locations where linear anomalies were
found in the clad layer of the lower skin. Areas of loose paint,
discoloration, loose fasteners, lap joint separation, or disturbed
sealant can be indicative of areas where skin buckles, wrinkles, or
bulges have occurred. Such areas should

be carefully examined for skin deformation; however, skin buckles,
wrinkles, or bulges may also exist without other signs of skin
distress. This condition was the result of incorrect procedures used to
install lap splice during airplane production. This condition, if not
addressed, could result in any small crack, any buckle, any wrinkle or
any bulge in the fuselage skin lap splice may go undetected. Continued
operation of the airplane with any undetected small crack, buckle,
wrinkle or bulge in the fuselage skin lap splice could cause a large
crack in the fuselage skin, which may result in the inability of a
principal structural element to sustain limit load, which could result
in reduce structural integrity of the airplane and lead to a
decompression event.

FAA's Determination

    The FAA is issuing this NPRM after determining that the unsafe
condition described previously is likely to exist or develop on other
products of the same type design.

Related Service Information Under 1 CFR Part 51

    The FAA reviewed Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin
737-53-1399 RB, dated May 20, 2022. This service information specifies
procedures for a general visual inspection for any repair, any buckle,
any wrinkle, any bulge, and any cracking at skin lap splice at
stringers S-4 (Boeing Converted Freighter only), S-14 and S-24 (737-600
only). This service information also describes procedures, depending on
the configuration, for repetitive detailed inspections for buckling,
wrinkling, bulging at unrepaired areas of affected lap splices and
repair; repetitive detailed, high frequency eddy current (HFEC), and
ultrasonic (UT) inspections for cracking at affected locations common
to fuselage skin on the left and right sides and repair; and
alternative inspections and on-condition 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 ADDRESSES.

Proposed AD Requirements in This NPRM

    This proposed AD would require accomplishing the actions specified
in the service information already described except for any differences
identified as exceptions in the regulatory text of this proposed AD.
For information on the procedures and compliance times, see this
service information at regulations.gov by searching for and locating
Docket No. FAA-2022-1250.

Costs of Compliance

    The FAA estimates that this AD, if adopted as proposed, would
affect 2,462 airplanes of U.S. registry. The FAA estimates the
following costs to comply with this proposed AD:

                                                 Estimated Costs
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                                                                                Cost on U.S.
              Action                    Labor cost        Parts cost      Cost per product        operators
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inspections......................  Up to 34 hours x                 $0  $2,890 per           Up to $7,115,180
                                    $85 per hour = Up                    inspection cycle.    per inspection
                                    to $2,890 per                                             cycle.
                                    inspection cycle.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The FAA has received no definitive data on which to base the cost
estimates for the on-condition repairs or for the alternative
inspections and on-condition actions specified in this proposed AD.

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.
    The FAA is 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

    The FAA determined that this proposed AD would not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132. This proposed AD would not
have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship
between the national Government and the States, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
    For the reasons discussed above, I certify this proposed
regulation:
    (1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under Executive
Order 12866,
    (2) Would not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska, and
    (3) Would 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.

The Proposed Amendment

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

PART 39--AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES

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]

0
2. The FAA amends Sec.  39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness
directive:

The Boeing Company: Docket No. FAA-2022-1250; Project Identifier AD-
2022-00763-T.

(a) Comments Due Date

    The FAA must receive comments on this airworthiness directive
(AD) by December 27, 2022

(b) Affected ADs

    None.

 (c) Applicability

    This AD applies to all The Boeing Company Model 737-600, -700, -
700C, -800, -900, and -900ER series airplanes, certificated in any
category.

(d) Subject

    Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 53, Fuselage.

(e) Unsafe Condition

    This AD was prompted by an evaluation by the design approval
holder (DAH) indicating that the skin lap splice at stringers S-4,
S-14, and S-24 are subject to widespread fatigue damage (WFD). The
FAA is issuing this AD to address cracks, skin buckles, wrinkles,
and bulges at fuselage longitudinal lap splice areas at S-4, S-14
and S-24. This condition, if not addressed, could result in a large
crack in the fuselage skin, which may result in the inability of a
principal structural element to sustain limit load, which could
result in reduced structural integrity of the airplane and lead to a
decompression event.

(f) Compliance

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

(g) Required Actions

    Except as specified by paragraph (h) of this AD: At the
applicable times specified in the ``Compliance'' paragraph of Boeing
Special Attention Requirements Bulletin 737-53-1399 RB, dated May
20, 2022, do all applicable actions identified in, and in accordance
with, the Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing Special Attention
Requirements Bulletin 737-53-1399 RB, dated May 20, 2022.
    Note 1 to paragraph (g): Guidance for accomplishing the actions
required by this AD can be found in Boeing Special Attention Service
Bulletin 737-53-1399 RB, dated May 20, 2022, which is referred to in
Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin 737-53-1399 RB, dated
May 20, 2022.

(h) Exceptions to Service Information Specifications

    (1) Where the Compliance Time columns of the tables in the
``Compliance'' paragraph of Boeing Special Attention Requirements
Bulletin 737-53-1399 RB, dated May 20, 2022, use the phrase ``the
original issue date of Boeing Special Attention Requirements
Bulletin 737-53-1399 RB,'' this AD requires using ``the effective
date of this AD.''
    (2) Where Boeing Special Attention Requirements Bulletin 737-53-
1399 RB, dated May 20, 2022, specifies contacting Boeing for repair
instructions or for alternative inspections: This AD requires doing
the repair and doing the alternative inspections and applicable on-
condition actions using a method approved in accordance with the
procedures specified in paragraph (i) of this AD.

 (i) Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

    (1) The Manager, Seattle ACO Branch, 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 responsible Flight Standards Office,
as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of
the certification office, send it to the attention of the person
identified in paragraph (j)(1) of this AD. Information may be
emailed to: [email protected]/.
    (2) Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate
principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager
of the responsible Flight Standards 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 Company Organization Designation
Authorization (ODA) that has been authorized by the Manager, Seattle
ACO Branch, FAA, 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.

(j) Related Information

    (1) For more information about this AD, contact Willard
Ashforth, Senior Aerospace Engineer, Airframe Section, FAA, Seattle
ACO Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA 98198; phone: 206-
231-3520; email: [email protected].
    (2) For service information identified in this AD, contact
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Attention: Contractual & Data Services
(C&DS), 2600 Westminster Blvd., MC 110-SK57, Seal Beach, CA 90740-
5600; telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>; internet myboeingfleet.com. You may
view this referenced service information at the FAA, Airworthiness
Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St.,
Des Moines, WA. For information on the availability of this material
at the FAA, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Issued on September 29, 2022.
Christina Underwood,
Acting Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft
Certification Service.

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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Attendance at PJM Meetings

June 2, 2009.
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hereby gives notice that
members of the Commission and Commission staff may attend the following
upcoming meetings of the PJM Interconnection LLC. All meetings are in
Wilmington, DE unless noted otherwise:

Members Committee (MC)

     June 4, 2009.
     August 13, 2009.
     September 24, 2009 (BWI Airport).

Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC)

     June 17, 2009.
     July 30, 2009.
     September 23, 2009 (BWI Airport).

Market Implementation Committee (MIC)

     June 11, 2009.
     July 14, 2009.
     August 14, 2009.
     September 10, 2009.

Planning Committee (PC)

     June 9, 2009.
     July 15, 2009.
     August 12, 2009.
     September 16, 2009 (Norristown, PA).

Capacity Market Evolution Committee (CMEC)

     July 17, 2009.
     August 5, 2009.
     August 24, 2009.
    Additional meeting information and schedules may be found at http:/
/www.pjm.com/committees-and-groups.aspx.
    The discussions at each of the meetings described above may address
matters at issue in the following proceedings:
Docket No. ER05-1410, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER06-456 et al., PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER08-194, Duquesne Light Co.
Docket No. ER08-386, Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline, LLC.
Docket No. ER08-686, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Docket No. ER08-1370, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator,
Inc. and Duquesne Light Co.
Docket No. ER09-75, Pioneer Transmission LLC.

Docket No. ER09-369, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-412, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-497, et al., PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-585, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-701, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-730, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-745, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.
Docket No. ER09-940, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Docket No. ER09-996, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. ER09-1063, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. EL05-148, PJM Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. EL08-12, PJM Industrial Customer Coalition v PJM
Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. EL08-44, PJM Interconnection LLC v Accord Energy, LLC et al.
Docket No. EL08-47, Maryland Public Service Commission v PJM
Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. EL08-67, Maryland Public Service Commission et al. v PJM
Interconnection LLC.
Docket No. EL08-78, Commonwealth Edison Company.
Docket No. EL09-39, First Energy Solutions Corp.
    The meetings are open to stakeholders. For more information
regarding Commission participation, contact Morris Margolis, Office of
Energy Markets Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at
(202) 502-8611 or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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