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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2000-10-06.xml --- 65 195 Friday, October 6, 2000 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Commodity Credit Corporation See Foreign Agricultural Service See Forest Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59816-59818 00-25727 Alcohol Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau RULES Alcoholic beverages: Wine; labeling and advertising— Flavored wine products, 59718-59724 00-25706 Antitrust Antitrust Division NOTICES National cooperative research notifications:

Advanced Technology Institute, 59874 00-25719 HDP User Group International, Inc., 59874 00-25723 Inter Company Collaboration for AIDS Drug Development, 59874 00-25724 Multiservice Switching Forum, 59874-59875 00-25720 Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, 59875 00-25721 SchoolTone Alliance, Inc., 59875 00-25722 Army Army Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Meetings: Science Board, 59828 00-25759 U.S. Military Academy, Board of Visitors, 59828 00-25657 Blind Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Census Census Bureau RULES Decennial population information:

State and local tabulations reports and other population information, 59713-59716 00-25501 NOTICES Meetings: American Indian and Alaska Native, African American, Asian, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Populations Census Advisory Committees, 59823 00-25731 American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Census Advisory Committee, 59822 00-25730 Centers Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee to Director, 59848-59849 00-25710 Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, 59849 00-25685 Smoking and Health Interagency Committee, 59849 00-25689 Civil Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 59822 00-25979 Coast Guard Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Drawbridge operations: Maine, 59780-59782 00-25755 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 59884-59885 00-25754 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: National nongovernmental nonprofit public service organizations; national boating safety activities, 59885-59887 00-25753 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement list; additions and deletions, 00-25785 59821-59822 00-25786 Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation PROPOSED RULES Loan and purchase programs:

Production flexibility contracts; contract violations and diminution in payments; fruits and vegetables planting payment reduction, 59759-59761 00-25665 Commodity Commodity Futures Trading Commission NOTICES Contract market proposals: New York Board of Trade— Coffee “C” futures contract, 59825-59826 00-25924 Consumer Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Settlement agreements: Crawford Textile Corp., 59826-59828 00-25659 Customs Customs Service NOTICES Senior Executive Service:

Performance Review Boards; membership, 59893 00-25663 Defense Defense Department See Army Department See Engineers Corps See Navy Department Education Education Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59830-59831 00-25672 Employment Employment Standards Administration NOTICES Minimum wages for Federal and federally-assisted construction; general wage determination decisions, 59876-59877 00-25445 Energy Energy Department See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Program, 59831-59832 00-25778 Meetings: Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, 59832 00-25769 Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office RULES Energy conservation: New Federal commercial and multi-family high rise residential buildings; energy code, 59999-60057 00-17120 PROPOSED RULES Consumer products; energy conservation program: Electric distribution transformers; efficiency standards, 59761-59762 00-25770 NOTICES Meetings: Federal Energy Management Advisory Committee, 59833 00-25768 Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Broome County, NY; Susquehanna River Basin water management feasibility study; withdrawn, 59828-59829 00-25658 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air pollution control; new motor vehicles and engines: Heavy-duty highway engines and vehicles (2004 and later model years); emissions control and light-duty on-board diagnostics requirements, 59895-59978 00-20144 Air programs: State program approvals and delegation of Federal authorities Correction, 59894 C0-22968 Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Virginia, 59727-59732 00-25470 Hazardous waste: Project XL program; site-specific projects— Steele County, MN, 59738-59748 00-25746 Water pollution control: Great Lakes System; water quality guidance— New York; approved and disapproved elements identification, 59732-59738 00-25747 PROPOSED RULES Air programs: Stratospheric ozone protection— Essential use allowances; allocation, 59783-59791 00-25745 Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States: Virginia, 59782 00-25471 Water pollution; effluent guidelines for point source categories:

Publicly owned treatment works; pretreatment program reinvention projects under Project XL, 59791-59796 00-25750 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Agency statements— Comment availability, 59835-59836 00-25788 Weekly receipts, 59834-59835 00-25787 Meetings: Industrial Non-Hazardous Waste Policy Dialogue Committee, 59836-59837 00-25744 Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee, 59837 00-25752 Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Alternative dispute resolution; policy statement, 59837-59840 00-25749 Onsite/decentralized wastewater systems management guidelines; guidance manual outline, 59840-59841 00-25743 Water supply:

Public water supply supervision program— Florida, 59841 00-25748 Executive Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Administrative regulations: Air traffic and related services for aircraft that transit U.S.-controlled airspace but neither take off from, nor land in, U.S.; fees, 59713 00-25633 Airworthiness directives: Boeing, 59703-59705 00-25433 Bombardier, 59710-59711 00-25684 Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A., 59708-59710 00-25150 McDonnell Douglas, 59707-59708, 00-25149 59701-59703 00-25432 Raytheon, 59705-59707 00-25148 Class E airspace, 00-25639 59711-59712 00-25695 PROPOSED RULES Class E airspace, 59762-59765 00-25636 00-25637 00-25638 NOTICES Electronic records and signatures; summary of existing exemptions, 59887-59889 00-25694 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Common carrier services:

Satellite communications— INTELSAT space segment capacity; direct access availability to users and service providers, 59749-59751 00-25740 Radio broadcasting: AM expanded band allotment plan; implementation, 59751 00-25734 Radio stations; table of assignments: New Mexico, 59751-59752 00-25735 PROPOSED RULES Digital television stations; table of assignments: Nevada, 59797 00-25738 New York, 59797-59798 00-25739 South Carolina, 59796-59797 00-25737 Wyoming, 59796 00-25736 NOTICES Common carrier services:

Wireless telecommunications services— Additional FM broadcast construction permits, auction; reserve prices or minimum opening bids, etc., 59841-59844 00-25741 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Lientz, James R., Jr., 59833-59834 00-25664 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Butler County, OH, 59889 00-25767 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies:

Change in bank control, 59844 00-25667 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 59844-59845 00-25668 Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction, 59845 00-25772 Permissible nonbanking activities, 00-25669 59845-59846 00-25771 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 59846 00-25910 FTC Federal Trade Commission PROPOSED RULES Consumer financial information privacy; security program, 59766 00-25660 NOTICES Prohibited trade practices: Manheim Auctions, Inc., et al., 59846-59848 00-25661 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species:

Critical habitat designations— Spruce-fir moss spider, 59798-59814 00-25671 NOTICES Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, FL, 59861 00-25712 Central Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge Complex, MS, 59861-59862 00-25680 Reelfoot, Lake Isom, Chickasaw, Lower Hatchie, and Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges, and Sunk Lake Public Use Natural Area, TN, 59862 00-25681 St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, FL, 59862-59863 00-25682 Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Incidental take permits— Riverside County, CA; coastal California gnatcatcher, 59863-59864 00-25780 Food Food and Drug Administration RULES Biological products: Pediatric patients; manufacturers’ assessment of safety and effectiveness of drugs and biological products; technical amendment, 59718 00-25705 Color additives: Haematococcus algae meal Effective date, 59717-59718 00-25703 Luminescent zinc sulfide Effective date, 59717 00-25697 Phaffia yeast Effective date, 59717 00-25704 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Proposed collection; comment request, 59849-59851 00-25701 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59851-59855 00-25698 00-25699 00-25700 Food for human consumption: Food labeling— Dietary supplements; health claims and label statements; Pearson court decision implementation strategy update, 59855-59857 00-25702 Foreign Foreign Agricultural Service NOTICES Meetings: International Consultative Group on Food Irradiation; U.S. participation, 59818-59820 00-25726 Foreign Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES *Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:* Michigan, 59823 00-25792 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings:

California Coast Provincial Advisory Committee, 59820 00-25711 Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory Committee, 59820-59821 00-25690 GSA General Services Administration RULES Federal Management Regulation: Transportation— Transportation management, 60059-60069 00-25130 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Care Financing Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Scientific misconduct findings; administrative actions:

Garey, Caroline E., 59848 00-25568 Health Health Care Financing Administration RULES Medicare: Hospital outpatient services; prospective payment system Correction, 59748 00-25498 Medicare+Choice program— Establishment; changes; correction, 59748-59749 00-25499 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 00-25761 59857-59858 00-25762 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 59858-59859 00-25936 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59859 00-25760 Medicare:

Hospice wage index, 60071-60082 00-25547 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: Organ Transplantation Advisory Committee; correction, 59894 C0-25000 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department PROPOSED RULES Low income housing: Housing assistance payments (Section 8)— Fair market rent schedules for Housing Choice Voucher Program, 60083-60091 00-25679 NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59860-59861 00-25670 Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Facilities to assist homeless— Excess and surplus Federal property, 59979-59998 00-25427 Indian Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Liquor and tobacco sale or distribution ordinance: Rincon, San Luiseno Band of Mission Indians, CA, 59864-59865 00-25799 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See Land Management Bureau See Minerals Management Service See National Park Service IRS Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Income taxes:

Defined contribution retirement plans; nondiscrimination requirements, 59774-59780 00-25652 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from— Korea, 59823-59824 00-25793 Heavy-forged hand tools from— China, 59824-59825 00-25791 International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations: Honey from— Argentina and China, 59871-59872 00-25732 Justice Justice Department See Antitrust Division See Prisons Bureau NOTICES Pollution control; consent judgments:

AAI Corp. et al., 59872 00-25716 Alcoa, Inc., et al., 59872 00-25717 Berkley Products Co., 59872-59873 00-25715 BF Goodrich Co. et al., 59873 00-25714 Phillips Petroleum Co., 59873-59874 00-25718 Labor Labor Department See Employment Standards Administration See Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Closure of public lands: Oregon, 59865-59866 00-25713 Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Grande Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT, 59866 00-25109 Survey plat filings:

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Nonconforming vehicles— Importation eligibility; determinations, 59889-59890 00-25696 NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fishery conservation and management: Northeastern United States fisheries— Summer flounder, 59758 00-25776 West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries— Pacific Coast groundfish, 59752-59758 00-25631 PROPOSED RULES Fishery conservation and management: West Coast States and Western Pacific fisheries— Pacific Coast groundfish, 59814-59815 00-25777 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, GA; general management plan, 59869 00-25677 Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, AK; compensation program plan, 59869-59870 00-25678 National Register of Historic Places: Pending nominations, 59870-59871 00-25779 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59879-59880 00-25728 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, 59829-59830 00-25655 West Coast; MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft introduction to Third and Fourth Marine Aircraft Wings, 59830 00-25656 Nuclear Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Nuclear Waste Advisory Committee, 59880-59881 00-25691 Pension Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; correction, 59877 00-25775 Presidential Presidential Documents ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO);

U.S. contribution (Presidential Determination No. 2000-31 of September 28, 2000), 59695 00-25959 Refugee admissions for fiscal year 2001 (Presidential Determination No. 2000-32 of September 29, 2000), 59697-59698 00-25960 Tunisia; military drawdown (Presidential Determination No. 2000-33 of September 29, 2000), 59698-59699 00-25961 Prisons Prisons Bureau RULES Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: Inmate discipline respecting violations of telephone and smoking policies, 59724-59727 00-25729 Public Public Health Service See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Railroad Railroad Retirement Board NOTICES Privacy Act:

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Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc., 59891 00-25474 South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Co., 59891-59892 00-25756 Wisconsin Central Ltd., 59892-59893 00-25247 Transportation Transportation Department See Coast Guard See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau See Customs Service See Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency information collection activities:

Submission for OMB review; comment request, 59893 00-25666 Boycotts, international: Countries requiring cooperation; list, 59893 00-25758 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 59895-59978 00-20144 Part III Department of Housing and Urban Development, 59979-59998 00-25427 Part IV Department of Energy, 59999-60057 00-17120 Part V General Services Administration, 60059-60069 00-25130 Part VI Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, 60071-60082 00-25547 Part VII Department of Housing and Urban Development, 60083-60091 00-25679 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. 65 195 Friday, October 6, 2000 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. 98-NM-135-AD;

Amendment 39-11919; AD 2000-20-08] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 Series Airplanes AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes, that requires, for certain airplanes, inspection(s) to detect cracks of the doorjamb corners and follow-on actions. For certain other airplanes, this AD requires installation of a preventative modification; an inspection to detect cracks at the corners of the doorjambs of the passenger and service doors; and follow-on actions.

This amendment is prompted by reports indicating that fatigue cracks were found in the fuselage skin and doublers at the corners of the doorjambs of the passenger and service doors. The actions specified by this AD are intended to detect and correct such fatigue cracking, which could result in rapid decompression of the fuselage and consequent reduced structural integrity of the airplane. DATES: Effective November 13, 2000. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the regulations is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of November 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The service information referenced in this AD may be obtained from Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group, Long Beach Division, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90846, Attention: Technical Publications Business Administration, Dept. C1-L51 (2-60). This information may be examined at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transport Airplane Directorate, Rules Docket, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at the FAA, Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, 3960 Paramount Boulevard, Lakewood, California; or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg DiLibero, Aerospace Engineer, Airframe Branch, ANM-120L, FAA, Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, 3960 Paramount Boulevard, Lakewood, California 90712-4137; telephone

(562)627-5231; fax

(562)627-5210. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposal to amend part 39 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 39) to include an airworthiness directive

(AD)that is applicable to certain McDonnell Douglas Model DC-8 series airplanes was published in the **Federal Register** on November 4, 1999 (64 FR 60134). For certain airplanes, that action proposed to require inspection(s) to detect cracks of the doorjamb corners and follow-on actions. For certain other airplanes, that AD also proposed to require installation of a preventative modification; an inspection to detect cracks at the corners of the doorjambs of the passenger and service doors; and follow-on actions. Comments Interested persons have been afforded an opportunity to participate in the making of this amendment. Due consideration has been given to the comments received. Support for Proposed AD One commenter supports the proposed AD. Request to Revise a Certain Compliance Time One commenter requests that paragraph

(e)of the proposed AD be revised to include an inspection threshold that can be scheduled from the effective date of this AD. The commenter states that such a threshold would accommodate Group 4 airplanes that have unknown cycles accumulated since accomplishment of the modification. The FAA does not concur. In developing an appropriate compliance time for this action, the FAA considered the safety implications and normal maintenance schedules for timely accomplishment of the inspection. In addition, the compliance time of “within 17,000 landings following accomplishment of the modification specified in the service bulletin” is based on a damage tolerance assessment of the affected structure. Because the reported cracking was caused by fatigue related stress (as discussed in the preamble of the proposed AD), the FAA finds that airplanes that have accumulated unknown hours on the modification must be inspected at the earliest possible time to ensure no cracks have initiated since installation of the modification, which may have been accomplished more than 17,000 flight hours ago. In consideration of these items, the FAA has determined that 17,000 landings following accomplishment of the modification specified in the service bulletin represents an appropriate interval of time allowable wherein the inspection can be accomplished during scheduled maintenance intervals for the majority of affected operators, and an acceptable level of safety can be maintained. However, under the provisions of paragraph

(g)of the final rule, the FAA may approve requests for adjustments to the compliance time if data are submitted to substantiate that such an adjustment would provide an acceptable level of safety. Conclusion After careful review of the available data, including the comments noted above, the FAA has determined that air safety and the public interest require the adoption of the rule as proposed. Cost Impact There are approximately 294 Model DC-8 series airplanes of the affected design in the worldwide fleet. The FAA estimates that 251 airplanes of U.S. registry will be affected by this AD. Should an operator be required to accomplish the inspection(s), it will take 48 (Group 1 airplanes) and 74 (all other groups of airplanes) work hours per airplane to accomplish, at an average labor rate of $60 per work hour. Based on these figures, the cost impact of the inspection(s) required by this AD on U.S. operators is estimated to be $2,880 (Group 1 airplanes) and $4,440 (all other groups of airplanes) per airplane, per inspection cycle. Should an operator be required or elect to accomplish the preventative modification, it will take approximately 1,440 work hours per airplane to accomplish, at an average labor rate of $60 per work hour. Required parts will cost approximately $2,000 per airplane. Based on these figures, the cost impact of the preventative modification by this AD on U.S. operators is estimated to be $88,400 per airplane. The cost impact figures discussed above are based on assumptions that no operator has yet accomplished any of the requirements of this AD action, and that no operator would accomplish those actions in the future if this AD were not adopted. The cost impact figures discussed in AD rulemaking actions represent only the time necessary to perform the specific actions actually required by the AD. These figures typically do not include incidental costs, such as the time required to gain access and close up, planning time, or time necessitated by other administrative actions. Regulatory Impact The regulations adopted herein 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. Therefore, it is determined that this final rule does not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this action

(1)is not a “significant regulatory action” under Executive Order 12866;

(2)is not a “significant rule” under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); and

(3)will not have a significant economic impact, positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. A final evaluation has been prepared for this action and it is contained in the Rules Docket. A copy of it may be obtained from the Rules Docket at the location provided under the caption ADDRESSES. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by reference, Safety. Adoption of the Amendment Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, the Federal Aviation Administration amends part 39 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 39) as follows: PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES 1. The authority citation for part 39 continues to read as follows: Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701. § 39.13 [Amended] 2. Section 39.13 is amended by adding the following new airworthiness directive: **2000-20-08 McDonnell Douglas:** Amendment 39-11919. Docket 98-NM-135-AD. *Applicability:* Model DC-8 series airplanes, as listed in McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995; certificated in any category. Note 1: This AD applies to each airplane identified in the preceding applicability provision, regardless of whether it has been modified, altered, or repaired in the area subject to the requirements of this AD. For airplanes that have been modified, altered, or repaired so that the performance of the requirements of this AD is affected, the owner/operator must request approval for an alternative method of compliance in accordance with paragraph

(g)of this AD. The request should include an assessment of the effect of the modification, alteration, or repair on the unsafe condition addressed by this AD; and, if the unsafe condition has not been eliminated, the request should include specific proposed actions to address it. *Compliance:* Required as indicated, unless accomplished previously. To detect and correct fatigue cracking in the fuselage skin and doublers at the corners of the doorjambs of the passenger and service doors, which could result in rapid decompression of the fuselage and consequent reduced structural integrity of the airplane, accomplish the following: Note 2: Where there are differences between the service bulletin and the AD, the AD prevails. Note 3: The words “repair” and “modify/modification” in this AD and in the referenced service bulletin are used interchangeably. Note 4: This AD is related to AD 93-01-15, amendment 39-8469, and will affect Principal Structural Elements

(PSE)53.08.038, 53.08.039, 53.08.040, and 53.08.041 of the DC-8 Supplemental Inspection Document (SID), Report L26-011, Volume I, Revision 3, dated March 1991. Group 1 Airplanes: Initial Inspection and Follow-on or Corrective Actions

(a)For airplanes identified as Group 1 in McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995: Within 2,000 landings or 3 years after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs first, perform the applicable inspection(s) to detect cracks of the doorjamb corners in accordance with the service bulletin.

(1)If no crack is detected during any inspection required by paragraph

(a)of this AD, repeat the applicable inspection(s) required by paragraph

(a)of this AD thereafter at intervals specified for Group 1 airplanes in paragraph 1.E. of the service bulletin; or accomplish the preventative modification in accordance with the service bulletin. Accomplishment of the preventative modification constitutes terminating action for the repetitive inspection requirements of this paragraph.

(2)If any crack is detected during any inspection required by paragraph

(a)of this AD, prior to further flight, repair in accordance with the service bulletin, except as provided by paragraph

(f)of this AD. Group 1 Airplanes: Actions Following Accomplishment of Preventative Modification or Repair

(b)Within 17,000 landings following accomplishment of the modification/repair required by either paragraph (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this AD, perform an inspection to detect cracks of the doorjamb corners, in accordance with McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995.

(1)If no crack is detected, repeat the inspection thereafter at intervals not to exceed 4,400 landings.

(2)If any crack is detected, prior to further flight, repair in accordance with the service bulletin, except as provided by paragraph

(f)of this AD. Group 2 Airplanes: Preventative Modification, Inspection(s), and Repair, If Necessary

(c)For airplanes identified as Group 2 in McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995: Within 2,000 landings or 3 years after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs first, accomplish the preventative modification in accordance with the service bulletin. Within 17,000 landings following accomplishment of the preventative modification, perform an inspection to detect cracks of the doorjamb corners, in accordance with the service bulletin.

(1)If no crack is detected during any inspection required by paragraph

(c)of this AD, repeat the inspection thereafter at intervals not to exceed 4,400 landings.

(2)If any crack is detected during any inspection required by paragraph

(c)of this AD, prior to further flight, repair it in accordance the service bulletin, except as provided by paragraph

(f)of this AD. Group 3 Airplanes: Revision of Maintenance or Inspection Program

(d)For airplanes identified as Group 3 in McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995: Within 6 years following accomplishment of the permanent repair or within 3 years after the effective date of this AD, whichever occurs later, revise the FAA-approved maintenance or inspection program to include an inspection program for the doorjamb corners identified in the service bulletin. The new inspection program shall be approved by the Manager, Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office (ACO), FAA. Note 5: Requests for approval of inspection procedures of the permanent repairs that are proposed for inclusion in the FAA-approved maintenance or inspection program, as required by this AD, should include a damage tolerance assessment. Group 4 Airplanes: Inspection(s) and Repair, If Necessary

(e)For airplanes identified as Group 4 in McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995: Within 17,000 landings following accomplishment of the modification specified in the service bulletin, perform an inspection to detect cracks of the doorjamb corners, in accordance with the service bulletin.

(1)If no crack is detected during any inspection required paragraph

(e)of this AD, repeat the inspection thereafter at intervals not to exceed 4,400 landings.

(2)If any crack is detected during any inspection required by paragraph

(e)of this AD, prior to further flight, repair in accordance with the service bulletin, except as provided by paragraph

(f)of this AD. Exception to Procedures Specified in the Referenced Service Bulletin

(f)Where McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995, specifies that the manufacturer may be contacted for disposition of certain repair conditions, this AD requires the repair of those conditions to be accomplished in accordance with a method approved by the Manager, Los Angeles ACO. Alternative Methods of Compliance

(g)An alternative method of compliance or adjustment of the compliance time that provides an acceptable level of safety may be used if approved by the Manager, Los Angeles ACO. Operators shall submit their requests through an appropriate FAA Principal Maintenance Inspector, who may add comments and then send it to the Manager, Los Angeles ACO. Note 6: Information concerning the existence of approved alternative methods of compliance with this AD, if any, may be obtained from the Los Angeles ACO. Special Flight Permits

(h)Special flight permits may be issued in accordance with §§ 21.197 and 21.199 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 21.197 and 21.199) to operate the airplane to a location where the requirements of this AD can be accomplished. Incorporation by Reference

(i)Except as provided by paragraphs

(d)and

(f)of this AD, the actions shall be done in accordance with McDonnell Douglas Service Bulletin DC8-53-075, dated August 17, 1995. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be obtained from Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group, Long Beach Division, 3855 Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90846, Attention: Technical Publications Business Administration, Dept. C1-L51 (2-60). Copies may be inspected at the FAA, Transport Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at the FAA, Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office, 3960 Paramount Boulevard, Lakewood, California; or at the Office of the Federal Register, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite 700, Washington, DC. Effective Date

(j)This amendment becomes effective on November 13, 2000. Issued in Renton, Washington, on September 28, 2000. Donald L. Riggin, Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 00-25432 Filed 10-5-00; 8:45 am]

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