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Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45713-45714 02-17285 EPA Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards: Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production, 45885-45893 02-17361 Air quality planning purposes; designation of areas: Michigan, 45635-45637 02-17240 Minnesota, 45637-45639 02-17241 Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities: Halosulfuron, 45643-45650 02-17266 Mesotrione, 45650-45656 02-17265 Oxadixyl, 45639-45643 02-16859 PROPOSED RULES Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
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Aventis CropScience, 45722-45724 02-17189 BASF Corp., 45724-45725 02-17188 FMC Corp. et al., 45725-45726 02-17190 Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.: Northside Drive Site, GA, 45726-45727 02-17315 Zellwood Groundwater Site, FL, 45727 02-17316 Water pollution control: Clean Water Act— Class II administrative penalty assessments, 45727-45728 02-17310 Water programs: Water quality trading policy, 45728-45729 02-17238 Farm Farm Credit Administration NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 45729 02-17341 FAA Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness directives: Eurocopter France, 45629-45630 02-17245 Airworthiness standards: Special conditions— Boeing Model 737-79U IGW (BBJ Serial Number 29441) airplane, 45627-45629 02-17375 Class D and Class E airspace, 45630-45631 02-17372 Class E airspace, 45631-45632 02-17368 02-17369 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness directives: General Electric Co., 45675-45677 02-17297 Pratt & Whitney, 45680-45682 02-17296 Rockwell Collins, Inc., 45678-45680 02-17307 Class E airspace, 45682-45683 02-17370 NOTICES Advisory circulars; availability, etc.:
Fire prevention, 45779 02-17374 Reciprocating engines, electrical and electronic engine control systems; guidance material, 45780 02-17378 Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45780 02-17365 Meetings: RTCA, Inc., 45780-45781 02-17366 02-17367 Passenger facility charges; applications, etc.: Gainesville Regional Airport, FL, 45781-45782 02-17373 Jackson Hole Airport, WY, 45782-45783 02-17377 Yampa Valley Regional Airport, CO, 45783 02-17376 FCC Federal Communications Commission RULES Radio frequency devices:
Licensed radio services operating below 30 MHz; conducted emission limits, 45666-45671 02-17264 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 45729-45730 02-17263 Common carrier services: Wireless telecommunications services— Multichannel video distribution and data service licenses; auction, 45730 02-17175 FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45730-45731 02-17268 Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 45731 02-17359 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency RULES Flood elevation determinations: Pennsylvania, 45665-45666 02-17270 Various States, 45656-45665 02-17269 02-17277 PROPOSED RULES Flood elevation determinations: Illinois and Indiana, 45691-45696 02-17271 Various States, 45689-45691 02-17276 NOTICES Disaster and emergency areas: Iowa, 45731 02-17281 Minnesota, 45731-45732 02-17279 02-17280 02-17282 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:
AES Corp. et al., 45714-45716 02-17203 Delaware Mountain Wind Farm, LP, et al., 45716-45719 02-17364 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 45783-45784 02-17312 FMC Federal Maritime Commission NOTICES Agreements; additional information requests: SNL/HASCO Cross Space Charter and Sailing Agreement, 45732-45733 02-17330 Agreements filed, etc., 45732 02-17313 Ocean transportation intermediary licenses:
Ross Freight Co., Inc., et al., 45733 02-17314 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Banks and bank holding companies: Formations, acquisitions, and mergers, 45733-45734 02-17355 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45734 02-17354 FTC Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45734-45738 02-17324 Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Associate Director for International Consumer Protection, 45738 02-17325 Premerger notification waiting periods; early terminations, 45738-45740 02-17323 Financial Financial Management Service See Fiscal Service Fiscal Fiscal Service NOTICES Surety companies acceptable on Federal bonds:
American & Foreign Insurance Co. et al.; terminations, 45786 02-17216 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED RULES Endangered and threatened species: Critical habitat designations— Otay tarplant, 45696-45697 02-17344 NOTICES Environmental statements; availability, etc.: Survival enhancement permits— Hawaiian goose; Island of Molokai, HI; safe harbor agreement, 45755-45756 02-17298 Natural resource damage assessment plans; availability, etc.: St. Louis River Interlake/Duluth Tar Superfund Site, MN, 45756-45757 02-17251 Food Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
First Amendment issues; comment request, 45742-45743 02-17275 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Environmental statements; notice of intent: Lassen, Plumas, and Tahoe National Forests, CA, 45699 02-17305 Payette National Forest, ID, 45699-45700 02-17302 Meetings: Resource Advisory Committees— North Central Idaho, 45701 02-17252 Southwest Idaho, 45700-45701 02-17220 GAO General Accounting Office NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: Non-Income Tax Revenue System Requirements, 45740 02-17204 Principles of Federal Appropriations Law, Volume V (Red Book); ordering procedures, 45740 02-17336 GSA General Services Administration NOTICES Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):
Agency information collection activities— Proposed collection; comment request, 45707-45708 02-17350 Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45706-45707 02-17348 02-17349 Health Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Vital and Health Statistics National Committee, 45740-45741 02-17292 02-17293 02-17294 Health Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
Health Professions and Nurse Education Special Emphasis Panel; annual report, 45743 02-17352 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 45753-45754 02-17219 Privacy Act: Computer matching programs, 45754-45755 02-17218 Industry Industry and Security Bureau RULES Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Chief Counsel for Industry and Security Office et al.; name changes, 45632-45633 02-17154 Inspector Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department NOTICES Program exclusions; list, 45743-45747 02-17250 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau IRS Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Income taxes:
Consolidated return regulations— Loss limitation rules; cross-reference; correction, 45683 02-17333 NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Proposed collection; comment request, 02-17334 02-17356 45786-45788 02-17357 International International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping: Helical spring lock washers from— China, 45702-45705 02-17353 Tapered roller bearings and parts, finished and unfinished, from-- China [ **Editorial Note:** This document, published at 67 FR 45451 in the **Federal Register** of Tuesday, July 9, 2002, was incorrectly listed under Foreign-Trade Zones Board.] International International Trade Commission NOTICES Import investigations:
Cooked, peeled, and individually quick frozen coldwater pink shrimp from— Canada, 45760-45761 02-17335 Ferrosilicon from— Various countries, 45761 02-17340 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45761 02-17485 Justice Justice Department See Drug Enforcement Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45761-45763 02-17289 02-17290 Pollution control; consent judgments: Betteroads Asphalt Corp., 45763 02-17362 Madonna Construction Co., 45763 02-17363 Labor Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency information collection activities:
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To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 67 132 Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. NM224; Special Conditions No. 25-206-SC] Special Conditions: Boeing Model 737-79U IGW (BBJ, S/N: 29441) Airplane;
Certification of Cooktops AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final special conditions; request for comments. SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ Serial Number 29441). This airplane, as modified by Schwartz Engineering Company, will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. The modification incorporates the installation of an electrically heated surface, called a cooktop.
The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for addressing the potential hazards that may be introduced by cooktops. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards. DATES: The effective date of these special conditions is June 28, 2002. Comments must be received on or before August 9, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Comments on these special conditions may be mailed in duplicate to: Federal Aviation Administration, Transport Airplane Directorate, Attention: Rules Docket (ANM-113), Docket No. NM224, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056; or delivered in duplicate to the Transport Airplane Directorate at the above address. All comments must be marked: Docket No. NM224. Comments may be inspected in the Rules Docket weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Sinclair, FAA, Airframe/Cabin Safety, ANM-115, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98055-4056; telephone
(425)227-2195; facsimile
(425)227-1149. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has determined that notice and opportunity for prior public comment hereon are impracticable because these procedures would significantly delay certification of the airplane and thus delivery of the affected aircraft. In addition, the substance of these special conditions has been subject to the public comment process in several prior instances with no substantive comments received. The FAA therefore finds that good cause exists for making these special conditions effective upon issuance; however, the FAA invites interested persons to participate in this rulemaking by submitting written comments, data, or views. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion of the special conditions, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. We ask that you send us two copies of written comments. We will file in the docket all comments we receive, as well as a report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel concerning these special conditions. The docket is available for public inspection before and after the comment closing date. If you wish to review the docket in person, go to the address in the ADDRESSES section of this preamble between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. We will consider all comments we receive on or before the closing date for comments. We will consider comments filed late if it is possible to do so without incurring expense or delay. We may change these special conditions in light of the comments we receive. If you want the FAA to acknowledge receipt of your comments on this proposal, include with your comments a pre-addressed, stamped postcard on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the postcard and mail it back to you. Background Information On June 1, 2001, Schwartz Engineering Company, 116 Kestrel Drive, Spring Branch, Texas 78070, applied for a supplemental type certificate
(STC)to modify a Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441). The Model 737-79U IGW is one of the Boeing Business Jet
(BBJ)variants of Model 737 airplanes. It is a large transport category airplane powered by two CFM 56 engines, with a maximum takeoff weight of 171,000 pounds. The modified 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) operates with a 2-pilot crew, up to 2 flight attendants, and can hold up to 11 passengers. The modification incorporates the installation of an electrically heated surface, called a cooktop. Cooktops introduce high heat, smoke, and the possibility of fire into the passenger cabin environment. These potential hazards to the airplane and its occupants must be satisfactorily addressed. Since existing airworthiness regulations do not contain safety standards addressing cooktops, special conditions are therefore issued. Type Certification Basis Under the provisions of 14 CFR 21.101, Schwartz Engineering Company must show that the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441), as changed, continues to meet the applicable provisions of the regulations incorporated by reference in Type Certificate Data Sheet No. A16WE, or the applicable regulations in effect on the date of application for the change. The regulations incorporated by reference in the type certificate are commonly referred to as the “original type certification basis.” The regulations incorporated by reference in Type Certificate Data Sheet No. A16WE are part 25, as amended by Amendments 25-1 through 25-77, with reversions to earlier Amendments, voluntary compliance to later Amendments, special conditions, equivalent safety findings, and exemptions listed in the type certificate data sheet. If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness regulations (that is, part 25 as amended) do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) modified by Schwartz Engineering Company because of a novel or unusual design feature, special conditions are prescribed under the provisions of § 21.16. In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special conditions, this Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) must comply with the fuel vent and exhaust emission requirements of part 34 and the noise certification requirements of part 36. Special conditions, as defined in § 11.19, are issued in accordance with § 11.38, and become part of the type certification basis in accordance with § 21.101(b)(2). Special conditions are initially applicable to the model for which they are issued. Should Schwartz Engineering Company apply at a later date for a supplemental type certificate to modify any other model included on the same type certificate to incorporate the same novel or unusual design feature, these special conditions would also apply to the other model under the provisions of § 21.101(a)(1). Novel or Unusual Design Features As noted earlier, the modification of the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) will include installation of a cooktop in the passenger cabin. Cooktops introduce high heat, smoke, and the possibility of fire into the passenger cabin environment. The current airworthiness standards of part 25 do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards to protect the airplane and its occupants from these potential hazards. Accordingly, this system is considered to be a novel or unusual design feature. Discussion Currently, ovens are the prevailing means of heating food on airplanes. Ovens are characterized by an enclosure that contains both the heat source and the food being heated. The hazards represented by ovens are thus inherently limited, and are well understood through years of service experience. Cooktops, on the other hand, are characterized by exposed heat sources and the presence of relatively unrestrained hot cookware and heated food, which may represent unprecedented hazards to both occupants and the airplane. Cooktops could have serious passenger and airplane safety implications if appropriate requirements are not established for their installation and use. These special conditions apply to cooktops with electrically powered burners. The use of an open flame cooktop (for example natural gas) is beyond the scope of these special conditions and would require separate rulemaking action. The requirements identified in these special conditions are in addition to those considerations identified in Advisory Circular
(AC)25-10, “Guidance for Installation of Miscellaneous Non-required Electrical Equipment,” and those in AC 25-17, “Transport Airplane Cabin Interiors Crashworthiness Handbook.” The intent of these special conditions is to provide a level of safety that is consistent with that on similar airplanes without cooktops. Applicability As discussed above, these special conditions are applicable to the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) modified by Schwartz Engineering Company. Should Schwartz Engineering Company apply at a later date for a supplemental type certificate to modify any other model included on the same type certificate to incorporate the same novel or unusual design feature, these special conditions would apply to that model as well under the provisions of § 21.101(a)(1). Conclusion This action affects only certain novel or unusual design features on the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) modified by Schwartz Engineering Company. It is not a rule of general applicability and affects only the applicant who applied to the FAA for approval of these features on the airplane. The substance of the special conditions for this airplane has been subjected to notice and comment procedure in several prior instances and has been derived without substantive change from those previously issued. Because a delay would significantly affect the certification of the airplane, which is imminent, the FAA has determined that prior public notice and comment are unnecessary and impracticable, and good cause exists for adopting these special conditions upon issuance. The FAA is requesting comments to allow interested persons to submit views that may not have been submitted in response to the prior opportunities for comment described above. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 25 Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. The authority citation for these special conditions is as follows: Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701, 44702, 44704. The Special Conditions Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, the following special conditions are issued as part of the supplemental type certification basis for the Boeing Model 737-79U IGW airplane (BBJ serial number 29441) modified by Schwartz Engineering Company: Cooktop Installations With Electrically-Powered Burners 1. Means, such as conspicuous burner-on indicators, physical barriers, or handholds, must be installed to minimize the potential for inadvertent personnel contact with hot surfaces of both the cooktop and cookware. Conditions of turbulence must be considered. 2. Sufficient design means must be included to restrain cookware while in place on the cooktop, as well as representative contents (soups or sauces, for example) from the effects of flight loads and turbulence.
(a)Restraints must be provided to preclude hazardous movement of cookware and contents. These restraints must accommodate any cookware that is identified for use with the cooktop.
(b)Restraints must be designed to be easily utilized and effective in service. The cookware restraint system should also be designed so that it will not be easily disabled, thus rendering it unusable.
(c)Placarding must be installed which prohibits the use of cookware that cannot be accommodated by the restraint system. 3. Placarding must be installed which prohibits the use of cooktops (that is, power on any burner) during taxi, takeoff, and landing (TTL). 4. Means must be provided to address the possibility of a fire occurring on or in the immediate vicinity of the cooktop caused by materials or grease inadvertently coming in contact with the burners. Note: Two acceptable means of complying with this requirement are as follows: • Placarding must be installed that prohibits any burner from being powered when the cooktop is unattended (this would prohibit a single person from cooking on the cooktop and intermittently serving food to passengers while any burner is powered). In addition, a fire detector must be installed in the vicinity of the cooktop, which provides an audible warning in the passenger cabin; and a fire extinguisher of appropriate size and extinguishing agent must be installed in the immediate vicinity of the cooktop. A fire on or around the cooktop must not block access to the extinguisher. One of the fire extinguishers required by § 25.851 may be used to satisfy this requirement if the total complement of extinguishers can be evenly distributed throughout the cabin. If this is not possible, then the extinguisher in the galley area would be additional. *or* • An automatic, thermally-activated fire suppression system must be installed to extinguish a fire at the cooktop and immediately adjacent surfaces. The agent used in the system must be an approved total flooding agent suitable for use in an occupied area. The fire suppression system must have a manual override. The automatic activation of the fire suppression system must also automatically shut off power to the cooktop. 5. The surfaces of the galley surrounding the cooktop, which would be exposed to a fire on the cooktop surface or in cookware on the cooktop, must be constructed of materials that comply with the flammability requirements of Part III of Appendix F of part 25. This requirement is in addition to the flammability requirements typically required of the materials in these galley surfaces. During the selection of these materials, consideration must also be given to ensure that the flammability characteristics of the materials will not be adversely affected by the use of cleaning agents and utensils used to remove cooking stains. 6. The cooktop must be ventilated with a system independent of the airplane cabin and cargo ventilation system. Procedures and time intervals must be established to inspect and clean or replace the ventilation system to prevent a fire hazard from the accumulation of flammable oils. These procedures and time intervals must be included in the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA). The ventilation system ducting must be protected by a flame arrestor. Note: The applicant may find additional useful information in “Air Conditioning Systems for Subsonic Airplanes,” Society of Automotive Engineers, Aerospace Recommended Practice 85, Rev. E, dated August 1, 1991. 7. Means must be provided to contain spilled foods or fluids in a manner that will prevent the creation of a slipping hazard to occupants and will not lead to the loss of structural strength due to airplane corrosion. 8. Cooktop installations must provide adequate space for the user to immediately escape a hazardous cooktop condition. 9. A means to shut off power to the cooktop must be provided at the galley containing the cooktop and in the cockpit. If additional switches are introduced in the cockpit, revisions to smoke or fire emergency procedures of the AFM will be required. 10. A readily deployable cover must be provided to cover the cooktop during taxi, takeoff, and landing (TT&L) operation. The deployment of the cover must automatically shut off power to the cooktop. Issued in Renton, Washington, on June 28, 2002. Jeffrey E. Duven, Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 02-17375 Filed 7-9-02; 8:45 am]
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