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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2012-09-05.xml --- 77 172 Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Contents Administrative Administrative Conference of the United States NOTICES Meetings: Committees of Administrative Conference of United States, 54554-54555 2012-21965 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Forest Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 2012-21788 54555-54556 2012-21791 Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Environmental Information, 54610-54611 2012-21797 Student and Supervisor Training Validation Surveys, 54610 2012-21796 Antitrust Division Antitrust Division NOTICES National Cooperative Research and Production Act: IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc., 54611 2012-21781 National Warheads and Energetics Consortium, 54611 2012-21780 ODVA, Inc., 54612 2012-21758 Petroleum Environmental Research Forum, 54612 2012-21778 Antitrust See Antitrust Division Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection PROPOSED RULES Appraisals for Higher-Risk Mortgage Loans, 54722-54775 2012-20432 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Administrative Simplification:

Adoption of Standard for Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to National Provider Identifier Requirements, etc., 54664-54720 2012-21238 Coast Guard Coast Guard PROPOSED RULES Regulated Navigation Areas: Thames River Degaussing Range Replacement Operations; New London, CT, 54495-54499 2012-21760 Special Anchorage Areas: Stockton Springs, ME, 54493-54495 2012-21759 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See Patent and Trademark Office Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Trading Commission RULES Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor Regulations Resulting from Dodd-Frank Act, 54355-54360 2012-21606 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency PROPOSED RULES Appraisals for Higher-Risk Mortgage Loans, 54722-54775 2012-20432 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Requirements for Baby-Bouncers and Walker-Jumpers, 54567-54568 2012-21730 Defense Department Defense Department NOTICES Meetings: Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, 54568-54569 2012-21817 Renewal of U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, 54569-54570 2012-21718 Defense Nuclear Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board NOTICES Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board, 54570 2012-21726 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Assessing Program Performance, National Resource Center, Business and International Education, etc., 54571 2012-21856 Evaluation of the Carol M. White Physical Education Program, 54570-54571 2012-21855 Meetings: President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 54572-54573 2012-21757 President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 54571-54572 2012-21853 Energy Department Energy Department See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission See Western Area Power Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals; Correction, 54573 2012-21802 Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office NOTICES Meetings: State Energy Advisory Board, 54573 2012-21812 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Denials of Objections on Remand: Natural Resources Defense Council, Dichlorvos (DDVP), 54402-54421 2012-21844 Nonconformance Penalties for On-Highway Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines, 54384-54402 2012-21967 Revisions of Five California Clean Air Act Title V Operating Permits Programs, 54382-54384 2012-21683 PROPOSED RULES Microorganisms;

General Exemptions from Reporting Requirements: Revisions to Recipient Organisms Eligible for Tier I and Tier II Exemptions, 54499-54511 2012-21843 NOTICES Proposed RCRA Prospective Purchaser Agreement: Order on Consent and Covenant Not to Sue for a portion of the Delphi Flint West Site, a/k/a Chevy in the Hole in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, 54576-54577 2012-21841 Executive Office Executive Office for Immigration Review NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Notice of Appeal to Board of Immigration Appeals from Decision of a DHS Officer, 54612-54613 2012-21798 Executive Office of the President See Presidential Documents Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Eurocopter France Helicopters, 54353-54354 2012-21262 NOTICES Meetings: Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee, 54648 2012-21546 RTCA NextGen Advisory Committee, 54648-54649 2012-21836 Petitions for Exemptions; Summaries of Petitions Received, 2012-21833 54649-54650 2012-21835 Requests to Release Airport Property:

El Paso International Airport, El Paso, TX, 54650-54651 2012-21146 Study on the Use of Cell Phones On Board Aircraft, 54651 2012-21826 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Facilitating the Use of Microwave for Wireless Backhaul and Other Uses etc., 54421-54434 2012-21335 PROPOSED RULES Facilitating the Use of Microwave for Wireless Backhaul and Other Uses etc., 54511-54517 2012-21336 NOTICES Meetings: North American Numbering Council, 54577 2012-21848 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Emergency Declarations:

Louisiana; Amendment No. 1, 54599 2012-21787 Louisiana; Related Determinations, 54599 2012-21756 Mississippi; Amendment No. 1, 54599-54600 2012-21785 Mississippi; Related Determinations, 54600 2012-21782 Major Disaster Declarations: New Mexico; Related Determinations, 54601-54602 2012-21755 Ohio; Related Determinations, 54600-54601 2012-21746 Oklahoma; Related Determinations, 54601 2012-21747 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 54573-54574 2012-21775 2012-21776 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

KODE Novus II, LLC, 54574-54575 2012-21777 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings: Frontier El Dorado Refining LLC, 54575 2012-21774 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Draft Program Comment for Common Post-1945 Concrete and Steel Bridges, 54652-54655 2012-21699 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System PROPOSED RULES Appraisals for Higher-Risk Mortgage Loans, 54722-54775 2012-20432 NOTICES Changes in Bank Control: Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 54577-54578 2012-21808 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 54578 2012-21810 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:

Determination of Endangered Status for Arctostaphylos franciscana (Franciscan manzanita) Throughout Its Range, 54434-54450 2012-21742 Migratory Bird Hunting: Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for 2012-13 Early Season, 54451-54463 2012-21969 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List the Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout, 54548-54553 2012-21745 Designation of Critical Habitat for Franciscan Manzanita, 54517-54548 2012-21744 NOTICES Endangered Species Permit Applications, 54604-54605 2012-21793 Longworth Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for the Morro Shoulderband Snail, Community of Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, CA, 54605-54607 2012-21823 Foreign Claims Foreign Claims Settlement Commission NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 54613 2012-21950 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Reorganizations under Alternative Site Framework: Foreign-Trade Zone 189, Kent, Ottawa, and Muskegon Counties, MI, 54558-54559 2012-21865 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Central Montana Resource Advisory Committee, 54556-54557 2012-21809 Dixie Resource Advisory Committee, 54556 2012-21819 Eastern Idaho Resource Advisory Committee, 54557 2012-21807 Lassen County Resource Advisory Committee, 54556 2012-21813 General Services General Services Administration NOTICES Maximum Per Diem Rates for the Continental United States, 54578 2012-21854 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Fair Housing Demonstrations:

Baltimore, MD, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area, 54602-54604 2012-21840 Indian Affairs Indian Affairs Bureau NOTICES Addition of Lands to Indian Reservations: Dafter Parcel, Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan, 54607 2012-21825 Sugar Parcel Lands, Bay Mills Indian Community of Michigan, 54607-54608 2012-21822 Industry Industry and Security Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Offsets in Military Exports, 54559 2012-21847 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Indian Affairs Bureau See Land Management Bureau See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service PROPOSED RULES Allocation of Costs under the Simplified Methods, 54482-54490 2012-21743 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from Korea, 54559-54561 2012-21762 Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.: Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from Taiwan, 54561-54562 2012-21873 Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea, 54562-54563 2012-21877 Silicon Metal from the People's Republic of China, 54563-54565 2012-21879 Justice Department Justice Department See Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau See Antitrust Division See Executive Office for Immigration Review See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission See Justice Programs Office NOTICES Lodging of Consent Decrees under the Toxic Substances Control Act, 54609-54610 2012-21716 Justice Programs Justice Programs Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Census of Juveniles on Probation, 54613-54614 2012-21803 Labor Department Labor Department See Labor Statistics Bureau Labor Statistics Labor Statistics Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54614-54615 2012-21804 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council, 54608 2012-21834 Public Land Orders: Partial Withdrawal Revocation and Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, 54608-54609 2012-21800 Requests for Nominations:

Carrizo Plain National Monument Advisory Council, CA, 54609 2012-21669 National Agricultural National Agricultural Statistics Service NOTICES Intent to Suspend the 2012 Census of Agriculture Content Testing, 54557-54558 2012-21740 National Credit National Credit Union Administration PROPOSED RULES Appraisals for Higher-Risk Mortgage Loans, 54722-54775 2012-20432 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing, 54578-54580 2012-21749 Meetings:

Center for Scientific Review, 54580-54584 2012-21748 2012-21753 2012-21754 National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 54581-54584 2012-21750 2012-21751 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 54582 2012-21752 NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules; Final Action, 54584-54597 2012-21849 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Plans; Availability, 54565-54566 2012-21850 Meetings:

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 54566 2012-21764 Permits: Endangered Species; File No. 16134, 54566-54567 2012-21852 Marine Mammals; File No. 15142, 54567 2012-21851 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Meetings: Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee, 54615 2012-21741 National Transportation National Transportation Safety Board NOTICES Strategic Management Program Fiscal Year 2013-2016 Strategic Plan, 54615 2012-21820 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54615-54618 2012-21789 2012-21790 2012-21831 2012-21832 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54618 2012-21940 Receipt of Request for Action: Exelon Generation Company, LLC, 54619 2012-21811 Patent Patent and Trademark Office RULES CPI Adjustment of Patent Fees for Fiscal Year 2013, 54360-54367 2012-21974 Presidential Documents Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Energy Efficiency; Acceleration of Investment in Industrial Facilities (EO 13624), 54777-54781 2012-22030 Servicemembers, Veterans, and Military Family Members, Mental Health Services;

Access Improvement (EO 13625), 54783-54786 2012-22062 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54558 2012-21783 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission PROPOSED RULES Elimination of Prohibition Against General Solicitation And General Advertising in Certain Offerings, 54464-54481 2012-21681 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 54619-54620 2012-21770 2012-21771 2012-21772 Applications:

Pruco Life Insurance Company, et al., 54621-54626 2012-21773 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 54626 2012-21910 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: BATS Exchange, Inc., 54633-54635 2012-21769 BATS-Y Exchange, Inc., 54630-54632 2012-21768 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, 54626-54629 2012-21765 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 54636-54640 2012-21761 International Securities Exchange, LLC, 54629-54630 2012-21767 NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, 54635-54636 2012-21766 NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 54640-54646 2012-21815 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Social Security Acquiescence Ruling;

Correction, 54646 2012-21799 State Department State Department NOTICES Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition: African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde, 54647 2012-21858 Becoming Van Gogh, 54646-54647 2012-21884 Manet: Portraying Life, 54647-54648 2012-21886 Sicily; Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome, 54647 2012-21862 Meetings: Shipping Coordinating Committee, 54648 2012-21881 Statistical Reporting Service See National Agricultural Statistics Service Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Current List of Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities Which Meet Minimum Standards to Engage in Urine Drug Testing for Federal Agencies, 54597-54598 2012-21763 Surface Mining Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office PROPOSED RULES Alabama Regulatory Program, 54490-54491 2012-21864 Utah Regulatory Program, 54491-54493 2012-21857 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Control:

Genesee and Wyoming Inc. of RailAmerica, Inc., et al., 54655-54659 2012-21846 Meetings: Rail Energy Transportation Advisory Committee, 54659 2012-21801 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Internal Revenue Service See United States Mint U.S. Mint United States Mint NOTICES Price for the 2012 Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin Set, 54659-54660 2012-21739 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department RULES Service Dogs, 54368-54382 2012-21784 Sharing Information Between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, 54367-54368 2012-21816 NOTICES Privacy Act;

Systems of Records, 54660-54661 2012-21792 Western Western Area Power Administration NOTICES Temporary Extensions of Transmission Service Rates: Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project, 54575-54576 2012-21806 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Health and Human Services Department, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 54664-54720 2012-21238 Part III Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 54722-54775 2012-20432 Federal Reserve System, 54722-54775 2012-20432 National Credit Union Administration, 54722-54775 2012-20432 Treasury Department, Comptroller of the Currency, 54722-54775 2012-20432 Part IV Presidential Documents, 54777-54781, 54783-54786 2012-22030 2012-22062 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.

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. 77 172 Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2012-0354; Directorate Identifier 2010-SW-104-AD; Amendment 39-17165; AD 2012-17-02] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives;

Eurocopter France Helicopters AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive

(AD)for all Eurocopter France

(EC)Model SA-365N, SA-365N1, SA-366G1, AS-365N2, AS 365 N3, EC 155B, and EC155B1 helicopters. This AD was prompted by the discovery of a cracked main rotor mast nut. This condition, if not corrected, could lead to complete failure of the mast nut, resulting in failure of the rotor mast and loss of control of the helicopter. This AD will require replacing the main rotor mast nut with an airworthy main rotor mast nut to prevent this scenario. DATES: This AD is effective October 10, 2012. ADDRESSES: For service information identified in this AD, contact American Eurocopter Corporation, 2701 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052, telephone

(972)641-0000 or

(800)232-0323, fax

(972)641-3775, or at *http://www.eurocopter.com/techpub.* You may review the referenced service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. Examining the Ad Docket You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at *http://www.regulations.gov* or in person at the Docket Operations Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this AD, any incorporated-by-reference service information, the economic evaluation, any comments received, and other information. The street address for the Docket Operations Office (phone: 800-647-5527) is U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations Office, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Roach, Aviation Safety Engineer, Regulations and Policy Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone

(817)222-5110; email *gary.b.roach@faa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Discussion On April 4, 2012, at 77 FR 20319, the **Federal Register** published our notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed to amend 14 CFR part 39 to include an AD that would apply to all Eurocopter France

(EC)Model SA-365N, SA-365N1, SA-366G1, AS-365N2, AS 365 N3, EC 155B, and EC155B1 helicopters. That NPRM proposed to require replacing the main rotor mast nut with an airworthy main rotor mast nut to prevent failure of the main rotor mast and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Union, has issued EASA AD No.: 2006-0368R1, dated December 2, 2010, and corrected December 8, 2010 (AD 2006-0368R1), to correct an unsafe condition for the EC Model SA 365 N, SA 365 N1, AS 365 N2, AS 365 N3, SA 366 G1, EC 155 B, and EC 155 B1 helicopters. EASA advises that a cracked (partially failed) main rotor mast nut was discovered during a complete overhaul of a main rotor mast. The start of the crack was related to circular scoring found in the nut threads. EASA states that this condition, if not corrected, “could lead to complete failure of the mast nut, possibly resulting in failure of the rotor mast and consequent loss of control of the helicopter.” To address this unsafe condition, EASA issued Emergency AD 2006-0368-E, dated December 6, 2006 (AD 2006-0368-E), to require repetitive inspections of the mast nut, and replacement of the nut if cracked. Since issuance of AD 2006-0368-E, EC has developed modification

(MOD)0762C42 to improve the strength of the mast nut by changing its material. Replacing mast nut part number (P/N) 360A31-1020-20 with mast nut P/N 365A31-2060-20 or 365A31-2060-21 (as applicable to helicopter type) “constitutes an optional terminating action” for the repetitive inspection requirements. For this reason, EASA issued AD 2006-0368R1 “to inform which helicopters remain subject to inspections and replacement requirements” of the AD. Comments We gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing this AD, but we did not receive any comments on the NPRM. FAA's Determination These helicopters have been approved by the aviation authority of France and are approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to our bilateral agreement with France, EASA, its technical representative, has notified us of the unsafe condition described in the EASA AD. We are issuing this AD because we evaluated all information provided by EASA and determined the unsafe condition exists and is likely to exist or develop on other helicopters of these same type designs and that air safety and the public interest require adopting the AD requirements as proposed. Differences Between This AD and the EASA AD The EASA AD allows for either inspecting the mast nut at regular intervals or replacing the mast nut, while this AD requires replacing the mast nut. The EASA AD uses flight hours of the main rotor mast assembly, while this AD uses TIS of the helicopter. Related Service Information We reviewed EC Alert Service Bulletin

(ASB)No. 62.00.23, Revision 1, for Model SA-365N, SA-365N1, AS-365N2, and AS 365 N3 helicopters; EC ASB 62.12, Revision 1, for Model SA-366G1 helicopters; and EC ASB 62A014, Revision 1, for Model EC 155B and EC155B1 helicopters, all dated October 27, 2010. The ASBs contain procedures for repetitively inspecting the mast nut for a crack or failure. The ASBs remove any helicopter with MOD 0762C42 incorporated from the applicability of the ASB. EASA classified this ASB as mandatory and issued AD 2006-0368R1 to ensure the continued airworthiness of these helicopters. Costs of Compliance We estimate that this AD affects 30 helicopters of U.S. registry. We estimate that replacing the mast nut with an airworthy mast nut will require 32 work-hours, at an average labor cost of $85 per work-hour. Parts will cost about $3,100. Based on these costs, we estimate a total cost per helicopter of $5,820, and a total cost for the U.S. operator fleet of $174,600. 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 helicopters identified in this rulemaking action. Regulatory Findings This AD will not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD will not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. *For the reasons discussed above, I certify that this AD:*

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

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

(3)Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska 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 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. Adoption of the Amendment Accordingly, under the authority delegated to me by the Administrator, the FAA amends 14 CFR part 39 as follows: PART 39—AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES 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. The FAA amends § 39.13 by adding the following new airworthiness directive (AD): **2012-17-02 Eurocopter France Helicopters:** Amendment 39-17165; Docket No. FAA-2012-0354; Directorate Identifier 2010-SW-104-AD.

(a)Applicability This AD applies to Eurocopter France

(EC)Model SA-365N, SA-365N1, SA-366G1, AS-365N2, AS 365 N3, EC 155B, and EC155B1 helicopters with a mast nut, part number (P/N) 360A31-1020-20, installed, certificated in any category.

(b)Unsafe Condition This AD describes the unsafe condition as a cracked main rotor mast nut. This condition could result in failure of the rotor mast and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter.

(c)Effective Date This AD becomes effective October 10, 2012.

(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

(1)For EC Models SA-365N, SA-365N1, AS-365N2, and AS 365 N3, prior to accumulating 1,650 hours time-in-service

(TIS)or within the next 50 hours TIS, whichever occurs later, remove mast nut P/N 360A31-1020-20 and replace with an airworthy mast nut that has a P/N other than P/N 360A31-1020-20.

(2)For EC Model SA-366G1, prior to accumulating 990 hours TIS or within the next 30 hours TIS, whichever occurs later, remove mast nut P/N 360A31-1020-20 and replace with an airworthy mast nut that has a P/N other than P/N 360A31-1020-20.

(3)For EC Models EC 155B and EC155B1, prior to accumulating 660 hours TIS or within the next 50 hours TIS, whichever occurs later, remove mast nut P/N 360A31-1020-20 and replace with an airworthy mast nut that has a P/N other than P/N 360A31-1020-20.

(f)Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

(1)The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Gary Roach, Aviation Safety Engineer, Regulations and Policy Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76137; telephone

(817)222-5110; email *gary.b.roach@faa.gov.*

(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.

(g)Additional Information

(1)Eurocopter Alert Service Bulletin No. 62.00.23, No. 62.12, and No. 62A014, which are not incorporated by reference, contain additional information about the subject of this AD. All of the service bulletins are Revision 1 and all are dated October 27, 2010. For service information identified in this AD, contact American Eurocopter Corporation, 2701 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052, telephone

(972)641-0000 or

(800)232-0323, fax

(972)641-3775, or at *http://www.eurocopter.com/techpub.* You may review a copy of the service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 2601 Meacham Blvd., Room 663, Fort Worth, Texas 76137.

(2)The subject of this AD is addressed in in European Aviation Safety Agency AD No.: 2006-0368R1, dated December 2, 2010, and corrected December 8, 2010.

(h)Subject Joint Aircraft Service Component

(JASC)Code: 6300, main rotor drive system. Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 16, 2012. Kim Smith, Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2012-21262 Filed 9-4-12; 8:45 am]

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