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Systems of Records, 57542-57543 2014-22753 2014-22843 Centers Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 57557-57558 2014-22752 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Security Zones: Dignitary Arrival/Departure and United Nations Meetings, New York, NY, 57440-57442 2014-22850 Special Local Regulations: Recurring Marine Events in the Seventh Coast Guard District, 57439 2014-22899 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

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Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities, 57579-57580 2014-22777 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Worker Adjustment Assistance Eligibility; Determinations: Aegis Media Americas, et al., Boston, MA, 57580 2014-22764 Chevron Mining, Inc., Questa, NM, 57581 2014-22765 Worker and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Eligibility; Determinations, 57581-57582 2014-22766 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona, Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Revisions, 57445-57447 2014-22743 California; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Revisions, 57442-57445 2014-22482 National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan: Monroe Auto Equipment Superfund Site; National Priorities List; Deletion, 57459-57463 2014-22638 Monroe Auto Equipment Superfund Site; National Priorities List; Withdrawal, 57458 2014-22639 Pesticide Tolerances:

Thiabendazole, 57450-57458 2014-22833 Water Quality Standards: Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters, 57447-57450 2014-22835 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans; Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona, Maricopa County Air Quality Department; Revisions, 57490-57491 2014-22742 California; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Revisions, 57491-57492 2014-22481 National Emissions Standards: Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources; Electric Utility Generating Units, 57492 2014-22832 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives -- Detergent Gasoline, 57552-57553 2014-22749 Executive Office of the President See Science and Technology Policy Office Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Special Conditions: Boeing Model 777-300ER, Single-Occupant, Oblique (Side-Facing) Seats with Inflatable Lapbelts, 57429-57431 2014-22781 Special Operating Restrictions: Airports/Locations, 57431-57432 2014-22507 Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures, 57432-57439 2014-22378 2014-22380 PROPOSED RULES Establishment of Class D and E Airspace;

Amendment of Class E Airspace: Hammond, LA, 57482-57483 2014-22849 Modification of Restricted Areas: R-3804A, R-3804B, and R-3804C, Fort Polk, LA, 57486-57489 2014-22880 R-4501A, R-4501B, R-4501C, R-4501D, R-4501F, and R-4501H, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, 57484-57486 2014-22884 Revocation of Class D Airspace: Independence, KS, 57483-57484 2014-22846 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission PROPOSED RULES Special Access Proceeding, 57492-57493 2014-22873 Television Broadcasting Services:

Dayton, OH, 57493-57494 2014-22871 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Applications: Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC, 57544-57545 2014-22800 PacifiCorp Energy, 57545-57546 2014-22795 Complaints: American Airlines, Inc. v. Buckeye Pipe Line Co., LP, 57546-57547 2014-22797 Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems v. PacificCorp, 57547 2014-22801 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Dominion Transmission, Inc.; New Market Project;

Meeting, 57547-57549 2014-22796 Filings: New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 57549 2014-22794 General Conformity Determinations: Freeport LNG Liquefaction Project; Phase II Modification Project, 57549-57550 2014-22799 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations: Cameron Ridge, LLC, 57550-57551 2014-22803 Origin Wind Energy, LLC, 57550 2014-22802 Preliminary Permit Applications: Chugach Electric Association, Inc., 57551 2014-22798 Requests under Blanket Authorization:

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, 57551-57552 2014-22793 Federal Financial Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council NOTICES Meetings: Appraisal Subcommittee Advisory Committee for Development of Regulations, 57553 2014-22838 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration PROPOSED RULES Control of Alcohol and Drug Use: Coverage of Maintenance of Way Employees, Retrospective Regulatory Review-Based Amendments, 57495-57496 2014-22768 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Changes in Bank Control:

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 57553-57554 2014-22822 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 57554 2014-22823 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies, 57554 2014-22824 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Veterinary Feed Directive, 57558-57559 2014-22808 Guidance: Policy Clarification for Fluoroscopic Equipment Requirements, 57559-57560 2014-22806 Medical Devices:

Premarket Approval Applications; Safety and Effectiveness Summaries, 57560-57561 2014-22807 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Statements of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority, 57554-57555 2014-22813 Healthcare Research and Quality Agency See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Housing Housing and Urban Development Department PROPOSED RULES Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Information Request, 57489-57490 2014-22897 Interior Interior Department See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service NOTICES Meetings: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee, 57566 2014-22844 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China, 57508-57511 2014-22870 Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, 57507-57508 2014-22859 Meetings: Manufacturing Council, 57511 2014-22825 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Crawler Cranes and Components Thereof, 57566-57568 2014-22775 Justice Department Justice Department NOTICES Senior Executive Service Standing Performance Review Board Membership, 57568-57577 2014-22872 Labor Department Labor Department See Disability Employment Policy Office See Employment and Training Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration See Veterans Employment and Training Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment Report, 57577-57578 2014-22819 Report of Changes That May Affect Your Black Lung Benefits, 57578-57579 2014-22820 Requests for Nominations: Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities; Correction, 57579 2014-22774 Land Land Management Bureau RULES Minerals Management: Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees, 57476-57481 2014-22836 National Agricultural National Agricultural Statistics Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 57503-57504 2014-22831 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Petitions for Inconsequential Noncompliance: Custom Glass Solutions Upper Sandusky Corp., 57654-57655 2014-22814 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 57561-57562 2014-22867 Office of Minority Health Research Coordination Research Training and Mentor Program Applications, 57562-57563 2014-22869 Government-Owned Inventions;

Availability for Licensing, 57563-57565 2014-22763 Meetings: National Institute on Aging, 57565 2014-22762 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Capital Construction Fund; Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Procedures, 57496-57502 2014-22821 NOTICES Takes of Marine Mammals: Marine Geophysical Survey in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Offshore North Carolina, 57512-57541 2014-22730 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Records of Decision:

Tuolumne River Comprehensive Management Plan, Yosemite National Park, California, 57566 2014-22841 National Transportation National Transportation Safety Board NOTICES Meetings: Emerging Flight Data and Locator Technology, 57587 2014-22729 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on Plant Operations and Fire Protection, 57587-57588 2014-22852 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures, 57588 2014-22848 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Telecommunications, 57584-57585 2014-22778 Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms, 57583-57584 2014-22779 Meetings: Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, 57585-57587 2014-22754 Personnel Personnel Management Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Establishment Information Form, Wage Data Collection Form, Wage Data Collection Continuation Form, etc., 57588-57589 2014-22888 Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Retirement System:

Surviving Same-Sex Spouses of Deceased Federal Annuitants, Employees, or Former Employees Who Died Prior to June 26, 2013, 57589 2014-22895 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration PROPOSED RULES Hazardous Materials: Reverse Logistics, 57494-57495 2014-22759 Rural Business Rural Business-Cooperative Service NOTICES Meetings: Rural Community College Coordinated Strategy; 2014 Farm Bill Implementation, 57504-57505 2014-22827 Rural Housing Service Rural Housing Service NOTICES Meetings:

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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. 79 186 Thursday, September 25, 2014 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. FAA-2014-0667; Special Conditions No. 25-569-SC] Special Conditions: Boeing Model 777-300ER, Single-Occupant, Oblique (Side-Facing) Seats With Inflatable Lapbelts AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final special condition; request for comments. SUMMARY: These special conditions are issued for Boeing Model 777-300ER airplanes with single-occupant, oblique (side-facing) seats equipped with inflatable lapbelts. This installation is novel or unusual, and the applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for occupants of seats installed at an oblique angle of 30 degrees to the centerline of the airplane or for inflatable restraint systems.

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 September 25, 2014. We must receive your comments by November 10, 2014. ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA-2014-0667 using any of the following methods: *Federal eRegulations Portal:* Go to *http://www.regulations.gov/* and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically. *Mail:* Send comments to Docket Operations, M-30, U.S.

Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001. *Hand Delivery or Courier:* Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. *Fax:* Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202-493-2251. *Privacy:* The FAA will post all comments it receives, without change, to *http://www.regulations.gov/,* including any personal information the commenter provides.

Using the search function of the docket Web site, anyone can find and read the electronic form of all comments received into any FAA docket, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement can be found in the **Federal Register** published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-19478), as well as at *http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov./* *Docket:* Background documents or comments received may be read at *http://www.regulations.gov/* at any time.

Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Shelden, Airframe and Cabin Safety, ANM-115, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Renton, Washington 98057-3356; telephone 425-227-2785; facsimile 425-227-1232; email *john.shelden@faa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The FAA has determined that notice of, and opportunity for prior public comment on, these special conditions are impracticable because such procedures would significantly delay issuance of the design approval and thus the delivery of the affected airplane, and such impracticability was not of the applicant's creation. The FAA therefore finds that good cause exists for making these special conditions effective upon publication in the **Federal Register** . Comments Invited We invite interested people to take part in this rulemaking by sending 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 will consider all comments we receive by the closing date for comments. We may change these special conditions based on the comments we receive. Background On July 18, 2014, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, Washington 98124, applied for a type certificate design change to type certificate no. T00001SE to install single-occupant seats installed at an oblique angle to the centerline of the airplane, and which are equipped with inflatable lapbelts, in Boeing Model 777-300ER airplanes.

The Model 777 series airplane is a swept-wing, conventional-tail, twin-engine, turbofan- powered, transport-category airplane. Amendment 25-15 to part 25, dated October 24, 1967, introduced the subject of side-facing seats and a requirement that each occupant in a side-facing seat must be protected from head injury by a safety belt and a cushioned rest that will support the arms, shoulders, head, and spine. Subsequently, Amendment 25-20, dated April 23, 1969, clarified the definition of sideward-facing seats to require that each occupant of a seat that is positioned at more than an 18-degree angle to the vertical plane containing the airplane centerline must be protected from head injury by a safety belt and an energy-absorbing rest that supports the arms, shoulders, head, and spine; or by a safety belt and shoulder harness that prevents the head from contacting injurious objects.

The FAA concluded that a maximum 18-degree angle would provide an adequate level of safety based on tests that were performed at that time, and thus adopted that standard. Part 25 was amended June 16, 1988, by Amendment 25-64, to revise the emergency-landing conditions that must be considered in the design of the airplane. Amendment 25-64 revised the static-load conditions in § 25.561, and added a new § 25.562 that required dynamic testing for all seats approved for occupancy during takeoff and landing.

The intent of Amendment 25-64 is to provide an improved level of safety for occupants on transport-category airplanes. Because most seating is forward-facing on transport-category airplanes, the pass/fail criteria developed in Amendment 25-64 focused primarily on these seats. As a result, the FAA issued Policy Memorandums ANM-03-115-30 and PS-ANM-100-2000-00123 to provide additional guidance to demonstrate the level of safety required by the regulations for side-facing seats.

To address more recent research findings, the FAA developed a methodology to address all fully side-facing seats (i.e, seats oriented in the airplane with the occupant facing 90 degrees to the direction of airplane travel) and has documented those requirements in a set of proposed new special conditions. In this regard, the FAA has issued Policy Statement PS-ANM-25-03-R1, which conveys revised injury criteria associated with neck and leg injuries. The Model 777-300ER China Airlines business-class seat installation is novel or unusual in that the current airworthiness standards, and the current Model 777 side-facing-seat special conditions, do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards, regarding occupants' neck and spine, for oblique (side-facing) seat installation that restricts the occupant's knees/legs from aligning with both the upper torso and the impact vector during a forward event.

As such, the Boeing Company proposes a revised seating configuration that requires new special conditions. Type Certification Basis Under the provisions of 14 CFR 21.101, Boeing must show that the 777-300ER meets the applicable provisions of 14 CFR part 25, as amended by Amendments 25-128, except for earlier amendments as agreed upon by the FAA. These regulations will be incorporated into type certificate no. T00001SE after type certification approval of the 777-300ER. The regulations incorporated by reference in T00001SE are as follows:

The type-certification basis for the Model 777-300ER airplane is 14 CFR part 25, effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendments 25-1 through 25-98, including special conditions 25-295-SC and 25-187A-SC. In addition, the certification basis includes certain special conditions, exemptions, or later amended sections of the applicable part that are not relevant to these proposed special conditions. If the Administrator finds that the applicable airworthiness regulations (i.e., 14 CFR part 25) do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for the Boeing Model 777-300ER airplane because of a novel or unusual design feature, special conditions are prescribed under the provisions of § 21.16.

Special conditions are initially applicable to the model for which they are issued. Should the type certificate for that model be amended later to include any other model that incorporates the same novel or unusual design feature, or should any other model already included on the same type certificate be modified to incorporate the same novel or unusual design feature, the special conditions would also apply to the other model. In addition to the applicable airworthiness regulations and special conditions, the Boeing Model 777-300ER airplane must comply with the fuel-vent and exhaust-emission requirements of 14 CFR part 34, and the noise-certification requirements of 14 CFR part 36.

The FAA issues special conditions, as defined in 14 CFR 11.19, in accordance with § 11.38, and they become part of the type-certification basis under § 21.101. Novel or Unusual Design Features The Boeing Model 777-300ER airplane will incorporate the following novel or unusual design features: The seating configuration proposed by Boeing in Certification Plan No. 13668, “Installation of B/E Aerospace Business Class Seats on China Airlines

(CHI)WE501,” which consists of Super Diamond model, oblique (side-facing), business-class passenger seats, manufactured by B/E Aerospace, in a Boeing Model 777-300ER airplane. These seats will also incorporate inflatable restraints. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for occupants of seats installed in the proposed configuration. To provide a level of safety equivalent to that afforded to occupants of forward- and aft-facing seats, additional airworthiness standards, in the form of special conditions, are necessary. Although special conditions 25-295-SC and 25-187A-SC already apply to the 777-300ER, these do not directly address the complex occupant-loading conditions introduced by this oblique (side-facing) seat configuration. In addition, this seat-angle configuration is not specifically addressed in Policy Statement PS-ANM-25-03-R1, which is intended to address fully side-facing seats, i.e., 90-degree installation angle. Discussion Boeing's proposed seating configuration could introduce complex loading of the occupant. In conjunction with the 30-degree oblique (side-facing) orientation of the seats, surrounding structure restricts the occupant's knees and legs, in a forward event, from aligning with both the upper torso and the impact vector. In addition, the inflatable lapbelt design, intended to provide occupant restraint and injury prevention, introduces a significant rebound flail of the head and neck. The level of safety intended by current rules is that aircraft seating configurations protect the occupant from serious injury. Development testing of the proposed seating configuration has shown that the inflatable restraint contributes to loading of the head and neck in the fore and aft directions, and has also produced significant head twisting. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulations specify neck injury criteria for the 50th percentile male as part of the FMVSS No. 208 alternative test, S13.2. Therefore, we find that it is appropriate to adopt the same neck-injury criteria used in the FMVSS 571.208, and measure it using the FAA Hybrid III anthropomorphic test dummy (ATD). The neck injury criteria, called “N ij ”, imposes critical limits for all four possible modes of neck loading; tension or compression combined with either flexion (forward) or extension (rearward) bending moment. The N ij is defined as the sum of the normalized loads and moments of the neck load cells installed in the ATD. We will also limit the head rotation based on existing relevant research literature. Impact of the neck with any surface could cause serious neck injury from concentrated loading; therefore these special conditions do not allow such contact. Preliminary results from FAA-sponsored oblique-seat research indicate that unrestricted flailing of the upper torso during forward impacts can produce significant injuries. Although specific injury criteria to predict these injuries is not yet available, limiting the amount of forward flailing has been observed to reduce the magnitude and duration of spinal loading. Therefore, these special conditions require that seat designs limit the forward flail of the upper body to reduce the risk of these injuries. 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. Applicability As discussed above, these special conditions are applicable to the Boeing Model 777-300ER airplane. Should Boeing apply at a later date for a change to the type certificate to include another model incorporating the same novel or unusual design feature, the special conditions would apply to that model as well. Conclusion This action affects only certain novel or unusual design features on one model of airplane. It is not a rule of general applicability. Under standard practice, the effective date of final special conditions would be 30 days after the date of publication in the **Federal Register** ; however, as the certification date for the Boeing Model 777-300ER airplane is imminent, the FAA finds that good cause exists to make these special conditions effective upon publication in the **Federal Register** . 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 type-certification basis for Boeing Model 777-300ER airplanes. Inflatable Lapbelt Special Conditions The inflatable lapbelts must meet the criteria of Special Conditions 25-187A-SC. Single-Occupant, Oblique (side-facing) Seats Special Conditions 1. Longitudinal

(16g)occupant injury test(s), must be performed with the FAA Hybrid III ATD, undeformed floor, most critical yaw case(s) for injury, and with all lateral structural supports (armrests/walls). The criteria for the pass/fail injury assessments are listed in special conditions 2 through 5 in this section. 2. Existing Criteria: All injury protection criteria of § 25.562(c)(1) through (c)(6) apply to the occupant of an oblique (side-facing) seat. Head injury criterion

(HIC)assessments are only required for head contact with the seat and/or adjacent structures. If there is no apparent contact with seat/structure but there is contact with an inflatable restraint, the HIC15 score for that contact must be less than 700. 3. Body-to-Wall/Furnishing Contact Criteria: If an oblique (side-facing) seat is installed aft of structure (e.g., an interior wall or furnishing) that does not provide a homogenous contact surface for the expected range of occupants and yaw angles, then additional analysis and/or test(s) may be required to demonstrate that the injury criteria are met for the area which an occupant could contact. For example, if difference yaw angles could result in different inflatable restraint performance then additional analysis or separate test(s) may be necessary to evaluate. 4. Neck-Injury Criteria: a. In demonstrating that the design meets the criteria of FMVSS 571.208, the applicant must show the N ij to be below 1.0, where N ij =F z /F zc + M y /M yc , and N ij intercepts limited to: i. F zc = 1530 lb for tension ii. F zc = 1385 lb for compression iii. M yc = 229 lb-ft in flexion iv. M yc = 100 lb-ft in extension b. In addition, peak F z must be below 937 lb in tension and 899 lb in compression. c. Rotation of the head about its vertical axis relative to the torso is limited to 105 degrees in either direction from forward-facing. d. The neck must not impact any surface. 5. Spine and Torso Injury Criteria: a. The shoulders must remain aligned with the hips throughout the impact sequence, or support for the upper torso must be provided to prevent forward or lateral flailing beyond 45 degrees from the vertical during significant spinal loading. b. Occupant must not interact with the armrest or other seat components in any manner significantly different than would be expected for a forward-facing seat installation. 6. One longitudinal

(16g)structural test must be performed with the Hybrid II ATD or FAA Hybrid III, deformed floor, with 10 degrees yaw, and with all lateral structural supports (armrests/walls). Use existing structural pass/fail criteria from § 25.562. 7. One vertical

(14g)test must be conducted with Hybrid II ATDs or FAA Hybrid III. Use existing pass/fail structural and injury criteria from § 25.562. Note: The applicant must demonstrate that the installation of seats via plinths or pallets meets all applicable requirements. Compliance with the guidance contained in FAA Policy Memorandum PS-ANM-100-2000-00123, dated February 2, 2000, titled “Guidance for Demonstrating Compliance with Seat Dynamic Testing for Plinths and Pallets,” is acceptable to the FAA. Issued in Renton, Washington September 19, 2014. Michael Kaszycki, Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2014-22781 Filed 9-24-14; 8:45 am]

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