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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2016-06-06.xml --- 81 108 Monday, June 6, 2016 Contents Agriculture Agriculture Department See Forest Service See Rural Business-Cooperative Service See Rural Utilities Service Antitrust Division Antitrust Division NOTICES Proposed Final Judgment: United States of America v. BBA Aviation plc, et al., 36346-36350 2016-13185 Army Army Department NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Arlington National Cemetery, 36278 2016-13254 Privacy Act;

System of Records, 36276-36278 2016-13230 Safety Enviromental Enforcement Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement RULES Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf ; Corrections, 36145-36154 2016-12487 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36308-36309 2016-13289 Children Children and Families Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Head Start Performance Standards, 36309 2016-13172 Reallotment of Fiscal Year 2015 Funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 36309-36310 2016-13217 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Kennebec River, Richmond and Dresden, ME, 36166-36167 2016-13346 Safety Zones: Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI, 36168-36169 2016-13339 Multiple Fireworks in Captain of the Port New York Zone, 36167-36168 2016-13340 Raritan Bay, Perth Amboy, NJ, 36174-36176 2016-13338 Sector Upper Mississippi River Annual and Recurring Safety Zones Update, 36171-36174 2016-13239 Upper New York Bay, Liberty Island, NY, 36169-36171 2016-13341 Special Local Regulations and Safety Zones:

Recurring Marine Events Held in the Coast Guard Sector Northern New England Captain of the Port Zone, 36154-36166 2016-13334 PROPOSED RULES Safety Zones: Casco Bay Islands Swim/Run, Casco Bay, Portland, ME, 36243-36245 2016-13342 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Defense Department Defense Department See Army Department See Navy Department PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulations: Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication, 36245-36251 2016-13189 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36279, 36281-36282, 36307-36308 2016-13222 2016-13247 2016-13262 2016-13265 Charter Renewals: Federal Advisory Committees, 36278-36279 2016-13287 Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 36279-36281 2016-13225 Energy Department Energy Department See Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office NOTICES Exclusive Licenses; Proposed Approvals, 36283 2016-13272 Meetings: DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, 36283 2016-13267 Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Idaho National Laboratory, 36284 2016-13264 Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee;

Cancellation, 36284 2016-13298 President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Cancellation of Open Teleconference, 36284 2016-13300 Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office NOTICES Commercial Water Heater Test Procedure Waiver Petitions: HTP, Inc., 36295-36300 2016-13245 Raypak Inc., 36288-36295 2016-13252 Thermal Solutions Products, LLC, 36284-36288 2016-13251 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: Arizona; Infrastructure Requirements to Address Interstate Transport for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS; Correction, 36179-36180 2016-13160 Klamath Falls, Oregon Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area, 36176-36179 2016-13031 NOTICES Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Oklahoma; Authorized Program Revision Approval, 36301 2016-13270 Draft Ecological Risk Assessments: Atrazine, Simazine, and Propazine Registration Review, 36301-36303 2016-13299 Meetings: Stakeholder Workshop To Discuss Interim Scientific Methods Used in Draft Biological Evaluations, 36303-36304 2016-13301 Farm Credit Farm Credit Administration NOTICES Meetings;

Sunshine Act, 36304-36305 2016-13450 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Previously Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH) (Airbus Helicopters), 36137-36139 2016-13103 Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes, 36139-36140 2016-13226 Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace: Antlers, OK; Oklahoma City, OK; Oklahoma City Wiley Post Airport, OK; Shawnee, OK, 36141-36143 2016-13146 Amendment of Class E Airspace: Clovis, NM, 36140-36141 2016-13145 Policy on Evaluating Disputed Changes of Sponsorship at Federally Obligated Airports, 36144-36145 2016-13177 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives:

Airbus Airplanes, 36211-36214 2016-13049 Modification of Class D Airspace: Peru, IN, 36214-36216 2016-13144 NOTICES Requests To Release Airport Property: Ankeny Regional Airport, Ankeny, IA, 36377-36378 2016-13183 Ralph Wenz Field, Pinedale, WY, 36378 2016-13179 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Relay Services for Deaf Blind Individuals, 36181-36182 2016-13221 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36305-36306 2016-13235 Terminations of Receivership: Bank of Ellijay, Ellijay, GA, 36306 2016-13242 Central Florida State Bank, Belleview, FL, 36305 2016-13243 First Cherokee State Bank, Woodstock, GA, 36305 2016-13244 Valley Capital Bank Mesa, AZ, 36306 2016-13234 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications: Diabetes Mellitus, 36378-36380 2016-13263 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Savings and Loan Holding Companies, 36306-36307 2016-13187 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission PROPOSED RULES Guide Concerning Fuel Economy Advertising for New Automobiles, 36216-36228 2016-13098 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Species:

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), 36388-36419 2016-13173 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Human Tissue Intended for Transplantation, 36310-36312 2016-13224 Determinations That Products Were Not Withdrawn From Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness: APRESOLINE (Hydralazine Hydrochloride) Injectable and Other Drug Products, 36312-36313 2016-13181 Guidance: Labeling for Biosimilar Products;

Extension of Comment Period, 36313-36314 2016-13223 Withdrawal of Approval of 67 New Drug Applications and 128 Abbreviated New Drug Applications: Organon USA et al.; Correction, 36310 2016-13182 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Forest Resource Coordinating Committee, 36254 2016-13220 General Services General Services Administration RULES General Services Administration Acquisition Regulation: Contracting by Negotiation, 36423-36425 2016-13114 Purchasing by Non-Federal Entities, 36425-36431 2016-13115 Special Contracting Methods, 36422-36423 2016-13113 PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulations:

Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication, 36245-36251 2016-13189 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36307-36308 2016-13222 Government Ethics Government Ethics Office PROPOSED RULES Executive Branch Ethics Program, 36193-36211 2016-13152 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard NOTICES Meetings:

Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council, 36319-36320 2016-13286 Interior Interior Department See Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Indian Gaming Commission See National Park Service See Ocean Energy Management Bureau See Office of Natural Resources Revenue See Reclamation Bureau International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews:

Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof From Japan and the United Kingdom, 36264-36265 2016-13280 Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India, 36263-36264 2016-13278 Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey, 36267-36268 2016-13282 Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China, 36261-36262 2016-13279 Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires From the People's Republic of China, 36262-36263, 36265-36266 2016-13204 2016-13205 Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China, 36261 2016-13203 Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 36268-36276 2016-13277 Meetings:

United States Investment Advisory Council, 36266-36267 2016-13284 Justice Department Justice Department See Antitrust Division PROPOSED RULES Privacy Act; Implementation, 36228-36229 2016-13352 NOTICES Privacy Act; Implementation, 36350 2016-13353 Proposed Consent Decrees Under CERCLA, 36350 2016-13188 Labor Department Labor Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Evaluation of the Disability Employment Initiative Round 5 and Future Rounds;

Correction, 36350-36351 2016-13333 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Proposed Acceptance of the Rimrock Rose Ranch Donation; Intent To Amend the Resource Management Plan for the Taos Field Office, New Mexico, 36321-36322 2016-13273 Plats of Survey: Idaho, 36320-36321 2016-13232 Nevada, 36321 2016-13238 Legal Legal Services Corporation NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 36351 2016-13404 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration RULES NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, 36182 2016-13227 PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulations:

Removal of Regulations Relating to Telegraphic Communication, 36245-36251 2016-13189 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36307-36308 2016-13222 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Records Schedules, 36351-36353 2016-13190 National Credit National Credit Union Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Central Liquidity Facility, 36353-36354 2016-13281 Corporate Credit Union Monthly Call Report, 36354 2016-13283 Payments on Shares by Public Units and Nonmembers, 36353 2016-13240 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36380-36381 2016-13186 National Indian National Indian Gaming Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36322-36324 2016-13276 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Health Information National Trends Survey, 36316 2016-13191 Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 36314-36318 2016-13192 2016-13193 2016-13194 National Cancer Institute, 36319 2016-13195 National Eye Institute, 36316-36317 2016-13196 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 36314 2016-13200 National Institute on Aging, 36317 2016-13197 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 36317-36319 2016-13198 2016-13199 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries Off West Coast States:

West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2016 Management Measures; Correction, 36184-36185 2016-13233 International Fisheries: Eastern Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species, 36183-36184 2016-13216 PROPOSED RULES Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Northeast Skate Complex Fishery; Framework Adjustment 3 and 2016-2017 Specifications, 36251-36253 2016-13236 NOTICES Meetings: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 36276 2016-13266 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements;

Availability, etc.: Presence of Wolves at Isle Royale National Park, 36324-36325 2016-13184 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Exclusive Patents; Proposed Approvals: Superior Armor Systems, 36282 2016-13259 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 1, 36354-36356 2016-13228 Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2015;, 36356-36357 2016-13274 Ocean Energy Management Ocean Energy Management Bureau NOTICES Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 6 for Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York, 36336-36344 2016-13164 Environmental Assessments;

Availability, etc.: Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore New York, 36344 2016-13170 Natural Resources Office of Natural Resources Revenue NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36325-36336 2016-13206 Major Portion Prices and Due Date for Additional Royalty Payments on Indian Gas Production in Designated Areas Not Associated With an Index Zone, 36336 2016-13207 Pension Benefit Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation PROPOSED RULES Mergers and Transfers Between Multiemployer Plans, 36229-36243 2016-13083 Personnel Personnel Management Office PROPOSED RULES Disabled Veteran Leave and Other Miscellaneous Changes, 36186-36193 2016-13285 Reclamation Reclamation Bureau NOTICES Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions, 36344-36346 2016-13237 Rural Business Rural Business-Cooperative Service NOTICES Requests for Applications:

Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grants, 36254-36260 2016-13288 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Rural Energy Savings Program: Measurement, Verification, Training and Technical Assistance; Correction, 36260-36261 2016-13248 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: New York Stock Exchange LLC, 36357 2016-13210 NYSE Arca, Inc., 36357-36367 2016-13208 2016-13212 NYSE MKT LLC, 36367-36373 2016-13209 2016-13211 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster Declarations:

Oklahoma, 36373 2016-13174 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 36373-36375 2016-13202 State Department State Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for a U.S. Passport: Corrections, Name Change Within 1 Year of Passport Issuance, and Limited Passport Holders, 36375-36376 2016-13347 Meetings: International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Implementation of IMO Instruments, 36375 2016-13162 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Tax Information for Use in the Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method, 36376-36377 2016-13268 Tennessee Tennessee Valley Authority NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals; Correction, 36377 2016-13214 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Establishment of Interim National Multimodal Freight Network, 36381-36385 2016-13261 Treasury Treasury Department NOTICES Government Securities: Call for Large Position Reports, 36385-36386 2016-13348 Utah Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission RULES Place of Business Location Change, 36180-36181 2016-13215 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Meetings:

MyVA Federal Advisory Committee, 36386 2016-13229 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 36388-36419 2016-13173 Part III General Services Administration, 36422-36431 2016-13114 2016-13115 2016-13113 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, 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. 81 108 Monday, June 6, 2016 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No.

FAA-2014-0903; Directorate Identifier 2013-SW-043-AD; Amendment 39-18548; AD 2016-11-21] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Previously Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH) (Airbus Helicopters) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive

(AD)for Airbus Helicopters Model EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+, EC135T1, EC135T2, and EC135T2+ helicopters. This AD requires reducing the life limit of certain parts and removing each part that has reached its life limit. The actions of this AD are intended to reduce the life limits of certain critical parts to prevent failure of a part and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter. DATES: This AD is effective July 11, 2016. ADDRESSES: For service information identified in this final rule, contact Airbus Helicopters, 2701 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052; telephone

(972)641-0000 or

(800)232-0323; fax

(972)641-3775; or at *http://www.airbushelicopters.com/techpub.* You may review the referenced service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Room 6N-321, Fort Worth, TX 76177. Examining the AD Docket You may examine the AD docket on the Internet at *http://www.regulations.gov* by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA-2014-0903; 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, the European Aviation Safety Agency

(EASA)AD, 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: Matt Fuller, Senior Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone

(817)222-5110; email *matthew.fuller@faa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Discussion On November 13, 2014, at 79 FR 67382, the **Federal Register** published our notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), which proposed to amend 14 CFR part 39 by adding an AD that would apply to Airbus Helicopters Model EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+, EC135T1, EC135T2, and EC135T2+ helicopters. The NPRM proposed to require, before further flight, revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section

(ALS)of the applicable maintenance manual and the component history card or equivalent record by reducing the life limit for various parts and removing from service any part that has reached its life limit. The proposed requirements were intended to reduce the life limits of certain critical parts to prevent failure of a part and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter. The NPRM was prompted by AD No. 2013-0178, dated August 7, 2013, issued by EASA, which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Union, to correct an unsafe condition for Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH

(ECD)(now Airbus Helicopters) Model EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+, EC135T1, EC135T2, EC135T2+, EC635T1, EC635P2+, and EC635T2+ helicopters. EASA advises that ECD has revised the airworthiness limitations for the EC135 and EC635 type design as published in the Master Servicing Manual

(MSM)EC135 Chapter 04—ALS documents. Revision 14 of the MSM contains these new airworthiness limitations. EASA states that failure to comply with these limitations could result in an unsafe condition. For these reasons, EASA AD No. 2013-0178 requires revising the ALS to include the new life limits and replacing each part that has reached its life limit. Since the NPRM was issued, the FAA Southwest Regional Office has relocated and a group email address has been established for requesting an FAA Alternative Method of Compliance for a helicopter of foreign design. We have updated this information throughout this Final Rule. Comments After our NPRM (79 FR 67382, November 13, 2014) was published, we received comments from three commenters. Request Three commenters requested that the FAA not issue this AD. The commenters stated an AD to revise the airworthiness limitations of an aircraft manual is unnecessary because operators are required to use the most current revision of the manual. We disagree. The FAA must issue an AD to mandate an airworthiness limitations revision, such as a new life limit, for all operators. FAA's Determination These helicopters have been approved by the aviation authority of Germany and are approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to our bilateral agreement with Germany, 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, considered the comments received, 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 This AD does not apply to Airbus Helicopters Model EC635T1, P2+, or EC635T2+ helicopters because those helicopters are not type certificated in the U.S. Related Service Information The airworthiness limitations and maintenance procedures for certain parts are contained in the Airworthiness Limitations section, Chapter 4, of Eurocopter's MSM EC135, dated December 1, 2001. Revision 14 of the MSM, dated July 1, 2012, establishes a life limit for certain part-numbered main rotor blades and reduces the life limits for swashplate and mixing lever gear unit parts. Costs of Compliance We estimate that this AD affects 267 helicopters of U.S. Registry. We estimate that operators may incur the following costs in order to comply with this AD. Labor costs are estimated at $85 per work-hour. We estimate 2 work-hours to update the maintenance manual for a total cost of $170 for each helicopter and $45,390 for the U.S. fleet. 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): **2016-11-21 Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (Previously Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH):** Amendment 39-18548; Docket No. FAA-2014-0903; Directorate Identifier 2013-SW-043-AD.

(a)Applicability This AD applies to Model EC135P1, EC135P2, EC135P2+, EC135T1, EC135T2, and EC135T2+ helicopters, certificated in any category.

(b)Unsafe Condition This AD defines the unsafe condition as failure of a critical part, which could result in loss of control of the helicopter.

(c)Effective Date This AD becomes effective July 11, 2016.

(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 Before further flight:

(1)Revise the life limit of each part listed in paragraphs (e)(1)(i) and

(ii)in the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the applicable maintenance manual and record the revised life limit on the component history card or equivalent record as follows:

(i)For swashplate parts:

(A)Ring (bearing ring), part number (P/N) L623M2001214, reduce the life limit from 8,300 hours time-in-service

(TIS)to 8,000 hours TIS.

(B)Ring (control ring), P/N L623M2001213, reduce the life limit from 8,300 hours TIS to 8,000 hours TIS.

(C)Cardan ring (two-part), P/N L623M2005205, reduce the life limit from 14,400 hours TIS to 12,900 hours TIS.

(D)Bolt (control ring), P/N L671M7001215, reduce the life limit from 14,400 hours TIS to 12,900 hours TIS.

(E)Bolt (sliding sleeve), P/N L623M2006206 and P/N L623M2006213, reduce the life limit from 14,400 hours TIS to 12,900 hours TIS.

(ii)For mixing lever gear unit parts:

(A)Forked lever assembly, P/N L671M3012102, reduce the life limit from 9,000 hours TIS to 8,700 hours TIS.

(B)Hinged support, P/N L671M7003210, reduce the life limit from 8,700 hours TIS to 8,400 hours TIS.

(C)Bolt, P/N L671M7001220, reduce the life limit from 8,700 hours TIS to 8,400 hours TIS.

(2)Remove from service any part listed in paragraph (e)(1) of this AD that has reached or exceeded its newly revised life limit.

(f)Special Flight Permits Special flight permits are limited to a one-time flight to a maintenance facility to replace a part that has reached its life limit.

(g)Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs)

(1)The Manager, Safety Management Group, FAA, may approve AMOCs for this AD. Send your proposal to: Matt Fuller, Senior Aviation Safety Engineer, Safety Management Group, Rotorcraft Directorate, FAA, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone

(817)222-5110; email *9-ASW-FTW-AMOC-Requests@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.

(h)Additional Information

(1)Eurocopter Master Servicing Manual EC135 Chapter 04—Airworthiness Limitations Section, Revision 14, dated July 1, 2012, which is not incorporated by reference, contains additional information about the subject of this final rule. For service information identified in this AD, contact Airbus Helicopters, 2701 N. Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052; telephone

(972)641-0000 or

(800)232-0323; fax

(972)641-3775; or at *http://www.airbushelicopters.com/techpub.* You may review a copy of the service information at the FAA, Office of the Regional Counsel, Southwest Region, 10101 Hillwood Pkwy., Room 6N-321, Fort Worth, TX 76177.

(2)The subject of this AD is addressed in European Aviation Safety Agency

(EASA)AD No. 2013-0178, dated August 7, 2013. You may view the EASA AD on the Internet at *http://www.regulations.gov* in Docket No. FAA-2014-0903.

(i)Subject Joint Aircraft Service Component

(JASC)Code: 6300, 2700 Swashplate Ring, Cardan Ring, Bolt, Mixing Lever Gear Unit (flight controls). Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 23, 2016. Scott A. Horn, Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2016-13103 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]

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