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Correction, 53487-53488 2024-13699 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services RULES Medicaid Program: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services; Correction, 53497-53502 2024-14030 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53625-53626 2024-14124 Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care for Continued Approval of Ambulatory Surgical Center Accreditation Program, 53626-53627 2024-14137 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zone: 2024 Duluth Air Spectacular, Lake Superior, Duluth, MN, 53494-53496 2024-13973 Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eight Coast Guard District Requiring Safety Zones—Go 4th New Orleans Independence Day Celebration, 53496 2024-14034 Annual Fireworks Displays and Other Events in the Eight Coast Guard District Requiring Safety Zones—Madisonville Old Fashioned 4th of July, 53488 2024-14032 Annual Fireworks Displays within the Puget Sound, 53492-53493 2024-14138 Locks and Dam 3, Monongahela River Mile Marker 23.5 to 24.5, Elizabeth, PA, 53491-53492 2024-13974 Savannah River, Savannah, GA, 53488-53491 2024-13983 Special Local Regulation:

Annual Events within the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone, 53493 2024-13981 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Fiscal Year 2022 Service Contract Inventory Data, 53587 2024-14118 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Debt Cancellation Contracts and Debt Suspension Agreements, 53700-53702 2024-14107 Defense Acquisition Defense Acquisition Regulations System RULES Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement:

Architect and Engineering Service Fees, 53502-53504 2024-13863 PROPOSED RULES Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Definition of Material Weakness, 53561-53572 2024-13864 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Information Collection in Support of the DoD Acquisition Process (Various Miscellaneous Requirements), 53591 2024-14014 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement;

Requests for Equitable Adjustment, 53591-53592 2024-14087 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Service Contracts Inventory, 53593-53594 2024-14088 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Termination of Contracts, and a Related Clause, 53592-53593 2024-14089 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; U.S. International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol, 53592 2024-14013 Defense Department Defense Department See Defense Acquisition Regulations System See Navy Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53594-53595 2024-14073 2024-14074 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Applications for New Awards: From Seedlings to Scale Grant Program and Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice; Correction, 53606-53607 2024-14041 Promise Neighborhoods Program, 53595-53606 2024-14054 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Meritorious Registered Apprenticeship Recognition Program, 53645-53646 2024-14038 Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees Handbook No. 391, 53653-53654 2024-14040 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Program Year 2024; Indian and Native American Programs Grantee Allotments, 53646-53653 2024-14039 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories:

Tennessee; Supplemental Delegations of Authority, 53496-53497 2024-13896 Federal Accounting Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board NOTICES Technical Bulletin: 2024-1; Seized and Forfeited Digital Assets, 53622-53623 2024-14098 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. Hot Air Balloons, 53481-53483 2024-14072 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters, 53534-53536 2024-11610 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission PROPOSED RULES Political Programming and Online Public File Requirements for Low Power Television Stations:

Rules to Advance the Low Power Television, TV Translator and Class A Television Service, 53537-53561 2024-13812 Federal Crop Federal Crop Insurance Corporation RULES Expanding Options for Specialty and Organic Growers, 53822-53847 2024-13198 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Application: Briar Hydro Associates, LLC, 53613-53614 2024-14046 Combined Filings, 53607-53609, 53614-53615 2024-14051 2024-14133 2024-14134 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.:

Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC, 53609-53610 2024-14049 Corpus Christi Liquefaction Midscale Trains 8 and 9 Project, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, CCL Midscale 8-9, LLC, 53616-53617 2024-14132 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Essex Co., LLC; Dispute Resolution Panel and Technical Conference, 53612-53613 2024-14048 Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency through Improved Software; Technical Conference, 53610-53611 2024-14053 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations:

Calhoun County Solar Project, LLC, 53610 2024-14129 Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.: Briar Hydro Associates, 53611-53612 2024-14047 Briar Hydro Associates, LLC, 53615-53616 2024-14045 T.A. Keck III and H.S. Keck; Termination by Implied Surrender, 53618-53619 2024-14128 Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Oquirrh Energy Storage, LLC, 53620-53621 2024-14044 Request under Blanket Authorization: Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc., 53619-53620 2024-14131 Florida Gas Transmission Co., LLC, 53621-53622 2024-14130 Staff Attendance:

North American Electric Reliability Corporation: Reliability Issues Steering Committee, 53622 2024-14043 Federal Procurement Federal Procurement Policy Office PROPOSED RULES Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Compensated Personal Absence and Depreciation of Tangible Capital Assets, 53575-53584 2024-13805 Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Operating Revenue and Lease Accounting, 53572-53575 2024-13806 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System NOTICES Change in Bank Control:

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 53624 2024-14144 Financial Sector Liabilities, 53623-53624 2024-14091 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Species: Status for the Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle with a Section 4(d) Rule, 53507-53528 2024-13946 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Sanctions Action, 53702-53705 2024-14071 Geological Geological Survey NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Central Flyway Online Goose Harvest Assessment, 53634-53635 2024-14157 Government Accountability Government Accountability Office NOTICES Financial Management and Assurance: Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, 53624 2024-13145 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See National Institutes of Health Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Privacy Act;

Systems of Records, 53632-53634 2024-14139 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Geological Survey See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Request for Membership Application: Corporation for Travel Promotion Board of Directors, 53587-53588 2024-14083 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.:

Certain Self-Balancing Electric Skateboards and Components Thereof, 53643-53644 2024-14155 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 53643 2024-14276 Justice Department Justice Department See Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau See Justice Programs Office NOTICES Proposed Consent Decree: CERCLA and Clean Water Act, 53644 2024-14123 Justice Programs Justice Programs Office NOTICES Charter Amendments, Establishments, Renewals and Terminations: Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, 53645 2024-14141 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Review Board, 53644-53645 2024-14142 Labor Department Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Occupational Safety and Health Administration See Wage and Hour Division NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Personal Protective Equipment for General Industry, 53654-53655 2024-14035 Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee, UT, 53635 2024-14090 Management Management and Budget Office See Federal Procurement Policy Office NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Broadening Public Participation and Community Engagement in the Regulatory Process; Listening Sessions, 53657-53658 2024-13730 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Board, 53658-53659 2024-14021 National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration RULES Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard: Rear Impact Guards, Rear Impact Protection, 53505-53507 2024-13957 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

Center for Scientific Review, 53627-53632 2024-14070 2024-14150 2024-14152 2024-14153 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 53629 2024-14151 National Eye Institute, 53630 2024-14154 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 53630 2024-14149 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 53628, 53630 2024-14146 2024-14147 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Establishment of Temporary Special Use Area for Coral Nursery:

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, 53483-53487 2024-13912 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program; Correction, 53532-53533 2024-14092 Fisheries off West Coast States: Modification of the West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions No. 32 through 35, 53530-53532 2024-14113 West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2024 Specifications and Management Measures; Correction, 53529-53530 2024-14063 PROPOSED RULES Taking or Importing of Marine Mammals:

SouthCoast Wind Project Offshore Massachusetts, 53708-53820 2024-13770 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: West Coast Region Gear Identification Requirements, 53588-53589 2024-14117 West Coast Region Vessel Identification Requirements, 53590 2024-14036 Taking or Importing of Marine Mammals: Sunrise Wind Offshore Wind Farm Project Offshore New York, 53589-53590 2024-14156 National Park National Park Service NOTICES Inventory Completion:

Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 53642-53643 2024-14104 Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 53637-53638, 53640 2024-14105 2024-14106 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, Waterford, NY, 53636-53637 2024-14101 New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, NY, 53639 2024-14102 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 53639-53642 2024-14109 2024-14110 2024-14111 U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Sherwood, OR, and California State University, Chico, Chico, CA, 53640-53641 2024-14108 National Register of Historic Places:

Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 53635-53636 2024-14095 Repatriation of Cultural Items: Michigan History Center, Lansing, MI, 53638 2024-14103 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53595 2024-14075 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Requirements for Renewal of Operating Licenses for Nuclear Power Plants, 53662-53663 2024-14060 Environmental Assessments;

Availability, etc.: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Units 1, 2, and 3, Tennessee Valley Authority; Finding of No Significant Impact, 53663-53665 2024-14056 Palisades Nuclear Plant, Holtec Decommissioning International, LLC, and Holtec Palisades, LLC, 53659-53662 2024-14112 Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Tennessee Valley Authority; Finding of No Significant Impact, 53667-53669 2024-14057 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Tennessee Valley Authority; Finding of No Significant Impact, 53665-53667 2024-14058 Occupational Safety Health Adm Occupational Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Slings Standard, 53655-53656 2024-14037 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES New Postal Products, 53669-53670 2024-14114 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission RULES Privacy of Consumer Financial Information and Safeguarding Customer Information (Regulation S-P); Correction, 53487 2024-14031 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 53670, 53672-53674, 53684-53685, 53692-53693 2024-14076 2024-14077 2024-14078 2024-14079 2024-14080 2024-14081 2024-14085 Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Credit Risk Retention—Regulation RR, 53698 2024-14082 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: BOX Exchange LLC, 53676-53681, 53693-53698 2024-14061 2024-14065 Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 53687-53690 2024-14062 Fixed Income Clearing Corp., 53670-53672, 53681-53684, 53690-53692 2024-14067 2024-14068 2024-14069 LCH SA, 53685-53686 2024-14066 The Depository Trust Co., Fixed Income Clearing Corp., 53674-53676 2024-14064 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Disaster Declaration:

Arkansas, 53698-53699 2024-14097 New Mexico, 53699-53700 2024-14096 Small Business Investment Company License Issuance, 53699 2024-14099 State Department State Department NOTICES Designation and Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act, 53700 2024-14084 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Foreign Assets Control Office Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.:

National Academic Affiliations Council, 53705 2024-14120 Wage Wage and Hour Division NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Employment Information Form, 53656-53657 2024-14158 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 53708-53820 2024-13770 Part III Agriculture Department, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, 53822-53847 2024-13198 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 electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 89 124 Thursday, June 27, 2024 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2024-1700; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00266-B; Amendment 39-22777; AD 2024-13-03] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives;

Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. Hot Air Balloons AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Final rule; request for comments. SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive

(AD)for certain Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. Model 42A, 56A, 60A, 69A, 77A, 90A, 105A, 120A, 150A, 180A, 210A, 240A, 260A, 310A, 69B, 77B, 90B, 105B, and Drinks Can hot air balloons. This AD was prompted by a report of degraded polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes where the Kevlar core was exposed to ultraviolet light, which could compromise the residual strength of the tapes and the structural integrity of the hot air balloon envelope. This AD requires repetitively checking the hot air balloon envelope for damage (degraded, stretched, or frayed load tapes or exposed Kevlar core) and removing any damaged hot air balloon envelope from service. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. DATES: This AD is effective July 12, 2024. The FAA must receive comments on this AD by August 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, using the procedures found in 14 CFR 11.43 and 11.45, by any of the following methods: • *Federal eRulemaking Portal:* Go to *regulations.gov* . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • *Fax:*

(202)493-2251. • *Mail:* U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. • *Hand Delivery:* Deliver to Mail address above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. *AD Docket:* You may examine the AD docket at *regulations.gov* under Docket No. FAA-2024-1700; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The AD docket contains this final rule, the mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI), any comments received, and other information. The street address for Docket Operations is listed above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Guerin, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone:

(206)231-2346; email: *fred.guerin@faa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments Invited The FAA invites you to send any written data, views, or arguments about this final rule. Send your comments to an address listed under ADDRESSES . Include “Docket No. FAA-2024-1700; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00266-B” at the beginning of your comments. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion of the final rule, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include supporting data. The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing date and may amend this final rule because of those comments. Except for Confidential Business Information

(CBI)as described in the following paragraph, and other information as described in 14 CFR 11.35, the FAA will post all comments received, without change, to *regulations.gov* , including any personal information you provide. The agency will also post a report summarizing each substantive verbal contact received about this final rule. Confidential Business Information CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act

(FOIA)(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this AD contain commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to this AD, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing CBI as “PROPIN.” The FAA will treat such marked submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public docket of this AD. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to Fred Guerin, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590. Any commentary that the FAA receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this rulemaking. Background The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is the aviation authority for the United Kingdom (UK), has issued UK CAA Emergency AD G-2024-0001-E, dated April 30, 2024 (also referred to as the MCAI), to correct an unsafe condition on all Lindstrand Technologies Limited hot air balloon envelopes with a date of manufacture after March 2017 fitted with polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes. The MCAI states that during a 100-hour annual inspection of a hot air balloon envelope it was discovered that the polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes were degraded due to ultraviolet exposure. Both horizontal and vertical load tapes were affected and there was significant distortion to the horizontal load tapes. In addition, in the area where the load tapes loop around the crown ring, the polyester failed completely and exposed the Kevlar core. The Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes were also stretched and frayed. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could compromise the residual strength of the load tapes and the structural integrity of the hot air balloon envelope with consequent loss of control of the hot air balloon. To address the unsafe condition, the MCAI requires doing a visual inspection to determine the date of manufacture of the hot air balloon envelope, and if it is fitted with polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes before further flight. If these are found, a 100-percent visual inspection for damage of the polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes is required. If no damage is found, operators are required to amend the aircraft maintenance program to include a 100-percent visual inspection of both the horizontal and vertical load tapes before each flight. If damage is found, no further flight is permitted until the damage is rectified. You may examine the MCAI in the AD docket at *regulations.gov* under Docket No. FAA-2024-1700. FAA's Determination These products have been approved by the aviation authority of another country and are approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to the FAA's bilateral agreement with this State of Design Authority, it has notified the FAA of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI referenced above. The FAA is issuing this AD after determining that the unsafe condition described previously is likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design. AD Requirements This AD requires repetitively checking the hot air balloon envelope for damage and removing any damaged hot air balloon envelope from service. The check required in this AD may be performed by the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate and must be entered into the hot air balloon records showing compliance with this AD in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and 14 CFR 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439. The pilot may perform this check because it only involves visually checking the envelope for damage and can be equally performed by a pilot or mechanic. This is an exception to the FAA's standard maintenance regulations. Justification for Immediate Adoption and Determination of the Effective Date Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act

(APA)(5 U.S.C. 551 *et seq.* ) authorizes agencies to dispense with notice and comment procedures for rules when the agency, for “good cause,” finds that those procedures are “impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.” Under this section, an agency, upon finding good cause, may issue a final rule without providing notice and seeking comment prior to issuance. Further, section 553(d) of the APA authorizes agencies to make rules effective in less than thirty days, upon a finding of good cause. An unsafe condition exists that requires the immediate adoption of this AD without providing an opportunity for public comments prior to adoption. The FAA has found that the risk to the flying public justifies forgoing notice and comment prior to adoption of this rule because damage to polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes degrades the residual strength of the load tapes and the structural integrity of the hot air balloon envelope, damaging the hot air balloon and leading to a forced emergency landing, which could injure balloon occupants and persons on the ground. Because this condition can develop quickly and can only be detected through a visual check, immediate action must be done before further flight. Accordingly, notice and opportunity for prior public comment are impracticable and contrary to the public interest pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). In addition, the FAA finds that good cause exists pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d) for making this amendment effective in less than 30 days, for the same reasons the FAA found good cause to forgo notice and comment. Differences Between This AD and the MCAI The MCAI identifies the design approval holder

(DAH)as Lindstrand Technologies Limited, which is the DAH identified on the UK CAA type certificate. This AD identifies the DAH as Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. since this is on the FAA type certificate. The MCAI requires operators to amend the aircraft maintenance program to include a 100-percent visual inspection of both the horizontal and vertical load tapes before each flight if no damage is found. This AD does not require the amendment to the maintenance program as these before-each-flight checks are required by this AD. Regulatory Flexibility Act The requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(RFA)do not apply when an agency finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 to adopt a rule without prior notice and comment. Because the FAA has determined that it has good cause to adopt this rule without prior notice and comment, RFA analysis is not required. Costs of Compliance The FAA estimates that this AD affects 277 hot air balloons of U.S. registry. The FAA estimates the following costs to comply with this AD: Estimated Costs Action Labor cost Parts cost Cost per product Cost on U.S. operators Check Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes for damage 2 work-hours × $85 per hour = $170 (Per check cycle) $0 $170 (Per check cycle) $47,090 (Per check cycle). The FAA estimates the following costs to do any necessary action that would be required based on the results of the check. The agency has no way of determining the number of hot air balloons that might need this action: On-Condition Costs Action Labor cost Parts cost Cost per product Install a hot air balloon envelope 0 work-hours × $85 per hour = $0 $20,000 $20,000 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. The FAA is 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 products 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, and

(2)Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska. List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39 Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by reference, Safety. 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: **2024-13-03 Lindstrand Balloons Ltd.:** Amendment 39-22777; Docket No. FAA-2024-1700; Project Identifier MCAI-2024-00266-B.

(a)Effective Date This airworthiness directive

(AD)is effective July 12, 2024.

(b)Affected ADs None.

(c)Applicability This AD applies to Lindstrand Balloons Ltd. Model 42A, 56A, 60A, 69A, 77A, 90A, 105A, 120A, 150A, 180A, 210A, 240A, 260A, 310A, 69B, 77B, 90B, 105B, and Drinks Can hot air balloons, certificated in any category, having a date of manufacture after March 2017 and fitted with Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes. **Note 1 to paragraph (c):** United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) Emergency AD G-2024-0001-E, dated April 30, 2024, includes figures that aid in the identification of Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes.

(d)Subject Joint Aircraft System Component

(JASC)Code 5102, Balloon Reports.

(e)Unsafe Condition This AD was prompted by a report of degraded polyester filled Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes on a hot air balloon envelope where the Kevlar core was exposed to ultraviolet light. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could compromise the residual strength of the load tapes and the structural integrity of the hot air balloon envelope, with consequent loss of control of the hot air balloon.

(f)Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done.

(g)Required Actions

(1)Before each flight, do a visual check of the hot air balloon envelope Aramid (Kevlar) load tapes for damage (degraded, stretched, or frayed load tapes or an exposed Kevlar core).

(2)If damage is found during any check required by paragraph (g)(1) of this AD, before further flight, remove the hot air balloon envelope from service.

(3)The visual checks required by paragraph (g)(1) of this AD may be performed by the owner/operator (pilot) holding at least a private pilot certificate and must be entered into the aircraft records showing compliance with this AD in accordance with 14 CFR 43.9(a) and 91.417(a)(2)(v). The record must be maintained as required by 14 CFR 91.417, 121.380, or 135.439.

(h)Alternative Methods of Compliance (AMOCs) The Manager, International Validation Branch, FAA, has the authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if requested using the procedures found in 14 CFR 39.19. In accordance with 14 CFR 39.19, send your request to your principal inspector or local Flight Standards District Office, as appropriate. If sending information directly to the manager of the International Validation Branch, send it to the attention of the person identified in paragraph (i)(1) of this AD and email to: *9-AVS-AIR-730-AMOC@faa.gov.* If mailing information, also submit information by email. Before using any approved AMOC, notify your appropriate principal inspector, or lacking a principal inspector, the manager of the local Flight Standards District Office.

(i)Additional Information

(1)For more information about this AD, contact Fred Guerin, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, NY 11590; phone:

(206)231-2346; email: *fred.guerin@faa.gov.*

(2)For material identified in this AD that is not incorporated by reference, contact UK CAA, Aviation House, Beehive Ring Road, Crawley, West Sussex, RH6 0YR; phone: (+44) 0330 022 1500; email: *enquiries@caa.co.uk;* website: *caa.co.uk.*

(j)Material Incorporated by Reference None. Issued on June 21, 2024. Victor Wicklund, Deputy Director, Compliance & Airworthiness Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2024-14072 Filed 6-24-24; 11:15 am]

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