[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8641-8643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3331]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 145
[Docket No. FAA-2006-26408]
RIN 2120-AI53
Repair Stations; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period for the Repair Stations
NPRM, Docket No. FAA-2006-26408 that was published on December 1, 2006.
In that document, the FAA proposed to amend the regulations for repair
stations by revising the system of ratings and requiring repair
stations to establish a quality program. The FAA also proposed
additional changes critical to maintaining safety. On January 26, 2007,
the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) requested an
extension to the comment period for this NPRM. The FAA has considered
this request and decided to extend the comment period for 45 days.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 16, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket Number FAA-2006-
26408, using any of the following methods:
DOT Docket Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov and follow
the instructions for sending your comments electronically.
Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
For more information on the rulemaking process, see the
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to
http://dms.dot.gov, including any personal information you provide. For
more information, see the Privacy Act discussion in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to
http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-401 on the plaza level of
the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George W. Bean, General Aviation and
Repair Station Branch, AFS-340, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
3109; facsimile: (202) 267-5115 or e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
The FAA invites interested persons to participate in this
rulemaking by submitting written comments, data, or views. We also
invite comments relating to the economic, environmental, energy, or
federalism impacts that might result from adopting the proposals in
this document. The most helpful comments reference a specific portion
of the proposal, explain the reason for any recommended change, and
include supporting data. We ask that you send us two copies of written
comments.
We will file in the docket all comments we receive, as well as a
report summarizing each substantive public contact with FAA personnel
concerning this proposed rulemaking. The docket is available for public
inspection before and after the comment closing date. If you wish to
review the docket in person, go to the address in the ADDRESSES section
of this preamble between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. You may also review the docket using the
Internet at the Web address in the ADDRESSES section.
Privacy Act: Using the search function of our docket Web site,
anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets,
including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing
the comment on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78) or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
Before acting on this proposal, we will consider all comments we
receive on or before the closing date for comments. We will consider
comments filed late if it is possible to do so without incurring
expense or delay. We may change this proposal in light of the comments
we receive.
If you want the FAA to acknowledge receipt of your comments on this
proposal, include with your comments a pre-addressed, stamped postcard
on which the docket number appears. We will stamp the date on the
postcard and mail it to you.
Availability of Rulemaking Documents
You can get an electronic copy using the Internet by:
(1) Searching the Department of Transportation's electronic Docket
Management System (DMS) Web page (http://dms.dot.gov/search);
(2) Visiting the Office of Rulemaking's Web page at http://www.faa.gov/avr/arm/index.cfm; or
(3) Accessing the Government Printing Office's Web page at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
You can also get a copy by sending a request to the Federal
Aviation Administration, Office of Rulemaking, ARM-1, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 267-9680. Make
sure to identify the docket number, notice number, or amendment number
of this rulemaking.
Proprietary or Confidential Business Information
Do not file in the docket information that you consider to be
proprietary or confidential business information. Send or deliver this
information directly to the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. You must mark the
information that you consider proprietary or confidential. If you send
the information on a disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD
ROM and also identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is proprietary or confidential.
Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), when we are aware of proprietary information
filed with a comment, we do not place it in the docket. We hold it in a
separate file to which the public does not have access, and place a
note in the docket that we have received it. If we receive a request to
examine or copy this information, we treat it as any other request
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). We process such a
request under the DOT procedures found in 49 CFR part 7.
Background
On December 1, 2006, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
issued Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) Repair Stations (71 FR
70254, 12/01/2006). In that document, the FAA proposed to amend the
regulations for repair stations by revising the system of ratings and
requiring repair stations to establish a quality program. The FAA also
proposed additional changes critical to maintaining safety. Comments to
that document were to be received on or before March 1, 2007.
By letter dated January 26, 2007, the Aeronautical Repair Station
Association (ARSA) requested that the FAA extend the comment period for
NPRM Repair Stations until June 1, 2007. ARSA represents international
organizations involved in designing, producing, operating, and
maintaining civil aviation products. The association is mainly made up
of repair stations certificated under 14 CFR part 145. Their members
will be directly and significantly impacted by the changes proposed in
this rulemaking. ARSA requested an extension of the comment period by
90 days to provide sufficient time to collect and compile comments from
its membership before submitting those comments to the FAA.
While the FAA concurs with the ARSA's request for an extension of
the comment period on the Repair Stations NPRM, the FAA believes that a
90-day extension would be excessive. As the Repair Stations NPRM is
lengthy, the FAA provided a 90-day comment period. Although the FAA
agrees that additional time for comments may be needed by repair
stations that would be affected by the proposal, this need must be
balanced against the need to proceed expeditiously with this
rulemaking. The FAA believes an additional 45 days would be adequate
for ARSA to collect and compile comments from its membership and to
provide meaningful comment on the Repair Stations NPRM to the FAA. This
will also allow commenters who may have anticipated an extension in the
comment period to submit their comments by a certain date. Absent
unusual circumstances, the FAA does not anticipate any further
extension of the comment period for this rulemaking.
Extension of Comment Period
In accordance with Sec. 11.47(c) of Title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations, the FAA has reviewed the request made by ARSA for
extension of the comment period to the Repair Stations, NPRM. ARSA has
shown a substantive interest in the proposed rule and presented good
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cause for the extension. The FAA also has determined that extension of
the comment period is consistent with the public interest, and that
good cause exists for taking this action.
Accordingly, the comment period for the Repair Stations, NPRM,
Docket No. FAA-2006-26408, is extended until April 16, 2007.
Issued in Washington, DC, February 20, 2007.
James J. Ballough,
Director, Flight Standards Service, Aviation Safety.
[FR Doc. E7-3331 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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