[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
14 CFR Parts 121, 129, and 135

[Docket No. 26718; Notice No. 93-14A]
RIN 2120-AE42

 

Aging Airplane Safety

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking, extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document announces an extension of the comment period on 
Notice No. 93-14 entitled, ``Aging Airplane Safety'' (58 FR 51944; 
October 5, 1993). This comment period is extended from February 2, 
1994, until March 4, 1994. The extension responds to the request of the 
Regional Airline Association (RAA) and is needed to permit RAA, and 
other affected parties, additional time to develop comments responsive 
to Notice 93-14.

DATES: The comment period is being extended from February 2, 1994, to 
March 4, 1994.

ADDRESSES: As stated in Notice No.
93-14, comments should be mailed, or delivered in triplicate to: 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of the Chief Counsel, 
Attn: Rules Docket (AGC-10), Docket No. 26718, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments may be examined in the Rules 
Docket, room 915G, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Frederick Sobeck, Flight Standards Service, Aircraft Maintenance 
Division (AFS-300), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267-7355.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 5, 1993, the FAA issued Notice 
No. 93-14, entitled ``Aging Airplane Safety'' that proposed changes 
that would require persons operating older airplanes to certify that 
certain airplane maintenance actions had been performed; would allow 
the Administrator to establish an airplane operational limit beyond 
which additional maintenance actions must be accomplished, would 
implement part of the FAA's Aging Airplane Program Plan; and would 
respond to the Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991. The proposed rules 
are intended to assure that older airplanes are properly maintained for 
continued use in air transportation.
    By a request dated January 21, 1994, RAA asked that the comment 
period be extended 30 days. Because of heavy commitments to recent 
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (ARAC) activities, and many 
questions from its member airlines on the proposals, RAA had not 
completed analyzing the potential effects of the proposed rulemaking 
and could not provide substantive comments prior to the close of the 
comment period.
    The FAA has determined that an extension of the comment period will 
allow RAA and its members additional time for a more thorough review of 
applicable issues and questions raised by the NPRM, and the drafting of 
responsive comments. The FAA recognizes, in addition, that the 
intervening holiday period may have impeded the ability of interested 
persons to formulate comprehensive responses to the issues in the NPRM.
    In order, therefore, to give all interested persons additional time 
to complete their comments, the FAA finds that it is in the public 
interest to extend the comment period. Accordingly, the comments period 
will close on March 4, 1994.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 2, 1994.
William J. White,
Acting Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 94-2833 Filed 2-7-94; 8:45 am]
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