[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 12735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6337]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Policy Statement No. ANM-03-115-05]


No Smoking Placards and Signs

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the 
availability of proposed policy on no-smoking placards.

DATES: Send your comments on or before April 16, 2003.

ADDRESS: Address your comments to the individual identified under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael T. Thompson, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Transport Airplane Directorate, Transport Standards 
Staff, Airframe and Cabin Safety Branch, ANM-115, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 
Renton, WA 98055-4056; telephone (425) 227-1157; fax (425) 227-1149; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The proposed policy is available on the Internet at the following 
address: http://www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft/anminfo/devpaper.cfm. If you do not have access to the Internet, you can obtain 
a copy of the policy by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    The FAA invites your comments on this proposed policy. We will 
accept your comments, data, views, or arguments by letter, fax, or e-
mail. Send your comments to the person indicated in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. Mark your comments, ``Comments to Policy Statement 
No. ANM-03-115-05.''
    Use the following format when preparing your comments:
    [sbull] Organize your comments issue-by-issue.
    [sbull] For each issue, state what specific change you are 
requesting to the proposed policy.
    [sbull] Include justification, reasons, or data for each change you 
are requesting.
    We also welcome comments in support of the proposed policy.
    We will consider all communications received on or before the 
closing date for comments. We may change the proposed policy because of 
the comments received.

Background

    The proposed policy will further simplify the certification process 
pertaining to the requirement for no-smoking placards legible to each 
occupant seated in compartments where smoking is prohibited. The FAA 
has determined that a lighted sign can be considered a placard if it is 
continuously illuminated for the occupants. These signs must illuminate 
without the cockpit or cabin crew having to turn the signs on, which 
can be accomplished by hardwiring the signs such that the signs are 
illuminated whenever the airplane's normal electrical power is on or by 
providing equivalent control of the signs by software.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on March 9, 2003.
Ali Bahrami,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. 03-6337 Filed 3-14-03; 8:45 am]
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