[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18519]


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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 final policy.

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

DATES: This final policy was issued by the Transport Airplane 
Directorate on July 7, 2003.

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:

Discussion of Comments

    A notice of proposed policy as published in the Federal Register on 
March 17, 2003 (68 FR 12735). No comments were received.

Background

    The policy further simplifies 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 should 
illuminate without the cockpit or cabin crew having to turn the signs 
on, which the airplane's normal electrical power is on or by providing 
equivalent control of the signs by software. The policy allows the 
signs to not be operable by the crew by documenting an equivalent 
safety finding.
    The final policy is available on the Internet at the following 
address: http://www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl. 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.

    Issued in Renton, Washington, on July 7, 2003.
Ali Bahrami,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. 03-18519 Filed 7-21-03; 8:45 am]
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