[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62505-62506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23860]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. ANE-2003-35-1-R0]


Policy for Ice Protection Equipment

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy statement; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the 
availability of proposed policy for Ice Protection Equipment.

DATES: Comments must be received by December 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the proposed policy to the individual 
identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Turnberg, FAA, Engine and 
Propeller Standards Staff, ANE-110, 12 New England Executive Park, 
Burlington, MA 01803; e-mail: [email protected]; telephone: (781) 
238-7116; fax: (781) 238-7199. The policy statement 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 may request a copy of the 
policy by contacting the individual listed in this section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    The proposed policy statements are available on the Internet at the 
following address: http://www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft/

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enginedraftpolicyby.htm. If you do not have access to the Internet, you 
may request a copy of the proposed policies by contacting the 
individual listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The FAA 
invites interested parties to comment on the proposed policies. 
Comments should identify the subject of the proposed policy and be 
submitted to the individual identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. The FAA will consider all comments received by the closing 
date before issuing the final policies.

Background

    The certification of the propeller ice protection system involves 
an overlap between airplane and propeller requirements. The airplane is 
required to meet the icing requirements of parts 23 or 25, whereas the 
propeller is required to meet the applicable structural and durability 
requirements of part 35. This overlap in certification requirements 
between two certified products, airplanes and propellers, has led to 
confusion over the configuration and quality control responsibility for 
the certificate holders. For example a deicing system shown on a 
propeller type certificate data sheet does not mean that compliance 
with part 23 icing requirements was shown.
    This proposed policy provides guidance for compliance with parts 
21, 23, 25, and 35 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The 
proposed policy clarifies configuration and quality control 
responsibilities for certificate holders and parts suppliers involved 
with propeller ice protection systems. This proposed policy does not 
create any new requirements.

[Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44704.]

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on October 15, 2004.
Jay J. Pardee,
Manager, Engine and Propeller Directorate, Aircraft Certification 
Service.
[FR Doc. 04-23860 Filed 10-25-04; 8:45 am]
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