[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 16611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4790]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2005-22997]
RIN 2120-AI23


Reduction of Fuel Tank Flammability in Transport Category 
Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and request for 
comments on the following documents:
     ``Peer Review of Sandia National Laboratories `Assessment 
of Preventing Ignition Sources With SFAR 88 Airworthiness 
Directives'.''
     FAA Disposition of ``Peer Review of Sandia National 
Laboratories `Assessment of Preventing Ignition Sources With SFAR 88 
Airworthiness Directives'.''
     ``Peer Review Document DOT/FAA/AR-05/8 Fuel Tank 
Flammability Assessment Method User's Manual.''
     FAA Disposition of ``Peer Review Document DOT/FAA/AR-05/8 
Fuel Tank Flammability Assessment Method User's Manual.''

The FAA is making available these documents to support its Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Reduction of Fuel Tank 
Flammability in Transport Category Airplanes.'' The NPRM and these 
documents can be found at the DOT Docket Web site, at http://dms.dot.gov, Docket No. FAA-2005-22997.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 8, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket No. FAA-2005-
22997, 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 20590-001.
     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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael E. Dostert, FAA, Propulsion/
Mechanical Systems Branch (ANM-112), Transport Airplane Directorate, 
Aircraft Certification Service, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, 
Washington 98055-4056; telephone (425) 227-2132, facsimile (425) 227-
1320; e-mail: [email protected].

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to submit comments on these 
documents. Commenters must submit comments to the address specified 
above. The FAA will consider all communications received on or before 
the closing date for comments.

Discussion

    The FAA commissioned peer reviews of two reports related to the 
NPRM we issued on November 17, 2005, ``Reduction of Fuel Tank 
Flammability in Transport Category Airplanes'' (70 FR 70922, November 
23, 2005). Those reports are entitled, ``The Fuel Tank Flammability 
Assessment Method'' and the ``Assessment of Preventing Ignition Sources 
with SFAR 88 Airworthiness Directives.'' The peer reviews have been 
completed and have been sent to the FAA, and the FAA has finished its 
disposition of the findings from these peer reviews.
    The peer reviews and dispositions are required by the Office of 
Management and Budget's (OMB's) ``Final Information Quality Bulletin 
for Peer Review.'' The FAA is adding peer review reports and our 
dispositions to the public docket so the public will have an 
opportunity to view the documents and to add their comments to the 
docket.
    The NPRM, the reports and the peer reviews can be found at the DOT 
Docket Web site, at http://dms.dot.gov, Docket No. FAA-2005-22997.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 27, 2006.
Anthony F. Fazio,
Director, FAA Office of Rulemaking.
 [FR Doc. E6-4790 Filed 3-31-06; 8:45 am]
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