[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 37711-37712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15852]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. FAA-2007-29305; Amdt. No. 91-314-A]
RIN 2120-AI92


Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast (ADS-B) Out 
Performance Requirements To Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service; 
Correction

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting a final rule published on May 28, 2010. 
In that rule, the FAA amended its regulations to add equipage 
requirements and performance standards for Automatic Dependent 
Surveillance--Broadcast (ADS-B) Out avionics on aircraft operating in 
Classes A, B, and C airspace, as well as certain other specified 
classes of airspace within the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). 
This document corrects errors in footnoted material in the preamble and 
cross references in the preamble and rule text of that final rule.

DATES: The final rule and this correction will become effective August 
11, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this final rule, contact Vincent Capezzuto, Surveillance and Broadcast 
Services, AJE-6, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone (202) 385-8637; email [email protected].
    For legal questions concerning this final rule, contact Lorelei 
Peter, Office of the Chief Counsel, AGC-220, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 
telephone 202-267-3134; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 28, 2010, the FAA published a final rule entitled, 
``Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast (ADS-B) Out Performance 
Requirements To Support Air Traffic Control (ATC) Service'' (75 FR 
30160).
    There are three footnotes in the preamble for the final rule that 
refer the reader to the docket to find information on the analyses and 
evaluations performed by the Separation Standards Working Group. The 
FAA is revising two of those footnotes (footnotes 23 and 33) to clarify 
that the cited material is contained in Annexes B and G of RTCA DO-318 
Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements Document for 
Enhanced Air Traffic in Radar-Controlled Areas Using ADS-B Surveillance 
(ADS-B RAD). A copy of those two annexes is in the docket. The third 
footnote (footnote 54) cites a SBS Working Group Report, dated November 
30, 2006. This footnote should reference instead Annexes B and G of 
RTCA DO-318.
    In addition, both the preamble discussion and the regulatory text 
of Sec. Sec.  91.225 and 91.227 address equipment with an approved 
deviation under Sec.  21.618. By separate rulemaking entitled 
``Production and Airworthiness Approval, Part Marking, and 
Miscellaneous Amendments,'' published October 16, 2009 (74 FR 53368), 
the FAA revised part 21 subpart O, and Sec.  21.609 Approval for 
deviation was renumbered as Sec.  21.618, effective April 14, 2010. The 
FAA later published a correction to that rule on March 1, 2010 (75 FR 
9095) changing the effective date for the revision of subpart O to 
April 16, 2011. In the ADS-B final rule, therefore, the FAA is changing 
the references from Sec.  21.618 to Sec.  21.609 to reflect the correct 
section number. The FAA also is issuing a separate technical amendment 
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register to change the reference 
from Sec.  21.609 to Sec.  21.618, effective April 16, 2011.
    In final rule FR Doc. 2010-12645, beginning on page 30160, in the 
Federal Register of May 28, 2010, make the following corrections:

Corrections to Preamble

    1. On page 30164, in the second column, in fourth line, revise 
``Sec.  21.618'' to read ``Sec.  21.609.''
    2. On page 30166, in the second column, revise footnote 23 to read 
as follows:

    \23\ The SSWG findings and analyses were adopted by RTCA SC-186 
and codified in Annexes B and G of DO-318 Safety, Performance and 
Interoperability Requirements Document for Enhanced Air Traffic in 
Radar-Controlled Areas Using ADS-B Surveillance (ADS-B RAD). The 
annexes are available at http://www.regulations.gov. The docket 
number for this rulemaking is FAA-2007-29305.

    3. On page 30169, in the third column, revise footnote 33 to read 
as follows:

    \33\ The FAA's determination was based on the findings of the 
SSWG, which were adopted by RTCA SC-186 and codified in Annexes B 
and G of DO-318 Safety, Performance and Interoperability 
Requirements Document for Enhanced Air Traffic in Radar-Controlled 
Areas Using ADS-B Surveillance (ADS-B RAD). The annexes are 
available at http://www.regulations.gov. The docket number for this 
rulemaking is FAA-2007-29305.

    4. On page 30179, in the third column, revise footnote 54 to read 
as follows:

    \54\ These operational evaluations were based on the findings of 
the SSWG, were adopted by RTCA SC-186 and codified in Annexes B and 
G of DO-318 Safety, Performance and Interoperability Requirements 
Document for Enhanced Air Traffic in Radar-Controlled Areas Using 
ADS-B Surveillance (ADS-B RAD). The annexes are available at http://www.regulations.gov. The docket number for this rulemaking is FAA-
2007-29305.


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Corrections to Regulatory Text


Sec.  91.225  [Corrected]

    1. On page 30193, in the third column, amend Sec.  91.225 (c) by 
revising ``Sec.  21.618'' to read ``Sec.  21.609.''


Sec.  91.227  [Corrected]

    2. On page 30195, in the second column, amend Sec.  91.227 (f) by 
revising ``Sec.  21.618'' to read ``Sec.  21.609.''

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2010-15852 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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