[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15853]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. FAA-2007-29305; Amdt. No. 91-316]
RIN 2120-AI92


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

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is making minor technical changes to a final rule 
published in the Federal Register on May 28, 2010. In that final 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 technical amendment 
changes a cross reference to a section in part 21 subpart O to be 
consistent with revisions to that subpart.

DATES: Effective April 16, 2011.

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; e-mail [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 October 16, 2009, the FAA published a separate rulemaking 
entitled ``Production and Airworthiness Approval, Part Marking, and 
Miscellaneous Amendments'' (74 FR 53368) in which the FAA revised part 
21 subpart O. As part of that revision, current Sec.  21.609 Approval 
for deviation was renumbered as Sec.  21.618, effective April 14, 2010.
    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). In that final rule, the FAA referenced Sec.  21.618 Approval 
for deviation in both the preamble and the regulatory text of 
Sec. Sec.  91.225 and 91.227. The FAA later published a correction to 
the October 16, 2009, part 21 rule on March 1, 2010 (75 FR 9095) 
changing the effective date for the revision of subpart O to April 16, 
2011. The FAA inadvertently did not reflect the section is currently 
numbered Sec.  21.609 and explain that it would become Sec.  21.618 on 
April 16, 2011.
    By a correction document published elsewhere in this issue of the 
Federal Register, the FAA is correcting the cross reference to read 
``Sec.  21.609'' in the May 28, 2010, ADS-B final rule.
    This technical amendment amends Sec. Sec.  91.225 and 91.227 to 
revise the cross references to Sec.  21.609 to read Sec.  21.618 
effective April 16, 2011.

Discussion of Technical Amendment

    As discussed above, this action makes the appropriate amendatory 
change to revise cross references to Sec.  21.609 to read ``Sec.  
21.618'' in Sec. Sec.  91.225 and 91.227. This amendment will not 
impose any additional restrictions on operators affected by these 
regulations.
    On April 16, 2011, the effective date of this technical amendment, 
the cross reference appearing on page 30164 in the preamble of the May 
28, 2010, final rule, which now reads ``Sec.  21.618'' and is being 
corrected to read ``Sec.  21.609'' elsewhere in this issue of the 
Federal Register, will revert to reading ``Sec.  21.618.''

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 91

    Aircraft, Airmen, Air traffic control, Aviation safety, 
Incorporation by Reference, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

The Amendment

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Accordingly, title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 91 
is amended as follows:

PART 91--GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES

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1. The authority citation for part 91 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 1155, 40103, 40113, 40120, 44101, 
44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715, 44716, 44717, 
44722, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508, 47528-
47531, articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil 
Aviation (61 stat.1180).


Sec.  91.225  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec.  91.225 (c) by revising ``Sec.  21.609'' to read ``Sec.  
21.618.''


Sec.  91.227  [Amended]

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3. Amend Sec.  91.227 (f) by revising ``Sec.  21.609'' to read ``Sec.  
21.618.''

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
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