[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 85138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28399]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 133

[Docket No. 1529; Amdt. No. 133-9A]


Rotorcraft External-Load Operations; Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting two regulatory cross-references. The 
pertinent section was not amended to reflect changes that were 
implemented in the final rule dated November 7, 1986 (Doc. No. 24550, 
51 FR 40692, 40708).

DATES: This action becomes effective on November 25, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning 
this action, contact Raymond T. Plessinger, General Aviation and 
Commercial Divisions, AFS-820, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
1100; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Good Cause for Immediate Adoption Without Prior Notice

    Section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 
U.S.C. 551 et seq.) authorizes agencies to dispense with notice and 
comment procedures for rules when the agency for ``good cause'' finds 
that those procedures are ``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to 
the public interest.'' Under this section, an agency, upon finding good 
cause, may issue a final rule without seeking comment prior to the 
rulemaking.
    Section 553(d)(3) of the Administrative Procedure Act requires that 
agencies publish a rule not less than 30 days before its effective 
date, except as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause found 
and published with the rule.
    This document is correcting an error that is in 14 CFR part 133. 
This correction will not impose any additional restrictions on the 
persons affected by these regulations. Furthermore, any additional 
delay in making the regulations correct would be contrary to the public 
interest. Accordingly, the FAA finds that (i) public comment on these 
standards prior to promulgation is unnecessary, and (ii) good cause 
exists to make this rule effective in less than 30 days.

Background

    On November 7, 1986, the FAA published a final rule (Doc. No. 
24550, 51 FR 40692, 40708) that amended and updated the operations and 
maintenance requirements pertaining to rotorcraft and established a new 
Class D rotorcraft-load combination. The final rule created a new Sec.  
133.35, Carriage of persons. With the creation of Sec.  133.35, the 
occupancy limitations cross-referenced in Sec.  133.49(a) were moved 
from Sec.  133.45(a) to Sec.  133.35(a). The cross-reference in Sec.  
133.49(a) was not amended to reflect this change.
    The final rule also amended Sec.  133.45, Operating limitations, by 
removing paragraph (a). This resulted in paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and 
(e) to be redesignated as paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d), 
respectively. The cross-reference in Sec.  133.49(b) was not amended to 
reflect these changes. In this final rule, the FAA failed to update the 
regulatory cross-references in Sec.  133.49(a) and (b), based on the 
changes previously described. This technical amendment updates the 
cross-references in Sec.  133.49(a) and (b), based on the 1986 final 
rule.

Technical Amendment

    This technical amendment will correct the noted cross-references 
currently in Sec.  133.49(a) and (b). Because this action results in no 
substantive change to part 133, we find good cause exists under 5 
U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make this technical amendment effective in less 
than 30 days and upon its publication in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 133

    Aircraft, Aviation safety, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

The Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends chapter I of title 14, Code of Federal 
Regulations as follows:

PART 133--ROTORCRAFT EXTERNAL-LOAD OPERATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 133 continues to read as follows:

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


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2. Revise Sec.  133.49 to read as follows:


Sec.  133.49   Markings and placards.

    The following markings and placards must be displayed conspicuously 
and must be such that they cannot be easily erased, disfigured, or 
obscured:
    (a) A placard (displayed in the cockpit or cabin) stating the class 
of rotorcraft-load combination for which the rotorcraft has been 
approved and the occupancy limitation prescribed in Sec.  133.35(a).
    (b) A placard, marking, or instruction (displayed next to the 
external-load attaching means) stating the maximum external load 
prescribed as an operating limitation in Sec.  133.45(b).

    Issued under authority of 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702 
in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2016.
Dale Bouffiou,
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2016-28399 Filed 11-23-16; 8:45 am]
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