[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14646-14647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05242]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2016-9380; Directorate Identifier 2016-NE-21-AD
RIN 2120-AA64


Airworthiness Directives; CFE Company Turbofan Engines

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). 
The NPRM proposed a new

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airworthiness directive (AD) for certain CFE Company (CFE) turbofan 
engines that published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2017. The 
proposed action that published in the Federal Register on January 5, 
2017 was a duplicate of an NPRM, Directorate Identifier 2016-NE-21-AD, 
that published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2017. Accordingly, 
we withdraw the proposed rule that published in the Federal Register on 
January 5, 2017.

DATES: As of March 22, 2017, the proposed rule published January 5, 
2017 (82 FR 52) is withdrawn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Adler, Aerospace Engineer, 
Engine Certification Office, FAA, 1200 District Avenue, Burlington, MA 
01803; phone: 781-238-7157; fax: 781-238-7199; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR part 39 
with a proposed AD (82 FR 1258, January 5, 2017). Since we published 
the NPRM, Directorate Identifier 2016-NE-21-AD, in the Federal Register 
on January 5, 2017 (82 FR 1258), we discovered that it was a duplicate 
of an NPRM, Directorate Identifier 2016-NE-21-AD, that published in the 
Federal Register on January 3, 2017 (82 FR 52). This duplication 
created overlapping comment periods with different comment period 
closing dates, which is confusing to commenters.
    Withdrawal of the NPRM (82 FR 1258, January 5, 2017) constitutes 
only such action, and does not preclude the agency from issuing another 
notice in the future, nor does it commit the agency to any course of 
action in the future.
    Since this action only withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking, 
it is neither a proposed nor a final rule. Therefore, Executive Order 
12866, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, or DOT Regulatory Policies and 
Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979) do not cover this 
withdrawal.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 39

    Air transportation, Aircraft, Aviation safety, Incorporation by 
reference, Safety.

The Withdrawal

    Accordingly, the notice of proposed rulemaking, Docket No. FAA-
2016-9380; Directorate Identifier 2016-NE-21-AD, published in the 
Federal Register on January 5, 2017 (82 FR 1258), is withdrawn.

    Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on March 8, 2017.
Carlos A. Pestana,
Acting Assistant Manager, Engine & Propeller Directorate, Aircraft 
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-05242 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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