[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08631]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Parts 61, 63, and 65

[Docket No. FAA-2022-1463; Amdt. No. 65-64A]
RIN 2120-AL74


Airman Certification Standards and Practical Test Standards for 
Airmen; Incorporation by Reference

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On April 1, 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
published a final rule in the Federal Register to incorporate certain 
Airman Certification Standards and Practical Test Standards by 
reference into the certification requirements for pilots, flight 
instructors, flight engineers, aircraft dispatchers, and parachute 
riggers. In that final rule, the FAA incorrectly set forth certain 
regulatory text which, if not corrected, would remove certain content 
from the Code of Federal Regulations the FAA did not intend to remove. 
This correction remedies the error.

DATES: Effective on May 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: For information on where to obtain copies of rulemaking 
documents and other information related to this final rule, see ``How 
to Obtain Additional Information'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Ciccone, Training and 
Certification Group, AFS-810, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 267-1100; 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 1, 2024, the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) published the final rule, Airman Certification 
Standards and Practical Test Standards for Airmen; Incorporation by 
Reference.\1\ That final rule adopted several amendments to parts 61, 
63, and 65 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) by 
incorporating by reference (IBR) the Airman Certification Standards 
(ACS) and Practical Test Standards (PTS). The ACS and PTS \2\ serve as 
the testing standards for airman certificates and rating practical 
tests. Among other things, the final rule revised Sec.  65.119(a) to 
require compliance with the respective PTS for parachute riggers. 
However, the FAA inadvertently set forth only the revisions to the 
introductory text of paragraph (a) and did not address the undesignated 
paragraph at the end of paragraph (a). The FAA is correcting this error 
by setting forth the entirety of paragraph (a) and designating the 
currently-undesignated paragraph at the end of paragraph (a) as 
paragraph (a)(3).
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    \1\ 89 FR 22482 FR Doc 2024-06644.
    \2\ ACS and PTS refers to both the singular Standard and the 
plural Standards throughout the document.
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Correction

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Effective May 31, 2024, in rule document 2024-06644 at 89 FR 22482 in 
the issue of April 1, 2024, on page 22520, in the third column, in 
amendatory instruction 16, paragraph a is corrected to read as follows:


Sec.  65.119  [Corrected]

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    (a) Present evidence satisfactory to the Administrator that the 
applicant has had at least 3 years of experience as a parachute rigger 
and has satisfactorily packed at least 100 parachutes of each of two 
types in common use, in accordance with the manufacturer's 
instructions--
    (1) While a certificated and appropriately rated senior parachute 
rigger; or
    (2) While under the supervision of a certificated and appropriately 
rated parachute rigger or a person holding appropriate military 
ratings.
    (3) An applicant may combine experience specified in paragraphs 
(a)(1) and (2) of this section to meet the requirements of this 
paragraph (a).
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    Issued under authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 
44701, 44702, and 44703 in Washington, DC.
Brandon Roberts,
Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2024-08631 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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