Proposed Federal Aviation Administration Notice 8150.NTF, Non-Technical Standard Order (TSO) Functions(s) Integrated in a TSO Article, 30996-30997 [05-10719]

Download as PDF 30996 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 103 / Tuesday, May 31, 2005 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Notice of Intent To Rule on Application 05–05–C–00–MSO To Impose and Use the Revenue From a Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) at Missoula International Airport, Submitted by the Missoula County Airport Authority, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, MT Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on application. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application to impose and use PFC revenue at Missoula International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158). DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 30, 2005. ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered in triplicate to the FAA at the following address: David S. Stelling, Manager; Helena Airports District Office, HLN– ADO; Federal Aviation Administration; FAA Building, Suite 2; 2725 Skyway Drive, Helena, Montana 59602–1213. In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to Joe Easton, Acting Airport Director: Missoula County Airport Authority, 5225 Highway 10 West, Missoula, Montana 59808–6103. Air Carriers and foreign air carriers may submit copies of written comments previously provided to Missoula International Airport, under § 158.23 of part 158. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David S. Stelling, Manager; Helena Airports District Office, HLN–ADO; Federal Aviation Administration; FAA Building, Suite 2; 2725 Skyway Drive, Helena, Montana 59602–1213. The application may be reviewed in person at this same location. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the application 05–05–C– 00–MSO to impose and use PFC revenue at Missoula International Airport, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 40117 and part 158 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 158). On May 23, 2005, the FAA determined that the application to impose and use the revenue from a PFC submitted by Missoula County Airport Authority, Missoula International Airport, Missoula, Montana, was substantially complete within the VerDate jul<14>2003 16:14 May 27, 2005 Jkt 205001 requirements of § 158.25 of part 158. The FAA will approve or disapprove the application, in whole or in part, no later than August 24, 2005. The following is a brief overview of the application. Level of the proposed PFC: $4.50. Proposed charge effective date: October 1, 2005. Proposed charge expiration date: June 1, 2007. Total requested for use approval: $2,339,144. Brief description of proposed projects: Rehabilitate Taxiways ‘‘D’’ and ‘‘G’’; Acquire Passenger Loading Bridges; Acquire Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Vehicle; Extend Taxiway ‘‘A’’ and Rehabilitate and Extend Taxiway ‘‘F’’; Acquire Snow Removal Equipment; Update Airport Layout Plan and Conduct Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) part 150 Noise Study; Construct Access Taxiway; and Enhance Terminal Security Screening Checkpoint. Class or classes of air carriers which the public agency has requested not be required to collect PFC’s: Air Taxi/ Commercial Operators (ATCO) filing FAA Form 1800–31. Any person may inspect the application in person at the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA Regional Airports Office located at: Federal Aviation Administration, Northwest Mountain Region, Airports Division, ANM–600, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., Suite 315, Renton, WA 98055– 4056. In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the application, notice and other documents germane to the application in person at the Missoula International Airport. Issued in Renton, Washington on May 23, 2005. David A. Field, Manager, Planning, Programming and Capacity Branch, Northwest Mountain Region. [FR Doc. 05–10725 Filed 5–27–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Proposed Federal Aviation Administration Notice 8150.NTF, NonTechnical Standard Order (TSO) Functions(s) Integrated in a TSO Article Federal Aviation Administration, DOT. ACTION: Notice of availability and requests for public comment. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests comments on proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notice 8150.NTF, Non-TSO Functions(s) Integrated in a TSO Article. The proposed notice will replace FAA Order 8150.1B, Technical Standard Order Program, Paragraph 17d(3), dated May 12, 2002. The proposed notice provides guidance to Aircraft Certification Field Offices personnel on the appropriate means to evaluate a non-TSO function a manufacturer might integrate into a TSO article. DATES: Submit comments on or before June 30, 2005. ADDRESSES: Send all comments on proposed FAA Notice 8150.NTF to: Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft Engineering Division, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. Attn. Mr. Richard Jennings, AIR–130. Or deliver comments to: Federal Aviation Administration, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Jennings, Senior Aerospace Engineer, Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service, Aircraft Engineering Division, Avionic Systems Branch, AIR–130, 1895 Phoenix Blvd., Suite 450, Atlanta, GA 30349. Telephone (770) 703–6090, fax (770) 703–6055. E-mail richard.jennings@faa.gov SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments Invited Submit written data, views, or arguments on the proposed notice to the above-specified address. Your comments should stipulate ‘‘Comments to proposed FAA Notice 8150.NTF.’’ You may examine comments before and after the comment closing date by visiting Room 815, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, weekdays except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Director, Aircraft Certification Service, will consider all comments received on or before the closing date before issuing the final Notice. Background FAA Order 8150.1B, Paragraph 17d(3), as currently written, allows for the incorporation of a non-TSO function in a TSO article, but stipulates the nonTSO safety and performance functions be evaluated under the appropriate airworthiness certification procedures during the installation process. E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 103 / Tuesday, May 31, 2005 / Notices However, that process permits the design data package granting the ‘‘host’’ TSO authorization to contain the nonTSO function design data package, without assuring the required performance of the hosting TSO article is unaffected by the added non-TSO function. Deferring the evaluation of the nonTSO function until installation is not ideal, since the installer generally does not have the TSO manufacturer’s equipment or expertise available to perform a thorough equipment performance evaluation, especially when the performance must be determined by laboratory simulation or under specific test conditions. In the proposed notice, we bring greater scrutiny to integrated non-TSO functions into the host TSO by providing guidance to the Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for the consistent performance evaluation of the non-TSO function at the time of TSO authorization issuance. Note also, as with the TSO article itself, the integrated non-TSO function must have separate FAA approval for installation in an aircraft. Thus, this proposed notice allows the ACO to acknowledge the software and hardware design assurance levels and environmental testing accomplished on the non-TSO function, precluding the need for repeated evaluations at each installation approval. How To Obtain Copies Issued in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2005. Susan J.M. Cabler, Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 05–10719 Filed 5–27–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA—2005—20560] Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision; Withdrawal Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. AGENCY: 16:14 May 27, 2005 SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) withdraws a notice of applications for exemption from the vision standard with request for comments published on May 17, 2005. The notice was published in error. DATES: The notice of applications with request for comments published on May 17, 2005 (70 FR 28348), is withdrawn effective May 17, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary D. Gunnels, Office of Bus and Truck Standards and Operations, (202) 366–4001, FMCSA, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Issued on: May 23, 2005. Rose A. McMurray, Associate Administrator, Policy and Program Development. [FR Doc. 05–10690 Filed 5–27–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2005–20560] You can get a copy of proposed FAA Notice 8150.NTF and Order 8150.1B from the FAA’s Regulatory and Guidance Library (RGL) at https:// www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl. On the RGL Web site, click on ‘‘Orders/Notices’’. Or, contact the person listed in the section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. VerDate jul<14>2003 Withdrawal of notice of applications for exemption from the vision standard. ACTION: Jkt 205001 Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of final disposition. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces its decision to exempt 30 individuals from the vision requirement in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). The exemptions will enable these individuals to qualify as drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce without meeting the vision standard prescribed in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). DATES: May 31, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Mary D. Gunnels, Office of Bus and Truck Standards and Operations, (202) 366–4001, FMCSA, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30997 Electronic Access You may see all the comments online through the Document Management System (DMS) at: https://dmses.dot.gov. Background On April 6, 2005, the FMCSA published a notice of receipt of exemption applications from 30 individuals, and requested comments from the public (70 FR 17504). The 30 individuals petitioned the FMCSA for exemptions from the vision requirement in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), which applies to drivers of CMVs in interstate commerce. They are: Edmund J. Barron, Eddie M. Brown, Tony Cook, Jeffery W. Cotner, John K. Fank, Bobby G. Fletcher, Lonny L. Ford, Larry G. Garcia, Robert E. Hendrick, Jonah G. Higdon, Daniel J. Hillman, Ronald A. Johnson, Clyde H. Kitzan, Joe S. Lassiter III, Gene A. Lesher, Jr., Eugene A. Maggio, Anthony R. Miles, Raymond E. Morelock, Kenneth L. Nau, David L. Peebles, David W. Peterson, Frederick G. Robbins, Jose C. Sanchez-Sanchez, Boyd D. Stamey, Scott C. Teich, Emerson J. Turner, Daniel E. Watkins, Dean E. Wheeler, Michael C. Williams, Sr., and Louie E. Workman. Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e), the FMCSA may grant an exemption for a 2-year period if it finds ‘‘such exemption would likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent such exemption.’’ The statute also allows the agency to renew exemptions at the end of the 2-year period. Accordingly, the FMCSA has evaluated the 30 applications on their merits and made a determination to grant exemptions to all of them. The comment period closed on May 6, 2005. Two comments were received, and their contents were carefully considered by the FMCSA in reaching the final decision to grant the exemptions. Vision and Driving Experience of the Applicants The vision requirement in the FMCSRs provides: A person is physically qualified to drive a commercial motor vehicle if that person has distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye without corrective lenses or visual acuity separately corrected to 20/40 (Snellen) or better with corrective lenses, distant binocular acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in both eyes with or without corrective lenses, field of vision of at least 70° in the horizontal meridian in each eye, and the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30996-30997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10719]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Proposed Federal Aviation Administration Notice 8150.NTF, Non-
Technical Standard Order (TSO) Functions(s) Integrated in a TSO Article

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability and requests for public comment.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of and requests 
comments on proposed Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Notice 
8150.NTF, Non-TSO Functions(s) Integrated in a TSO Article. The 
proposed notice will replace FAA Order 8150.1B, Technical Standard 
Order Program, Paragraph 17d(3), dated May 12, 2002. The proposed 
notice provides guidance to Aircraft Certification Field Offices 
personnel on the appropriate means to evaluate a non-TSO function a 
manufacturer might integrate into a TSO article.

DATES: Submit comments on or before June 30, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments on proposed FAA Notice 8150.NTF to: 
Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification Service, 
Aircraft Engineering Division, Room 815, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591. Attn. Mr. Richard Jennings, AIR-130. Or deliver 
comments to: Federal Aviation Administration, Room 815, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Jennings, Senior Aerospace 
Engineer, Federal Aviation Administration, Aircraft Certification 
Service, Aircraft Engineering Division, Avionic Systems Branch, AIR-
130, 1895 Phoenix Blvd., Suite 450, Atlanta, GA 30349. Telephone (770) 
703-6090, fax (770) 703-6055. E-mail richard.jennings@faa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited

    Submit written data, views, or arguments on the proposed notice to 
the above-specified address. Your comments should stipulate ``Comments 
to proposed FAA Notice 8150.NTF.'' You may examine comments before and 
after the comment closing date by visiting Room 815, FAA Headquarters 
Building, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, weekdays except 
Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The Director, 
Aircraft Certification Service, will consider all comments received on 
or before the closing date before issuing the final Notice.

Background

    FAA Order 8150.1B, Paragraph 17d(3), as currently written, allows 
for the incorporation of a non-TSO function in a TSO article, but 
stipulates the non-TSO safety and performance functions be evaluated 
under the appropriate airworthiness certification procedures during the 
installation process.

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However, that process permits the design data package granting the 
``host'' TSO authorization to contain the non-TSO function design data 
package, without assuring the required performance of the hosting TSO 
article is unaffected by the added non-TSO function.
    Deferring the evaluation of the non-TSO function until installation 
is not ideal, since the installer generally does not have the TSO 
manufacturer's equipment or expertise available to perform a thorough 
equipment performance evaluation, especially when the performance must 
be determined by laboratory simulation or under specific test 
conditions. In the proposed notice, we bring greater scrutiny to 
integrated non-TSO functions into the host TSO by providing guidance to 
the Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for the consistent performance 
evaluation of the non-TSO function at the time of TSO authorization 
issuance. Note also, as with the TSO article itself, the integrated 
non-TSO function must have separate FAA approval for installation in an 
aircraft. Thus, this proposed notice allows the ACO to acknowledge the 
software and hardware design assurance levels and environmental testing 
accomplished on the non-TSO function, precluding the need for repeated 
evaluations at each installation approval.

How To Obtain Copies

    You can get a copy of proposed FAA Notice 8150.NTF and Order 
8150.1B from the FAA's Regulatory and Guidance Library (RGL) at https://
www.airweb.faa.gov/rgl. On the RGL Web site, click on ``Orders/
Notices''. Or, contact the person listed in the section titled FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2005.
Susan J.M. Cabler,
Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering Division, Aircraft 
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 05-10719 Filed 5-27-05; 8:45 am]
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