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Applicability
(c) This AD applies to the airplanes
identified in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of
this AD, certificated in any category.
(1) The Boeing Company Model 737–300,
–400, and –500 series airplanes, as identified
in Boeing Service Bulletin 737–35A1053,
Revision 1, dated June 1, 2000.
(2) The Boeing Company Model 737–600,
–700, and –800 series airplanes, as identified
in Boeing Service Bulletin 737–35A1058,
Revision 1, dated June 1, 2000.
Subject
(d) Air Transport Association (ATA) of
America Code 35: Oxygen.
system that burned through due to
inadvertent electrical current from a short
circuit in the audio select panel. The Federal
Aviation Administration is issuing this AD to
prevent inadvertent electrical current, which
can cause the low-pressure flex-hoses of the
crew oxygen system to melt or burn, resulting
in oxygen system leakage and smoke or fire.
Compliance
(f) You are responsible for having the
actions required by this AD performed within
the compliance times specified, unless the
actions have already been done.
Inspection and Replacement
(g) Within 36 months after the effective
date of this AD, do an inspection to
determine whether any low-pressure flexhose of the crew oxygen system installed
Unsafe Condition
(e) This AD results from reports of lowpressure flex-hoses of the crew oxygen
under the oxygen mask stowage box in the
flight deck has a part number identified in
Table 1 of this AD. A review of airplane
maintenance records is acceptable in lieu of
this inspection if the part number of the lowpressure flex-hoses of the crew oxygen
system can be conclusively determined from
that review.
(1) For any hose having a part number
identified in Table 1 of this AD, before
further flight, replace the hose with a new or
serviceable part, in accordance with the
Accomplishment Instructions of Boeing
Service Bulletin 737–35A1053, Revision 1,
dated June 1, 2000; or Boeing Service
Bulletin 737–35A1058, Revision 1, dated
June 1, 2000; as applicable.
(2) For any hose not having a part number
identified in Table 1 of this AD no further
action is required by this paragraph.
TABLE 1—APPLICABLE PART NUMBERS
Equivalent Boeing supplier part numbers
Boeing specification part number
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10–60174–35 ..............................................................................
10–60174–46 ..............................................................................
60B50059–99 ..............................................................................
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Parts Installation
(h) As of the effective date of this AD, no
person may install a crew oxygen hose with
a part number identified in Table 1 of this
AD, on any airplane.
Actions Accomplished According to
Previous Issue of Service Bulletin
(i) Actions accomplished before the
effective date of this AD in accordance with
Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 737–35A1053,
dated September 2, 1999; or Boeing Alert
Service Bulletin 737–35A1058, dated
September 2, 1999; as applicable; are
considered acceptable for compliance with
the corresponding actions specified in this
AD.
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Alternative Methods of Compliance
(AMOCs)
(j)(1) The Manager, Seattle Aircraft
Certification Office (ACO), FAA, has the
authority to approve AMOCs for this AD, if
requested using the procedures found in 14
CFR 39.19. Send information to ATTN:
Robert Hettman, Aerospace Engineer, Cabin
Safety and Environmental Systems Branch,
ANM–150S, FAA, Seattle ACO, 1601 Lind
Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington 98057–
3356; telephone (425) 917–6457; fax (425)
917–6590. Or, e-mail information to 9-ANMSeattle-ACO-AMOC-Requests@faa.gov.
(2) To request a different method of
compliance or a different compliance time
for this AD, follow the procedures in 14 CFR
39.19. Before using any approved AMOC on
any airplane to which the AMOC applies,
notify your principal maintenance inspector
(PMI) or principal avionics inspector (PAI),
as appropriate, or lacking a principal
inspector, your local Flight Standards District
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Office. The AMOC approval letter must
specifically reference this AD.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on January
8, 2010.
Stephen P. Boyd,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane
Directorate, Aircraft Certification Service.
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16 CFR Part 307
Request for Comments Concerning
Regulations Implementing the
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco
Health Education Act of 1986;
Termination of Regulatory Review
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice of Termination of
Regulatory Rule Review.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Federal Trade
Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
has terminated the regulatory review of
its regulations (‘‘smokeless tobacco
regulations’’), implementing the
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco
Health Education Act of 1986
(‘‘Smokeless Tobacco Act’’).
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of this
notice should be sent to the Consumer
Response Center, Room 130, Federal
Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania
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Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580. The
notice also is available on the Internet
on the Commission’s Web site, (https://
www.ftc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shira Modell, Division of Advertising
Practices, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20580, 202-326-3116.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1986,
Congress enacted the Smokeless
Tobacco Act, requiring manufacturers,
importers, and packagers of smokeless
tobacco products to display on a
rotating basis one of three statutory
health warnings on product packages
and in most advertising (other than
billboards). The 1986 Smokeless
Tobacco Act also directed the FTC to
issue implementing regulations
governing the format and display of the
health warnings. The Commission
issued its smokeless tobacco regulations
on November 4, 1986.1 51 FR 40015.
The Smokeless Tobacco Act also
directed the FTC to review and approve,
1 The original regulations exempted utilitarian
items such as hats or other personal items. The
exemption was challenged, and the Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered the
Commission to delete the exemption. Public Citizen
v. FTC, 869 F. 2d 1541 (D.C. Cir. 1989), aff’g, 688
F. Supp. 667 (D.D.C. 1988). As a result, the
Commission amended its regulations to include
provisions for the rotation and display of the
statutory warnings on utilitarian items. 56 FR 11654
(Mar. 20, 1991).
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if appropriate, smokeless tobacco plans
specifying how affected companies
planned to comply with the rotational
warning requirements specified in the
Smokeless Tobacco Act and the
implementing regulations.
On March 7, 2000, the Commission
published a request for public comment
on the regulations, 65 FR 11944, as part
of its periodic review of its trade
regulation rules and guides. The
purpose of the review was to determine
whether the existing smokeless tobacco
regulations continued to meet the goals
of the Smokeless Tobacco Act and to
provide the protections intended when
they were promulgated. The comment
period was extended twice in 2000, 65
FR 26534 (May 8, 2000) and 65 FR
60899 (Oct. 13, 2000). The request for
comments elicited 39 written
responses.2 Virtually all of the
comments supported the continuation
of health warnings on smokeless
tobacco packages and in advertising.
Most comments also recommended that
the FTC amend its regulations to require
stronger, more effective, and more
enforceable health warning
requirements. Members of the smokeless
tobacco industry recommended against
any amendments, stating that the
existing regulations effectively served
the purpose of the Smokeless Tobacco
Act.
On June 22, 2009, President Obama
signed into law the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act,
Pub. L. No. 111-31, 123 Stat. 1776
(2009) (‘‘Family Smoking Prevention
Act’’). The Family Smoking Prevention
Act, among other things, amends the
Smokeless Tobacco Act to require new
size, format, and display requirements
for the statutory health warnings, and to
transfer authority over the review and
approval of rotational warning plans to
the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services (‘‘DHHS’’).
The Family Smoking Prevention Act
also gives the Secretary of the DHHS
authority to change the warning
statements and to change the size,
format, and display requirements of
those warnings. The statute specifies
that the new warning scheme for
smokeless tobacco products will become
effective by July 2010.
Given the new statutory size, format,
and display requirements, and the
transfer of authority over the health
warnings to the DHHS, the
2 The commenters included Members of
Congress, officials at federal, state, and local
government health agencies, the largest smokeless
tobacco manufacturer, the smokeless tobacco trade
association, a manufacturer of cigarettes and
smokeless tobacco products, public health
organizations, and individuals.
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Commission’s regulatory review has
been terminated.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
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16 CFR Part 307
Regulations under the Comprehensive
Smokeless Tobacco Health Education
Act; Termination of Rulemaking
Proceeding
Federal Trade Commission.
Notice of Termination of
Rulemaking Proceeding.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Federal Trade
Commission (‘‘FTC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’)
has terminated its rulemaking
concerning a proposed amendment to
its regulations (‘‘smokeless tobacco
regulations’’), , implementing the
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco
Health Education Act of 1986
(‘‘Smokeless Tobacco Act’’). The
proposed amendment expressly
provided that sponsored racing vehicles
and other event-related objects that
display the brand name, logo, or selling
message of smokeless tobacco products
are advertising subject to the Smokeless
Tobacco Act and the Commission’s
implementing regulations. In addition,
the proposal set out a method for the
display and rotation of the statutory
health warnings on the objects subject to
the amendment.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of this
notice should be sent to the Consumer
Response Center, Room 130, Federal
Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580. The
notice also is available on the Internet
on the Commission’s Web site, (https://
www.ftc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shira Modell, Division of Advertising
Practices, Bureau of Consumer
Protection, Federal Trade Commission,
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20580, 202-326-3116.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1991,
the Coalition on Smoking OR Health
petitioned the Commission to enforce
the Smokeless Tobacco Act by requiring
rotational health warnings on sponsored
racing cars, banners, flags, and other
event-related objects. On November 4,
1993 (58 FR 58810), the FTC published
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(‘‘Notice’’) requesting public comment
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on a proposed amendment to the
Commission’s smokeless tobacco
regulations that expressly provided that
sponsored racing vehicles and other
event-related objects bearing smokeless
tobacco brand names, logos, or selling
messages are subject to the statutory
health warning requirements. The
Notice also set out a method for
displaying and rotating the health
warnings on the objects encompassed by
the proposed amendment.
During the public comment period,
the Commission received approximately
217 substantive comments, numerous
petitions signed by members of specific
racing teams, and about 53,000
postcards.1 Of the substantive
comments, 200 opposed the proposed
regulations and 17 supported the
proposal to require warnings on
vehicles and other event-related objects.
The race team petitions likewise
generally opposed the proposal, and the
postcards contained a pre-printed
message opposing the proposal.
On June 22, 2009, President Obama
signed into law the Family Smoking
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act,
Pub. L. No. 111-31, 123 Stat. 1776
(2009) (‘‘Family Smoking Prevention
Act’’). The Family Smoking Prevention
Act, among other things, transfers
authority over the size, format, and
display of the smokeless tobacco health
warnings to the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (‘‘DHHS’’). Thus, pursuant to
the Family Smoking Prevention Act,
determinations as to whether and how
to display and rotate warnings on
various objects or vehicles will be made
by DHHS. Further, the Family Smoking
Prevention Act directs the DHHS to reissue its Regulations Restricting the Sale
and Distribution of Cigarettes and
Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children
and Adolescents, 61 FR 44615-618 (Aug.
28, 1996). Those regulations would
prohibit cigarette and smokeless tobacco
manufacturers from sponsoring athletic
and entertainment events using brand
names, logos, or selling messages.
Given these legislative and likely
regulatory changes, the Commission has
determined that it would be more
appropriate for the DHHS to consider
the issues raised in this rulemaking
proceeding. Accordingly, the
Commission concludes that it is not in
1 The comments were filed by Members of
Congress, a state governor, four manufacturers of
smokeless tobacco products, state health agencies,
a local chamber of commerce, public health and
public interest organizations, representatives of
event-related businesses such as arenas, race track
owners, team owners, sports sanctioning bodies,
sporting event announcers, and racing car drivers,
as well as other individuals.
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[FR Doc No: 2010-1043]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 307
Request for Comments Concerning Regulations Implementing the
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986;
Termination of Regulatory Review
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of Termination of Regulatory Rule Review.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'' or ``Commission'') has
terminated the regulatory review of its regulations (``smokeless
tobacco regulations''), implementing the Comprehensive Smokeless
Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (``Smokeless Tobacco Act'').
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of this notice should be sent to the
Consumer Response Center, Room 130, Federal Trade Commission, 600
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20580. The notice also is
available on the Internet on the Commission's Web site, (https://www.ftc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shira Modell, Division of Advertising
Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission, 600
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20580, 202-326-3116.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1986, Congress enacted the Smokeless
Tobacco Act, requiring manufacturers, importers, and packagers of
smokeless tobacco products to display on a rotating basis one of three
statutory health warnings on product packages and in most advertising
(other than billboards). The 1986 Smokeless Tobacco Act also directed
the FTC to issue implementing regulations governing the format and
display of the health warnings. The Commission issued its smokeless
tobacco regulations on November 4, 1986.\1\ 51 FR 40015. The Smokeless
Tobacco Act also directed the FTC to review and approve,
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if appropriate, smokeless tobacco plans specifying how affected
companies planned to comply with the rotational warning requirements
specified in the Smokeless Tobacco Act and the implementing
regulations.
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\1\ The original regulations exempted utilitarian items such as
hats or other personal items. The exemption was challenged, and the
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ordered the Commission
to delete the exemption. Public Citizen v. FTC, 869 F. 2d 1541 (D.C.
Cir. 1989), aff'g, 688 F. Supp. 667 (D.D.C. 1988). As a result, the
Commission amended its regulations to include provisions for the
rotation and display of the statutory warnings on utilitarian items.
56 FR 11654 (Mar. 20, 1991).
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On March 7, 2000, the Commission published a request for public
comment on the regulations, 65 FR 11944, as part of its periodic review
of its trade regulation rules and guides. The purpose of the review was
to determine whether the existing smokeless tobacco regulations
continued to meet the goals of the Smokeless Tobacco Act and to provide
the protections intended when they were promulgated. The comment period
was extended twice in 2000, 65 FR 26534 (May 8, 2000) and 65 FR 60899
(Oct. 13, 2000). The request for comments elicited 39 written
responses.\2\ Virtually all of the comments supported the continuation
of health warnings on smokeless tobacco packages and in advertising.
Most comments also recommended that the FTC amend its regulations to
require stronger, more effective, and more enforceable health warning
requirements. Members of the smokeless tobacco industry recommended
against any amendments, stating that the existing regulations
effectively served the purpose of the Smokeless Tobacco Act.
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\2\ The commenters included Members of Congress, officials at
federal, state, and local government health agencies, the largest
smokeless tobacco manufacturer, the smokeless tobacco trade
association, a manufacturer of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
products, public health organizations, and individuals.
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On June 22, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Family
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Pub. L. No. 111-31, 123
Stat. 1776 (2009) (``Family Smoking Prevention Act''). The Family
Smoking Prevention Act, among other things, amends the Smokeless
Tobacco Act to require new size, format, and display requirements for
the statutory health warnings, and to transfer authority over the
review and approval of rotational warning plans to the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services (``DHHS''). The Family Smoking
Prevention Act also gives the Secretary of the DHHS authority to change
the warning statements and to change the size, format, and display
requirements of those warnings. The statute specifies that the new
warning scheme for smokeless tobacco products will become effective by
July 2010.
Given the new statutory size, format, and display requirements, and
the transfer of authority over the health warnings to the DHHS, the
Commission's regulatory review has been terminated.
By direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-1043 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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