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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee—New Task
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
Notice of new task assignment
for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC).
ACTION:
The FAA assigned the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee (ARAC) a new task to
provide recommendations regarding the
outdated Advisory Circular (AC) 120–
17A, Maintenance Control by Reliability
Methods guidance material. The FAA
needs to provide its employees and the
aviation industry with current
information for developing,
implementing, maintaining and
overseeing air carrier’s maintenance
reliability programs. This notice informs
the public of the new ARAC activity and
solicits membership for the
Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
K. Pitts, Federal Aviation
Administration, AFS–330 Air Carrier
Maintenance Branch, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
email: Paul.K.Pitts@faa.gov, telephone:
(202) 385–6818, facsimile: (202) 385–
6474.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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ARAC Acceptance of Task
As a result of the June 2013 ARAC
meeting, the FAA has assigned and
ARAC has accepted this task and will
establish the Maintenance Reliability
Program Working Group. The working
group will serve as staff to ARAC and
provide it advice and recommendations
on the assigned task. ARAC will review
and approve the recommendation report
that will be sent to the FAA.
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Average
burden per
response
(minutes)
6,530,493
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Background
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Modality of completion
The FAA established ARAC to
provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator, through the
Associate Administrator of Aviation
Safety, on the FAA’s rulemaking
activities. ARAC’s objective is to
improve the development of the FAA’s
regulations and guidance material by
providing information, advice, and
recommendations related to aviation
issues.
The National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB) issued safety
recommendation, A–09–110, which
identified contradictory philosophy
regarding on-condition maintenance in
reliability program control mechanisms
recognized by the FAA. Specifically, it
requested the FAA to:
Resolve the differences between Advisory
Circular (AC) 120–17A and AC 120–16E
(now revised to AC 120–16F) in regard to
Federal Aviation Administration philosophy
and use of on-condition maintenance
programs.
Currently, AC 120–17A refers to the
Maintenance Steering Group 2 (MSG–2)
logic for developing maintenance
programs, which dates from the 1970’s.
AC 120–16F, dated November 15, 2012,
provides guidance for the
implementation of an air carriers
maintenance program. Air carriers
consider the maintenance requirements
for identifying tasks and intervals when
establishing maintenance programs.
These considerations address corrective
and preventive maintenance on
airframes, engines, rotors, propellers,
appliances, and emergency equipment.
Recognizing the experience gained from
MSG–2, we now use MSG 3 logic,
which replaced MSC–2 logic in 1980,
for developing a more effective set of
procedures through analysis of aircraft
functions, rather than components. In
response to the NTSB safety
recommendation, the FAA is requesting
ARAC assistance to evaluate the
guidance contained in the AC’s that are
associated with methods for
establishing, monitoring, maintaining
and overseeing air carrier reliability
programs.
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group will provide advice and
recommendations on the concepts and
standards for maintenance reliability
methods for ARAC review and approval.
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Estimated total
annual burden
(hours)
117,150
The Task
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group is to complete the
following:
1. Review the NTSB Recommendation
A–09–110. https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/
recletters/2009/A09_108_111.pdf
2. Review AC 120–17A, ‘‘Maintenance
Control by Reliability Methods’’ https://
www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/
advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/
document.information/documentID/
22744, and AC 120–16F ‘‘Air Carrier
Maintenance Programs’’. https://
www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/
Advisory_Circular/AC%20120-16F.pdf
3. Gather and review all internal and
external guidance documents that
reference or provide information on
establishing, monitoring, maintaining
and overseeing air carrier reliability
programs.
4. Determine whether updated
guidance material is appropriate and if
so, develop draft internal and external
guidance based on modern concepts,
which ensure a standardized
methodology for establishing,
monitoring, maintaining and overseeing
air carrier’s aircraft maintenance
reliability programs.
5. Develop and submit a report that
contains recommendations for ensuring
consistent establishment, monitoring,
maintaining and overseeing an air
carrier reliability program that explains
the decisions made in developing the
recommendation and any corresponding
documents.
6. The working group may be
reinstated to assist the ARAC by
responding to FAA’s questions or
concerns after the recommendation has
been submitted.
The report should document both
majority and minority positions on the
findings and the rationale for each
position. Any disagreements should be
documented, including the rationale for
each position and the reasons for the
disagreement.
Schedule
The recommendation report must be
submitted to the FAA for review and
acceptance no later than September 30,
2014.
Working Group Activity
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group must comply with the
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procedures adopted by ARAC. As part
of the procedures, the working group
must:
1. Conduct a review and analysis of
the assigned tasks and the related
materials or documents.
2. Draft and submit a work plan for
completion of the task, including the
rationale supporting such a plan, for
consideration by ARAC.
3. Provide a status report on the work
plan at each ARAC meeting.
4. Draft and submit the
recommendation report based on the
review and analysis of the assigned
tasks.
5. Present the recommendation report
to the ARAC at a regularly scheduled
meeting.
Participation in the Working Group
The Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group will be comprised of
technical experts having an interest in
the assigned task. A working group
member need not be a member
representative of ARAC. The FAA
would like a wide range of members to
ensure all aspects of the tasks are
considered in development of the
recommendations.
The June 18, 2010 Presidential
memorandum ‘‘Lobbyists on Agency
Boards and Commissions,’’ states that a
member must not be a federally
registered lobbyist, who is subject to the
registration and reporting requirements
of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
(LDA) as amended, 2 U.S.C 1603, 1604,
and 1605, at the time of appointment or
reappointment to the ARAC, and has
not served in such a role for a two-year
period prior to appointment. For further
information see OMB final guidance on
appointment of lobbyists to federal
boards and commissions (76 FR 61756,
October 5, 2011.) Therefore, the FAA
will not select any person that is a
registered lobbyist.
If you wish to become a member of
the Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group, write the person listed
under the caption FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that
desire. Describe your interest in the task
and state the expertise you would bring
to the working group. We must receive
all requests by September 3, 2013.
ARAC and the FAA will review the
requests and advise you whether or not
your request is approved.
If you are chosen for membership on
the working group, you must actively
participate in the working group by
attending all meetings, and providing
written comments when requested to do
so. You must devote the resources
necessary to support the working group
in meeting any assigned deadlines. You
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must keep your management chain and
those you may represent advised of
working group activities and decisions
to ensure the proposed technical
solutions do not conflict with the
position of those you represent. Once
the working group has begun
deliberations, members will not be
added or substituted without the
approval of the ARAC Chair, the FAA,
including the Designated Federal
Officer, and the Working Group Chair.
The Secretary of Transportation
determined the formation and use of
ARAC is necessary and in the public
interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
FAA by law.
ARAC meetings are open to the
public. However, meetings of the
Maintenance Reliability Program
Working Group are not open to the
public, except to the extent individuals
with an interest and expertise are
selected to participate. The FAA will
make no public announcement of
working group meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 9,
2013.
Lirio Liu,
Designated Federal Officer, Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Order 1050.1F Environmental Impact:
Policies and Procedures
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) proposes to
update, reorganize, and revise its order
that contains policies and procedures
for implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), in
accordance with regulations issued by
the Council on Environmental Quality
(40 CFR parts 1500–1508). The order
additionally provides direction on using
the NEPA review process to ensure
compliance with other environmental
laws, regulations, and executive orders
that may be applicable to proposed FAA
actions. Order 1050.1E Environmental
Impact: Policies and Procedures will be
replaced with Order 1050.1F
Environmental Impact: Policies and
Procedures. FAA Order 1050.1F,
Environmental Impact: Policies and
Procedures is available at https://
SUMMARY:
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headquarters_ offices/apl/
environ_policy_guidance/policy/. This
notice provides the public opportunity
to comment on the revised Order. All
comments on the proposed changes will
be considered in preparing the final
version of Order 1050.1F.
DATES: Comments should be received by
September 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments by
any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Docket: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
Fax: 202–493–2251.
Mail: Send comments to the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
You may examine the docket,
including comments received, on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov
or in person at the U.S. Department of
Transportation Docket Operations office
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald Scata, Office of Environment
and Energy (AEE–400), Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
telephone (202) 267–9890; email
donald.scata@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) establishes a broad national
policy to protect the quality of the
human environment and ensures that
environmental considerations are given
careful attention and appropriate weight
in decisions of the Federal Government.
Regulations promulgated by the Council
on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (40
CFR parts 1500–1508) implement
Section 102(2) of NEPA, which contains
the ‘‘action-forcing’’ provisions to
ensure that Federal agencies act
according to the letter and spirit of
NEPA. 40 CFR 1505.1 requires Federal
agencies to develop and, as needed,
revise implementing procedures
consistent with the CEQ regulations.
The FAA’s current Order 1050.1E,
Environmental Impact: Policies and
Procedures, provides FAA’s policy and
procedures for complying with the
requirements of: (a) The CEQ
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee--New Task
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of new task assignment for the Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC).
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SUMMARY: The FAA assigned the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee
(ARAC) a new task to provide recommendations regarding the outdated
Advisory Circular (AC) 120-17A, Maintenance Control by Reliability
Methods guidance material. The FAA needs to provide its employees and
the aviation industry with current information for developing,
implementing, maintaining and overseeing air carrier's maintenance
reliability programs. This notice informs the public of the new ARAC
activity and solicits membership for the Maintenance Reliability
Program Working Group.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul K. Pitts, Federal Aviation
Administration, AFS-330 Air Carrier Maintenance Branch, 800
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; email:
Paul.K.Pitts@faa.gov, telephone: (202) 385-6818, facsimile: (202) 385-
6474.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ARAC Acceptance of Task
As a result of the June 2013 ARAC meeting, the FAA has assigned and
ARAC has accepted this task and will establish the Maintenance
Reliability Program Working Group. The working group will serve as
staff to ARAC and provide it advice and recommendations on the assigned
task. ARAC will review and approve the recommendation report that will
be sent to the FAA.
Background
The FAA established ARAC to provide advice and recommendations to
the FAA Administrator, through the Associate Administrator of Aviation
Safety, on the FAA's rulemaking activities. ARAC's objective is to
improve the development of the FAA's regulations and guidance material
by providing information, advice, and recommendations related to
aviation issues.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued safety
recommendation, A-09-110, which identified contradictory philosophy
regarding on-condition maintenance in reliability program control
mechanisms recognized by the FAA. Specifically, it requested the FAA
to:
Resolve the differences between Advisory Circular (AC) 120-17A
and AC 120-16E (now revised to AC 120-16F) in regard to Federal
Aviation Administration philosophy and use of on-condition
maintenance programs.
Currently, AC 120-17A refers to the Maintenance Steering Group 2
(MSG-2) logic for developing maintenance programs, which dates from the
1970's. AC 120-16F, dated November 15, 2012, provides guidance for the
implementation of an air carriers maintenance program. Air carriers
consider the maintenance requirements for identifying tasks and
intervals when establishing maintenance programs. These considerations
address corrective and preventive maintenance on airframes, engines,
rotors, propellers, appliances, and emergency equipment. Recognizing
the experience gained from MSG-2, we now use MSG 3 logic, which
replaced MSC-2 logic in 1980, for developing a more effective set of
procedures through analysis of aircraft functions, rather than
components. In response to the NTSB safety recommendation, the FAA is
requesting ARAC assistance to evaluate the guidance contained in the
AC's that are associated with methods for establishing, monitoring,
maintaining and overseeing air carrier reliability programs.
The Maintenance Reliability Program Working Group will provide
advice and recommendations on the concepts and standards for
maintenance reliability methods for ARAC review and approval.
The Task
The Maintenance Reliability Program Working Group is to complete
the following:
1. Review the NTSB Recommendation A-09-110. https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/2009/A09_108_111.pdf
2. Review AC 120-17A, ``Maintenance Control by Reliability
Methods'' https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/22744, and AC 120-16F
``Air Carrier Maintenance Programs''. https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC%20120-16F.pdf
3. Gather and review all internal and external guidance documents
that reference or provide information on establishing, monitoring,
maintaining and overseeing air carrier reliability programs.
4. Determine whether updated guidance material is appropriate and
if so, develop draft internal and external guidance based on modern
concepts, which ensure a standardized methodology for establishing,
monitoring, maintaining and overseeing air carrier's aircraft
maintenance reliability programs.
5. Develop and submit a report that contains recommendations for
ensuring consistent establishment, monitoring, maintaining and
overseeing an air carrier reliability program that explains the
decisions made in developing the recommendation and any corresponding
documents.
6. The working group may be reinstated to assist the ARAC by
responding to FAA's questions or concerns after the recommendation has
been submitted.
The report should document both majority and minority positions on
the findings and the rationale for each position. Any disagreements
should be documented, including the rationale for each position and the
reasons for the disagreement.
Schedule
The recommendation report must be submitted to the FAA for review
and acceptance no later than September 30, 2014.
Working Group Activity
The Maintenance Reliability Program Working Group must comply with
the
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procedures adopted by ARAC. As part of the procedures, the working
group must:
1. Conduct a review and analysis of the assigned tasks and the
related materials or documents.
2. Draft and submit a work plan for completion of the task,
including the rationale supporting such a plan, for consideration by
ARAC.
3. Provide a status report on the work plan at each ARAC meeting.
4. Draft and submit the recommendation report based on the review
and analysis of the assigned tasks.
5. Present the recommendation report to the ARAC at a regularly
scheduled meeting.
Participation in the Working Group
The Maintenance Reliability Program Working Group will be comprised
of technical experts having an interest in the assigned task. A working
group member need not be a member representative of ARAC. The FAA would
like a wide range of members to ensure all aspects of the tasks are
considered in development of the recommendations.
The June 18, 2010 Presidential memorandum ``Lobbyists on Agency
Boards and Commissions,'' states that a member must not be a federally
registered lobbyist, who is subject to the registration and reporting
requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) as amended, 2
U.S.C 1603, 1604, and 1605, at the time of appointment or reappointment
to the ARAC, and has not served in such a role for a two-year period
prior to appointment. For further information see OMB final guidance on
appointment of lobbyists to federal boards and commissions (76 FR
61756, October 5, 2011.) Therefore, the FAA will not select any person
that is a registered lobbyist.
If you wish to become a member of the Maintenance Reliability
Program Working Group, write the person listed under the caption FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT expressing that desire. Describe your
interest in the task and state the expertise you would bring to the
working group. We must receive all requests by September 3, 2013. ARAC
and the FAA will review the requests and advise you whether or not your
request is approved.
If you are chosen for membership on the working group, you must
actively participate in the working group by attending all meetings,
and providing written comments when requested to do so. You must devote
the resources necessary to support the working group in meeting any
assigned deadlines. You must keep your management chain and those you
may represent advised of working group activities and decisions to
ensure the proposed technical solutions do not conflict with the
position of those you represent. Once the working group has begun
deliberations, members will not be added or substituted without the
approval of the ARAC Chair, the FAA, including the Designated Federal
Officer, and the Working Group Chair.
The Secretary of Transportation determined the formation and use of
ARAC is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the FAA by law.
ARAC meetings are open to the public. However, meetings of the
Maintenance Reliability Program Working Group are not open to the
public, except to the extent individuals with an interest and expertise
are selected to participate. The FAA will make no public announcement
of working group meetings.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2013.
Lirio Liu,
Designated Federal Officer, Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 2013-19739 Filed 8-13-13; 8:45 am]
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