Department of Transportation February 16, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Airworthiness Directives; DASSAULT AVIATION Model MYSTERE-FALCON 50 Airplanes
Document Number: 2011-3532
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above that would supersede an existing AD. This proposed AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI) originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe condition on an aviation product. The MCAI describes the unsafe condition as:
Regulatory Review of Existing DOT Regulations
Document Number: 2011-3492
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary
In accordance with Executive Order 13563, ``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' the Department of Transportation (Department or DOT) is conducting a review of its existing regulations to evaluate their continued validity and determine whether they are crafted effectively to solve current problems. As part of this review, the Department invites the public to participate in a comment process designed to help the Department ensure that it has a plan for periodically analyzing existing significant rules to determine whether they should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed and identify specific rules that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome. The Department also will hold a public meeting to discuss and consider comments from members of the public.
Explosive Siting Requirements
Document Number: 2011-3487
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The FAA proposes to abandon its separation requirements at launch sites for storing liquid oxygen, nitrogen tetroxide, hydrogen peroxide in concentrations equal to or below 91 percent, and refined petroleum-1 (RP-1) unless they are within an intraline distance of another incompatible energetic liquid, or will be co-located on a launch vehicle. The FAA's current separation requirements for storing these energetic liquids unnecessarily duplicate the requirements of other regulatory regimes. The FAA also proposes to reduce the separation distances required for division 1.1 explosives and liquid propellants with trinitrotoluene (TNT) equivalents of less than or equal to 450 pounds. The revised separation requirements reflect protection against fragment hazards, the main hazard at these quantities. The FAA would impose a new formula for determining distances to public areas containing a member of the public in the open. Finally, the FAA would reduce the separation distances for division 1.3 explosives as well. The proposed rule would increase flexibility for launch site operators in site planning for the storage and handling of explosives.
Removal of Expired Federal Aviation Administration Regulations and References
Document Number: 2011-3467
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is making minor technical changes to its regulations by removing expired Special Federal Aviation Regulations (SFARs) and cross-references, as well as other expired or obsolete regulations. None of these changes are substantive in nature since the regulations in question have expired and are not currently in effect. This technical amendment is necessary to update our regulations. The rule will not impose any additional burden or restriction on persons or organizations affected by these regulations.
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received
Document Number: 2011-3463
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public's awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA's regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition.
Proposed Modification of Class E Airspace; Poplar, MT
Document Number: 2011-3413
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes to modify Class E airspace at Poplar Municipal Airport, Poplar, MT. The airport was moved 1.5 nautical miles (NM) to the northeast. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures at Poplar Municipal Airport, Poplar, MT. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at Poplar Municipal Airport, Poplar, MT. This will also correct the airport name from Poplar Airport.
Special Conditions: Gulfstream Model GVI Airplane; Automatic Speed Protection for Design Dive Speed
Document Number: 2011-3412
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
This action proposes special conditions for the Gulfstream GVI airplane. This airplane will have novel or unusual design features when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. These design features include a high speed protection system. These proposed special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Release of Waybill Data
Document Number: 2011-3411
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
National Trails System Act and Railroad Rights-of-Way
Document Number: 2011-3397
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation
The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) has instituted a proceeding to clarify, update, and seek public comments on proposed changes to its existing regulations and procedures regarding the use of railroad rights-of-way for railbanking and interim trail use under the National Trails System Act (Trails Act).
Hours of Service of Drivers; Availability of Supplemental Documents and Corrections to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Document Number: 2011-3267
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-02-16
Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This document advises the public that FMCSA has placed in the public docket three additional documents concerning hours of service (HOS) for commercial motor vehicle drivers. This notice also makes clerical corrections to both the preamble and the regulatory text of FMCSA's notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on HOS requirements, which was published in the Federal Register on December 29, 2010. Finally, the notice extends the public comment period for the NPRM from February 28, 2011 to March 4, 2011.
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