Department of Transportation December 2, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action proposes to amend the Class D and Class E airspace and revoke Class E airspace at Alton/St. Louis, IL. The FAA is proposing this action due to an airspace review conducted as part of the decommissioning of the Civic Memorial non-directional beacon (NDB).

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at San Saba, TX. The FAA is proposing this action to support the establishment of public instrument procedures at San Saba County Municipal Airport, San Saba, TX.

This action corrects a final rule published by the FAA in the Federal Register on November 1, 2022, that amends Alaskan VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal airway V-436 and Jet Route J-125, and establishes United States Area Navigation (RNAV) route T-399 in the vicinity of Clear, AK. In the final rule, the amendments to V-436 addressed in the preamble were incomplete and did not address all of the airway segment amendments being made. Additionally, the final rule referenced the AILEE, AK, route point as a waypoint (WP), in error, in the V-436 and T-399 amendment discussions in the preamble and in the T- 399 route description in the regulatory text. The correct characterization of the AILEE, AK, route point is as a Fix. This action corrects the oversight of not including all of the V-436 amendments addressed in the preamble to match the V-436 description in the regulatory text and changes all references of the AILEE, AK, WP to the AILEE, AK, Fix to match the FAA's National Airspace System Resource (NASR) database information.

This action revokes Colored Federal airway Blue 8 (B-8) due to the planned decommissioning of the Shishmaref, AK (SHH), Non- Directional Beacon (NDB) in the vicinity of Shishmaref, AK.

This action revokes Colored Federal airway Red 51 (R-51) due to the planned decommissioning of the Sumner Strait, AK (SQM), Non- Directional Beacon (NDB).

The FAA is superseding airworthiness directive (AD) 77-04-06, which applied to Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) (now Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD)) Model BO-105A and BO-105 C helicopters; AD 2002-13-06, which applied to certain Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH (ECD) (now Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD)) Model BO-105A, BO-105C, BO-105 C-2, BO-105 CB-2, BO-105 CB-4, BO-105 CS-2, BO-105 CBS-2, BO-105S, and BO-105LS A-1 helicopters; AD 2016-25- 14, which applied to certain Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Model BO-105LS A-3 helicopters; and AD 2021-10-14, which applied to certain Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH (AHD) Model BO-105A, BO- 105C, BO-105S, and BO-105LS A-3 helicopters. Since the FAA issued those ADs, new and more restrictive airworthiness limitations have been issued. This AD requires incorporating into existing maintenance records requirements (airworthiness limitations) as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. This AD also prohibits the installation of certain part- numbered tension-torsion (TT) straps. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

This action revokes Colored Federal airway Green 18 (G-18) due to the planned decommissioning of the Point Lay, AK (PIZ), Non- Directional Beacon (NDB).

This action revokes Colored Federal airway Blue 26 (B-26) in the vicinity of Fort Yukon, AK, due to the planned decommissioning of the Yukon River, AK (FTO), Non-Directional Beacon (NDB).

This action amends Class D airspace at Davison Army Airfield (AAF), Fort Belvoir, VA. The geographic coordinates of the airfield and the Outer Marker are being updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database. In addition, this action makes the editorial changes replacing the term Notice to Airmen with Notice to Air Missions and replacing the term Airport/Facility Directory with Chart Supplement. This action does not change the airspace boundaries or operating requirements.

This action proposes to amend the Class E airspace at Minocqua-Woodruff, WI. The FAA is proposing this action due to an airspace review conducted as part of the decommissioning of the Woodruff localizer (LOC). The name of the airport would also be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Williams, AZ. The FAA is proposing this action to support the establishment of new public instrument procedures.

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2022-07- 05, which applied to certain MarS A.S. emergency parachutes. AD 2022- 07-05 superseded AD 2022-05-09, expanded the applicability, and required removing all emergency parachutes manufactured since 2016. Since the FAA issued AD 2022-07-05, MarS A.S. developed a modification for the emergency parachutes to correct the unsafe condition. This AD requires modifying and re-identifying the emergency parachutes. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Mercedes-Benz AG (MBAG) and Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (MBUSA) (collectively, ``Mercedes-Benz'') have determined that certain model year (MY) 2019 Mercedes-Benz A-Class motor vehicles do not fully comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 104, Windshield Wiping and Washing Systems. Mercedes-Benz filed a noncompliance report dated February 24, 2020. Mercedes-Benz subsequently petitioned NHTSA on March 12, 2020, and later provided supplemental material on July 9, 2020, for a decision that the subject noncompliance is inconsequential as it relates to motor vehicle safety. This notice announces the grant of Mercedes-Benz's petition.