Department of Transportation February 10, 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS), in accordance with the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000, announce the next meeting of the National Parks Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG). This notification provides the date, location, and agenda for the meeting.

On January 13, 2023, Van Pool Transportation LLC (Van Pool or Applicant), a noncarrier, filed an application for Van Pool to acquire control of an interstate passenger motor carrier, Local Motion, Inc. (Local Motion), by acquiring all of the outstanding equity shares of the shareholders of Local Motion: Bruce E. Barrows, William J. Carragher, and John R. Eaton (collectively, Sellers). The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2020-21- 19, which applied to certain Dassault Aviation Model FALCON 900EX airplanes. AD 2020-21-19 required revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations. This AD was prompted by a determination that new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations are necessary. This AD continues to require the actions in AD 2020-21-19, and also requires revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate additional new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations; as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD, which is incorporated by reference. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

This action amends the using agency listed for restricted areas R-2204 Oliktok Point High, AK, and R-2204 Oliktok Point Low, AK, from ``Department of Energy, Office of Science, Washington DC'' to ``Department of Energy, Arctic Energy Office, Washington, DC.'' This action does not change any boundaries, altitudes, times of designation, or activities conducted within the restricted areas.

The FAA is amending the certification standards of normal and transport category rotorcraft. These changes are necessary to address modern designs currently used in the rotorcraft industry and will reduce the burden on applicants for certification of new rotorcraft designs. The changes will reduce or eliminate the need for certain special conditions currently required to obtain certification of modern rotorcraft. These changes also incorporate the provisions of equivalent level of safety findings and means of compliance issue papers that the FAA has made when approving certain design features.