2020-17911

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Part 23 • [Docket No. FAA-2020-0798; Notice No. 23-20-01-NOA] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT ACTION: Notification of availability. SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of means of compliance to the applicable airworthiness standards for normal category airplanes. The Administrator finds these means of compliance to be an acceptable means, but not the only means, of showing compliance to the applicable airworthiness standards for normal category airplanes and that they provide an appropriate level of safety. DATES: Effective September 22, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Supinie, Federal Aviation Administration, Policy and Innovation Division, Small Airplane Standards Branch, AIR-690, 901 Locust Street, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone (316) 946-4150; facsimile: (316) 946-4107; email: andrew.supinie@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Under the provisions of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 [1] and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119, “Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and in Conformity Assessment Activities,” effective January 27, 2016, the FAA participates in the development of consensus standards and uses consensus standards as a means of carrying out its policy objectives where appropriate. Consistent with the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013,[2] the FAA has been working with industry and other stakeholders lop consensus standards for use as a means of compliance in certificating small airplanes under Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 23. In promulgating part 23, amendment 23-64 [3] (81 FR 96572, December 30, 2016), the FAA explained that if it determined such consensus standards were acceptable means of compliance to part 23, it would publish a notice of availability of those consensus standards in the Federal Register . Pursuant to FAA Advisory Circular 23.2010-1,[4] “FAA Accepted Means of Compliance Process for 14 CFR part 23,” section 3.1.1, this notice serves as a formal acceptance by the Administrator of means of compliance based on consensus standards developed by ASTM. The means of compliance accepted by this notice are one means, but not the only means of complying with part 23 regulatory requirements. The FAA reviewed 35 published ASTM consensus standards, developed by ASTM Committee F44, as the basis for means of compliance to 65 sections ( printed page 59401) of part 23, amendment 23-64. In some cases, the Administrator finds sections of ASTM Standard F3264-19, “Standard Specification for Normal Category Aeroplanes Certification,” without changes, are accepted as means of complying with the airworthiness requirements of amendment 23-64, within the scope and applicability of the consensus standards. In other cases, the means of compliance, while based on ASTM consensus standards, include additional FAA prov…

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