2022-04845

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-2022-0217; Notice No. NOA-23-22-01] AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Issuance of accepted means of compliance. SUMMARY: This document announces ASTM International (ASTM) consensus standards for use as a means of compliance to the applicable airworthiness standards for normal category airplanes. The FAA accepts ASTM Designation F3264-21 as a means of compliance for applicable airworthiness standards for normal category airplanes, with the changes identified in Table 1 of this document. For ease of use, Table 2 provides a side-by-side view, linking applicable regulations to the associated ASTM sections. DATES: The FAA accepts the means of compliance effective March 11, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hieu Nguyen, Federal Aviation Administration, Policy and Innovation Division, Small Airplane Strategic Policy Section, AIR-615, 901 Locust Street, Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106; telephone (316) 946-4123; facsimile: (316) 946-4107; email: hieu.nguyen@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 through the ASTM International (ASTM) F44 Committee on General Aviation Aircraft to develop consensus standards as a means of compliance in certificating small airplanes under title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 23. In part 23, amendment 23-64 [3] (81 FR 96572, published on December 30, 2016), the final rule described the FAA would publish those consensus standards in the Federal Register , when the Administrator accepts the consensus standards as an acceptable means of compliance. Additionally, the FAA published Advisory Circular (AC) 23.2010-1,[4] dated March 27, 2017, titled “FAA Accepted Means of Compliance Process for 14 CFR part 23”. In paragraph 5.5, the AC also describes that a notice will be published when the Administrator accepts a standard. The means of compliance accepted by this document is one means, but not the only means of complying with part 23 regulatory requirements. The FAA reviewed the published ASTM consensus standards developed by ASTM Committee F44 as the basis for means of compliance to 65 sections of part 23, amendment 23-64. In some cases, the Administrator found sections of the ASTM Standard Designation F3264-21, titled “Standard Specification for Normal Category Aeroplanes Certification,” without changes, accepted…

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