2023-13071

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 Parts 25 and 121 • [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0772; Amdt. Nos. 25-150 and 121-389] • RIN 2120-AL59 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule implements a mandate in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by requiring that certain airplanes used to conduct domestic, flag, or supplemental passenger-carrying operations have installed a physical secondary barrier that protects the flightdeck from unauthorized intrusion when the flightdeck door is opened. ( printed page 41296) DATES: Effective August 25, 2023. ADDRESSES: For information on where to obtain copies of rulemaking documents and other information related to this final rule, see “Additional Information” in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning this action, contact Dan Jacquet, AIR-626, Human-Machine Interface Section, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Innovation Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone (206) 231-3208; email Daniel.Jacquet@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary This final rule implements [1] section 336 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 by requiring the installation and use of an installed physical secondary barrier (IPSB) that will be deployed (closed and locked) whenever the flightdeck door is opened while the airplane is in flight. This final rule affects operators conducting passenger-carrying operations under title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR), part 121, with transport category airplanes operating in the United States by requiring the operators to use the IPSB, when installed, as part of their procedures for opening the flightdeck door. Affected operators must comply with this rule when operating transport category airplanes manufactured two years after the effective date of this final rule. In this final rule, the FAA estimates costs of $35,000 for the purchase and installation of an IPSB. After the addition of training and other costs, the present value costs for this rule are $236.5 million ($20.3 million annualized) at a 7 percent discount rate and $505 million ($29 million annualized) at a 3 percent discount rate. When the flightdeck door must be opened for lavatory breaks, meal service, or crew changes, the flightdeck could be vulnerable to attack. The benefit of this rule, requiring installation and use of IPSBs on airplanes in part 121 service, is to slow such an attack long enough so that an open flightdeck door can be closed and locked before an attacker could reach the flightdeck. II. Authority for This Rulemaking The FAA's authority to issue rules on aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). Subtitle I, section 106, describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's authority. This rulemaking is issued under the authority described in Subtitle VII, part A, subpart III, section 44701, “General Requirements.” Under tha…

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