2024-02330

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 21, 38, 121, and 125 • [Docket No.: FAA-2022-0241 Amdt. No. 121-391, 125-75, 38-1, 21-107] • RIN 2120-AL54 ( printed page 12634) AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action adopts fuel efficiency requirements for certification of certain airplanes. These certification requirements implement the emissions standards adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow manufacturers to certificate their airplanes for fuel efficiency in the United States. This action also fulfills the FAA's Clean Air Act obligations to enforce implementation of EPA's aircraft emissions standards for greenhouse gas emissions. DATES: Effective April 16, 2024. The incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of April 16, 2024. ADDRESSES: For information on where to obtain copies of rulemaking documents and other information related to this final rule, see “How to Obtain Additional Information” in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions concerning this action, contact Ralph Iovinelli, Office of Policy, International Affairs, & Environment, Emissions Division (AEE-300), Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone 202-267-3566; email ralph.iovinelli@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action As a signatory State to the Chicago Convention, the United States must establish minimum standards consistent with those prescribed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on a wide range of aviation-related matters, including aircraft emissions, or file a difference. The United States' adoption of the 2017 ICAO carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for certain airplanes aligns United States law with the ICAO standards. Moreover, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 (Clean Air Act) direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt standards applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from any class of aircraft engines. The Clean Air Act also directs the Secretary of Transportation (and by delegation, the Administrator of the FAA) to implement the standards adopted by the EPA.[1] On January 11, 2021, the EPA published a final rule adopting new domestic airplane greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 1030.[2] As required by the Clean Air Act [3] , the FAA is implementing those EPA standards through this final rule by adopting new certification regulations in 14 CFR part 38 for fuel efficiency for certain covered airplanes. The applicability of these regulations and the regulatory emissions limits are the same as those adopted by ICAO in its airplane CO2 emission standards. …

Fonte: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). Texto original em inglês. Conteúdo sanitizado por segurança.