2024-31555

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 3 • [Docket No. FAA-2023-1194; Amt. 3-3A] • RIN 2120-AL85 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date. SUMMARY: On October 8, 2024, the FAA published a final rule that will require individuals with foreign addresses and no U.S. physical address on file with the FAA who apply for certain certificates, ratings, or authorizations to designate a U.S. agent for service. This final rule extends the deadline for those individuals to designate a U.S. agent for service from January 6, 2025, to April 2, 2025. This final rule does not apply to individuals with foreign addresses who currently hold certain certificates, ratings, or authorizations, as the compliance date for those individuals continues to be July 7, 2025. DATES: Effective date: As of January 3, 2025, the effective date of amendatory 3 in the final rule published on October 8, 2024 (89 FR 81305), is delayed from January 6, 2025, to April 2, 2025. This final rule is effective January 3, 2025, except for amendatory instruction 3 which is effective April 2, 2025. Compliance date: The compliance date for this final rule is April 2, 2025, for applicants of any certificate, rating, or authorization issued under 14 CFR part 47, 61, 63, 65, 67, or 107. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Kabaz-Gomez, Office of the Chief Counsel, AVS Deputy Division Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; (202) 267-7395; email Jessica.Kabaz-Gomez@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary On October 8, 2024, the FAA published a final rule, U.S. Agents for ( printed page 214) Service on Individuals With Foreign Addresses Who Hold or Apply for Certain Certificates, Ratings, or Authorizations,[1] that will require individuals with foreign addresses and no U.S. physical address on file with the FAA who either hold or apply for certain certificates, ratings, or authorizations to designate a U.S. agent for service. This final rule revises § 3.303(d)(2) of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) to extend the compliance date for individuals who have a foreign address and no U.S. physical address of record on file with the FAA to designate a U.S. agent for service if they apply for a certificate, rating, or authorization issued under 14 CFR part 47, 61, 63, 65, 67, or 107 from January 6, 2025, to April 2, 2025. The U.S. agent for service designation will be required to be in writing in a form and manner prescribed by the Administrator, as described in Advisory Circular 3-1, through an online system: U.S. Agent for Service System (USAS). This final rule provides additional time to establish and launch USAS to facilitate the FAA's means of accepting U.S. agent for service designations. II. Authority for the Rulemaking The FAA's authority to issue rules on aviation safety, such as the rules governing service that are referred to in this preamble and substantively promulgated in 88 FR 38001, is found in title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, section 106 describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII, Av…

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