[Federal Register: September 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 171)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Policy Statement No. ANM0211521 Retention of Items of Mass
Installed in Transport Airplane Seats
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed policy; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the
availability of proposed policy that addresses the use of industry
standards in the seat certification process regarding qualification of
video systems mounted on seats.
DATES: Send your comments on or before October 4, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Address your comments to the individual identified under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Sinclair, Federal Aviation
Administration, Transport Airplane Directorate, Transport Standards
Staff, Airframe and Cabin Safety Branch, ANM115, 1601 Lind Avenue SW.,
Renton, WA 980554056; telephone (425) 2272195; fax (425) 2271149; e-
mail: alan.sinclair@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
The proposed policy is available on the Internet at the following
address: http://www.faa.gov/certification/aircraft/anminfo/
devpaper.cfm. If you do not have access to the Internet, you can obtain
a copy of the policy by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
The FAA invites your comments on this proposed policy. We will
accept your comments, data, views, or arguments by letter, fax, or e-
mail. Send your comments to the person indicated in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. Mark your comments, ``Comments to Policy Statement
ANM0211521.''
Use the following format when preparing your comments:
[sbull] Organize your comments issue-by-issue.
[sbull] For each issue, state what specific change you are
requesting to the proposed policy.
[sbull] Include justification, reasons, or data for each change you
are requesting.
We also welcome comments in support of the proposed policy.
We will consider all communications received on or before the
closing date for comments. We may change the proposed policy because of
the comments received.
Background
The proposed policy will further simplify the certification process
pertaining to the retention of video components on seats for which the
supplier has been granted a Technical Standard Order authorization.
This policy relieves the applicant from the formal test plan/report
approval and test article conformity procedures identified in FAA Order
8110.4B.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on August 26, 2002.
Ali Bahrami,
Acting Manager, Transport Airplane Directorate, Aircraft Certification
Service.
[FR Doc. 02-22501 Filed 9302; 8:45 am]
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