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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 18, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Confidential Business Information CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by its owner.
Under the Freedom of Information Act FOIA 5 U.S.C. 552, CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this AD contain commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to this AD, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing CBI as PROPIN. The FAA
will treat such marked submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public docket of this AD. Submissions containing CBI
should be sent to Mike Kiesov, Aviation Safety Engineer, General Aviation &
Rotorcraft Section, International Validation Branch, FAA, 901 Locust, Room 301, Kansas City, MO 64106. Any commentary that the FAA receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this rulemaking.

FAAs Determination This product has been approved by the aviation authority of another country, and is approved for operation in the United States. Pursuant to the FAAs bilateral agreement with this State of Design Authority, it has notified the FAA of the unsafe condition described in the MCAI and service information referenced above. The FAA
is issuing this AD because it has determined the unsafe condition described previously is likely to exist or develop on other products of the same type design.
AD Requirements This AD requires inspecting the envelope load tape and repairing any envelope load tape having a weaving defect.

You may examine the MCAI in the AD docket at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA2021
0618.

Justification for Immediate Adoption and Determination of the Effective Date Section 553b3B of the Administrative Procedure Act APA 5
U.S.C. 551 et seq. authorizes agencies to dispense with notice and comment procedures for rules when the agency, for good cause, finds that those procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. Under this section, an agency, upon finding good cause, may issue a final rule without providing notice and seeking comment prior to issuance.
Further, section 553d of the APA
authorizes agencies to make rules effective in less than thirty days, upon a finding of good cause.
The FAA has found that the risk to the flying public justifies waiving notice and comment prior to adoption of this rule because there are no balloons currently on the U.S. registry and thus, it is unlikely that the FAA will receive any adverse comments or useful information about this AD from U.S.
operators. Accordingly, notice and opportunity for prior public comment are unnecessary pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
553b3B. In addition, the FAA finds that good cause exists pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553d for making this amendment effective in less than 30
days for the same reasons the FAA
found good cause to forego notice and comment.

Related Service Information NY
The FAA reviewed BALO
KUBICEK spol. s r.o. Servis Bulletin No.

Costs of Compliance There are currently no affected products on the U.S. registry. In the
Background The European Aviation Safety Agency EASA, which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Union, has issued EASA AD 20180181, dated August 27, 2018 referred to after this as the MCAI, to address an unsafe condition for certain serial NY KUBICEK spol. s numbered BALO
r.o. Model BB78Z, BB85Z, BB92Z, and BB130P balloons. The MCAI states:
Investigation prompted by a BB hot air balloon accident revealed a failure of an envelope vertical load tape. It was determined that other balloon envelopes might be affected as well.
This condition, if not detected and corrected, could result in envelope tear, leading to an uncontrolled descent with consequent injury to balloon occupants and persons on the ground.
To address this unsafe condition, Balony Kubcek spol. s r.o. issued the SB Servis Bulletin No. BB/52, providing inspection instructions to detect a weaving defect on a load tape.
For the reason described above, this EASA AD requires a one-time inspection of all the load tapes and, depending on findings, repair of the balloon by replacing any load tape having a weaving defect.

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BB/52, dated July 23, 2018. This service information includes an example of a weaving defect in the load tape and specifies acceptable materials and procedures for repairing load tapes with visible yellow thread.

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event an affected balloon becomes a U.S.-registered balloon, the following is an estimate of the costs to comply with this AD.
The FAA estimates that it would take 1 work-hour per balloon to comply with the inspection required by this AD. The average labor rate is $85 per work-hour.
Based on these figures, the FAA
estimates the cost of this AD to be $85
per balloon.
In addition, the FAA estimates that repairing the envelope load tape, if necessary, would take 10 work-hours and require parts costing $200 for a cost of $1,050 per balloon.
Authority for This Rulemaking Title 49 of the United States Code specifies the FAAs authority to issue rules on aviation safety. Subtitle I, section 106, describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII:
Aviation Programs describes in more detail the scope of the Agencys authority.
The FAA is issuing this rulemaking under the authority described in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart III, Section 44701: General requirements. Under that section, Congress charges the FAA
with promoting safe flight of civil aircraft in air commerce by prescribing regulations for practices, methods, and procedures the Administrator finds necessary for safety in air commerce.
This regulation is within the scope of that authority because it addresses an unsafe condition that is likely to exist or develop on products identified in this rulemaking action.
Regulatory Flexibility Act The requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act RFA do not apply when an agency finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 to adopt a rule without prior notice and comment. Because FAA
has determined that it has good cause to adopt this rule without prior notice and comment, RFA analysis is not required.
Regulatory Findings The FAA determined that this AD
will not have federalism implications under Executive Order 13132. This AD
will not have a substantial direct effect on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
For the reasons discussed above, I
certify that this AD:
1 Is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, and 2 Will not affect intrastate aviation in Alaska.

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