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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 24, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Cindy K. Bladey, Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and Rulemaking Support Branch, Division of Rulemaking, Environmental, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

information on the availability of this material at the FAA, call 2062313195.
It is also available in the AD docket on the internet at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA2021
0141.

FR Doc. 202118156 Filed 82321; 8:45 am
Examining the AD Docket
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39
Docket No. FAA20210141; Project Identifier MCAI202001162T; Amendment 3921669; AD 20211607
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Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Defense and Space S.A. Formerly Known as Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A. Airplanes Federal Aviation Administration FAA, DOT.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive AD for certain Airbus Defense and Space S.A. Model C212CB, C212CC, C212CD, C
212CE, C212CF, C212DE, and C
212DF airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of cracks on the left-hand LH and right-hand RH side fuselage skin and on a certain frame underneath the skin, near the leading edge of the wing. This AD requires repetitive inspections of the LH and RH
side center wing fairings at a certain frame, around the wing leading edge for discrepancies cracks, and repair if necessary, as specified in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency EASA
AD, which is incorporated by reference.
The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
DATES: This AD is effective September 28, 2021.
The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD
as of September 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: For material incorporated by reference IBR in this AD, contact EASA, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 3, 50668
Cologne, Germany; telephone +49 221
8999 000; email ADs@easa.europa.eu;
internet www.easa.europa.eu. You may find this IBR material on the EASA
website at https ad.easa.europa.eu.
You may view this IBR material at the FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA. For
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You may examine the AD docket on the internet at https
www.regulations.gov by searching for and locating Docket No. FAA2021
0141; or in person at Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
The AD docket contains this final rule, any comments received, and other information. The address for Docket Operations is U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shahram Daneshmandi, Aerospace Engineer, Large Aircraft Section, International Validation Branch, FAA, 2200 South 216th St., Des Moines, WA
98198; phone and fax: 2062313220;
email: Shahram.Daneshmandi@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background EASA, which is the Technical Agent for the Member States of the European Union, issued EASA AD 20200182, dated August 13, 2020 EASA AD 2020
0182 also referred to as the Mandatory Continuing Airworthiness Information, or the MCAI, to correct an unsafe condition for certain Airbus Defense and Space S.A Model C212CB, C
212CC, C212CD, C212CE, C212
CF, C212DD, C212DE, C212DF, C212EE and C212VA airplanes.
Model C212DD, C212EE, and C
212VA airplanes are not certificated by the FAA and are not included on the U.S. type certificate data sheet; this AD
therefore does not include those airplanes in the applicability.
The FAA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking NPRM to amend 14 CFR
part 39 by adding an AD that would apply to certain Airbus Defense and Space S.A. Model C212CB, C212
CC, C212CD, C212CE, C212CF, C212DE, and C212DF airplanes.
The NPRM was published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2021 86
FR 13841. The NPRM was prompted by a report of cracks on the LH and RH side fuselage skin and on frame FR 5
underneath the skin, near the leading edge of the wing. The NPRM proposed to require repetitive inspections of the LH and RH side center wing fairings at
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FR 5, around the wing leading edge for discrepancies cracks, and repair if necessary, as specified in EASA AD
20200182.
The FAA is issuing this AD to address cracks on the LH and RH side fuselage skin and on FR 5 underneath the skin, near the leading edge of the wing, which could affect the structural integrity of the airplane. See the MCAI for additional background information.
Comments The FAA gave the public the opportunity to participate in developing this final rule. The following presents the comments received on the NPRM
and the FAAs response.
Request To Allow Special Flight Permits Ryan Air reported that it began detecting and repairing fuselage skin cracks on its fleet in 2018, and no new cracks have since been detected in more than 10,000 flight hours. Assuming the cracking did not all occur at the same time, Ryan Air questioned why the proposed AD would require repair before further flight. Ryan Air recommended that the proposed AD be revised to allow flying the airplane to a location where repairs can be made after finding cracks in this area.
The FAA notes that 14 CFR 39.23
allows flight to a repair facility for every AD, if the operations specifications ops specs for a particular operator give that authority, unless they are specifically prohibited or limited in an AD. Any operator who does not have the authority in their ops specs may contact their local FAA Flight Standards District Office to receive a special flight permit.
No change to the AD is necessary as a result of this comment.
Request To Allow Certain Approvals Ryan Air recommended that the proposed AD be revised to allow repairs approved by a part 25 structures designated engineering representative DER. Ryan Air stated that repair approvals from Airbus Engineering and the FAA have taken four weeks or longer. Ryan Air asserted that grounding an airplane for more than a monthfor a four-day repairwould be an unreasonable economic burden on affected operators, who are mostly small business owners.
The FAA disagrees with this request.
This AD allows required repairs to be approved only by the FAA, EASA, or Airbus Defense and Space S.A.s EASA
Design Organization Approval DOA.
For approval by a part 25 structures DER
for the corrective repair required by this AD, an operator must first request
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