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RIN: 2120-AJ61

Publication ID: Fall 2013

Title: Repair Stations
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the repair station regulations to add criteria whereby the FAA could deny an application for a new repair station certificate if the applicant or certain associated key individuals had materially contributed to the circumstances that caused a previous repair station certificate revocation action. The amendment responds to a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation that the FAA should have a mechanism similar to the one it has for air carriers whereby an application for an operating certificate could be denied if the applicant or certain key management personnel had materially contributed to a prior certificate revocation. The rule would also add a new section prohibiting fraudulent or intentionally false entries in any application, record, or report made under the repair station rules, and provides that making the fraudulent or intentionally false entry is grounds for suspending or revoking any certificate, approval, or authorization issued by the FAA to the person who made the entry. This amendment is necessary because the repair station rules do not presently have a prohibition against fraudulent or intentionally false entries as do other parts of the FAA´s regulations. Both of these changes would enhance safety because they would reduce the number of individuals in the repair station industry who commit intentional and serious violations of the regulations or who demonstrate they are otherwise unqualified to hold repair stations certificates. Additionally, the rule adopts several administrative changes to clarify the intent of the current rule and correct minor errors.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 145
Legal Authority: 49 USC 44701 49 USC 44702 49 USC 106(g) 49 USC 40113 49 USC 44701 to 44702 49 USC 44707 49 USC 44709 49 USC 44717

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Final rule	03/19/2014

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/21/2012	77 FR 30054
NPRM Comment Period Extended	08/17/2012	77 FR 49740
Comment Period End	08/20/2012
Comment Period Extended	11/19/2012
Final Rule	12/00/2013

Additional Information: FAA estimates this action to be minimal costs.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.regulations.gov	Public Comment URL: www.regulations.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: John J Goodwin Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration 950 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW, Washington, DC 20024 Phone:202 385-6417 Email: john.j.goodwin@faa.gov