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DOT/FAA RIN: 2120-AJ33 Publication ID: Spring 2015 
Title: Air Carrier Contract Maintenance Requirements (Reauthorization) 
Abstract:

This rulemaking would revise the maintenance regulations for part 121 air carriers and for part 135 air carriers with airplanes having a passenger seating capacity of 10 or more. It requires affected air carriers to develop policies, procedures, methods, and instructions for performing contract maintenance that are acceptable to the FAA and to include them in their maintenance manuals. It would also require the air carriers to provide a list to the FAA of all persons with whom they contract their maintenance. These changes are needed because contract maintenance has increased to over 70 percent of all air carrier maintenance, and numerous investigations have shown deficiencies in maintenance performed by contract maintenance providers. This rulemaking helps ensure consistency between contract and in-house air carrier maintenance and enhance the oversight capabilities of both the air carriers and the FAA.

 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 14 CFR 121    14 CFR 135    14 CFR 121    14 CFR 135   
Legal Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g)    49 U.S.C. 1153    49 U.S.C. 40101 to 40103    49 U.S.C. 40113    49 U.S.C. 41721    49 U.S.C. 44105    49 U.S.C. 44106    49 U.S.C. 44111    49 U.S.C. 44701 to 44717    49 U.S.C. 44722    49 U.S.C. 44901    49 U.S.C. 44903    49 U.S.C. 44904    49 U.S.C. 44906    49 U.S.C. 44912    49 U.S.C. 44914    49 U.S.C. 44936    49 U.S.C. 44938    49 U.S.C. 45101 to 45105    49 U.S.C. 46103    49 U.S.C. 46105    49 U.S.C. 1153    49 U.S.C. 41706    49 U.S.C. 44701    49 U.S.C. 44702    49 U.S.C. 44705    49 U.S.C. 44709    49 U.S.C. 44711 to 44713    49 U.S.C. 44715 to 44717    49 U.S.C. 1153    49 U.S.C. 40101    49 U.S.C. 40102    49 U.S.C. 40103    49 U.S.C. 41721    49 U.S.C. 44105    49 U.S.C. 44106    49 U.S.C. 44111    49 U.S.C. 44904   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  In accordance with the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, Section 319(a).  02/15/2015 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/13/2012  77 FR 67584   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/11/2013 
Comment Period Extended  02/12/2013  78 FR 9865   
Comment Period Extension End  03/13/2013 
Comment Period End  03/13/2013 
Final Action  03/04/2015  80 FR 11537   
Final Action Effective  05/04/2015 
Additional Information: This proposed rule would assist the FAA in its oversight responsibilities and ensure consistency between contract and in-house air carrier maintenance. Over 10 years, the cost to part 121 and part 135 air carriers and the FAA would be approximately $2.4 million ($1.6 million, present value at seven percent). The FAA believes these benefits have value exceeding the costs.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  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:
Wende T DiMuro
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
950 L'Enfant Plaza,
Washington, DC 20024
Phone:202-267-1685
Email: wende.t.dimuro@faa.gov