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DOT/FAA RIN: 2120-AE42 Publication ID: Spring 2005 
Title: Aging Aircraft Safety 
Abstract: This rulemaking will adopt the interim final rule (IFR) published on December 6, 2002, as a final rule with changes. The IFR imposed statutory requirements for the Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991 for certain airplanes to undergo inspections and records reviews after their fourteenth year in service and at specified intervals after that. Also, the rule imposed a requirement to include supplemental inspections by specified deadlines in the maintenance programs for these airplanes. With this action, the FAA would respond to comments to the IFR, further clarify parts of the rule language, and substantially revise the supplemental inspection requirements. 
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)  Priority: Other Significant 
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 125    14 CFR 129    14 CFR 135    14 CFR 183   
Legal Authority: 49 USC 106(g)    49 USC 40104 to 40105    49 USC 40113    49 USC 40119    49 USC 44101    49 USC 44701 to 44702    49 USC 44705    49 USC 44709 to 44711    49 USC 44712    49 USC 44713    49 USC 44715 to 44717    49 USC 44722    49 USC 44901 to 44904    49 USC 44906   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  Action must be initiated by 04/24/92 per Aging Aircraft Safety Act of 1991.  04/24/1992 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/05/1993  58 FR 51944   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/02/1994    
Comment Period End 3/4/94  02/08/1994  59 FR 5741   
NPRM  04/02/1999  64 FR 16298   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/02/1999    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  08/18/1999  64 FR 45090   
Comment Period End  10/08/1999    
Interim Final Rule; Request for Comments  12/06/2002  67 FR 72726   
Interim Final Rule: Extension of Comment Period  02/04/2003  68 FR 5782   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  02/04/2003    
Interim Final Rule: Extension of Comment Period End  05/05/2003    
Interim Final Rule Effective  01/01/2004    
Final Action  02/02/2005  70 FR 5517   
Final Action Effective  03/04/2005    
Additional Information: Project Number AFS-92-029R. ANALYSIS: Regulatory Evaluation, 04/02/99, 64 FR 16298
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: dms.dot.gov   Public Comment URL: dms.dot.gov  
Agency Contact:
Frederick Sobeck
Aircraft Maintenance Division, Flight Standards Service
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue SW. ,
Washington, DC 20591
Phone:202 267-7355