2120-AK80 201710 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2120 Federal Aviation Administration FAA 2100 Department of Transportation DOT Miscellaneous Rotorcraft Regulations (Misc. Parts 27 and 29 Regs.)

The FAA proposes to revise regulations in title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 27 (Airworthiness Standards: Normal Category Rotorcraft) and part 29 (Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Rotorcraft) related to the certification of rotorcraft. The proposed changes are necessary due to the extensive application of advancing technologies to rotorcraft. Existing airworthiness standards are inadequate because they do not address increasing design complexity. To address these advances, the FAA currently issues reoccurring special conditions, equivalent level of safety findings (ELOS), and means of compliance (MOC) issue papers. This proposed rule would address these problem areas by updating those standards that cause unnecessary burdens in cost and time to both the FAA and the rotorcraft industry. By updating the affected standards, many special conditions, ELOS findings, and MOC issue papers would be unnecessary, thus reducing the burden and cost on both the FAA and industry

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 14 CFR 27 14 CFR 29 49 U.S.C. 106 49 U.S.C. 44701 No NPRM 11/01/2017 82 FR 50583 NPRM Comment Period End 01/30/2018 No Businesses None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No No John Vanhoudt 2120 Federal Aviation Administration FAA 806 329-4142 john.vanhoudt@faa.gov 901 Locust St., Kansas City MO 64106