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        <RIN>2120-AL05</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201710</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2120</CODE>
            <NAME>Federal Aviation Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FAA</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2100</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Transportation</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOT</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Aviation Safety Organization Changes</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rulemaking would replace references to specific Aircraft Certification Services (AIR) and Flight Standards Services (AFS) offices with generic references not dependent on any particular office or geographic structure. These changes follow the reorganization of these offices and would eliminate confusion, enable potential future reorganizations, and would impose no new obligation.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>14 CFR 121</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 125</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 129</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 135</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 183</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 25</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 26</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 27</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 34</CFR>
            <CFR>14 CFR 91</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 4321</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 7572</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 106(g)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 1372</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 40119</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 41706</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 42301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44702</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44704</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44705</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44707</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44709 to 44714</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44729</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44730</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44732</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44901 to 44904</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44906</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 44912</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 45101 to 45105</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 45303</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 46105</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 7572</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 9701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (61 Stat. 1180),(126 Stat. 11)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 107-71 sec. 104.</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 112-95 126 Stat 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note).</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 89</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 333 of Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 7</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2017</TTBL_DATE>
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        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.regulations.gov</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>www.regulations.gov</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Suzanne</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Masterson</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2120</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Aviation Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FAA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>206 231-3211</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>suzanne.masterson@faa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2200 South 216th Street,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Des Moines</CITY>
                    <STATE>WA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>98198</ZIP>
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