2 July 2002
Source: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/fr-cont.html
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[Federal Register: July 2, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 127)]
[Notices]
[Page 44496-44497]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2001-11032]
Funding for Mandated Security Modifications to Flightcrew
Compartment Doors
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Announcement of funding.
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SUMMARY: This document announces changes to a program that allows
partial reimbursement to passenger and cargo carrying operators for
costs incurred following the events of September 11. Specifically, the
reimbursement is for costs incurred by those operators required to
comply with mandated security requirements for the flightcrew
compartment doors. The program allow operators to choose how to use the
funds to meet the modification requirements.
ADDRESSES: You may apply using the simplified application form found at
http://www2.airweb.faa.gov/airplane--security/announce/htm
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Rich, Technical Programs and
Continued Airworthiness Branch, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800
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Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
7141; fax: 202-267-5340; e-mail address: 9-awa-avr-design@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Shortly after the September 11 events, the FAA announced the
establishment of the Enhanced Airplane Security Program for airplanes
with operating certificates issued under part 119 that conduct
operations under part 121 as passenger carrying operations in common
carriage (http://www2.airweb.faa.gov/airplane--security/announce.htm).
The objective of the program is to enhance safety by improving
flightdeck security on airplanes meeting the criteria as recommended by
the Secretary of Transportation's Rapid Response Team on Aircraft
Security. The program specifically authorizes the funds for security
enhancements to the flightcrew compartment door, as well as transponder
modifications and video cameras in the cabin.
The program required that all participants report their progress
against a set of goals, identifying modifications by airplane types,
the date when modified airplanes are returned to service, and the
actual cost of work on a per aircraft basis, including labor and
materials. Participants are required to maintain for 3 years accounting
and financial records reflecting all project costs with supporting
documents and records that will be sufficient for financial audit.
To ensure the funding is appropriately used, the FAA announced that
funding would be dependent on the level of modification, i.e., from
level 1-simple modification to level 5-installation of new doors, and
that funding would be distributed as follows: 30% when the design is
authorized, 40% after completion of the first airplane installation,
and the final 30% after the modifications are installed in the last
airplane.
Related Activity
In the 7 months since the initial funding announcement, the FAA
mandated short-term security enhancements to the flighdeck compartment
door in SFAR 92-3 (67 FR 2112, January 15, 2002) and retrofit
installation of reinforced doors in Amendments 25-106 and 121-288 (67
FR 2118). The retrofit requires that the reinforced doors be installed
by April 9, 2003. These rules eliminated the need to distinguish
between the level 1 through level 5 modifications described above.
These levels are no longer a part of the program.
In its economic evaluation of the door retrofit requirement, the
FAA estimated that the direct cost of the reinforced door alone would
be at least $17,000 per aircraft. The SFAR 92-3 enhancements are
believed to have cost operators several thousand dollars more per
aircraft. Congress appropriated $100 million to assist the operators in
making the modifications. Based on that amount, the FAA has decided to
reimburse $13,200 of cost for each of the 7,000 affected aircraft. If
funding remains available or becomes available, the FAA may increase
the amount of the reimbursement. Because the expenditures will exceed
the funds available per aircraft, the FAA has decided that this change
in its funding strategy is necessary.
For operators that have already submitted an application and
received notification from the FAA, nothing else is required. The FAA
will contact you if further information is needed. Operators that have
not yet applied for reimbursement may apply using the simplified
applications form located at: http://www2.airweb.faa.gov/airplane--
security/announce.htm.
Prior to receiving funding, each operator will have to commit to
spending the entire reimbursed amount on the mandated door
modifications. Operators will also be required to substantiate the
actual level of expenditures per airplane made under this program.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2002.
John J. Hickey,
Director, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 02-16499 Filed 7-1-02; 8:45 am]
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