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GAO-09-164R 1 (2008-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwvm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im T E IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-317397 November 12, 2008 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye Chairman The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable James L. Oberstar Chairman The Honorable John L. Mica Ranking Minority Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives Subject: Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration: Reduction of Fuel Tank Flammability in Transport Category Airplanes Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), entitled Reduction of Fuel Tank Flammability in Transport Category Airplanes (RIN: 2120-AI23). We received the rule on October 27, 2008. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on July 21, 2008. 73 Fed. Reg. 42,444. The final rule amends FAA regulations to require operators and manufacturers of transport category airplanes to take steps that, in combination with other required actions, should reduce the chances of a catastrophic fuel tank explosion. The final rule does not direct the adoption of specific inerting technology either by manufacturers or operators, but establishes a performance-based set of requirements that set acceptable flammability exposure values in tanks most prone to explosion or require the installation of an ignition mitigation means in an affected fuel tank. The final rule has an effective date of September 19, 2008. The Congressional Review Act requires major rules to have a 60-day delay in their effective date following publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a) (3) (A). We did not receive the rule until GAO-09-164R

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