

[Federal Register: October 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 206)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60709-60710]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

 
Notice of Cessation of Printing and Hard Copy Distribution of 
Advisory Circulars Issued by the Aircraft Certification Service

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:  Notice of cessation of printing and hard copy distribution of 
advisory circulars (AC) issued by the Aircraft Certification Service.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the cessation of printing and 
distribution of advisory circulars issued by the Aircraft Certification 
Service. Technology currently allows advisory circulars to be posted to 
a public Web site, the Regulator and Guidance Library, http://rgl.faa.gov/
 for easy public access. Because of this easy public 

access, the Aircraft Certification Service determined that it is no 
longer necessary to print and distribute a hard copy of advisory 
circulars as it has done in the past. This will not only make it easier 
for the public to have access to advisory circulars issued by the 
Aircraft Certification Service almost

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immediately upon issuance, it will also result in a cost savings.

DATES: This cessation of printing and distribution of advisory 
circulars issued by the Aircraft Certification Service is effective 
October 1, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberta Katson, Acting Manager, 
Planning and Program Management Division, AIR-500, FAA, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, phone: 202-493-4633, e-
mail: roberta.katson@faa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In the past, the only way for the public to see advisory circulars 
issued by the Aircraft Certification Service was to receive a printed 
copy in the mail. The FAA provided means for anyone in the public to be 
placed on a mailing list to receive (or have the opportunity to 
purchase, if the advisory circular was larger than a certain size) 
copies of these documents. Technology now allows us to make advisory 
circulars immediately available to the public upon issuance, via an 
easily-accessible Web site, the Regulatory and Guidance Library, http://rgl.faa.gov.
 Because of the ease of access of this Web site, and 

because not printing our advisory circulars would be a cost-saving 
measure for the government, we decided to cease printing advisory 
circulars issued by the Aircraft Certification Service of the FAA, 
effective October 1, 2007.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 15, 2007.
Dorenda D. Baker,
Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 07-5263 Filed 10-24-07; 8:45 am]

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