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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 44725. Life-limited aircraft parts
(a) In General. - The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall conduct a rulemaking proceeding to require the
safe disposition of life-limited parts removed from an aircraft.
The rulemaking proceeding shall ensure that the disposition deter
installation on an aircraft of a life-limited part that has reached
or exceeded its life limits.
(b) Safe Disposition. - For the purposes of this section, safe
disposition includes any of the following methods:
(1) The part may be segregated under circumstances that
preclude its installation on an aircraft.
(2) The part may be permanently marked to indicate its used
life status.
(3) The part may be destroyed in any manner calculated to
prevent reinstallation in an aircraft.
(4) The part may be marked, if practicable, to include the
recordation of hours, cycles, or other airworthiness information.
If the parts are marked with cycles or hours of usage, that
information must be updated every time the part is removed from
service or when the part is retired from service.
(5) Any other method approved by the Administrator.
(c) Deadlines. - In conducting the rulemaking proceeding under
subsection (a), the Administrator shall -
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this section, issue a notice of proposed rulemaking; and
(2) not later than 180 days after the close of the comment
period on the proposed rule, issue a final rule.
(d) Prior-Removed Life-Limited Parts. - No rule issued under
subsection (a) shall require the marking of parts removed from
aircraft before the effective date of the rules issued under
subsection (a), nor shall any such rule forbid the installation of
an otherwise airworthy life-limited part.
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