Section 129.117

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

(c) Auxiliary Fuel Tanks. After the applicable date stated in paragraph (e) of
this section, no foreign air carrier or
foreign person may operate any airplane subject Section 26.33 of this chapter that
has an Auxiliary Fuel Tank installed
pursuant to a field approval, unless the
following requirements are met:
(1) The foreign air carrier or foreign
person complies with 14 CFR 26.35 by
the applicable date stated in that section.
(2) The foreign air carrier or foreign
person installs Flammability Impact
Mitigation Means (FIMM), if applicable, that are approved by the responsible Aircraft Certification Service office.
(3) Except in accordance with Section 129.14,
the FIMM, if applicable, are operational.
(d) Retrofit. After the dates specified
in paragraph (e) of this section, no foreign air carrier or foreign person may
operate an airplane to which this section applies unless the requirements of
paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(2) of this section are met.
(1) IMM, FRM or FIMM, if required
by SectionSection 26.33, 26.35, or 26.37 of this chapter,
that are approved by the responsible
Aircraft Certification Service office,
are installed within the compliance
times specified in paragraph (e) of this
section.
(2) Except in accordance with Section 129.14,
the IMM, FRM or FIMM, as applicable,
are operational.
(e) Compliance Times. Except as provided in paragraphs (k) and (l) of this
section, the installations required by
paragraph (d) of this section must be
accomplished no later than the applicable dates specified in paragraph (e)(1)
or (e)(2) of this section.
(1) Fifty percent of each foreign air
carrier or foreign person-s fleet identified in paragraph (d)(1) of this section
must be modified no later than December 26, 2014.
(2) One hundred percent of each foreign air carrier or foreign person-s fleet
of airplanes subject to paragraph (d)(1)
or this section must be modified no
later than December 26, 2017.
(3) For those foreign air carriers or
foreign persons that have only one airplane for a model identified in Table 1,

the airplane must be modified no later
than December 26, 2017.
(f) Compliance after Installation. Except in accordance with Section 129.14, no person may - 
(1) Operate an airplane on which IMM
or FRM has been installed before the
dates specified in paragraph (e) of this
section unless the IMM or FRM is operational.
(2) Deactivate or remove an IMM or
FRM once installed unless it is replaced by a means that complies with
paragraph (d) of this section.
(g) Maintenance Program Revisions. No
foreign air carrier or foreign person
may operate an airplane for which airworthiness limitations have been approved by the responsible Aircraft Certification Service office in accordance
with SectionSection 26.33, 26.35, or 26.37 of this chapter after the airplane is modified in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section unless the maintenance program
for that airplane is revised to include
those applicable airworthiness limitations.
(h) After the maintenance program is
revised as required by paragraph (g) of
this section, before returning an airplane to service after any alteration
for which airworthiness limitations are
required by SectionSection 25.981, 26.33, 26.35, or 26.37
of this chapter, the foreign person or
foreign air carrier must revise the
maintenance program for the airplane
to include those airworthiness limitations.
(i)
The
maintenance
program
changes identified in paragraphs (g)
and (h) of this section must be submitted to the operator-s responsible
Flight Standards office or Principal Inspector for review and approval prior
to incorporation.
(j) The requirements of paragraph (d)
of this section do not apply to airplanes operated in all-cargo service,
but those airplanes are subject to paragraph (f) of this section.
(k) The compliance dates specified in
paragraph (e) of this section may be extended by one year, provided that - 
(1) No later than March 26, 2009, the
foreign air carrier or foreign person notifies its responsible Flight Standards
office or Principal Inspector that it intends to comply with this paragraph;

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