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Once all required inspections and tests are completed and compliance with the applicable regulations has been verified, the FAA can prepare and issue the STC, FAA Form 8110-2. The STIR should be completed within 90 days after certification issuance. 9-2. CANCELLATION OF PROJECT. Projects that are inactive for more than 6 months are subject to FAA notification and/or cancellation and returning of all data, but may be pursued by resubmitting the application and data. 9-3. TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF AN STC. In all cases, the owner or authorized agent should endorse the back of the original STC, submit it to the issuing ACO (as shown on the front of the certificate). In the case of an STC issued to an organization, an affidavit certifying authorization to execute the transfer on behalf of the STC holder is included See FAA Order 8110.4. The FAA will then: a. Cancel the endorsed STC and file it in the STC data file. See chapter 2-5. b. Reissue the certificate in the name of the new owner, retaining the same STC number, the original application date, the original issue date, and the new reissue date. c. Forward the data file on the STC to the ACO covering the new owner's facilities if the new owner is located in another geographic area. The new owner will be notified to contact the appropriate (geographic) ACO responsible for all matters concerning the STC and the appropriate (geographic) MIDO for matters concerning any PMA activity associated with the STC. 9-4. USE OF AN AVAILABLE STC. a. If the STC holder agrees to permit another person to use the certificate to modify an aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller or appliance, the holder must issue a written permission statement, in a form acceptable to the Administrator, to each applicable persons making alterations based on his/her STC. If an STC holder is making the alteration to their own aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance only, the permission statement provision does not apply. See 49 U.S.C. 44704. b. The installer, mechanic, or repair station which has obtained permission directly from the STC holder to use the STC shall furnish a copy of the STC holder's permission statement to the modified product owner/operator before completion of the alteration. See 49 U.S.C. 44704. c. A copy of each permission statement should be retained by the STC holders, installers, and the owner/operator of the product on which an STC alteration is installed. d. The following notification statement should be located on page one of Form 8110-2 under the "Limitations and Conditions" section, directly ahead of the statement "This certificate and the supporting data...": "If the holder agrees to permit another person to use this certificate to alter the product, the holder shall give the other person written evidence of that permission." e. The form of the permission statement to be acceptable to the Administrator, should as a minimum contain the following: (1) A written statement of the agreement specifying product(s) to be altered. (2) The STC number. (3) The person(s) being given consent to use the STC. Other information may be listed if the STC holder so desires such as; the effective date, how many times the STC may be used for fleets of aircraft, etc. 9-5. AMENDMENTS TO STC. a. "Multiple" STC's may be amended to add new models, show revised data, etc.; but the certificate will be amended with the original STC number and an amendment date. The amendment date will be placed in the "Date Amended" block. A certificate will not be amended to add different modifications to the same type design. b. "One-only" STC's will not be amended to become a "multiple" STC. New "One Only" STC's will not be issued for the same modification. If the STC owner/applicant desires a "multiple" STC for the same type "one-only" STC installation, the STC owner/applicant should upgrade the design and make application for a separate new "multiple" STC with a new STC number. As with any other "multiple" STC application, sufficient data should be submitted to verify that manufacturing and installation of the design may be duplicated on the additional aircraft, engines, or propellers. See FAA Order 8110.21. 9-6. DURATION OF AN STC. An STC is effective until surrendered, suspended, revoked, or a termination date is otherwise established by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. 9-7. LOSS OF AN STC. The local ACO should be immediately notified (by the STC
owner) in writing of the circumstances of the loss of an
STC. A duplicate STC will be issued retaining the original
number. A statement on the face of the STC will identify it
as a replacement. If the original certificate is later
found, it should be returned to the FAA ACO for processing
and retention in the STC records. Under no circum-stances
should two original certificates exist with the same STC
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