Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN), Panama City, FL, 52593-52594 [2010-21209]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE–2010–39]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption
received.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR.
The purpose of this notice is to improve
the public’s awareness of, and
participation in, this aspect of FAA’s
regulatory activities. Neither publication
of this notice nor the inclusion or
omission of information in the summary
is intended to affect the legal status of
the petitions or their final disposition.
DATES: Comments on these petitions
must identify the petition docket
number involved and must be received
on or before September 15, 2010.
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2010–0751 using any of the following
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This notice is published pursuant to
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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23,
2010.
Pamela Hamilton-Powell,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2010–0751.
Petitioner: JetBlue Airways
Corporation.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 119.3.
Description of Relief Sought
JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue)
requests relief from § 119.3 to permit
JetBlue to operate flights between Puerto
Rico and the Dominican Republic under
the rules applicable to domestic
operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To
Release Airport Property at the
Panama City-Bay County International
Airport (PFN), Panama City, FL
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Request To Release
Airport Property.
AGENCY:
The FAA proposes to rule and
invites public comment on the release of
land at the Panama City-Bay
International Airport (PFN), Panama
City, FL under the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 47107(h).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before September 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address:
Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, FL 32822–5024.
In addition, one copy of any
comments submitted to the FAA must
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be mailed or delivered to: Randall S.
Curtis, A.A.E., Executive Director,
Northwest Florida Beaches International
Airport, 6300 West Bay Parkway,
Panama City, FL 32409.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration,
Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400,
Orlando, FL 32822–5024.
The request to release property may
be reviewed, by appointment, in person
at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release approximately 708 acres of
property known as the Panama City-Bay
County International Airport (PFN)
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C.
47107(h)(2).
On April 19, 2010, the Executive
Director of the PFN on behalf of the
Panama City-Bay County Airport and
Industrial District (Airport Sponsor)
notified the FAA that because of the
intended opening of the Northwest
Florida Beaches International Airport
(ECP) in Bay County Florida on May 23,
2010, and the subsequent
decommissioning and sale of PFN, he
requested full release of the affected
property from federal obligations. The
ECP was opened to commercial airline
operations on May 23, 2010, and
commercial airline operations were
discontinued at PFN. General aviation
operations at PFN are in the process of
relocating to ECP and other airports in
the region. The FAA has determined
that the request to release property at
PFN submitted by the Airport Sponsor
meets the procedural requirements of
the FAA and the release of the property
does not and will not impact future
aviation needs in the region. The FAA
may approve the request in whole no
sooner than 30 days after publication of
this notice.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The Airport Sponsor is proposing the
release of the entire airport property and
associated facilities with the exception
of Goose Island which will revert to the
Bureau of Land Management. The
release of land is necessary to comply
with FAA Grant Assurances that do not
allow federally acquired airport
property to be used for non-aviation
purposes. The sale and permanent
abandonment of the subject property
will result in the lands of PFN being
changed from aeronautical to
nonaeronautical use and release the
lands from the conditions of the AIP
Grant Agreement Grant Assurances. In
accordance with 49 U.S.C.
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47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the Airport
Sponsor will receive fair market value
for the property, which will be
subsequently reinvested in another
eligible airport improvement project,
including the financing of the recentlyconstructed ECP.
Any person may inspect, by
appointment, the request in person at
the FAA office listed above under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
appointment and request, inspect the
application, notice and other documents
determined by the FAA to be related to
the application in person at the
Northwest Florida Beaches International
Airport.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, on August 17,
2010.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District
Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift
Agreement (VISA)
AGENCY:
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of open season for
enrollment in the VISA program.
ACTION:
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Introduction
The VISA program was established
pursuant to section 708 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA), which provides for voluntary
agreements for emergency preparedness
programs. VISA was approved for a two
year term on January 30, 1997, and
published in the Federal Register on
February 13, 1997, (62 FR 6837).
Approval is currently extended until
October 1, 2011, as published in the
Federal Register on March 24, 2010 (75
FR 14245).
As implemented, the VISA program is
open to U.S.-flag vessel operators of
oceangoing militarily useful vessels, to
include tugs and barges. An operator is
defined as an owner or bareboat
charterer of a vessel. Tug enrollment
alone does not satisfy VISA eligibility.
Operators include vessel owners and
bareboat charter operators if satisfactory
signed agreements are in place
committing the assets of the owner to
the bareboat charterer for purposes of
VISA. Voyage and space charterers are
not considered U.S.-flag vessel operators
for purposes of VISA eligibility.
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VISA Concept
The mission of VISA is to provide
commercial sealift and intermodal
shipping services and systems,
including vessels, vessel space,
intermodal systems and equipment,
terminal facilities, and related
management services, to the Department
of Defense (DOD), as necessary, to meet
national defense contingency
requirements or national emergencies.
VISA provides for the staged, timephased availability of participants’
shipping services/systems to meet
contingency requirements through
prenegotiated contracts between the
Government and participants. Such
arrangements are jointly planned with
the Maritime Administration, U.S.
Transportation Command
(USTRANSCOM), and participants in
peacetime to allow effective and best
valued use of commercial sealift
capacity, to provide DOD assured
contingency access, and to minimize
commercial disruption, whenever
possible.
There are three time-phased stages in
the event of VISA activation. VISA
Stages I and II provide for prenegotiated
contracts between DOD and participants
to provide sealift capacity to meet all
projected DOD contingency
requirements. These contracts are
executed in accordance with approved
DOD contracting methodologies. VISA
Stage III will provide for additional
capacity to DOD when Stages I and II
commitments or volunteered capacity
are insufficient to meet contingency
requirements, and adequate shipping
services from non-participants are not
available through established DOD
contracting practices or U.S.
Government treaty agreements.
VISA Annual Enrollment Open Season
The purpose of this notice is to invite
interested, qualified U.S.-flag vessel
operators that are not currently enrolled
in the VISA program to participate. The
annual enrollment is intended to link
the VISA enrollment cycle with DOD’s
peacetime cargo contracting to ensure
eligible participants priority
consideration for DOD awards of cargo.
Alignment of VISA enrollment and
eligibility for VISA priority will solidify
the linkage between commitment of
contingency assets by VISA participants
and receiving VISA priority
consideration for the award of DOD
peacetime cargo. This is the only
planned enrollment period for carriers
to join the VISA program and derive
benefits for DOD peacetime contracts
during the time frame of October 1, 2010
through September 30, 2011. The only
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exception to this open season period for
VISA enrollment will be for a non-VISA
carrier that reflags a vessel into U.S.
registry. That carrier may submit an
application to participate in the VISA
program at any time upon completion of
reflagging.
Advantages of Peacetime Participation
Because enrollment of carriers in the
VISA program provides DOD with
assured access to sealift services during
contingencies based on a level of
commitment, as well as a mechanism
for joint planning, DOD awards
peacetime cargo contracts to VISA
participants on a priority basis. This
applies to liner trades and charter
contracts alike. Award of DOD cargoes
to meet DOD peacetime and
contingency requirements is made on
the basis of the following priorities:
• U.S.-flag vessel capacity operated
by VISA participants and U.S.-flag
Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA)
capacity held by VISA participants.
• U.S.-flag vessel capacity operated
by non-participants.
• Combination U.S.-flag/foreign-flag
vessel capacity operated by VISA
participants, and combination U.S.-flag/
foreign-flag VSA capacity held by VISA
participants.
• Combination U.S.-flag/foreign-flag
vessel capacity operated by nonparticipants.
• U.S.-owned or operated foreign-flag
vessel capacity and VSA capacity held
by VISA participants.
• U.S.-owned or operated foreign-flag
vessel capacity and VSA capacity held
by non-participants.
• Foreign-owned or operated foreignflag vessel capacity of non-participants.
Participation
Any U.S.-flag vessel operator
organized under the laws of a state of
the United States, or the District of
Columbia, who is able and willing to
commit militarily useful sealift assets
and assume the related consequential
risks of commercial disruption, may be
eligible to participate in the VISA
program. The term ‘‘operator’’ is defined
in the VISA document as ‘‘an ocean
common carrier or contract carrier that
owns, controls or manages vessels by
which ocean transportation is
provided’’. Applicants wishing to
become participants must provide
satisfactory evidence that the vessels
being committed to the VISA program
are operational and that vessels are
intended to be operated by the applicant
in the carriage of commercial or
government preference cargoes. While
vessel brokers, freight forwarders and
agents play an important role as a
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property
at the Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN), Panama City,
FL
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Request To Release Airport Property.
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the
release of land at the Panama City-Bay International Airport (PFN),
Panama City, FL under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to
the FAA at the following address: Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024.
In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be
mailed or delivered to: Randall S. Curtis, A.A.E., Executive Director,
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, 6300 West Bay Parkway,
Panama City, FL 32409.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager,
Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950
Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822-5024.
The request to release property may be reviewed, by appointment, in
person at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the
request to release approximately 708 acres of property known as the
Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN) under the provisions
of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
On April 19, 2010, the Executive Director of the PFN on behalf of
the Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District (Airport
Sponsor) notified the FAA that because of the intended opening of the
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) in Bay County
Florida on May 23, 2010, and the subsequent decommissioning and sale of
PFN, he requested full release of the affected property from federal
obligations. The ECP was opened to commercial airline operations on May
23, 2010, and commercial airline operations were discontinued at PFN.
General aviation operations at PFN are in the process of relocating to
ECP and other airports in the region. The FAA has determined that the
request to release property at PFN submitted by the Airport Sponsor
meets the procedural requirements of the FAA and the release of the
property does not and will not impact future aviation needs in the
region. The FAA may approve the request in whole no sooner than 30 days
after publication of this notice.
The following is a brief overview of the request:
The Airport Sponsor is proposing the release of the entire airport
property and associated facilities with the exception of Goose Island
which will revert to the Bureau of Land Management. The release of land
is necessary to comply with FAA Grant Assurances that do not allow
federally acquired airport property to be used for non-aviation
purposes. The sale and permanent abandonment of the subject property
will result in the lands of PFN being changed from aeronautical to
nonaeronautical use and release the lands from the conditions of the
AIP Grant Agreement Grant Assurances. In accordance with 49 U.S.C.
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47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the Airport Sponsor will receive fair
market value for the property, which will be subsequently reinvested in
another eligible airport improvement project, including the financing
of the recently-constructed ECP.
Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at
the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon appointment and request, inspect
the application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be
related to the application in person at the Northwest Florida Beaches
International Airport.
Issued in Orlando, Florida, on August 17, 2010.
W. Dean Stringer,
Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-21209 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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