Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Use of Mineral Revenue at Certain Airports, 30350-30351 [2012-12375]

Download as PDF 30350 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2012 / Notices The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster: Primary Parish Lafayette. Contiguous Parishes Louisiana Acadia, Iberia, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, Vermilion. The Interest Rates are: 3.000 4.000 3.000 (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008) Dated: May 15, 2012. Karen G. Mills, Administrator [FR Doc. 2012–12327 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8025–01–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION [Disaster Declaration #13076 and #13077] Louisiana Disaster #LA–00045 U.S. Small Business Administration. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of Louisiana dated 05/15/ 2012. Incident: Severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. Incident Period: 03/20/2012 through 03/22/2012. Effective Date: 05/15/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline Date: 07/16/2012. Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 02/15/2013. srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: 18:46 May 21, 2012 A. Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416. Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Use of Mineral Revenue at Certain Airports FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 3.125 The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 13074B and for economic injury is 130750. The State which received an EIDL Declaration # is Louisiana. VerDate Mar<15>2010 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Notice is hereby given that as a result of the Administrator’s disaster declaration, applications for disaster loans may be 3.750 filed at the address listed above or other locally announced locations. 1.875 The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by 6.000 the disaster: 4.000 Primary Parish Beauregard. Percent For Physical Damage: Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... Homeowners Without Credit Available Elsewhere .................. Businesses With Credit Available Elsewhere ................................. Businesses Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... Non-Profit Organizations With Credit Available Elsewhere ....... Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ....... For Economic Injury: Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without Credit Available Elsewhere .................. Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ....... Submit completed loan applications to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. ADDRESSES: Jkt 226001 Contiguous Parishes/Counties Louisiana Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Vernon. Texas Newton. The Interest Rates are: Percent For Physical Damage: Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ................................. Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ................................. Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere ....... Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ....... For Economic Injury: Businesses & Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere .................. Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.750 1.875 6.000 Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No. FAA–2012–0547] Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of guidance; opportunity to comment. AGENCY: On February 14, 2012, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (FMRA) was signed into law (Pub. L. 112–95). Section 813 permits the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to declare certain revenue derived from or generated by mineral extraction, production, lease, or other means at a general aviation airport to be revenue greater than the amount needed to carry out the five-year projected maintenance needs of the airport in order to comply with the applicable design and safety standards of the Administration. Although the FMRA directed the FAA to promulgate regulations to carry out Section 813 not later than 90 days after the date of enactment, the authorizing committees agreed to support the FAA’s request to issue guidance in lieu of a formal rulemaking due to the time limits imposed by the statute. This notice contains the FAA’s proposed guidance developed to carry out Section 813 and offers the public an opportunity to comment. SUMMARY: The effective date of this guidance is May 22, 2012. The FAA will 4.000 consider comments on this guidance. If necessary, any appropriate revisions 3.125 resulting from the comments received will be adopted as of the date of a 3.000 subsequent publication in the Federal Register. Comments must be submitted on or before June 21, 2012. 4.000 ADDRESSES: You may send comments [identified by Docket Number FAA– 3.000 2012–0547] using any of the following methods: • Government-wide rulemaking Web The number assigned to this disaster site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov for physical damage is 13076B and for and follow the instructions for sending economic injury is 130770. your comments electronically. The States which received an EIDL • Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Declaration # are Louisiana and Texas. Department of Transportation, West (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– Numbers 59002 and 59008) 140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC Dated: May 15, 2012. 20590. Karen G. Mills, • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Administrator. • Hand Delivery: To Docket [FR Doc. 2012–12330 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] Operations, Room W12–140 on the BILLING CODE 8025–01–P ground floor of the West Building, 1200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DATES: E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2012 / Notices srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall S. Fiertz, Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Management Analysis, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–3085; facsimile: (202) 493–1416. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A sponsor (applicant) seeking financial assistance for airport planning, airport development, noise compatibility planning or noise mitigation under 49 U.S.C., as amended must agree to comply with certain assurances. These assurances include certain prohibitions on the use of airport revenue. On April 13, 2012, the FAA published modifications to this assurance at 77 FR 22376. Specifically, paragraph (a)(3) of Sponsor Assurance 25 permits the FAA to exempt certain revenue derived from or generated by mineral extraction, production, lease, or other means at a general aviation airport (as defined at Section 47102 of title 49 United States Code), if the FAA determines the airport sponsor meets the requirements set forth in Section 813 of Public Law 112–95. A complete list of the current grant assurances can be viewed at: https:// www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ grant_assurances/. Guidance Developed To Carry Out Section 813 of Public Law 112–95 Airport Sponsor Actions: Airport sponsors seeking to exempt mineral revenue under Section 813 of Public Law 112–95 must submit a sponsor application. The application must include: • A statutorily mandated five year capital improvement program, as set forth in FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 and Appendix B–1; • An executed agreement including clauses pertaining to the sponsor’s liability, funding waiver, revenue use, and airport use, as set forth in FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 and Appendix C–1; • A statement with details identifying eligible projects and providing the necessary documentation to meet the thresholds set by statute for the use of the exempted revenue, as set forth in FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 and Appendix D–1 and Table D; FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 and applicable appendices may be found at: https://www.faa.gov/ airports/airport_compliance/ mineral_revenue. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:20 May 21, 2012 Jkt 226001 FAA Actions: FAA and, where applicable, block grant state personnel will begin working with airport sponsors interested in and eligible for the exemption prescribed under Section 813 of Public Law 112–95 to develop a proposed five-year capital improvement program inclusive of the items identified in the sponsor submission application, as set forth in FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 and Appendix B–1. At such time when the airport sponsor submits its application, the local FAA office will ensure the proposed five-year capital improvement program meets the statutorily mandated requirements. The local FAA office also will ensure the airport sponsor’s application includes the required agreements and conditions. The local FAA office will forward the sponsor’s application to the appropriate regional FAA office. The regional FAA office will notify the airport sponsor if the ‘‘application and requisite supporting documentation’’ meet the statutory requirements. This notice commences FAA’s 90-day clock to provide a determination on revenue exemption under this provision. For more details regarding FAA’s internal procedures, see FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 and appendices, which may be found at: https://www.faa.gov/airports/ airport_compliance/mineral_revenue. Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2012. Randall S. Fiertz, Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Management Analysis. [FR Doc. 2012–12375 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Sec. 221 Public Private Partnerships Public Meeting Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The FAA is conducting a public meeting on May 30 to seek initial input from interested stakeholders about program design and implementation of an equipage incentives program for commercial aircraft and general aviation to equip their aircraft with Next Generation Air Transportation (NextGen) capabilities, pursuant to the FAA’s authority in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (sec. 221). The statute requires that such SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 30351 a program be based on public-private partnership (PPP) principles and maximize the use of private sector capital. The purpose of this meeting is to serve as an information sharing session. The FAA is interested in engaging stakeholders and potential public-private partners in the process of developing an effective public-private partnership equipage incentive program. This notice is for the initial meeting. A subsequent meeting will be planned within 90 days of the May 30 meeting after FAA has assessed stakeholder comments and feedback and further solidified its policy on how to implement a PPP equipage incentives program. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Tedford, Office of Finance and Management: Telephone (202) 267– 8930: Email: 9-AWA-APONextGenIncentives@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 granted authority for the Secretary of Transportation to establish an equipage incentive program to equip US registered aircraft operating in the National Airspace System (NAS) in the interest of achieving NextGen capabilities. The authority states a loan guarantee program could be established either using appropriated funds or by fees and premiums. The FAA is working to understand what options exist for establishing the most effective program possible even if it receives no additional appropriations to fund the incentive. In addition, the FAA must have the authority to enter into a loan guarantee program recognized in an appropriations Act in accordance with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. The goal for an equipage program would be to encourage deployment of NextGen capable aircraft in the NAS sooner than would have occurred otherwise. Specifically, FAA would aim to increase the speed of adoption of base levels of NextGen equipage (equipage bundles), which will accelerate delivery of NextGen benefits by reducing the time of mixed equipage operations. The FAA is examining various methods of reducing the Government’s risk and determining the extent of industry interest in the program, but we need more information for our analysis. The May 30 meeting is therefore intended to share FAA’s preliminary thinking and seek industry feedback about what factors are beneficial to the various stakeholders, if such a program were to be created. E:\FR\FM\22MYN1.SGM 22MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30350-30351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12375]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2012-0547]


Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Use of Mineral Revenue at 
Certain Airports

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of guidance; opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: On February 14, 2012, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 
2012 (FMRA) was signed into law (Pub. L. 112-95). Section 813 permits 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 
declare certain revenue derived from or generated by mineral 
extraction, production, lease, or other means at a general aviation 
airport to be revenue greater than the amount needed to carry out the 
five-year projected maintenance needs of the airport in order to comply 
with the applicable design and safety standards of the Administration. 
Although the FMRA directed the FAA to promulgate regulations to carry 
out Section 813 not later than 90 days after the date of enactment, the 
authorizing committees agreed to support the FAA's request to issue 
guidance in lieu of a formal rulemaking due to the time limits imposed 
by the statute. This notice contains the FAA's proposed guidance 
developed to carry out Section 813 and offers the public an opportunity 
to comment.

DATES: The effective date of this guidance is May 22, 2012. The FAA 
will consider comments on this guidance. If necessary, any appropriate 
revisions resulting from the comments received will be adopted as of 
the date of a subsequent publication in the Federal Register. Comments 
must be submitted on or before June 21, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments [identified by Docket Number FAA-2012-
0547] using any of the following methods:
     Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your 
comments electronically.
     Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing 
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the 
ground floor of the West Building, 1200

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New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randall S. Fiertz, Director, Office of 
Airport Compliance and Management Analysis, Federal Aviation 
Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 
telephone (202) 267-3085; facsimile: (202) 493-1416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A sponsor (applicant) seeking financial 
assistance for airport planning, airport development, noise 
compatibility planning or noise mitigation under 49 U.S.C., as amended 
must agree to comply with certain assurances. These assurances include 
certain prohibitions on the use of airport revenue. On April 13, 2012, 
the FAA published modifications to this assurance at 77 FR 22376. 
Specifically, paragraph (a)(3) of Sponsor Assurance 25 permits the FAA 
to exempt certain revenue derived from or generated by mineral 
extraction, production, lease, or other means at a general aviation 
airport (as defined at Section 47102 of title 49 United States Code), 
if the FAA determines the airport sponsor meets the requirements set 
forth in Section 813 of Public Law 112-95.
    A complete list of the current grant assurances can be viewed at: 
https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/grant_assurances/.

Guidance Developed To Carry Out Section 813 of Public Law 112-95

    Airport Sponsor Actions: Airport sponsors seeking to exempt mineral 
revenue under Section 813 of Public Law 112-95 must submit a sponsor 
application. The application must include:
     A statutorily mandated five year capital improvement 
program, as set forth in FAA's Compliance Guidance Letter 2012-01 and 
Appendix B-1;
     An executed agreement including clauses pertaining to the 
sponsor's liability, funding waiver, revenue use, and airport use, as 
set forth in FAA's Compliance Guidance Letter 2012-01 and Appendix C-1;
     A statement with details identifying eligible projects and 
providing the necessary documentation to meet the thresholds set by 
statute for the use of the exempted revenue, as set forth in FAA's 
Compliance Guidance Letter 2012-01 and Appendix D-1 and Table D;
    FAA's Compliance Guidance Letter 2012-01 and applicable appendices 
may be found at: https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_compliance/mineral_revenue.
    FAA Actions: FAA and, where applicable, block grant state personnel 
will begin working with airport sponsors interested in and eligible for 
the exemption prescribed under Section 813 of Public Law 112-95 to 
develop a proposed five-year capital improvement program inclusive of 
the items identified in the sponsor submission application, as set 
forth in FAA's Compliance Guidance Letter 2012-01 and Appendix B-1. At 
such time when the airport sponsor submits its application, the local 
FAA office will ensure the proposed five-year capital improvement 
program meets the statutorily mandated requirements. The local FAA 
office also will ensure the airport sponsor's application includes the 
required agreements and conditions. The local FAA office will forward 
the sponsor's application to the appropriate regional FAA office. The 
regional FAA office will notify the airport sponsor if the 
``application and requisite supporting documentation'' meet the 
statutory requirements. This notice commences FAA's 90-day clock to 
provide a determination on revenue exemption under this provision.
    For more details regarding FAA's internal procedures, see FAA's 
Compliance Guidance Letter 2012-01 and appendices, which may be found 
at: https://www.faa.gov/airports/airport_compliance/mineral_revenue.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2012.
Randall S. Fiertz,
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Management Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2012-12375 Filed 5-21-12; 8:45 am]
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