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minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 18,
2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Air Taxi and
Commercial Operator Airport Activity
Survey
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Written comments should be
submitted by January 27, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Ms. Kathy
DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation
Administration, AES–200, 6500 S.
MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK
73169.
DATES:
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Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by
email at: Kathy.DePaepe@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0067.
Title: Air Taxi and Commercial
Operator Airport Activity Survey.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 1800–31.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: Enplanement data
collected from air taxi and commercial
operators are required for the
calculation of air carrier airport sponsor
apportionments as specified by the
Airport Improvement Program (AIP),
and 49 U.S.C. part A, Air Commerce
Safety, and part B, Airport Development
and Noise. The data collected serves as
the only source of data for charter and
nonscheduled passenger data by Part
135 operators (air taxis). The data
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Issued in Washington, DC on November 18,
2013.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE–2013–54]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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received on the form is then
incorporated into the Air Carrier
Activity Information System which is
used to determine whether an airport is
eligible for AIP funds and for
calculating primary airport sponsor
apportionment as specified by Title 49
U.S.C. The data collected on the form
includes passenger enplanements by
carrier and by airport.
Respondents: Approximately 300 Part
135 operators.
Frequency: Information is collected
annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1.5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 450
hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including 1.
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; 2. The accuracy of the
estimated burden; 3. Ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and 4.
Ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
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 petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
SUMMARY:
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must be received on or before December
17, 2013.
You may send comments
identified by Docket Number FAA–
2013–0815 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: Send comments to the Docket
Management Facility; U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket
Management Facility at 202–493–2251.
• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to
the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy: We will post all comments
we receive, without change, to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information you provide.
Using the search function of our docket
Web site, anyone can find and read the
comments received into any of our
dockets, including the name of the
individual sending the comment (or
signing the comment for an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78).
Docket: To read background
documents or comments received, go to
https://www.regulations.gov at any time
or to the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
ADDRESSES:
Jay
Turnberg, Federal Aviation
Administration, Engine and Propeller
Directorate, Standards Staff, ANE–111,
12 New England Executive Park,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803–5229;
(781) 238–7116; facsimile: (781) 238–
7199; email: jay.turnberg@faa.gov; or
Andrea Copeland, ARM–200, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
email andrea.copeland @faa.gov; (202)
267–8081.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Issued in Washington, DC, on November
21, 2013.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2013–0815
Petitioner: International Aero Engines,
LLC
Section of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 33.94(a)(1)
Petitioner requests relief to enable it
to change the fan blade failure location
from the blade outermost retention
groove to the blade platform for its
engine model PW100G–JM in
conducting the blade containment test
required by Section 33.94.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Docket No. FTA–2013–0027]
Notice of Buy America Waiver for
Minivans
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of Buy America Waiver.
In response to North Front
Range Metropolitan Planning
Organization’s (NFRMPO) request for a
Buy America waiver for minivans based
upon non-availability, the Federal
Transit Administration hereby waives
its Buy America final assembly
requirement for NFRMPO’s
procurement of minivans for NFRMPO’s
vanpool (‘‘VanGo’’) program. This
waiver is limited to a single purchase
not to exceed 25 seven-passenger
vehicles to take place no later than
December 31, 2014.
DATES: This Buy America waiver is
limited to a single purchase not to
exceed 25 seven-passenger vehicles and
expires on December 31, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary J. Lee, FTA Attorney-Advisor, at
(202) 366–0985 or mary.j.lee@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
23, 2013, the North Front Range
Metropolitan Planning Organization
(NFRMPO) requested a Buy America
waiver for the procurement of minivans.
In its request, NFRMPO cited a lack of
available, Buy America-compliant
seven-passenger vehicles for its vanpool
program located in northern Colorado
and requested a Buy America waiver for
its five-year procurement program.
According to NFRMPO, a recently
issued RFP resulted in no suitable or
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acceptable bids that meet the Buy
America rules. In a second letter dated
May 17, 2013, NFRMPO reiterated its
request for a Buy America waiver and
noted that the Vehicle Production
Group (VPG) had ‘‘shut down’’
production of its Mobility Vehicle 1
(MV–1), a Buy America compliant
vehicle.
According to NFRMPO, its VanGo
Vanpool Program includes 75 vans with
routes connecting, among others, Fort
Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Denver, and
Boulder, Colorado; it carries more than
420 commuters daily at 93 percent
occupancy. The vanpools in its VanGo
Vanpool Program carry between five
and eight passengers, which make the
larger passenger vans inefficient and too
costly and VPG’s MV–1 too small and
costly.
With certain exceptions, FTA’s Buy
America requirements prevent FTA
from obligating an amount that may be
appropriated to carry out its program for
a project unless ‘‘the steel, iron, and
manufactured goods used in the project
are produced in the United States.’’ 49
U.S.C. 5323(j)(1). A manufactured
product is considered produced in the
United States if: (1) All of the
manufacturing processes for the product
must take place in the United States;
and (2) All of the components of the
product must be of U.S. origin. A
component is considered of U.S. origin
if it is manufactured in the United
States, regardless of the origin of its
subcomponents. 49 CFR 661.5(d). If,
however, FTA determines that ‘‘the
steel, iron, and goods produced in the
United States are not produced in a
sufficient and reasonably available
amount or are not of a satisfactory
quality,’’ then FTA may issue a waiver
(non-availability waiver). 49 U.S.C.
5323(j)(2)(B); 49 CFR 661.7(c).
On August 5, 2013, the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) published
a notice and sought comments on the
North Front Range Metropolitan
Planning Organization’s (NFRMPO) Buy
America waiver request for minivans
based upon non-availability. 78 FR
47487. FTA received fourteen
comments, including comments from
the Mayor of the City of Loveland, the
Colorado Department of Transportation,
Chrysler Group LLC, Taxicab,
Limousine & Paratransit Association,
Association for Commuter
Transportation, vRide, and a number of
anonymous comments.1 Some
comments, including the letter from the
1 In error, FTA cited two docket numbers in its
August 5, 2013 notice, FTA–2012–0029 and FTA–
2013–0027. Therefore, FTA considered all
comments posted to these two dockets that
referenced this waiver request.
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City of Loveland’s Mayor, referenced a
similar Federal Highway Administration
notice and appeared to be posted in
error. Such comments were forwarded
to the appropriate Federal agency.
All correctly posted comments
expressed support of a waiver. The
Colorado Department of Transportation,
Division of Transit and Rail, stated that
the VanGo Vanpool Program provides a
‘‘vital commuting service,’’ is ‘‘an
important component in the strategy to
address regional air quality issues,’’
including the Denver and North Front
Range Air Quality Planning regions that
are in non-attainment status for Ozone
(O2) and maintenance status for Carbon
Monoxide (CO), and the use of minivans
is critical to keeping the program
‘‘efficient, affordable and effective.’’
Chrysler Group LLC also supports a
waiver and cited, among other things,
the industry’s need for a vehicle with
greater seating capacity than the MV–1,
and the MV–1’s production status,
which has resulted in a lack of available
Buy America compliant vehicles.
Another commenter, the Taxicab,
Limousine, & Paratransit Association,
agreed with the need for a waiver
because of the flexibility that a minivan
offers, e.g., greater seating capacity than
an MV–1, the lack of the MV–1’s
performance history data, and the need
for greater competition. Other
commenters requested a broader and
longer-lasting waiver that could be
applied to other procurements or an
expedited waiver process. Finally, a
number of anonymous VanGo
commuters posted comments in favor of
a waiver.
In response to the comments
regarding NFRMPO’s waiver request,
many of the comments refer to issues
that FTA addressed in its December 3,
2012 decision, including, among other
things, differences between the MV–1
and traditional minivans, competition,
and the need for a blanket waiver. FTA
directs interested parties to this
decision, 77 FR 71673, for additional
information. In addition, FTA notes that
AM General LLC recently purchased
rights to the MV–1 and expects to
resume production of the MV–1 in the
near term.
However, FTA appreciates all of the
comments and recognizes that there are
certain limited circumstances when a
waiver is warranted. In its December 3,
2012 decision to rescind the blanket
Buy America waiver for minivans and
minivan chassis on final assembly (77
FR 71673), FTA stated that, although it
rescinded the blanket waiver, it would
still review waiver requests for
minivans and minivan chassis on a
case-by-case basis. Subsequently,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE-2013-54]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received.
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SUMMARY: 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 petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket
number and must be received on or before December 17, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA-2013-
0815 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: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at
202-493-2251.
Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you
provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can
find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including
the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment
for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78).
Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to
https://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Turnberg, Federal Aviation
Administration, Engine and Propeller Directorate, Standards Staff, ANE-
111, 12 New England Executive Park, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803-
5229; (781) 238-7116; facsimile: (781) 238-7199; email:
jay.turnberg@faa.gov; or Andrea Copeland, ARM-200, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20591; email andrea.copeland @faa.gov; (202) 267-
8081.
This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2013.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA-2013-0815
Petitioner: International Aero Engines, LLC
Section of 14 CFR Affected: Sec. 33.94(a)(1)
Petitioner requests relief to enable it to change the fan blade
failure location from the blade outermost retention groove to the blade
platform for its engine model PW100G-JM in conducting the blade
containment test required by Section 33.94.
[FR Doc. 2013-28397 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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