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review of a preliminary application. The
FAA must publish a notice of receipt of
the final application in the Federal
Register for public review and comment
for a sixty-day period. The HPN
preliminary application is available for
public review at https://
www.regulations.gov. The docket
number is FAA Docket NO. 2016–9477.
Title 49 U.S.C 47134 authorizes the
Secretary of Transportation, and
through delegation, the FAA
Administrator, to exempt a sponsor of a
public-use airport that has received
Federal assistance, from certain Federal
requirements in connection with the
privatization of the airport by sale or
lease to a private party. Specifically, the
Administrator may exempt the sponsor
from all or part of the requirements to
use airport revenues for airport-related
purposes, to pay back a portion of
Federal grants upon the sale or lease of
an airport, and to return airport property
deeded by the Federal Government
upon transfer of the airport. The
Administrator is also authorized to
exempt the private purchaser or lessee
from the requirement to use all airport
revenues for airport-related purposes, to
the extent necessary to permit the
purchaser or lessee to earn
compensation from the operations of the
airport.
On September 16, 1997, the FAA
issued a Notice of procedures to be used
in applications for exemption under the
Airport Privatization Pilot Program (62
FR 48693). A request for participation in
the pilot program must be initiated by
the filing of either a preliminary or final
application for exemption with the
FAA.
The County of Westchester submitted
a preliminary application to the FAA for
Westchester County Airport on
November 4, 2016; the preliminary
application is accepted for review, with
a filing date of November 4, 2016. The
County may select a private operator,
negotiate an agreement and submit a
final application to the FAA for
exemption.
If the FAA accepts the final
application for review, the application
will be made available for public review
and comment for a 60-day period.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 6,
2016.
Kevin C. Willis,
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and
Management Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE–2016–120]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Drone Seed, Co.
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
must be received on or before January 3,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
identified by Docket Number FAA–
2016–9247 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
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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:
Christopher Morris, (202) 267–4418, 800
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20591.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 6,
2016.
Lirio Liu,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2016–9247
Petitioner: Drone Seed, Co.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: 107.36;
137.19(c), (d), (e)(2)(ii), (iii), and (v);
137.31(a) and (b); 137.33(a) and (b); 49
CFR 175.9
Description of Relief Sought: Drone
Seed, Co., (‘‘DRONESEED’’) an operator
of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(sUAS) seeks an exemption to operate
UAS for commercial agricultural related
services. The custom UAS is capable of
providing a wide array of essential
agricultural spraying services,
including: Watering, fertilizers,
pesticides, and herbicides. Initial
customers will be timber companies in
Oregon and Washington, the sites are
extremely remote and often several
thousand acres controlled by the
customer timber company.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Buy America Waiver Notification
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice provides
information regarding FHWA’s finding
that a Buy America waiver is
appropriate for the use of non-domestic
iron and steel components of trunnion
bearings for emergency repair of Willow
Avenue Lift Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.
DATES: The effective date of the waiver
is December 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about this notice, please
contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA
Office of Program Administration, (202)
366–1562, or via email at
Gerald.Yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal
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questions, please contact Mr. William
Winne, FHWA Office of the Chief
Counsel, (202) 366–1397, or via email at
William.Winne@dot.gov. Office hours
for FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this document
may be downloaded from the Federal
Register’s home page at: https://
www.archives.gov and the Government
Publishing Office’s database at: https://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/.
Background
The FHWA’s Buy America policy in
23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic
manufacturing process for any steel or
iron products (including protective
coatings) that are permanently
incorporated in a Federal-aid
construction project. The regulation also
provides for a waiver of the Buy
America requirements when the
application would be inconsistent with
the public interest or when satisfactory
quality domestic steel and iron products
are not sufficiently available. This
notice provides information regarding
FHWA’s finding that a Buy America
waiver is appropriate for use of nondomestic iron and steel components of
trunnion bearings for emergency repair
of Willow Avenue Lift Bridge in
Cleveland, Ohio.
In accordance with the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114–
113) and the Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 114–223), FHWA
published a notice of intent to issue a
waiver on its Web site: https://
www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/
contracts/waivers.cfm?id=138 on
October 13th. The FHWA received no
comments in response to the
publication. Based on all the
information available to the agency,
FHWA concludes that there are no
domestic manufacturers of trunnion
bearings for emergency repair of Willow
Avenue Lift Bridge in the State of Ohio.
The Ohio State DOT, contractors, and
subcontractors involved in the
procurement of bearing units, are
reminded of the need to comply with
the Cargo Preference Act in 46 CFR part
38, if applicable.
In accordance with the provisions of
section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub.
L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), FHWA is
providing this notice as its finding that
a waiver of Buy America requirements
is appropriate. The FHWA invites
public comment on this finding for an
additional 15 days following the
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effective date of the finding. Comments
may be submitted to FHWA’s Web site
via the link provided to the waiver page
noted above.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161,
23 CFR 635.410
Dated: December 5, 2016.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0207]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces its
decision to exempt 18 individuals from
the vision requirement in the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
(FMCSRs). They are unable to meet the
vision requirement in one eye for
various reasons. The exemptions will
enable these individuals to operate
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in
interstate commerce without meeting
the prescribed vision requirement in
one eye. The Agency has concluded that
granting these exemptions will provide
a level of safety that is equivalent to or
greater than the level of safety
maintained without the exemptions for
these CMV drivers.
DATES: The exemptions were granted
November 11, 2016. The exemptions
expire on November 11, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, (202) 366–4001,
fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64–
113, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you have questions
regarding viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact Docket
Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Electronic Access
You may see all the comments online
through the Federal Document
Management System (FDMS) at https://
www.regulations.gov.
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Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and/or Room
W12–140 on the ground level of the
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
II. Background
On October 11, 2016, FMCSA
published a notice of receipt of
exemption applications from certain
individuals, and requested comments
from the public (81 FR 70248). That
notice listed 18 applicants’ case
histories. The 18 individuals applied for
exemptions from the vision requirement
in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), for drivers who
operate CMVs in interstate commerce.
Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315,
FMCSA may grant an exemption for a 2year period if it finds ‘‘such exemption
would likely achieve a level of safety
that is equivalent to or greater than the
level that would be achieved absent
such exemption.’’ The statute also
allows the Agency to renew exemptions
at the end of the 2-year period.
Accordingly, FMCSA has evaluated the
18 applications on their merits and
made a determination to grant
exemptions to each of them.
III. Vision and Driving Experience of
the Applicants
The vision requirement in the
FMCSRs provides:
A person is physically qualified to
drive a commercial motor vehicle if that
person has distant visual acuity of at
least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye
without corrective lenses or visual
acuity separately corrected to 20/40
(Snellen) or better with corrective
lenses, distant binocular acuity of a least
20/40 (Snellen) in both eyes with or
without corrective lenses, field of vision
of at least 70° in the horizontal meridian
in each eye, and the ability to recognize
the colors of traffic signals and devices
showing red, green, and amber (49 CFR
391.41(b)(10)).
FMCSA recognizes that some drivers
do not meet the vision requirement but
have adapted their driving to
accommodate their limitation and
demonstrated their ability to drive
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Buy America Waiver Notification
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that
a Buy America waiver is appropriate for the use of non-domestic iron
and steel components of trunnion bearings for emergency repair of
Willow Avenue Lift Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.
DATES: The effective date of the waiver is December 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice,
please contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA Office of Program
Administration, (202) 366-1562, or via email at
Gerald.Yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal
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questions, please contact Mr. William Winne, FHWA Office of the Chief
Counsel, (202) 366-1397, or via email at William.Winne@dot.gov. Office
hours for FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., E.T., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the
Federal Register's home page at: https://www.archives.gov and the
Government Publishing Office's database at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/.
Background
The FHWA's Buy America policy in 23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic
manufacturing process for any steel or iron products (including
protective coatings) that are permanently incorporated in a Federal-aid
construction project. The regulation also provides for a waiver of the
Buy America requirements when the application would be inconsistent
with the public interest or when satisfactory quality domestic steel
and iron products are not sufficiently available. This notice provides
information regarding FHWA's finding that a Buy America waiver is
appropriate for use of non-domestic iron and steel components of
trunnion bearings for emergency repair of Willow Avenue Lift Bridge in
Cleveland, Ohio.
In accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub.
L. 114-113) and the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub. L. 114-
223), FHWA published a notice of intent to issue a waiver on its Web
site: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/waivers.cfm?id=138
on October 13th. The FHWA received no comments in response to the
publication. Based on all the information available to the agency, FHWA
concludes that there are no domestic manufacturers of trunnion bearings
for emergency repair of Willow Avenue Lift Bridge in the State of Ohio.
The Ohio State DOT, contractors, and subcontractors involved in the
procurement of bearing units, are reminded of the need to comply with
the Cargo Preference Act in 46 CFR part 38, if applicable.
In accordance with the provisions of section 117 of the SAFETEA-LU
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-244, 122 Stat. 1572),
FHWA is providing this notice as its finding that a waiver of Buy
America requirements is appropriate. The FHWA invites public comment on
this finding for an additional 15 days following the effective date of
the finding. Comments may be submitted to FHWA's Web site via the link
provided to the waiver page noted above.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110-161, 23 CFR 635.410
Dated: December 5, 2016.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
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