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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2019–0369]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Human Space
Flight Requirements for Crew and
Space Flight Participants
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. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the Human Space Flight
Requirements for Crew and Space Flight
Participants collection of information
was published on June 12, 2019. The
collection involves information
demonstrating that a launch or reentry
operation involving a human participant
will meet the risk criteria and
requirements to ensure public safety.
The information to be collected is
necessary for the FAA to assess crew
qualification and training; for operators
to inform space flight participants and
crew members of the risks associated
with launch and reentry activities; for
the implementation of waiver of claims;
and to ensure environmental control
and life support systems and other
systems adequately protect public
health and safety.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by September 18, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the attention of the Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to
(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shirley McBride by email at:
Shirley.McBride@faa.gov; phone: 202–
267–7470.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and, (d)
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.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0720.
Title: Same title as above.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the Human
Space Flight Requirements for Crew and
Space Flight Participants collection of
information was published on June 12,
2019 (84 FR 27391). The FAA
established requirements for human
space flight of crew and space flight
participants as required by the
Commercial Space Launch
Amendments Act of 2004. The
information collected is used by the
FAA, a licensee or permittee, a space
flight participant, or a crew member.
The FAA uses the information to ensure
that a launch or reentry operation
involving a human on board a vehicle
will meet the risk criteria and
requirements to ensure public safety.
Respondents: All commercial space
entities that propose to conduct a
launch or reentry with flight crew or
space flight participants on board must
comply with this collection.
Frequency: Information is collected
on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 808
hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 13,
2019.
Kelvin B. Coleman,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of
Commercial Space Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA 2010–1052]
Airport Investment Partnership
Program
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) DOT.
AGENCY:
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Notice of receipt of application
of Airglades Airport (2IS), Hendry
County, Clewiston, Florida:
Commencement of 30-Day public
review and comment period.
ACTION:
The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) received the final
application from Hendry County and
Airglades Airport, LLC for the
participation of Airglades Airport (2IS)
in the Airport Investment Partnership
Program (formerly the Airport
Privatization Pilot Program) and has
determined that the final application is
substantially complete and accepted for
review. The determination that the
application is substantially complete
results in the commencement of FAA’s
review and is not an approval or
disapproval of the proposed
privatization application.
The FAA is seeking information and
comments from interested parties on the
final application. The FAA will review
the application, public comments, and
any other relevant additional
submission by the applicant or the
public, and issue a decision approving
or disapproving the application.
Title 49 U.S.C. Section 47134
establishes the Airport Investment
Partnership Program and authorizes the
Department of Transportation to grant
exemptions from certain Federal
statutory and regulatory requirement for
airport privatization projects. The
application procedures require the FAA
to publish a notice of receipt of the final
application in the Federal Register and
accept public comment on the final
application for a period of 60 days.
However, the 60-day notice period is
not a statutory or regulatory
requirement. The applicants have
requested the comment period be
reduced to 30 days because they desire
to obtain approval, assuming the
application is sufficient, by September
30, 2019. Under Section 184 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018, approval of
an application by this date (and the
project meets all other requirements),
would permit the agency to issue a letter
of intent for Airport Improvement
Program grant funds. FAA has agreed to
reduce the comment period based on
the applicants’ request.
DATES: Comments must be received by
September 18, 2019. Comments that are
received after that date will be
considered only to the extent possible.
ADDRESSES: You may send written
comments by any of the following
methods.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the instructions for sending your
SUMMARY:
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comments electronically. Docket
Number: FAA 2010–1052.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail
address above between 9:00 a.m. and 5
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
Identify all transmission with ‘‘Docket
Number FAA 2010–1052’’ at the
beginning of the document.
Examining the Application
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The final application was filed under
Docket Number FAA–2010–1052. You
may examine the final application on
the internet at: https://
www.regulations.gov or on the FAA’s
website www.faa.gov or in person at the
Docket Operations office between 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
The Docket Operations Office (800–647–
5527) is located at the U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–0001. The Docket contains the
preliminary and final application, the
agreements, any comments received and
other information. Hendry County and
Airglades Airport, LLC have also made
copies of the final application available
on www.airglades.com and the
following location:
Hendry County Clerk of Courts, 25 E
Hickpochee Avenue, LaBelle, Florida
33935, Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:45
p.m., Saturday & Sunday—Closed
Clewiston Public Library, 120 W
Osceola Avenue, Clewiston, Florida
33440, Monday & Thursday 9 a.m.–8
p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9
a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–1 p.m.,
Sunday—Closed
Barron Library, 461 N Main Street,
LaBelle, Florida 33935, Monday &
Thursday 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Tuesday,
Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.–1 p.m., Sunday—
Closed
Glades County Public Library, 201
Riverside Drive, Moore Haven,
Florida 33471, Monday–Friday 9
a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday—
Closed
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cathryn Cason, Airport Compliance
Specialist, Airport Compliance Division,
ACO–100, Office of Airport Compliance
and Management Analysis, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Ave. SW, Washington DC
20591. Telephone 202–267–3085.
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Title 49 of
the U.S. Code Section 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 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 requirements 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 Federal
Aviation Administration issued a notice
of procedures to be used in applications
for exemption under Airport
Privatization Pilot Program (Notice of
final application procedures for the
Airport Privatization Pilot program:
Application Procedures, 62 FR 48693–
48708 (September 16, 1997) (Notice) (as
modified, 62 FR 63211, Nov. 26, 1997).
The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018
amended Section 47134 by changing the
name to Airport Investment Partnership
Program, eliminated limitations on the
number of airports that could
participate along with several other
changes. A request for participation in
the Program must be initiated by the
filing of either a preliminary or final
application for exemption with the
Federal Aviation Administration.
Hendry County submitted a
preliminary application to the Program
for Airglades Airport on October 6,
2010, the filing date of the preliminary
application. FAA accepted the
preliminary application on October 18,
2010. The preliminary application is
posted on https://www.regulations.gov in
Docket Number FAA 2010–1052 and is
available for public review.
On August 8, 2019, Hendry County
and Airglades Airport, LLC filed their
final application. Airglades Airport, LLC
plans to build a $461 million cargo
complex and related support facilities to
handle the transshipment of perishable
goods. The project will also include
construction of a tower, 10,000-foot
runway and related facilities. According
to the application, Airglades Airport,
LLC has or intends to select AVPORTS
to operate the airport under a separate
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agreement and Star America, or a
related entity, as an investor/developer
to manage and/or finance the airport
development project after the
acquisition of the Airport from the
County.
Hendry County requested an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. Section
47134(b)(1) to permit the use of revenue
from the sale of airport property for nonairport purposes and under 49 U.S.C.
Section 47134(b)(2) to forego the
repayment of Federal grants; and
Airglades Airport. LLC asked for an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. Section
47134(b)(3) to permit them to earn
compensation from the operation of the
airport.
As part of its review of the final
application, the FAA will consider all
comments that are submitted by
interested parties during the 30-day
comment period for this notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 14,
2019.
Kevin Willis,
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and
Management Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2019–17785 Filed 8–16–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2019–0058]
Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this provides
the public notice that by letter dated
July 26, 2019, the New York,
Susquehanna & Western Railway
Corporation (NYSW) petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
for a waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR 234.
271, Insulated rail joints, bond wires,
and track connections. FRA assigned
the petition Docket Number FRA–2019–
0058.
Specifically, NYSW requests relief
from the requirement that insulated rail
joints, bond wires, and track
connections be inspected once every
three months, for the following
highway-rail grade crossings (HGRC)
located in Utica, NY: (1) DOT
#264337H-milepost (MP) U284.84—
Noyes Street; (2) DOT #264329R–MP
U285.38—Court Street; and (3) DOT
#264328J–MP U2865.54—Columbia
Street. The affected HRGCs are located
on a portion of rail line within the
NYSW’s Utica Yard Limits. Train
movements are made on verbal
permission of the Train Dispatcher.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA 2010-1052]
Airport Investment Partnership Program
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application of Airglades Airport (2IS),
Hendry County, Clewiston, Florida: Commencement of 30-Day public review
and comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received the final
application from Hendry County and Airglades Airport, LLC for the
participation of Airglades Airport (2IS) in the Airport Investment
Partnership Program (formerly the Airport Privatization Pilot Program)
and has determined that the final application is substantially complete
and accepted for review. The determination that the application is
substantially complete results in the commencement of FAA's review and
is not an approval or disapproval of the proposed privatization
application.
The FAA is seeking information and comments from interested parties
on the final application. The FAA will review the application, public
comments, and any other relevant additional submission by the applicant
or the public, and issue a decision approving or disapproving the
application.
Title 49 U.S.C. Section 47134 establishes the Airport Investment
Partnership Program and authorizes the Department of Transportation to
grant exemptions from certain Federal statutory and regulatory
requirement for airport privatization projects. The application
procedures require the FAA to publish a notice of receipt of the final
application in the Federal Register and accept public comment on the
final application for a period of 60 days. However, the 60-day notice
period is not a statutory or regulatory requirement. The applicants
have requested the comment period be reduced to 30 days because they
desire to obtain approval, assuming the application is sufficient, by
September 30, 2019. Under Section 184 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of
2018, approval of an application by this date (and the project meets
all other requirements), would permit the agency to issue a letter of
intent for Airport Improvement Program grant funds. FAA has agreed to
reduce the comment period based on the applicants' request.
DATES: Comments must be received by September 18, 2019. Comments that
are received after that date will be considered only to the extent
possible.
ADDRESSES: You may send written comments by any of the following
methods.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your
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comments electronically. Docket Number: FAA 2010-1052.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail address above between 9:00
a.m. and 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Identify all transmission with ``Docket Number FAA 2010-1052'' at
the beginning of the document.
Examining the Application
The final application was filed under Docket Number FAA-2010-1052.
You may examine the final application on the internet at: https://www.regulations.gov or on the FAA's website www.faa.gov or in person at
the Docket Operations office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Docket Operations
Office (800-647-5527) is located at the U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. The Docket contains the
preliminary and final application, the agreements, any comments
received and other information. Hendry County and Airglades Airport,
LLC have also made copies of the final application available on
www.airglades.com and the following location:
Hendry County Clerk of Courts, 25 E Hickpochee Avenue, LaBelle, Florida
33935, Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Saturday & Sunday--Closed
Clewiston Public Library, 120 W Osceola Avenue, Clewiston, Florida
33440, Monday & Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9
a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday--Closed
Barron Library, 461 N Main Street, LaBelle, Florida 33935, Monday &
Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Sunday--Closed
Glades County Public Library, 201 Riverside Drive, Moore Haven, Florida
33471, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday & Sunday--Closed
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathryn Cason, Airport Compliance
Specialist, Airport Compliance Division, ACO-100, Office of Airport
Compliance and Management Analysis, Federal Aviation Administration,
800 Independence Ave. SW, Washington DC 20591. Telephone 202-267-3085.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 of the U.S. Code Section 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 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
requirements 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 Federal Aviation Administration issued a
notice of procedures to be used in applications for exemption under
Airport Privatization Pilot Program (Notice of final application
procedures for the Airport Privatization Pilot program: Application
Procedures, 62 FR 48693-48708 (September 16, 1997) (Notice) (as
modified, 62 FR 63211, Nov. 26, 1997). The FAA Reauthorization Act of
2018 amended Section 47134 by changing the name to Airport Investment
Partnership Program, eliminated limitations on the number of airports
that could participate along with several other changes. A request for
participation in the Program must be initiated by the filing of either
a preliminary or final application for exemption with the Federal
Aviation Administration.
Hendry County submitted a preliminary application to the Program
for Airglades Airport on October 6, 2010, the filing date of the
preliminary application. FAA accepted the preliminary application on
October 18, 2010. The preliminary application is posted on https://www.regulations.gov in Docket Number FAA 2010-1052 and is available for
public review.
On August 8, 2019, Hendry County and Airglades Airport, LLC filed
their final application. Airglades Airport, LLC plans to build a $461
million cargo complex and related support facilities to handle the
transshipment of perishable goods. The project will also include
construction of a tower, 10,000-foot runway and related facilities.
According to the application, Airglades Airport, LLC has or intends to
select AVPORTS to operate the airport under a separate agreement and
Star America, or a related entity, as an investor/developer to manage
and/or finance the airport development project after the acquisition of
the Airport from the County.
Hendry County requested an exemption under 49 U.S.C. Section
47134(b)(1) to permit the use of revenue from the sale of airport
property for non-airport purposes and under 49 U.S.C. Section
47134(b)(2) to forego the repayment of Federal grants; and Airglades
Airport. LLC asked for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. Section 47134(b)(3)
to permit them to earn compensation from the operation of the airport.
As part of its review of the final application, the FAA will
consider all comments that are submitted by interested parties during
the 30-day comment period for this notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 14, 2019.
Kevin Willis,
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and Management Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2019-17785 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
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