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Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et. 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2011– 

0005. 

Date Filed: January 11, 2011. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: February 1, 2011. 

Description: Application of Hangar 8 

AOC Limited requesting a foreign air 

carrier permit to the full extent 

authorized by the Air Transport 

Agreement between the United States 

and the European Community and the 

Member States of the European 

Community to engage it to engage in: 

(i) Foreign charter air transportation of 

persons and property from any point or 

points behind any Member State of the 

European Union via any point or points 

in any Member State and via 

intermediate points to any point or 

points in the United States and beyond; 

(ii) foreign charter air transportation of 

persons and property between any point 

or points in the United States and any 

point or points in any member of the 

European Common Aviation Area; 

(iii) other charters pursuant to prior 

approval requirements; and (iv) 

transportation authorized by any 

additional route rights made available to 

European Community carriers in the 

future. Hangar 8 further requests 

exemption authority to the extent 

necessary to enable it to provide the 

services described above pending 

issuance of a foreign air carrier permit 

and such additional or other relief as the 

Department may deem necessary or 

appropriate. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3977 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending January 1, 

2011 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–1999– 

5140. 

Date Filed: December 30, 2010. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: January 20, 2011. 

Description: Application of Arrow 

Air, Inc. d/b/a Arrow Air requesting to 

change the name in which its operating 

authority has been issued to: Alpha 

Cargo Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Alpha Cargo, 

and for reissuance of its certificate of 

public convenience and necessity in 

that name. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3978 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership in the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice 

(See 75 FR 68023; November 4, 2010) 

the National Park Service (NPS) and the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

invited interested persons to apply to 

fill two vacant positions on the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

(NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee (ARC). These notices invited 

interested persons to apply to fill two 

vacancies representing environmental 

concerns due to the incumbent 

member’s completion of their three-year 

term appointments on May 30, 2011. 

This notice informs the public of the 

persons selected to fill the vacancies on 

the NPOAG ARC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, Special Programs Staff, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 

P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 

90009–2007, telephone: (310) 725–3800, 

e-mail: Barry.Brayer@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181. The Act required the 

establishment of the advisory group 

within 1 year after its enactment. The 

NPOAG was established in March 2001. 

The advisory group is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operations, environmental concerns, 

and Native American tribes. The 

Administrator of the FAA and the 

Director of NPS (or their designees) 

serve as ex officio members of the 

group. Representatives of the 

Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

In accordance with the Act, the 

advisory group provides ‘‘advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

the Administrator and the Director— 

(1) On the implementation of this title 

[the Act] and the amendments made by 

this title; 

(2) On commonly accepted quiet 

aircraft technology for use in 

commercial air tour operations over a 

national park or tribal lands, which will 

receive preferential treatment in a given 

air tour management plan; 

(3) On other measures that might be 

taken to accommodate the interests of 

visitors to national parks; and 

(4) At the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, safety, environmental, 

and other issues related to commercial 

air tour operations over a national park 

or tribal lands.’’ 

Membership 

The current NPOAG ARC is made up 

of one member representing general 

aviation, three members representing 

the commercial air tour industry, four 

members representing environmental 

concerns, and two members 

representing Native American interests. 

Current members of the NPOAG ARC 

are as follows: 

Heidi Williams representing general 

aviation; Alan Stephen, Elling 

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Halvorson, and Matthew Zuccaro 

representing commercial air tour 

operations; Chip Dennerlein, Greg 

Miller, Kristen Brengel, and Bryan 

Faehner representing environmental 

interests; and Rory Majenty and Ray 

Russell representing Native American 

tribes. 

Selection 

Selected to fill one of the vacancies 

for environmental concerns, for an 

additional term, is returning member 

Bryan Faehner. Selected to fill the other 

vacancy for environmental concerns is 

Dick Hingson, who will replace Kristen 

Brengel. Both these terms begin on May 

31, 2011. The term of service for 

NPOAG ARC members is 3 years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on February 10, 

2011. 

Barry Brayer, 

Manager, Special Programs Staff, WesternPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3938 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2011–0008] 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system, as detailed below. 

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad 

Company, Mr. William E. Van Trump, 

AVP Engineering—Signal/Comm./TCO, 

1400 Douglas Street, STOP 0910, 

Omaha, Nebraska 68179. 

The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP) seeks approval of the proposed 

discontinuance of the Automatic Block 

Signal system on the Strang Subdivision 

between control point Tower 68, at 

milepost (MP) 0.42, and holding signal 

ST912, at MP 2, near Englewood, Texas. 

The discontinuance consists of the 

removal of six automatic signals as well 

as the circuit controllers from five handoperated switches and one handoperated crossover. The hand-operated 

switches will remain in the application 

area without signal protection. The 

application area is to be Yard Limits and 

shall contain Remote Control 

Locomotive operations. The reason 

given for the proposed changes is that 

the signal system is no longer needed 

for efficient and safe operation of trains 

in this area. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2011– 

0008) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477) or at 

http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16, 

2011. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4025 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance from certain requirements 

of its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

Whitewater Valley Railroad 

Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA– 

2010–0148 

The Whitewater Valley Railroad 

(WVRR) seeks a waiver of compliance 

from certain provisions of the Railroad 

Freight Car Safety Standards, i.e. 

§§ 215.303 and 215.305, which require 

stenciling of restricted cars; as well as 

that of the Reflectorization of Rail 

Freight Rolling Stock, i.e. §§ 224.3 and 

224.5, which require applying reflectors 

on freight cars and locomotives. 

WVRR owns 13 freight cars that are 

older than 50 years from their date of 

original construction, and are restricted 

by the provision of 49 CFR 215.203(a). 

WVRR is concurrently seeking special 

approval to continue to use these cars 

under proceeding according to 49 CFR 

215.203(b). 

To support its petition to seek relief 

from the stenciling and reflectorization 

requirements, WVRR states that it is a 

501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It is an 

operating railroad museum dedicated to 

the operation of a historic branch line 

railroad, to the restoration of railroad 

equipment, and to the conduct of 

educational railroad programs. The 

railroad owns and operates 19 miles of 

track between Metamora and 

Connersville, Indiana. These tracks are 

not part of the general railway system. 

Operating speeds on the line would 

never be authorized at more than 25 

miles per hour. 

WVRR states that to support its 

mission, it operates antiquated freight 

and passenger cars built prior to 1945, 

as well as a group of freight cars and 

locomotives built after 1945, in public 

excursion service as operating historic 

artifacts. On rare occasions, locomotives 

and freight cars (including flat, box and 

hopper cars) are used to demonstrate 

typical freight trains of the 1940s–60s. 

These operations are sometimes 

chartered programs designed for 

photographers, film production, and for 

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