1780 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 7 / Wednesday, January 11, 2012 / Notices 

Federal Regulation (14 CFR) § 91.207 

ELT equipage requirement. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 10, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Albert Sayadian, AIR–130, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 470 L’Enfant 

Plaza, Suite 4102 Washington, DC 

20024. Telephone (202) 385–4652, fax 

(202) 385–4651, email to: 

Albert.Sayadian@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

You are invited to comment on the 

cancellation of the TSO by submitting 

written data, views, or arguments to the 

above address. You are requested to use 

the attached comment sheet to make the 

comment review process more efficient. 

Comments received may be examined, 

both before and after the closing date, in 

suite 4102 at the above address, 

weekdays except federal holidays, 

between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The 

Director, Aircraft Certification Service, 

will consider all comments received on 

or before the closing date. 

Background 

On December 23, 1992, the FAA 

published technical standard order 

(TSO–C126), 406 MHz Emergency 

Locator Transmitters (ELT), for which 

numerous TSO authorizations have 

been approved. On December 17, 2008, 

the FAA published a revision to the 

TSO, TSO–C126a. The TSO is a 

minimum performance standard for 

ELTs that utilize the 406.0 to 406.1 MHz 

band. TSO–C126 and TSO–C126a 406 

MHz ELTS are monitored by the CospasSarsat system, an international satellitebased search and rescue (SAR) distress 

alert detection and information 

distribution system. 

On February 1, 2009 Cospas-Sarsat 

stopped processing signals from 121.5 

MHz ELTs. It now only processes 

signals from 406 MHz ELTs. The 

decision to discontinue processing of 

the 121.5 MHz signal was made by the 

International Cospas-Sarsat program 

with guidance from the United Nations. 

This was made due to the problems 

within the 121.5 MHz frequency band 

which inundated SAR authorities with 

poor accuracy and numerous false 

alerts, thus impacting the effectiveness 

of lifesaving services. The 406 MHz ELT 

technology is an advance over the older 

121.5 MHz ELT technology. 

TSO–C126a incorporates technology 

that makes the ELT equipment more 

accurate and reliable than the 121.5 

MHz ELT equipment built to the 

minimum performance standards in 

TSO–C91a. Examples of these 

improvements are: (1) Global satellite 

coverage; (2) a unique beacon 

identification which is required to be 

registered so that if an alert is launched 

the rescued coordination center can 

confirm whether the distress is real, 

who they are looking for, and where the 

search should begin; (3) 406 MHz ELTs 

can be received by geostationary 

satellites which are always visible and 

provide instantaneous alerting and, (4) 

increased position accuracy that reduces 

the search area to less than two nautical 

miles in radius. Additionally, 406 MHz 

ELTs which have a GPS position input 

can potentially reduce the search area to 

within 100 yards of the accident site. 

The performance and benefits of 

TSO–C126a equipment surpasses TSO– 

C91a equipment. The 406 MHz 

technology is mature and prevalent in 

the ELT market today. The FAA feels 

new TSO authorizations for ELTs 

should be accomplished to TSO–C126a, 

or subsequent, and it is appropriate to 

cancel TSO–C91a. 

Susan J. M. Cabler, 

Assistant Manager, Aircraft Engineering 

Division, Aircraft Certification Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–300 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Passenger Facility Charge 

(PFC) Approvals and Disapprovals 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Monthly Notice of PFC 

Approvals and Disapprovals. In 

December 2011, there were two 

applications approved. This notice also 

includes information on two other 

applications, one approved in 

September 2011 and one approved in 

November 2011, inadvertently left off 

the September 2011 and November 2011 

notices, respectively. Additionally, nine 

approved amendments to previously 

approved applications are listed. 

SUMMARY: The FAA publishes a monthly 

notice, as appropriate, of PFC approvals 

and disapprovals under the provisions 

of the Aviation Safety and Capacity 

Expansion Act of 1990 (Title IX of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1990) (Pub. L. 101–508) and Part 158 of 

the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 

CFR part 158). This notice is published 

pursuant to paragraph d of § 158.29. 

PFC Applications Approved 

Public Agency: County of Onslow, 

Jacksonville, North Carolina. 

Application Number: 11–08–C–00– 

0AJ. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $10,066,502. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: 

November 1, 2011. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

April 1, 2029. 

Class of Air Carriers Not Required To 

Collect PEG’s: Air taxi commercial 

operators filing FAA Form 1800–31. 

Determination: Approved. Based on 

information contained in the public 

agency’s application, the FAA has 

determined that the approved class 

accounts for less than 1 percent of the 

total annual enplanements at Albert J. 

Ellis Airport. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and Use: 

Terminal development—design and 

construction. 

Site utilities—design and construction. 

Stormwater facilities—design and 

construction. 

Airside/apron—design and 

construction. 

Landside/roadway—design and 

construction. 

General aviation terminal/apron— 

design and construction. 

Airport beacon relocation—design and 

construction. 

Air traffic control tower site study. 

Security/wildlife fencing—design and 

construction. 

Airfield drainage improvements— 

design and construction. 

Emergency access road improvements— 

design and construction. 

PFC application development. 

PFC program administration. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection: 

Land acquisition. 

Air traffic control tower design. 

Air traffic control tower construction. 

Brief Description of Disapproved 

Project: 

Maintenance equipment building— 

design. 

Determination: Disapproved. The 

FAA determined that this project does 

not meet the requirements of 

§ 158.15(b). It is not eligible in 

accordance with paragraph 501 of FAA 

Order 5100.38C, Airport Improvement 

Program Handbook, June 28, 2005. 

Decision Date: September 8, 2011. 

For Further Information Contact: John 

Marshall, Atlanta Airports District 

Office, (404) 305–7153. 

Public Agency: Cities of Fort Collins 

and Loveland, Loveland, Colorado. 


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Application Number: 11–07–C–00– 

FNL. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $403,699. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: 

February 1, 2012. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

March 1, 2015. 

Classes of Air Carriers Not Required 

To Collect PFC’s: None. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and Use: 

Terminal modular building utility 

upgrades. 

Terminal modular building electrical 

upgrades. 

Purchase and install terminal modular 

#2. 

Survey, geotechnical and design of 

general aviation ramp 

rehabilitation. 

Airport geographic information 

system plan and submission. 

Complete T-Hangar pavement 

rehabilitation—taxi lanes 1 and 3 

(east). 

Perimeter security fencing. 

General aviation ramp rehabilitation. 

Purchase snow removal equipment. 

Acquire aircraft rescue and 

firefighting vehicle. 

Construct commercial apron 

expansion. 

Airport terminal expansion concept 

design. 

Airport terminal expansion site work. 

Airport terminal expansion (phase 1). 

Construct taxiway F. 

Decision Date: November 28, 2011. 

For Further Information Contact: Jesse 

Lyman, Denver Airports District Office, 

(303) 342–1262. 

Public Agency: Cedar City 

Corporation, Cedar City, Utah. 

Application Number: 12–02–C–00– 

CDC. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $170,000. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: 

February 1, 2012. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

March 1, 2016. 

Class of Air Carriers Not Required to 

Collect PFC’S: Non-scheduled/on 

demand air carriers filing FAA Form 

1800–31. 

Determination: Approved. Based on 

information contained in the public 

agency’s application, the FAA has 

determined that the approved class 

accounts for less than 1 percent of the 

total annual enplanements at Cedar City 

Regional Airport. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and Use: 

Construct corporate apron. 

Construct taxiway Delta (widening). 

Rehabilitate helipad. 

Construct snow removal building. 

Brief Description of Withdrawn Project: 

Rehabilitate runway 8/26. 

Date of Withdrawal: December 14, 

2011. 

Decision Date: December 16, 2011. 

For Further Information Contact: Jesse 

Lyman, Denver Airports District Office, 

(303) 342–1262. 

Public Agency: Mason City Airport 

Commission, Mason City, Iowa. 

Application Number: 12–03–C–00– 

MCW. 

Application Type: Impose and use a 

PFC. 

PFC Level: $4.50. 

Total PFC Revenue Approved in This 

Decision: $705,756. 

Earliest Charge Effective Date: April 1, 

2014. 

Estimated Charge Expiration Date: 

February 1, 2020. 

Classes of Air Carriers Not Required 

To Collect PFC’s: (1) Air taxi/ 

commercial operators; and (2) commuter 

or small-certificated air carriers filing 

Department of Transportation Form T– 

100. 

Determination: Approved. Based on 

information contained in the public 

agency’s application, the FAA has 

determined that each approved class 

accounts for less than 1 percent of the 

total annual enplanements at Mason 

City Municipal Airport. 

Brief Description of Projects Approved 

for Collection and Use: 

Aircraft rescue and firefighting 

vehicle. 

Taxi lane extension. 

Security checkpoint. 

Runway 18/36 rehabilitation and 

localizer relocation. 

Runway 12/30 rehabilitation phase 1 

and runway protection zone land. 

Runway 12/30 rehabilitation phase 2. 

Taxiway Alpha rehabilitation. 

Perimeter fence. 

Rehabilitate taxiway BC. 

Friction meter. 

PFC administration. 

Decision Date: December 19, 2011. 

For Further Information Contact: 

Mark Schenkelberg, Central Region 

Airports Division, (816) 329–2645. 

AMENDMENTS TO PFC APPROVALS

Amendment No., city, state Amendment 

approved date 

Original 

approved net 

PFC revenue 

Amended 

approved net 

PFC revenue 

Original 

estimated 

charge exp. 

date 

Amended 

estimated 

charge exp. 

date 

10–04–C–01–BTV Burlington, VT ..................................... 11/23/11 $17,298,103 $17,467,574 03/01/14 04/01/14 

03–03–1–02–GLH Greenville, MS .................................... 11/29/11 88,495 21,327 12/01/05 12/01/05 

05–04–C–02–GLH Greenville, MS .................................... 11/29/11 135,614 135,614 08/01/08 08/01/08 

05–04–C–03–GLH Greenville, MS .................................... 11/29/11 135,614 124,964 08/01/08 08/01/08 

08–05–C–01–GLH Greenville, MS .................................... 11/29/11 39,427 37,468 08/01/11 08/01/11 

01–03–C–02–LWS Lewiston, ID ....................................... 12/05/11 1,300,088 1,678,251 02/01/12 12/01/12 

91–01–C–03–SAV Savannah, GA .................................... 12/07/11 49,908,639 48,179,908 12/01/10 02/01/10 

00–03–C–02–0KC Oklahoma City, OK ............................. 12/14/11 116,951,506 115,050,416 08/01/20 05/01/20 

10–02–C–01–PHF Newport News, VA ............................. 12/21/11 18,910,908 15,866,709 03/01/20 03/01/17 


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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 4, 

2012. 

Joe Hebert, 

Manager, Financial Analysis and Passenger 

Facility Charge Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2012–240 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2011–40] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

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. 

DATE: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before January 

31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2011–0940 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking web 

site: Go to http://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 http:// 

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 

http://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: 

Frances Shaver, ARM–207, (202) 267– 

4059, Federal Aviation Administration, 

Office of Rulemaking, 800 

Independence Ave SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 4, 

2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2011–0940. 

Petitioner: Parachute Labs, Inc. dba 

Jump Shack. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 105.45(b)(3). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Parachute Labs has requested relief to 

allow it the ability to manufacture 

tandem parachute systems without 

giving approval for automatic activation 

devices (AAD). Parachute Labs provides 

accommodations for them, but they do 

not approve nor disapprove of the 

installation of AADs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–355 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Action 

on Proposed Bridge Replacement in 

Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitations on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Action by FHWA. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces action 

taken by the FHWA that is final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 39(l)(1). The 

action relates to the proposed Fore River 

Bridge (State Route 3A over the 

Weymouth Fore River) replacement 

project in Quincy and Weymouth, 

Massachusetts. The action grants an 

approval for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency action on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before July 9, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

FHWA: Damaris Santiago, 

Environmental Engineer, FHWA 

Massachusetts Division Office, 55 

Broadway, 10th Floor, Cambridge, MA 

02142, (617) 494–2419, 

dsantiago@dot.gov. For Massachusetts 

Department of Transportation 

(MassDOT) Highway Division: Michael 

Furlong, Project Manager, MassDOT 

Highway Division, 10 Park Plaza, Room 

4260, Boston, MA 02116, 9 a.m. to 5 

p.m., (617) 973–8067, 

Michael.Furlong@state.ma.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA has taken 

final agency action subject to 23 U.S.C. 

Sec. 139(l)(1) by issuing approval for the 

following bridge project in the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The 

project proposes to replace the existing 

temporary bridge over the Weymouth 

Fore River in Quincy and Weymouth, 

Massachusetts that replaced a 1936 

bascule bridge that was demolished in 

2004. The proposed replacement Fore 

River Bridge will be a vertical lift 

movable bridge over a 225-foot 

navigable opening on the same 

alignment of the 1936 bridge. The 

replacement bridge will retain the same 

roadway capacity of two-lanes in each 

direction and include shoulders and 

sidewalks. The action by the Federal 

agency, and the law under which the 

action was taken, are described in the 

Environmental Assessment (EA), for 

which a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) was issued on 

December 19, 2011 and other 

documents in the FHWA project 

records. The EA, FONSI and other 

project records are available by 

contacting FHWA or MassDOT at the 

addresses above. The FHWA EA and 

FONSI can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project Web site at 

http://www.massdotprojectsforeriver

bridgeinfo/ or viewed at public libraries 

in the project area. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 


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