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2013. 

Camille Hazeur, 

Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, 

United States Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24811 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2013–0184] 

Senior Executive Service Performance 

Review Boards Membership 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Performance Review 

Board (PRB) appointments. 

SUMMARY: DOT publishes the names of 

the persons selected to serve on the 

various Departmental PRBs as required 

by 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Washington, Director, 

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Management, (202) 366–4088. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

persons named below have been 

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Susan; Michael, Jeffrey P.; Saul, Roger 

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Kevin; Wood, Stephen P. 

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Geier, Paul M.; Gretch, Paul L.; 

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M.; Horn, Donald H.; Hurdle, Lana T.; 

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Y.; Jones, Mary N.; Lee, Robert M. Jr.; 

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Elizabeth D.; Petrosino-Woolverton, 

Marie; Podberesky, Samuel; Rivait, 

David J.; Scarton, Amy M.; Smith, 

Willie H.; Washington, Keith E.; 

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1FAA Technical Guidance for Evaluating 

Selected Solar Technologies on Airports, Section 

2.3.5, states that ‘‘solar installations of any size, 

located on an airport, that are not collocated on an 

existing structure (i.e., roof of an existing building) 

and require a new footprint, need to be shown on 

the Airport Layout Plan (ALP). Collocated solar 

installations need to be shown on the ALP only if 

these installations substantially change the 

footprint of the collocated building or structure. 

Available at: http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

environmental/policy_guidance/media/ 

airport_solar_guide_print.pdf. Title 49 of the United 

States Code (USC), sec. 47107(a), requires, in part, 

a current ALP approved by the FAA prior to the 

approval of an airport development project. See 

Grant Assurance No. 29, AC No. 150/5070–6B, and 

FAA Order No. 5100.38. 

2Any solar installation means any ground-based 

solar energy installation and those solar energy 

installations collocated with a building or structure 

(i.e., rooftop installations). 

3FAA Technical Guidance for Evaluating 

Selected Solar Technologies on Airports Section 3.1 

reads in part ‘‘All solar projects at airports must 

submit to FAA a Notice of Proposed Construction 

Form 7460 . . .’’. This section further states ‘‘Even 

if the project will be roof mounted . . . the sponsor 

must still submit a case’’ [i.e., file a Form 7460–1]. 

4The requirements of this policy are not 

mandatory for a proposed solar installation that is 

not on an airport and for which a form 7460–1 is 

filed under part 77 and is studied under the 

Obstruction Evaluation Program. However, the FAA 

urges proponents of off-airport solar-installations to 

voluntarily implement the provisions in this policy. 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Aylward, Anne D.; Brecht-Clark, Jan M.; 

Farley, Audrey L.; Hu, Patricia S.; 

Ishihara, David S.; Johns, Robert C.; 

Lang, Steven R.; Partridge, Ellen L.; 

Schmitt, Rolf R.; Womack, Kevin C. 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation 

Middlebrook, Craig H.; Pisani, Salvatore 

L. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24813 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Interim Policy, FAA Review of Solar 

Energy System Projects on Federally 

Obligated Airports 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of interim policy; 

opportunity to comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice establishes 

interim FAA policy for proposals by 

sponsors of federally obligated airports 

to construct solar energy systems on 

airport property. FAA is adopting an 

interim policy because it is in the public 

interest to enhance safety by clarifying 

and adding standards for measuring 

ocular impact of proposed solar energy 

systems which are effective upon 

publication. FAA will consider 

comments and make appropriate 

modifications before issuing a final 

policy. The policy applies to any 

proposed on-airport solar energy system 

that has not received from the FAA 

either an unconditional airport layout 

plan approval or a ‘‘no objection’’ 

finding on a Notice of Proposed 

Construction or Alteration Form 

7460–1. 

DATES: The effective date of this interim 

policy is October 23, 2013. 

Comments must be received by 

November 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You can get an electronic 

copy of the interim policy and the 

comment form on the FAA Airports 

Web site at http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

environmental/. 

You can submit comments using the 

Comments Matrix, using any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Submittal to the FAA: Go 

to http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

environmental/ and follow the 

instructions for sending your comments 

electronically. 

Mail: FAA Office of Airports, Office of 

Airport Planning and Programming, 

Routing Symbol APP–400, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 615, 

Washington, DC 20591. Please send two 

copies. 

Fax: 1–202–267–5302. 

Hand Delivery: To FAA Office of 

Airports, Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming, Routing Symbol APP– 

400, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Room 615, Washington, DC 20591; 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Please provide two copies. 

For more information on the notice 

and comment process, see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/, 

including any personal information you 

provide. 

Comments Received: To read 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/ at 

any time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralph Thompson, Manager, Airport 

Planning and Environmental Division, 

APP–400, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone 

(202) 267–3263; facsimile (202) 267– 

5257; email: ralph.thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites interested persons to join in this 

notice and comment process by filing 

written comments, data, or views. The 

most helpful comments reference a 

specific portion of the proposal, explain 

the reason for any recommended 

change, and include supporting data. 

Availability of Documents 

You can get an electronic copy of this 

interim policy by visiting the FAA’s 

Airports Web page at http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/. 

Authority for the Policy 

This notice is published under the 

authority described in Subtitle VII, part 

B, chapter 471, section 47122 of title 49 

United States Code. 

Background 

There is growing interest in installing 

solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar hot 

water (SHW) systems on airports. While 

solar PV or SHW systems (henceforth 

referred to as solar energy systems) are 

designed to absorb solar energy to 

maximize electrical energy production 

or the heating of water, in certain 

situations the glass surfaces of the solar 

energy systems can reflect sunlight and 

produce glint (a momentary flash of 

bright light) and glare (a continuous 

source of bright light). In conjunction 

with the United States Department of 

Energy (DOE), the FAA has determined 

that glint and glare from solar energy 

systems could result in an ocular impact 

to pilots and/or air traffic control (ATC) 

facilities and compromise the safety of 

the air transportation system. While the 

FAA supports solar energy systems on 

airports, the FAA seeks to ensure safety 

by eliminating the potential for ocular 

impact to pilots and/or air traffic control 

facilities due to glare from such projects. 

The FAA established a crossorganizational working group in 2012, 

to establish a standard for measuring 

glint and glare, and clear thresholds for 

when glint and glare would impact 

aviation safety. The standards that this 

working group developed are set forth 

in this notice. 

A sponsor of a federally-obligated 

airport must request FAA review and 

approval to depict certain proposed 

solar installations (e.g., ground-based 

installations and collocated installations 

that increase the footprint of the 

collocated building or structure) on its 

airport layout plan (ALP), before 

construction begins.1 A sponsor of a 

federally-obligated airport must notify 

the FAA of its intent to construct any 

solar installation 2 by filing FAA Form 

7460–1, ‘‘Notice of Proposed 

Construction or Alteration’’ under 14 

CFR Part 77 for a Non-Rulemaking case 

(NRA) 3 4. This includes the intent to 

permit airport tenants, including 

Federal agencies, to build such 


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