Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010 / Notices 81709 

(AIP). To determine if there were any 

U.S. manufacturers that can produce 

sufficient and reasonable amounts of 

stationary FOD detection systems; the 

FAA issued a notice in the Federal 

Register on August 5, 2010 requesting 

information from both domestic and 

foreign manufacturers producing FOD 

detection equipment (75 FR 47344). 

Following the Federal Register notice 

the FAA received information from five 

companies indicating that they 

manufacturer stationary FOD detection 

equipment meeting the requirements of 

Advisory Circular 150/5220–24. The 

five companies were: Trex Aviation 

Systems, which is based in San Diego, 

CA; QinetiQ Ltd., which is based in the 

United Kingdom but has a 

manufacturing facility in Massachusetts; 

Stratech Systems Limited, which is 

based in Singapore; Magna BSP Ltd., 

which is based in Israel; Rheinmetall 

Italia S.P.A., which is based in Italy; and 

X-Sight Systems Inc., which is based in 

Israel. 

Based on the information received the 

FAA identified two companies 

manufacturing stationary FOD detection 

systems in the United States: Trex 

Aviation Systems and QinetiQ. 

Although both Trex Aviation Systems 

and QinetiQ produce their FOD 

detection systems in the United States 

their systems do not fully meet the Buy 

American content requirements, which 

require that the product be 

manufactured with one hundred percent 

U.S. components and subcomponents 

(49 U.S.C. 50101). As a result the FAA 

will issue a Nationwide Buy American 

Waiver for the Trex Aviation Systems’ 

FOD Finder XF and QinetiQ’s Tarsier 

FOD System based on the 60% U.S. 

content and U.S. final assembly waiver 

permitted in 49 U.S.C. 50101(b)(3). With 

the presence of these two manufacturers 

in the United States the FAA has 

determined there is sufficient quantity 

and consequently there is no 

justification for issuing any Buy 

American Waivers to foreign 

manufacturers based on insufficient 

quantity at this time. In the past the 

FAA has concluded that when there are 

two or more manufacturers in a 

particular market sufficient quantity 

may exist; as concluded in the Buy 

American Waiver determinations 

related to Automated Weather 

Observing Systems (AWOS) and airfield 

lighting equipment. 

While the FAA is not at this time 

issuing any Buy American Waivers to 

foreign manufacturers, if in the future 

these foreign companies begin assembly 

in the United States and can meet the 

60% U.S. content and U.S. final 

assembly waiver requirement under 49 

U.S.C. 0101(b)(3) the FAA will 

reevaluate their status. 

This ‘‘Nationwide Waiver’’ will allow 

Trex Aviation Systems’ FOD Finder XF 

and QinetiQ’s Tarsier FOD System to be 

used on AIP funded projects without 

having to receive separate waivers for 

each project. Having a nationwide 

waiver enables projects to start quickly 

without having to wait for the Buy 

American analysis to be completed for 

every project, while still assuring the 

funds used for airport projects under the 

statute are being directed to 

manufacturers that meet the Buy 

American requirements. A complete list 

of items that have been granted a 

Nationwide Buy American Waiver can 

be found on the FAA Web site at 

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

procurement/ 

federal_contract_provisions/ at the tab 

entitled, Equipment Meeting Buy 

American Requirements. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 17, 

2010. 

Frank San Martin, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32578 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2010–62] 

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 the 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 

involved and must be received on or 

before January 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2010–0766 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 

e3at 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: 

Mark Forseth, ANM–113, (425) 227– 

2796, Federal Aviation Administration, 

1601 Lind Avenue, SW., Renton, WA 

98057–3356, or Frances Shaver, (202) 

267–4059, Office of Rulemaking (ARM– 

207), Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

21, 2010. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2010–0766. 

Petitioner: Airbus SAS. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 25.841(a)(2)(i) and (ii), and (a)(3). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner seeks relief of § 25.841(a)(2)(i) 

and (ii), and (a)(3) to allow cabin 

decompressions which can occur from 

uncontained engine-rotor failures that 


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