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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–2010– 

0190. 

Date Filed: July 28, 2010. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: August 18, 2010. 

Description: Application of Aviation 

Services, Ltd. (d/b/a Freedom Air 

(Guam)) (‘‘Freedom Air’’) requesting a 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorizing Freedom Air to 

engage in interstate scheduled air 

transportation of persons, property and 

mail. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket OST–2009–0249] 

Application of Gulf Coast Airways, Inc. 

for Commuter Air Carrier Authority 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause 

(Order 2010–8–4), Docket OST–2009– 

0249. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation is directing all interested 

persons to show cause why it should 

not issue an order finding Gulf Coast 

Airways, Inc., fit, willing, and able, and 

awarding it commuter air carrier 

authority to conduct scheduled 

commuter service. 

DATES: Persons wishing to file 

objections should do so no later than 

August 19, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to 

objections should be filed in Docket 

DOT–OST–2009–0249 and addressed to 

Docket Operations, (M–30, Room W12– 

140), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

and should be served upon the parties 

listed in Attachment A to the order. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine O’Toole, Air Carrier Fitness 

Division (X–56, Room W86–489), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, (202) 366–9721. 

Dated: August 5, 2010. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

[DOT Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0074] 

The Future of Aviation Advisory 

Committee (FAAC) Subcommittee on 

Competitiveness and Viability; Notice 

of Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT), Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation, announces 

the third meeting of the FAAC 

Subcommittee on Competitiveness and 

Viability, which will be held in Chicago, 

Illinois. This notice provides details on 

the date, time, and location of the 

meeting, which will be open to the 

public. The purpose of the FAAC is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Secretary of Transportation to 

ensure the competitiveness of the U.S. 

aviation industry and its capability to 

manage effectively the evolving 

transportation needs, challenges, and 

opportunities of the global economy. 

The Subcommittee on Competitiveness 

and Viability is charged with examining 

changes in the operating and 

competitive structures of the U.S. airline 

industry; considering innovative 

strategies to open up new international 

markets and expand commercial 

opportunities in existing markets; 

investigating strategies to encourage the 

development of cost-effective, cuttingedge technologies and equipment that 

are critical for a competitive industry 

coping with increasing economic and 

environmental challenges; and 

examining the adequacy of current 

Federal programs to address the 

availability of intermodal transportation 

options and alternatives, small and rural 

community access to the aviation 

transportation system, the role of State 

and local governments in contributing 

to such access, and how the changing 

competitive structure of the U.S. airline 

industry is likely to transform travel 

habits of small and rural communities. 

DATES: The Subcommittee on 

Competitiveness and Viability meeting 

will be held on August 24, 2010, from 

9 a.m. to noon Central Daylight time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the corporate headquarters of United 

Airlines, 77 West Wacker Drive, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601. 

Public Access: The meeting is open to 

the public. (See below for registration 

instructions.) 

Public Comments: Persons wishing to 

offer written comments and suggestions 

concerning the activities of the advisory 

committee or subcommittee should file 

comments in the Public Docket (Docket 

Number DOT–OST–2010–0074 at 

http://www.regulations.gov) or 

alternatively through e-mail at 

FAAC@dot.gov. If comments and 

suggestions are intended specifically for 

the Subcommittee on Competitiveness 

and Viability, the term ‘‘Competition’’ 

should be listed in the subject line of 

the message. To ensure such comments 

can be considered by the subcommittee 

before its August 24th meeting, public 

comments must be filed by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight time Wednesday, 

August 18, 2010. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

2), we are giving notice of a meeting of 

the Subcommittee on Competitiveness 

and Viability of the Future of Aviation 

Advisory Committee taking place on 

August 24, 2010, at 9 a.m. Central 

Daylight Time, at 77 West Wacker Drive, 

Chicago, Illinois 60601. The agenda 

includes— 

1. Reports from subcommittee 

members on assigned topics, 

2. Further discussion of issues 

identified for possible referral to the full 

committee on the subject of 

competitiveness and viability of the 

aviation industry, and 

3. Determination as to the issues that 

will be proposed for referral to the full 

committee. 

Registration 

The meeting room can accommodate 

up to 25 members of the public. Persons 

desiring to attend must pre-register by 

August 18, 2010, through e-mail to 

FAAC@dot.gov. The term ‘‘Registration: 

Competition’’ should be listed in the 

subject line of the message, and 

admission will be limited to the first 25 

persons to pre-register and receive a 

confirmation of their pre-registration. 

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48740 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 154 / Wednesday, August 11, 2010 / Notices 

1 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. 

(Volkswagen) is a vehicle manufacturer 

incorporated under the laws of the State of New 

Jersey. 

2 Volkswagen’s petition, which was filed under 

49 CFR Part 556, requests an agency decision to 

exempt Volkswagen as a manufacturer from the 

notification and recall responsibilities of 49 CFR 

Part 573 for 58,292 of the affected vehicles. 

However, the agency cannot relieve Volkswagen 

distributors of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for introduction 

into interstate commerce of the noncompliant 

vehicles under their control after Volkswagen 

recognized that the subject noncompliance existed. 

audio or video transmission or for oral 

statements or questions from the public 

at the meeting. Minutes of the meeting 

will be taken and will be made available 

to the public. 

Request for Special Accommodation 

The DOT is committed to providing 

equal access to this meeting for all 

participants. If you need alternative 

formats or services because of a 

disability, please send a request to 

FAAC@dot.gov with the term ‘‘Special 

Accommodations’’ listed in the subject 

line of the message by close of business 

Wednesday, August 18, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Homan, Director, Office of 

Aviation Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Transportation; Room 86W–312, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590; (202) 366–5903. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2010. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Designated Federal Official, Future of 

Aviation Advisory Committee. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0095; Notice 1] 

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., 

(Volkswagen),1 has determined that 

certain 2009 Model Year (MY) Audi A6 

and S6 model passenger cars, 2010 MY 

Audi A6, S6, A5, A5 Cabrio, S5, S5 

Cabrio, A4 and S4 passenger cars, and 

2010 MY Audi Q5 multipurpose 

passenger vehicles (MPV) equipped 

with indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring 

Systems (TPMS), do not fully comply 

with paragraph S4.4 of Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

138, Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems. 

Volkswagen has filed an appropriate 

report pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) (see implementing rule at 49 

CFR part 556), Volkswagen has 

petitioned for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

to motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of Volkswagen’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

Affected are approximately 58,292 

2009 MY Audi A6 and S6 model 

passenger cars, 2010 MY Audi A6, S6, 

A5, A5 Cabrio, S5, S5 Cabrio, A4 and S4 

passenger cars, and 2010 MY Audi Q5 

MPV with indirect TPMS manufactured 

between October 17, 2008 and April 27, 

2010. 

The National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA) notes that the 

statutory provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) 

and 30120(h)) that permit manufacturers 

to file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, 

these provisions only apply to the 

58,292 2 vehicles that have already 

passed from the manufacturer to an 

owner, purchaser, or dealer. 

Paragraph S4.4 of FMVSS No. 138 

require in pertinent part: 

S4.4 TPMS Malfunction 

(a) The vehicle shall be equipped with a 

tire pressure monitoring system that includes 

a telltale that provides a warning to the 

driver not more than 20 minutes after the 

occurrence of a malfunction that affects the 

generation or transmission of control or 

response signals in the vehicle’s tire pressure 

monitoring system. The vehicle’s TPMS 

malfunction indicator shall meet the 

requirements of either S4.4(b) or S4.4(c) 

(b) Dedicated TPMS malfunction telltale. 

The vehicle meets the requirements of S4.4(a) 

when equipped with a dedicated TPMS 

malfunction telltale that: 

(1) Is mounted inside the occupant 

compartment in front of and in clear view of 

the driver; 

(2) Is identified by the word ‘‘TPMS’’ as 

described under the ‘‘Tire Pressure 

Monitoring System Malfunction’’ Telltale in 

table 1 of standard No. 101 (49 CFR 571.101); 

(3) Continues to illuminate the TPMS 

malfunction telltale under the conditions 

specified in S4.4(a) for as long as the 

malfunction exists, whenever the ignition 

locking system is in the ‘‘On’’ (‘‘Run’’) 

position; and 

(4) (i) Except as provided in paragraph (ii) 

each dedicated TPMS malfunction telltale 

must be activated as a check of lamp function 

either when the ignition locking system is 

activated to the ‘‘On’’ (‘‘Run’’) position when 

the engine is not running, or when the 

ignition locking system is in a position 

between ‘‘On’’ (‘‘Run’’) and ‘‘Start’’ that is 

designated by the manufacturer as a check 

position. 

ii. The dedicated TPMS malfunction 

telltale need not be activated when a starter 

interlock is in operation. 

(c) Combination low tire pressure/TPMS 

malfunction telltale. The vehicle meets the 

requirements of S4.4(a) when equipped with 

a combined Low Tire Pressure/TPMS 

malfunction telltale that: 

(1) Meets the requirements of S4.2 and 

S4.3; and 

(2) Flashes for a period of at least 60 

seconds but no longer than 90 seconds upon 

detection of any condition specified in 

S4.4(a) after the ignition locking system is 

activated to the ‘‘On’’ (‘‘Run’’) position. After 

each period of prescribed flashing, the 

telltale must remain continuously 

illuminated as long as a malfunction exists 

and the ignition locking system is in the ‘‘On’’ 

(‘‘Run’’) position. This flashing and 

illumination sequence must be repeated each 

time the ignition locking system is placed in 

the ‘‘On’’ (‘‘Run’’) position until the situation 

causing the malfunction has been corrected. 

Multiple malfunctions occurring during any 

ignition cycle may, but are not required to, 

reinitiate the prescribed flashing sequence. 

Volkswagen reported that the 

noncompliance was brought to their 

attention on October 15, 2009 and June 

8, 2010, by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office 

of Vehicle Safety Compliance (OVSC) 

regarding the results of OVSC’s 

compliance test on a 2009 MY Audi A6 

model passenger car to FMVSS No. 138. 

After reviewing OVSC’s test results 

Volkswagen determined that a 

noncompliance with FMVSS No. 138 

existed in the OVSC tested vehicle as 

well as the other subject 2009 and 2010 

MY vehicles. Volkswagen explained 

that the noncompliance is that the 

combination low tire pressure/TPMS 

malfunction telltale lamp (TPMS telltale 

lamp) does not remain illuminated 

during all scenarios required by 

paragraph S4.4 of FMVSS No. 138. 

Volkswagen explained that when 

NHTSA tested the Audi A6 by driving 

it with three of the originally installed 

245/40 RI8 tires and one incompatible 

215/35 ZRI8 tire (7% smaller in 

diameter), the Electronic Stability 

System (ESC) will initially detect a 

malfunction and illuminate the ESC 

malfunction indicator telltale lamp (ESC 

telltale lamp). That ESC malfunction 

detection will also cause the TPMS 

malfunction telltale lamp to illuminate. 


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