13374 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 46 / Monday, March 10, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Waiver for 

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance at 

Lockhart Municipal Airport, Lockhart, 

TX 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent for waiver of 

aeronautical land-use. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is considering a 

proposal to change a portion of the 

airport from aeronautical use to 

nonaeronautical use and to authorize 

the conversion of the airport property. 

The proposal consists of one parcel of 

land containing a total of approximately 

5.143 acres located on the east side of 

the airport, north of Airport Road and 

west of US Highway 183. 

The parcel was originally acquired as 

part of a grant in 1948. The land 

comprising this parcel is outside the 

forecasted need for aviation 

development and, thus, is no longer 

needed for indirect or direct 

aeronautical use. The airport wishes to 

develop this land for compatible 

commercial, nonaeronautical use. The 

income from the conversion of this 

parcel will benefit the aviation 

community by reinvestment in the 

airport. 

Approval does not constitute a 

commitment by the FAA to financially 

assist in the conversion of the subject 

airport property nor a determination of 

eligibility for grant-in-aid funding from 

the FAA. The disposition of proceeds 

from the conversion of the airport 

property will be in accordance with 

FAA’s Policy and Procedures 

Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 16, 1999. In accordance with 

Section 47107(h) of Title 49, United 

States Code, this notice is required to be 

published in the Federal Register 30 

days before modifying the land-use 

assurance that requires the property to 

be used for an aeronautical purpose. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

document to Mr. Edward N. Agnew, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Manager, Texas Airports Development 

Office, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, Fort 

Worth, TX 76137. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Vance Rodgers, City Manager, City of 

Lockhart, P.O. Box 239, Lockhart, TX 

78644, telephone (512) 398–5103, or Mr. 

Anthony Mekhail, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Texas Airports 

Development Program Manager, 2601 

Meacham Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 

76137, telephone (817) 222–5663, FAX 

(817) 222–5989. Documents reflecting 

this FAA action may be reviewed at the 

above locations. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas on February 

26, 2014. 

Kelvin Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division, FAA, Southwest 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04916 Filed 3–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the Ocean 

County Airport, Toms River, New 

Jersey 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invite public comment on the release of 

land at the Ocean County Airport, Toms 

River, New Jersey under the provision 

49 U.S.C. 47125(a). The request consists 

of a permanent release of six (6) parcels 

of land (145.90 acres) that are no longer 

needed for aeronautical purposes. 

Parcels 1 & 3 are located within Lacey 

Township and Parcels 2, 4, 5 & 6 are 

located within Berkeley Township. The 

County of Ocean will obtain Fair Market 

Value (FMV) rate in the form 

(reimbursement) of financial 

contribution made directly by County to 

the airport. The County has 

demonstrated its financial contribution 

to the airport of the parcels to be 

released, which has been expended for 

on airport operations and development 

over a six-year period (2006–2011). 

Therefore, no funds will change hands 

for the release of these parcels from 

aeronautical purposes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the following address: 

David J McKeon, Planning Director, 

Ocean County Airport, Ocean County 

Planning Board,, P. O. Box 2191, 

Toms, River, New Jersey 08754–2191, 

732–929–2054 

and at the FAA Harrisburg Airports 

District Office: 

Lori K. Pagnanelli, Manager, Harrisburg 

Airports District Office, 3905 

Hartzdale Dr., Suite 508, Camp Hill, 

PA 17011, (717) 730–2830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Harner, Project Manager, Harrisburg 

Airports District Office, location listed 

above. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release property at the Ocean County 

Airport under the provisions of Section 

47125(a) of Title 49 U.S.C. On March 10, 

2014, the FAA determined that the 

request to release property at the Ocean 

County Airport (MJX), New Jersey, 

submitted by the County of Ocean, met 

the procedural requirements. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: The County of Ocean 

requests the release of real property 

totaling 145.90 acres to the County of 

Ocean for use as non-aeronautical land 

with the exception of granting an 

easement right of way on Parcels 3 and 

4 as defined below. Land release of 

Parcel 1 (Highway Department vehicle 

storage and maintenance) consists of 

14.22 acres located within the 

Township of Lacey. The parcel is 

bounded by Lacey Township line on the 

east and the existing airport property 

line on the west and north and extends 

to the southerly boundary of existing 

Mule Road on the south. Land release of 

Parcel 2 (County Fairgrounds) consists 

of 103.77 acres located within the 

Township of Berkeley. This parcel 

extends easterly from Berkeley 

Township line on the west to the west 

ROW of Pinewald-Keswick Road. The 

parcel is bounded by the existing airport 

property line on the north and extends 

to the southerly boundary of existing 

Mule Road on the south. Land release of 

Parcel 5 (Public Safety Building) 

consists of 5.38 acres located within the 

Township of Berkeley. This parcel is 

bounded on the north by the south 

boundary of existing Mule Road; on the 

west at 20 feet east of the centerline of 

the existing airport access road; and on 

the south and east sides following 

between two airport fence lines. Land 

release of Parcel 6 (Vacant land—south 

side of Mule Rd/Route 530 intersection) 

consists of 3.27 acres located within the 

Township of Berkeley. The perimeter of 

this parcel follows ten feet inside the 

existing fence line of the parcel 

(landside). The parcel is bounded by the 

southerly boundary of existing Mule 

Road on the north; and bounded by the 

westerly boundary of Pinewald-Keswick 

Road on the east. The south line of the 

parcel is the westerly extension of the 


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1Although the module is a reentry vehicle and 

not a reusable launch vehicle, 14 CFR 435.33 

incorporates and applies § 431.43 to all reentry 

vehicles. 

northerly airport property line located 

easterly of Pinewald-Keswick Road. 

The County of Ocean also requests the 

release of real property totaling 19.26 

acres in addition to the granting of an 

access easement right of way on same 

parcels for use as spoil storage area and 

a dog park. Parcel 3 (Highway 

Department Spoil Area) consists of 

16.52 acres located within the 

Township of Lacey. The parcel consists 

of a rectangular parcel 1200 feet long by 

600 feet wide adjacent and at right 

angles to the Lacey Township line. The 

east corner of the parcel is located 145 

feet southeast of the centerline of the 

existing sand entry road to the spoil 

area. Parcel 4 (Dog Park) consists of 2.74 

acres located within the Township of 

Berkeley. The perimeter of this parcel is 

located 10 feet outside of the existing 

dog park fence line. The south line of 

the parcel is 20 feet north of the 

centerline of the existing airport access 

road pavement. As shown on the 

Airport Layout Plan (ALP), the above 

describe properties do not serve an 

aeronautical purpose and are not 

needed for airport development. 

No AIP funds were used to purchase 

the parcels to be released. All of the 

parcels were acquired through either 

condemnation or fee simple purchase 

with County funds. The ALP will be 

updated to show the new airport 

property boundary. The airport property 

will be released to the County and will 

remain County owned. 

Any person may inspect the request 

by appointment at the FAA office 

address listed above. Interested persons 

are invited to comment on the proposed 

lease. All comments will be considered 

by the FAA to the extent practicable. 

Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, 

February 28, 2014. 

Lori K. Pagnanelli, 

Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05148 Filed 3–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Waiver of Autonomous Reentry 

Restriction for a Reentry Vehicle 

AGENCY: Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of waiver. 

SUMMARY: This notice concerns three 

petitions for waiver related to the 

launch and reentry of an Orion MultiPurpose Crew Vehicle. In the first of 

these petitions, United Launch Alliance 

(ULA) requested a waiver of the FAA’s 

requirement that the expected number 

of casualties for a launch not exceed 

0.00003 casualties (Ec ≤ 30 × 10¥6) from 

debris. For the second and third 

petitions, Lockheed Martin (Lockheed) 

requested waivers of the FAA’s 

regulatory requirements that (1) the 

expected number of casualties for the 

entire mission, including launch and 

reentry, not exceed 30 × 10¥6 casualties 

from debris; and (2) an operator only 

initiate reentry of a reentry vehicle by 

command. The FAA elects to consider 

all three petitions together because all 

three involve the same essential facts 

and risk analyses. The FAA grants all 

three petitions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

waiver, contact Charles P. Brinkman, 

Aerospace Engineer, AST–200, Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation 

(AST), Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–7715; email: phil.brinkman@

faa.gov. For legal questions concerning 

this waiver, contact Laura Montgomery, 

Manager, Space Law Branch (AGC–250), 

Regulations Division, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–3150; email: 

laura.montgomery@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Lockheed and ULA are private 

commercial space flight companies. 

Lockheed entered into a contract with 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) to provide the 

first orbital flight test for NASA’s Orion 

Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Program. 

Lockheed has contracted with ULA to 

provide launch services for the mission. 

The FAA is responsible for licensing, 

in relevant part, the launch of a launch 

vehicle and the reentry of a reentry 

vehicle, under authority granted to the 

Secretary of Transportation by 51 USC 

Subtitle V, chapter 509 (Chapter 509), 

and delegated to the FAA’s 

Administrator and Associate 

Administrator for Commercial Space 

Transportation. 

The mission at issue in this notice is 

Orion Exploration Flight Test 1, 

launching from Cape Canaveral Air 

Force Station in Florida. The mission 

tests the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 

Vehicle in an un-crewed, limitedcapability configuration, and serves as a 

stepping stone towards a crew-capable 

vehicle that would enable human 

exploration missions beyond Earth 

orbit. The mission is comprised of a 

launch, which is conducted by ULA, 

and a reentry, which is conducted by 

Lockheed. The launch vehicle is ULA’s 

Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle, which 

consists of a Common Booster Core 

(CBC) as the first stage with two 

additional strap-on CBCs and a Delta IV 

Cryogenic Second Stage (DCSS). The 

first burn of the DCSS places the Orion 

and the DCSS in orbit, and a second 

DCSS burn places the Orion into a 

highly elliptical, negative-perigee 

trajectory, to simulate the thermal 

conditions and high reentry speeds the 

module would experience returning 

from missions beyond Earth orbit. After 

separating from the DCSS, the Orion 

module reenters over the eastern Pacific 

Ocean, splashing down 231 nautical 

miles west of Baja California, Mexico. 

Section 417.107(b)(1) of Title 14 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) 

prohibits the launch of a launch vehicle 

if the expected casualty (Ec) for the 

flight exceeds 30 × 10¥6 for, in relevant 

part, impacting inert and explosive 

debris (debris). On February 27, 2014, 

ULA petitioned for a waiver because the 

launch has a debris risk of 163 × 10¥6. 

Section 435.35 establishes acceptable 

risk for reentry vehicles, and requires 

operators to comply with §§ 431.35(a) 

and 431.35(b)(1)(i),1 which in turn 

prohibit an Ec for debris in excess of 30 

× 10¥6, for both launch and reentry 

combined. On February 27, 2014, 

Lockheed also petitioned for a waiver 

because the mission has a combined risk 

of 164 × 10¥6. 

Section 431.43(e) requires any 

reusable launch vehicle (RLV) that 

enters Earth orbit to be operated such 

that the vehicle operator can monitor 

and verify the status of safety critical 

systems before enabling reentry. This 

section also prohibits operators from 

designing a system to reenter 

autonomously. On February 27, 2014, 

Lockheed requested a waiver from this 

prohibition. 

Waiver Criteria 

Chapter 509 allows the FAA to waive 

a license requirement if the waiver (1) 

will not jeopardize public health and 

safety, and safety of property; (2) is in 

the public interest; and (3) will not 

jeopardize national security and foreign 

policy interests of the United States. 51 

U.S.C. 50905(b)(3); 14 CFR 404.5(b). 

A. Sixty Day Requirement 

Section 404.3(b)(5) requires that a 

petition for waiver be submitted at least 


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