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change certain portions of the airport 

from aeronautical use to nonaeronautical use at Rogue Valley 

International-Medford Airport, Medford, 

Oregon. The proposal consists of a 

partial parcel on the southwest corner of 

the airfield. 

DATES: Comments are due within 30 

days of the date of the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

Emailed comments can be provided to 

Ms. Mandi M. Lesauis, Program 

Specialist, Seattle Airports District 

Office, mandi.lesauis@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jerry Brienza, Airport Director, County 

of 1000 Terminal Loop Parkway, 

Medford, OR 97504; or Mandi M. 

Lesauis, Program Specialist, Seattle 

Airports District Office, 2200 S. 216 St., 

Des Moines, WA 98198, mandi.lesauis@

faa.gov, (206) 231–4140. Documents 

reflecting this FAA action may be 

reviewed at the above locations. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. 47153(c), 

and 47107(h)(2), the FAA is considering 

a proposal from the Airport Director, 

County of Jackson, to change a portion 

of the Rogue Valley InternationalMedford Airport from aeronautical use 

to non-aeronautical use. The proposal 

consists of a 7.6-acre partial parcel on 

the southwest side of the airport. 

The partial parcel is vacant, 

landlocked and does not have airfield 

access. The proposed property will be 

developed for commercial purposes 

such as a hotel. The FAA concurs that 

the parcels are no longer needed for 

aeronautical purposes. The proposed 

use of this property is compatible with 

other airport operations in accordance 

with FAA’s Policy and Procedures 

Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue, 

published in Federal Register on 

February 16, 1999. 

Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on 

March 2, 2021. 

Warren D. Ferrell, 

Acting Manager, Seattle Airports District 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04649 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA 2021–0002] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for emergency 

OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Requirements (ICRs) 

abstracted below have been forwarded 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review for an emergency 

approval of a new, mandatory 

information collection. The FTA 

requests OMB approve this collection 

within 15 days. The FTA is collecting 

this information to inform FTA actions 

to support the transit industry’s COVID– 

19 recovery efforts. The ICRs describe 

the nature of the information collection 

and their expected burdens. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 15 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. All comments received are 

part of the public record. Comments 

will generally be posted without change. 

Upon receiving the requested six-month 

emergency approval by OMB, FTA will 

follow the normal PRA procedures to 

obtain extended approval for this 

proposed information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Key, Office of Transit Safety 

and Oversight—System Safety Division, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Mail Stop 

TSO–10, Washington, DC 20590 (202) 

366–1783 or candace.key@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA 

requests public comment on this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (including hours 

and cost); (c) ways for FTA to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

The summaries below describe the 

nature of the information collection 

requirements (ICRs) and the expected 

burden. The requirements are being 

submitted for clearance by OMB as 

required by the PRA. 

Title: Transit COVID–19 Response 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2132–TBD. 

Type of Request: Request for 

emergency approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: COVID–19 continues to pose 

significant challenges for the transit 

industry. Numerous transit providers 

have suspended service and a greater 

number have reduced service. Yet, 

throughout the COVID–19 public health 

emergency, transit agencies across the 

country continue to provide millions of 

trips to lifeline services, including 

transporting healthcare personnel and 

other essential workers on the front line 

of the Nation’s COVID–19 response. 

Transit agencies also offer additional 

essential services to support 

communities during the public health 

emergency, such as meal delivery and 

Wi-Fi access in underserved areas, and 

have begun offering transportation to 

vaccination sites. Accordingly, the 

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

Security Agency designates transit 

workers as essential critical 

infrastructure workers. 

Transit agencies and other 

stakeholders have expressed concerns 

about the risk of COVID–19 to the 

transit industry and, along with the 

FTA, have taken steps to address these 

concerns. Numerous transit agencies 

have implemented mitigations to limit 

the transmission of SARS-CoV–2, the 

virus that causes COVID–19, among 

their workers and within their systems. 

Despite these efforts, frontline transit 

workers remain at high risk for workrelated exposure to SARS-CoV–2 

because their work-related duties must 

be performed on-site and involve being 

in close proximity (<6 feet) to the public 

or to coworkers. In addition, many 

transit workers fall within racial and 

socioeconomic demographics that are at 

increased risk of getting sick and dying 

from COVID–19. 

In December 2020, the U.S. Food and 

Drug Administration issued Emergency 

Use Authorizations for two COVID–19 

vaccines. Most States have prioritized 

distribution of the vaccine to their 

populations consistent with the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) Advisory Committee on 

Immunization Practices (ACIP) 

recommendations on the allocation of 

COVID–19 vaccines during the first 

phase of vaccine delivery (Phase 1). 

Essential workers, including transit 

workers, are recommended for 

vaccination in Phase 1b after health care 

personnel and long term care facility 

residents. However, FTA’s review of 

State vaccination plans indicates that 

many States have prioritized transit 

workers differently than CDC/ACIP 

guidance and placed another group 

ahead of transit workers. States have 


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already begun distributing COVID–19 

vaccine doses to high-risk groups, 

including frontline workers. It may take 

many months before all frontline transit 

workers can be vaccinated, though their 

communities will continue to rely on 

them to provide critical transportation 

services every day—including 

transportation to vaccination sites. 

On January 21, 2021, President Biden 

issued E.O. 13998, ‘‘to save lives and 

allow all Americans, including the 

millions of people employed in the 

transportation industry, to travel and 

work safely,’’ requiring immediate 

Federal action to mandate masks on 

public forms of transportation, 

including transit. On January 29, 2021, 

the CDC issued an Order requiring the 

wearing of masks by travelers, including 

on public transportation, to prevent 

spread of the virus that causes COVID– 

19. The CDC Order requires 

transportation operators to require that 

all persons wear masks when boarding, 

disembarking, and for the duration of 

travel, with certain exemptions. 

Operators of transportation hubs, which 

include bus terminals and subway 

stations, must require all persons wear 

a mask when entering or on the 

premises of a transportation hub. 

Subsequently, the Transportation 

Security Administration (TSA) issued a 

Security Directive on February 1, 2021 

that implements the CDC Order. 

The FTA plays a critical role in 

providing risk-based guidance and 

support for the COVID–19 recovery 

efforts of the transit industry. 

Accordingly, the FTA will require that 

respondents provide the following 

information using a fillable electronic 

online application: Transit Worker 

Counts: Total number of transit 

operators, other frontline essential 

personnel, and other workers during the 

reporting period. 

COVID–19 Impacts on Transit Agency 

Service Levels: Yes or no responses to 

indicate if the agency suspended 

service, reduced service, or operated at 

normal levels during the reporting 

period. 

COVID–19 Impacts on Transit 

Workforce: Cumulative counts of transit 

worker COVID–19 positives, fatalities, 

recoveries, and unvaccinated employees 

during the reporting period, and yes or 

no responses on whether the agency is 

requiring workers to be vaccinated, 

whether the agency has implemented 

the CDC Order and TSA Security 

Directive requiring workers and 

passengers to wear masks. 

Respondents: FTA will require this 

information, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5334, 

from recipients and sub-recipients of 

FTA funds under the Urbanized Area 

Formula Funding program (49 U.S.C. 

5307) or the Formula Grants for Rural 

Areas program (49 U.S.C. 5311) that 

operate transit systems or pass through 

funds to sub-recipients that operate 

transit systems. Recipients of FTA funds 

under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors 

and Individuals with Disabilities 

program (49 U.S.C. 5310) are requested 

to provide this information on a 

voluntary basis. 

Estimated Average Total Annual 

Respondents: 2,390 respondents. 

Estimated Average Total Responses: 

28,680. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

10,356. 

Estimated Annual Burden per 

Response: 5 minutes per Section 5307 or 

5311 respondent, 200 minutes per 

Section 5311 State respondent, and 8 

minutes per Section 5310 transit 

operator respondent. 

Frequency: Biweekly to monthly 

through December 31, 2021, or the 

duration of the COVID–19 public health 

emergency, whichever comes first. 

Nadine Pembleton, 

Director Office of Management Planning. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04598 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0150] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; Natural Gas Pipeline Company 

of America, LLC 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to solicit public comments on a 

request for special permit received from 

the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America, LLC (NGPL). The special 

permit request is seeking relief from 

compliance with certain requirements 

in the Federal pipeline safety 

regulations. At the conclusion of the 30- 

day comment period, PHMSA will 

review the comments received from this 

notice as part of its evaluation to grant 

or deny the special permit request. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

this special permit request by April 5, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this special 

permit request and may be submitted in 

the following ways: 

• E-Gov Website: http://

www.Regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket Management 

System: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You should identify the 

docket number for the special permit 

request you are commenting on at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two (2) copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: There is a privacy statement 

published on http://

www.Regulations.gov. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, are posted without changes or 

edits to http://www.Regulations.gov. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to this notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) § 190.343, you may 

ask PHMSA to give confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

agency by taking the following steps: (1) 

Mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along 

with the original document, a second 

copy of the original document with the 

CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the 

information you are submitting is CBI. 

Unless you are notified otherwise, 

PHMSA will treat such marked 

submissions as confidential under the 

FOIA, and they will not be placed in the 

public docket of this notice. 


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