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the comment period, TVA held seven 

public meetings to describe the project 

and accept comments. TVA received 

about 200 comments signed by more 

than 2,400 individuals. After 

considering and responding to all 

substantive comments, further 

evaluating the alternative strategies, and 

developing the Target Power Supply 

Mix, TVA issued the Final IRP and 

SEIS. The NOA for the Final IRP and 

SEIS was published in the Federal 

Register on July 17, 2015. 

Environmentally Preferred Alternative 

All of the alternative strategies, as 

well as the Target Power Supply Mix, 

have several common features that affect 

their anticipated environmental 

impacts. The only new baseload 

generation added is the extended power 

uprate of three nuclear units, a 

component of all alternative strategies. 

All result in decreases in coal-fired 

generation and increases in the reliance 

on energy efficiency and renewable 

resources. All also add varying amounts 

of new natural gas-fueled generation to 

meet peak loads. Emissions of air 

pollutants and CO2, and generation of 

coal waste would decrease significantly 

under all alternative strategies, 

including the Target Power Supply Mix. 

Water-related impacts would also 

decrease, although by smaller 

proportions. The major differences in 

the alternative strategies that affect their 

environmental impacts are in the 

expansion of energy efficiency and 

natural gas and renewable resources. 

Strategies A–C and the Target Power 

Supply Mix have similar environmental 

impacts and their impacts to most 

environmental resources are greater 

than those of Strategies D and E. 

Because of its greater reliance on 

generation by fossil fuels, Strategy D has 

somewhat greater impacts to most 

environmental resources than Strategy 

E. Strategy E has the greatest reliance on 

renewable energy resources, which, 

particularly for utility-scale solar 

generation, have large land 

requirements. Strategy E would 

therefore directly affect the largest land 

area, almost twice that of the other 

alternative strategies and the Target 

Power Supply Mix. Relative to other 

types of generation, impacts of solar 

facilities on land resources are low. 

Overall, Strategy E is considered the 

environmentally preferred alternative. 

Decision 

On August 21, 2015, the TVA Board 

of Directors approved the preferred 

alternative, the Target Power Supply 

Mix. The Board also directed staff to 

monitor future developments to help 

determine when deviations from the 

recommended resource ranges should 

be made and to initiate an update to the 

IRP no later than 2020 and earlier if 

future developments make this 

appropriate. 

Mitigation Measures 

The reduction of environmental 

impacts was an important goal in TVA’s 

integrated resource planning process 

and all of the alternatives assessed by 

TVA do that. Because this is a 

programmatic review, measures to 

reduce potential environmental impacts 

on a site-specific level were not 

identified. As TVA deploys specific 

energy resources, it will review and take 

measures to reduce their potential 

environmental impacts as appropriate. 

TVA’s siting process for generation and 

transmission facilities, as well as 

processes for modifying these facilities, 

are designed to avoid and/or minimize 

potential adverse environmental 

impacts. Potential impacts will also be 

reduced through pollution prevention 

measures and environmental controls 

such as air pollution control systems, 

wastewater treatment systems, and 

thermal generating plant cooling 

systems. Other potentially adverse 

unavoidable impacts will be mitigated 

by measures such as compensatory 

wetlands mitigation, payments to in-lieu 

stream mitigation programs and related 

conservation initiatives, enhanced 

management of other properties, 

documentation and recovery of cultural 

resources, and infrastructure 

improvement assistance to local 

communities. 

Dated: October 16, 2015. 

Van M. Wardlaw, 

Executive Vice President and Chief External 

Relations Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–27129 Filed 10–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Waiver of 

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; 

Airport Property at Palmer Municipal 

Airport, Palmer, Alaska 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with 

repect to land. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given per 49 

U.S.C. 47107(h)(1)(A) that the Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA) is 

considering a proposal to change 

approximately 9.1 acres of airport land 

from aeronautical use to nonaeronautical use and to authorize the 

sale of this airport property. 

As described in the 2011 approved 

Airport Layout Plan, the 9.1 acres of 

airport land are composed of Tract C 

Lots LL 2 and LL 3, and Tract D Lot LL 

1C. Precently these properties are 

occupied as follows: LL 2 Mat-Su 

Borough Nutrition Center, LL 3 Baseball 

Fields, and LL 1C City Water Well. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this 

document to Mike Edelmann, Aviation 

Planner, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Alaskan Region 

Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 

#14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587. In 

addition, one copy of any comments 

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or 

delivered to: City of Palmer Alaska POC 

Jeffrey Combs Airport Superintendent 

(907) 761–1334 JJCOMBS@palmerak.org 

231 West Evergreen, Palmer AK 99645. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Edelmann, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Alaskan Region 

Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, 

#14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587, 

telephone 907–271–5026, email 

mike.edelmann@faa.gov or Jeffrey 

Combs Airport Superintendent (907) 

761–1334, JJCOMBS@palmerak.org, 231 

West Evergreen, Palmer AK 99645. 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 

20, 2015. 

Byron Huffman, 

Division Manager, FAA, Alaskan Region. 

[FR Doc. 2015–27185 Filed 10–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Aviation 

Medical Examiner Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on August 


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12, 2015. This collection is necessary in 

order to determine applicants’ 

qualifications for certification as 

Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by November 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to 

(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronda Thompson at (202) 267–1416, or 

by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0604. 

Title: Aviation Medical Examiner 

Program. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8520–2. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on August 12, 2015 (80 FR 48391). 14 

CFR part 183 describes the requirements 

for delegating to private physicians the 

authority to conduct physical 

examinations on persons wishing to 

apply for their airmen medial certificate. 

This collection of information is for the 

purpose of obtaining essential 

information concerning the applicants’ 

professional and personal qualifications. 

The FAA uses the information to screen 

and select the designees who serve as 

aviation medical examiners. 

Respondents: Approximately 450 

applicants annually. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 225 

hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 14, 

2015. 

Ronda Thompson, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2015–27171 Filed 10–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0081] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Implantable Cardioverter 

Defibrillators 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of denials of exemption 

applications. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to deny applications from 14 of 

15 individuals seeking exemptions from 

the Federal cardiovascular standard 

applicable to interstate truck and bus 

drivers and the reasons for the denials. 

The Agency reviewed the medical 

information of each of the individuals 

who applied for an implantable 

cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) 

exemption. Because the medical 

information received from the 

cardiologist concerning one individual 

indicates the ICD has been disabled due 

to improvement of his heart function, 

the exemption is no longer needed to 

operate commercial motor vehicles 

(CMVs) in interstate commerce. Based 

on a review of the applications and 

following an opportunity for public 

comment, FMCSA has concluded that 

the remaining 14 individuals in the 

notice did not demonstrate they could 

achieve a level of safety that is 

equivalent to, or greater than, the level 

of safety that would be obtained by 

complying with the regulation. 

DATES: Denial letters were sent to each 

of the individuals listed in this notice 

on July 24, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Christine A. Hydock, Chief Medical 

Programs Division, 202–366–4001, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, FMCSA, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room 

W64–224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, 

FMCSA may grant an exemption from 

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations for a 2-year period if it finds 

‘‘such exemption would likely achieve a 

level of safety that is equivalent to or 

greater than the level that would be 

achieved absent such exemption.’’ 

FMCSA can renew exemptions at the 

end of each 2-year period. 

On April 21, 2015, FMCSA published 

for public notice and comment, FMCSA 

2012–0081 listing 15 individuals 

seeking exemptions for ICDs. 

Accordingly, the Agency has evaluated 

each applicant’s request to determine 

whether granting an exemption will 

achieve the required level of safety 

mandated by statute. 

Evaluation Criteria—Cardiovascular 

Medical Standard and Advisory 

Criteria 

The individuals included in this 

notice have requested an exemption 

from the provisions of 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(4), which applies to drivers 

who operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce, as defined in 49 CFR 390.5. 

Section 391.41(b)(4) states that: 

‘‘. . . a person is physically qualified to drive 

a commercial motor vehicle if that person has 

no current clinical diagnosis of myocardial 

infarction, angina pectoris, coronary 

insufficiency, thrombosis, or any other 

cardiovascular disease of a variety known to 

be accompanied by syncope (temporary loss 

of consciousness due to a sudden decline in 

blood flow to the brain), dyspnea (shortness 

of breath), collapse, or congestive cardiac 

failure.’’ 

The FMCSA provides medical 

advisory criteria as recommendations 

for use by medical examiners in 

determining whether drivers with 

certain medical conditions, procedures, 

and/or treatments should be certified to 

operate CMVs in interstate commerce in 

accordance with the various physical 

qualification standards in 49 CFR part 

391, subpart E. The advisory criteria are 

currently set out as part of the medical 

examination report published with 49 

CFR 391.43. The advisory criteria for 

section 391.41(b)(4) provide that: 

The term ‘‘has no current clinical diagnosis 

of’’ is specifically designed to encompass: ‘‘a 

clinical diagnosis of’’ (1) a current 

cardiovascular condition, or (2) a 

cardiovascular condition which has not fully 

stabilized regardless of the time limit. The 

term ‘‘known to be accompanied by’’ is 

designed to include a clinical diagnosis of a 

cardiovascular disease (1) which is 

accompanied by symptoms of syncope, 

dyspnea, collapse or congestive cardiac 

failure; and/or (2) which is likely to cause 


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