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filed no later than April 1, 2016 (at least 

7 days before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35996, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy must be served on John 

K. Fiorilla, Capehart & Scatchard, P.A., 

8000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 300S, 

Mount Laurel, NJ 08054. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. 

Decided: March 21, 2016. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tia Delano, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2016–06788 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee Meeting on Transport 

Airplane and Engine Issues 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee 

(ARAC) Transport Airplane and Engine 

(TAE) Subcommittee to discuss TAE 

issues. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Wednesday, June 22, 2016, starting at 

9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Arrange for oral 

presentations by June 1, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Aerospace Industries 

Association, 1000 Wilson Blvd., Suite 

1700, Arlington, VA 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralen Gao, Office of Rulemaking, ARM– 

209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–3168, Fax (202) 267–5075, or 

email at ralen.gao@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of 

an ARAC meeting to be held on June 22, 

2016. 

The agenda for the meeting is as 

follows: 

• Opening Remarks, Review Agenda 

and Minutes 

• FAA Report 

• ARAC Report 

• Transport Canada Report 

• EASA Report 

• Engine HWG Report 

• Airworthiness Assurance HWG 

Report 

• Flight Test HWG Report 

• Metallic and Composite Structures 

WG Report 

• Crashworthiness and Ditching WG 

Report 

• Any Other Business 

• Action Item Review 

Participation is open to the public, 

but will be limited to the availability of 

teleconference lines. 

To participate, please contact the 

person listed in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT by email or phone 

for the teleconference call-in number 

and passcode. Please provide the 

following information: Full legal name, 

country of citizenship, and name of 

your industry association, or applicable 

affiliation. If you are participating as a 

public citizen, please indicate so. 

Participants are responsible for any 

telephone, data usage or other similar 

expenses related to this meeting. 

The public must make arrangements 

by June 1, 2016, to present oral or 

written statements at the meeting. 

Written statements may be presented to 

the Subcommittee by providing a copy 

to the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. Copies of 

the documents to be presented to the 

Subcommittee may be made available 

by contacting the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

If you need assistance or require a 

reasonable accommodation for the 

meeting or meeting documents, please 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 10, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Fedral Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2016–06757 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2016–40] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Wittman Regional 

Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Title 14 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. The 

purpose of this notice is to improve the 

public’s awareness of, and participation 

in, the FAA’s exemption process. 

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 and 

must be received on or before April 14, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2016–4042 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations 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. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations 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: 

Taiya Carter (202) 267–2979, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 


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16254 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 58 / Friday, March 25, 2016 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 

2016. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2016–4042. 

Petitioner: Wittman Regional Airport. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 139.101. 

Description of Relief Sought: Wittman 

Regional Airport is requesting an 

exemption to allow certain unscheduled 

Air Carrier operations at Wittman 

Regional Airport (KOSH) at limited 

times during Experimental Aircraft 

Association (EAA) Airventure 2016. 

[FR Doc. 2016–06756 Filed 3–24–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2016–0003] 

Surface Transportation Project 

Delivery Program; TxDOT Audit Report 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Project Delivery Program (23 U.S.C. 327) 

allows a State to assume FHWA’s 

environmental responsibilities for 

review, consultation, and compliance 

for Federal-aid highway projects. When 

a State assumes these Federal 

responsibilities, the State becomes 

solely responsible and liable for 

carrying out the responsibilities it has 

assumed, in lieu of FHWA. Prior to the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act of 2015, the program 

required semiannual audits during each 

of the first 2 years of State participation 

to ensure compliance by each State 

participating in the program. This notice 

announces and solicits comments on the 

second audit report for the Texas 

Department of Transportation’s 

(TxDOT) participation in accordance to 

these pre-FAST Act requirements. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 25, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments to Docket Management 

Facility: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

submit comments electronically at 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should include the docket number that 

appears in the heading of this 

document. All comments received will 

be available for examination and 

copying at the above address from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. Those 

desiring notification of receipt of 

comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or you 

may print the acknowledgment page 

that appears after submitting comments 

electronically. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments in 

any one of our dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, or 

labor union). The DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Owen Lindauer, Office of Project 

Development and Environmental 

Review, (202) 366–2655, 

owen.lindauer@dot.gov, or Mr. Jomar 

Maldonado, Office of the Chief Counsel, 

(202) 366–1373, 

jomar.maldonado@dot.gov, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this notice may 

be downloaded from the specific docket 

page at www.regulations.gov. 

Background 

The Surface Transportation Project 

Delivery Program (or NEPA Assignment 

Program) allows a State to assume 

FHWA’s environmental responsibilities 

for review, consultation, and 

compliance for Federal-aid highway 

projects. This provision has been 

codified at 23 U.S.C. 327. When a State 

assumes these Federal responsibilities, 

the State becomes solely responsible 

and liable for carrying out the 

responsibilities it has assumed, in lieu 

of FHWA. The TxDOT published its 

application for assumption under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Assignment Program on March 

14, 2014, at Texas Register 39(11): 1992, 

and made it available for public 

comment for 30 days. After considering 

public comments, TxDOT submitted its 

application to FHWA on May 29, 2014. 

The application served as the basis for 

developing the Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) that identifies the 

responsibilities and obligations TxDOT 

would assume. The FHWA published a 

notice of the draft of the MOU in the 

Federal Register on October 10, 2014, at 

79 FR 61370 with a 30-day comment 

period to solicit the views of the public 

and Federal agencies. After the close of 

the comment period FHWA and TxDOT 

considered comments and proceeded to 

execute the MOU. Since December 16, 

2014, TxDOT has assumed FHWA’s 

responsibilities under NEPA, and the 

responsibilities for the NEPA-related 

Federal environmental laws. 

Prior to December 4, 2015, 23 U.S.C. 

327(g) required the Secretary to conduct 

semiannual audits during each of the 

first 2 years of State participation, and 

annual audits during each subsequent 

year of State participation to ensure 

compliance by each State participating 

in the program. The results of each audit 

were required to be presented in the 

form of an audit report and be made 

available for public comment. On 

December 4, 2015, the President signed 

into law the FAST Act (Pub. L. 114–94, 

129 Stat. 1312 (2015)). Section 1308 of 

the FAST Act amended the audit 

provisions by limiting the number of 

audits to one audit each year during the 

first 4 years of a State’s participation. 

However, FHWA had already conducted 

the second audit for TxDOT’s 

participation. This notice announces the 

availability of the report for second 

audit for TxDOT conducted prior to the 

FAST Act and solicits public comment 

on same. 

Authority: Section 1313 of Public Law 

112–141; Section 6005 of Public Law 109–59; 

23 U.S.C. 327; 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: March 18, 2016 

Gregory G. Nadeau, 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

Draft 

Surface Transportation Project Delivery 

Program FHWA Audit #2 of the Texas 

Department of Transportation June 16, 

2015 Through December 16, 2015 

Executive Summary 

This report summarizes the results of 

Audit #2 of the performance by the 

Texas Department of Transportation 

(TxDOT) regarding its assumption of 

responsibilities and obligations, as 

assigned by Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) under a 

memorandum of understanding (MOU) 

whose term began on December 16, 

2014. From that date, TxDOT assumed 

FHWA National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) responsibilities and 

liabilities for the environmental review 

and compliance for highway projects 


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