55064 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 178 / Monday, September 15, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the Midland 

International Air and Space Port, City 

of Midland, Midland County, Texas, 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 

4321, et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts 

1500–1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E, 

Change 1, the FAA is announcing the 

availability of the Final EA for the 

Midland International Air and Space 

Port, City of Midland, Midland County, 

Texas, and FONSI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Suite 325, Washington, DC 

20591; email Daniel.Czelusniak@

faa.gov; or phone (202) 267–5924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

EA was prepared to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

City of Midland’s proposal to operate a 

commercial space launch site at the 

Midland International Airport (MAF) in 

Midland County, Texas and offer the 

site to XCOR Aerospace, Inc. (XCOR) for 

the operation of the Lynx horizontal 

take-off and horizontal landing reusable 

launch vehicle (RLV) and engine testing. 

To operate a commercial space launch 

site, the City of Midland must obtain a 

commercial space launch site operator 

license from the FAA. Under the 

Proposed Action addressed in the EA, 

the FAA would: (1) Issue a launch site 

operator license to the City of Midland 

for the operation of a commercial space 

launch site at MAF, (2) issue 

experimental permits and/or launch 

licenses to XCOR that would allow 

XCOR to conduct launches of the Lynx 

RLV from MAF, and (3) provide 

approval to modify the existing Airport 

Layout Plan (ALP) to reflect the 

designation of a launch site boundary, 

installation of aboveground propellant 

storage tanks, and construction of a 

concrete pad for engine testing. 

Proposed launch operations would 

begin in 2014 and continue through 

2018. The frequency of launch 

operations would initially be one 

launch per week, eventually increasing 

to two launches per day, five days a 

week. Fifty-two annual launch 

operations are proposed in 2014. The 

total number of annual launch 

operations would increase each year 

until 2018 when 520 annual launch 

operations are proposed. 

The Final EA addresses the potential 

environmental impacts of implementing 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not issue a 

launch site operator license to the City 

of Midland and thus would not issue 

experimental permits and/or launch 

licenses to XCOR for operation of the 

Lynx RLV at MAF. Also, there would be 

no need to update the ALP for MAF, 

and thus there would be no approval of 

a revised ALP. Existing commercial 

aviation and military operations would 

continue at MAF. 

The impact categories considered in 

the Final EA include air quality; 

compatible land use; Department of 

Transportation Act: Section 4(f); fish, 

wildlife, and plants; floodplains; 

hazardous materials, pollution 

prevention, and solid waste; historical, 

architectural, archaeological, and 

cultural resources; natural resources and 

energy supply; noise; socioeconomic 

impacts, environmental justice, and 

children’s environmental health and 

safety risks; water quality; and 

wetlands. The Final EA also considers 

the potential cumulative environmental 

impacts. 

The FAA has posted the Final EA and 

FONSI on the FAA Web site at http:// 

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/nepa_docs/review/

operator/. 

The FAA published a Notice of 

Availability of the Draft EA in the 

Federal Register on March 24, 2014. A 

Notice of Availability of the Draft EA 

was also published in the Midland 

Reporter-Telegram, Odessa American, 

and Big Spring Herald on March 30, 

2014 and in the Big Lake Wildcat on 

April 3, 2014. The FAA mailed copies 

of the Draft EA to the following 

agencies: Texas Historical Commission 

(State Historic Preservation Officer), 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 

and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. An 

electronic version of the Draft EA was 

also made available on the FAA Web 

site. In addition, the FAA printed and 

mailed a copy of the Draft EA to the 

following libraries: Midland County 

Library, Ector County Library, and 

Reagan County Library. The FAA held 

an open house public meeting on April 

8, 2014 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 

the University of Texas of the Permian 

Basin, Center for Energy and Economic 

Diversification. The public comment 

period ended on April 24, 2014. The 

FAA received two public comments on 

the Draft EA, both in support of the 

Proposed Action. No substantive 

changes were made to this Final EA. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 9, 

2014. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21905 Filed 9–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–71] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. 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 October 

6, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2014–0331 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility 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. 


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Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

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

or to the Docket Management Facility 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: 

Brenda Robeson, ARM–210, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20591; email 

Brenda.Robeson@faa.gov; (202) 267– 

4712. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

10, 2014. 

Brenda D. Courtney, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2014–0331. 

Petitioner: PMI Global Services, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

91.211(b)(1)(ii). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner requests relief from the 

requirement that one pilot crewmember 

wear and use an oxygen mask while at 

flight altitudes above flight level 410. 

The relief would enable domestic and 

international 14 CFR part 91 operations 

of company aircraft equipped with 

quick donning oxygen masks and 

automatic emergency descent mode 

technology. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21939 Filed 9–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0123; Notice 2] 

Thor Industries, Inc., Grant of Petition 

for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition. 

SUMMARY: Livin’ Lite RV, Inc.(Livin’ 

Lite), a wholly owned subsidiary of 

Thor Industries, Inc. (Thor), has 

determined that certain model year 

Livin’ Lite RV trailers manufactured 

between November 7, 2008 and 

September 10, 2013, do not fully 

comply with paragraph S9 of Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 110, Tire Selection and Rims and 

Motor Home/Recreation Vehicle Trailer 

Load Carrying Capacity Information for 

Motor Vehicles with a GVWR of 4,536 

kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less and 

paragraph S10 of FMVSS No. 120, Tire 

Selection and Rims and Motor Home/

Recreation Vehicle Trailer Load 

Carrying Capacity Information for Motor 

Vehicles with a GVWR of more than 

4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds). Thor 

has filed an appropriate report dated 

November 7, 2013, pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. 

ADDRESSES: For further information on 

this decision contact Harry Thompson, 

Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, the 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA), telephone 

(202) 366–5289, facsimile (202) 366– 

5930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Thor’s Petition: Pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h) and the 

rule implementing those provisions at 

49 CFR part 556, Thor 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. 

Notice of receipt of the petition was 

published, with a 30-day public 

comment period, on March 28, 2014 in 

the Federal Register (79 FR 17649). No 

comments were received. To view the 

petition and all supporting documents 

log onto the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Web site 

at: http://www.regulations.gov/. Then 

follow the online search instructions to 

locate docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2013– 

0123.’’ 

II. RV Trailers Involved: Affected are 

approximately 3,465 RV trailers 

manufactured between November 7, 

2008 and September 10, 2013. The 

trailer models affected are Livin’ Lite 

model year (MY) 2008–2014 

Quicksilver, MY 2009–2014 Camplite, 

MY 2009–2014 VRV, MY 2009–2014 

Bearcat, and MY 2013–2014 Axxess. 

III. Noncompliance: Thor explains 

that the noncompliance is that of the 

absence of the Cargo Carrying Capacity 

(CCC) label that is required by 

paragraph S9 of FMVSS No. 110 and 

paragraph S10 of FMVSS No. 120 for all 

motor homes and RV Trailers. 

IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S9 of FMVSS 

No. 110 requires in pertinent part: 

. . . S9.3 Each motor home and RV Trailer 

single stage or final stage manufacturer must 

affix either a motor home occupant and cargo 

carrying capacity (OCCC) label (Figure 3) or 

a RV trailer cargo carrying capacity (CCC) 

label (Figure 4) to its vehicles that meets the 

following criteria . . . 

Paragraph S10 of FMVSS No. 120 

requires in pertinent part: 

. . . S10.4 Each motor home and RV Trailer 

single stage or final stage manufacturer must 

affix either a motor home occupant and cargo 

carrying capacity (OCCC) label (Figure 1) or 

a RV trailer cargo carrying capacity (CCC) 

label (Figure 2) to its vehicles that meets the 

following criteria . . . 

V. Summary of Thor’s Analyses: Thor 

stated its belief that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety for the following 

reasons: 

1. The cargo carrying capacity 

information displayed on the CCC label 

is redundant since it is also displayed 

on the Tire Placard Label as required by 

paragraph S4.3 of FMVSS No. 110. 

2. Although the Tire Placard Label is 

not required on trailers over 10,000 lbs 

GVWR, Thor placed the Tire Placard 

Label on all trailers it produced and is 

located on the trailer tongue next to the 

Federal Certification Label. 

3. The Livin’ Lite Owner’s manuals 

(which can be found on 

www.livinlite.com) instruct owners on 

the loading of their vehicle and where 

to find the required ratings that are 

displayed on the Federal Certification 

Label. 

4. The Manufacturer’s Certificate of 

Origin (MSO) also contains both the 

Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) 

and the unloaded vehicle weight 

(UVW). The difference of these two 

numbers would also give the owner the 

available CCC of the trailer. 

5. Thor had received no complaints or 

inquiries regarding cargo carrying 

capacity from any of its owners or 

dealers. 


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