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under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy 

Code, or in any insolvency or 

reorganization proceedings, and 

whether any substantial property of the 

applicant or any predecessor or related 

company has been acquired in any such 

proceeding or has been subject to 

foreclosure or receivership during such 

period. If so, give details. 

Additional information may be 

requested as deemed necessary by the 

Maritime Administration in order to 

facilitate and complete its review of the 

application. If such information is not 

provided, the Maritime Administration 

may deem the application incomplete 

and cease processing it. 

Where to File Application: Submit an 

original copy and one additional paper 

copy of the application and two CDs 

each containing an electronic copy only, 

no additional information of the 

application in PDF format to: Associate 

Administrator for Business and 

Workforce Development, Room W21– 

318, Maritime Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

Evaluation of Applications: The 

Maritime Administration will evaluate 

the applications on the basis of how 

well the project for which a grant is 

requested would be effective in fostering 

efficiency, competitive operations, and 

quality ship construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration (for capital 

improvement projects) or how well the 

project for which a grant is requested 

would be effective in fostering employee 

skills and enhancing productivity (for 

training projects) and the economic 

circumstances and conditions of the 

surrounding community. The economic 

circumstances and conditions will be 

based upon the unemployment rate of 

the county in which the shipyard is 

located and whether that county is an 

economically distressed area, 

supplemented by any special economic 

circumstances and conditions identified 

by the applicant. The Maritime 

Administration will award grants in its 

sole discretion in such amounts and 

under such conditions it determines 

will best further the statutory purposes 

of the small shipyard grant program. 

Projects that may require additional 

environmental assessments such as 

those including waterside 

improvements (dredging, bulk heading, 

pier work, pilings, etc.) will not be 

considered for funding. Preference will 

be given to funding applications: (1) 

From companies that have not 

previously been awarded a small 

shipyard grant; (2) that propose 

matching funds greater than a 25% 

share of the project; (3) that impact 

existing operations and/or product lines 

rather than expand the capabilities of 

the shipyard into new product lines or 

capabilities; and (4) that result in a 

geographic diversity of grant recipients. 

Potential applicants are advised that it 

is expected, based on past experience, 

that applications will far exceed the 

funds available and that only a small 

percentage of applications will be 

funded. It is anticipated that between 10 

and 15 applications will be selected for 

funding with an average grant amount of 

$1 to $1.5 million. 

Conditions Attached to Awards: The 

grant agreement will set out the records 

to be maintained by the recipient that 

must be available for review and audit 

by the Maritime Administration, as well 

as any other conditions and 

requirements. 

Dated: January 7, 2010. 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

Murray Bloom, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–475 Filed 1–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership Availability in the National 

Parks Overflights Advisory Group 

Aviation; Rulemaking Committee To 

Represent Commercial Air Tour 

Concerns 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), as required by 

the National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000, established 

the National Parks Overflights Advisory 

Group (NPOAG) in March 2001. The 

NPOAG was formed to provide 

continuing advice and counsel with 

respect to commercial air tour 

operations over and near national parks. 

This notice informs the public of one 

vacancy (due to completion of 

membership on May 19, 2010) on the 

NPOAG (now the NPOAG Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee (ARC)) for a 

member representing commercial air 

tour operator concerns and invites 

interested persons to apply to fill the 

vacancy. 

DATES: Persons interested in serving on 

the NPOAG ARC should contact Mr. 

Barry Brayer at the mailing or e-mail 

address below in writing on or before 

February 19, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, AWP–1SP, Special 

Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western-Pacific Region 

Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: 

(310) 725–3800, e-mail: 

Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, 

National Park Service, Natural Sounds 

Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, 

Fort Collins, CO 80525, telephone (970) 

225–3563, e-mail: 

Karen_Trevino@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181. The Act required the 

establishment of the advisory group 

within 1 year after its enactment. The 

advisory group was established in 

March 2001, and is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operations, environmental concerns, 

and Native American tribes. The 

Administrator of the FAA and the 

Director of NPS (or their designees) 

serve as ex officio members of the 

group. Representatives of the 

Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

The advisory group provides ‘‘advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

the Administrator and the Director— 

(1) On the implementation of this title 

[the Act] and the amendments made by 

this title; 

(2) On commonly accepted quiet 

aircraft technology for use in 

commercial air tour operations over a 

national park or tribal lands, which will 

receive preferential treatment in a given 

air tour management plan; 

(3) On other measures that might be 

taken to accommodate the interests of 

visitors to national parks; and 

(4) On safety, environmental, and 

other issues related to commercial air 

tour operations over a national park or 

tribal lands.’’ 

Members of the advisory group may 

be allowed certain travel expenses as 

authorized by section 5703 of Title 5, 

United States Code, for intermittent 

Government service. 

By FAA Order No. 1110–138, signed 

by the FAA Administrator on October 

10, 2003, the NPOAG became an 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

FAA Order No. 1110–138, was amended 

and became effective as FAA Order No. 

1110–138A, on January 20, 2006. 

The current NPOAG ARC is made up 

of one member representing general 

aviation, three members representing 

the commercial air tour industry, four 


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members representing environmental 

concerns, and two members 

representing Native American tribal 

concerns. Current members of the 

NPOAG ARC are: Robert Hackman, 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; 

Alan Stephen, fixed-winged air tour 

operator representative; Elling 

Halvorson, Papillon Airways, Inc.; 

Matthew Zuccaro, Helicopter 

Association International; Chip 

Dennerlein, Siskiyou Project; Gregory 

Miller, American Hiking Society; 

Kristen Brengel, National Parks 

Conservation Association; Bryan 

Faehner, National Parks Conservation 

Association; Rory Majenty, Hualapai 

Nation; and Ray Russell, Navajo Parks 

and Recreation. 

Public Participation in the NPOAG 

ARC 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS invite 

persons interested in serving on the 

ARC to represent commercial air tour 

operator concerns, to contact Mr. Barry 

Brayer (contact information is written 

above in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Requests to serve on the ARC must be 

made to Mr. Brayer in writing and 

postmarked or e mailed on or before 

February 19, 2010. The request should 

indicate whether or not you are a 

member of an association or group 

representing commercial air tours, or 

have another affiliation with issues 

relating to aircraft flights over national 

parks. The request should also state 

what expertise you would bring to the 

NPOAG ARC as related to the vacancy 

you are seeking to fill (e.g., commercial 

air tour concerns). The term of service 

for NPOAG ARC members is 3 years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA on January 6, 

2010. 

Barry Brayer, 

NPOAG Chairman, Manager, Special 

Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–386 Filed 1–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket ID. FMCSA–2009–0321] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 33 individuals for 

exemption from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals to 

qualify as drivers of commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce 

without meeting the Federal vision 

standard. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2009–0321 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket ID for this 

Notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

FDMS is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19476). This information is also 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 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 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. The 33 individuals listed in this 

notice have each requested an 

exemption from the vision requirement 

in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10), which applies 

to drivers of CMVs in interstate 

commerce. Accordingly, the Agency 

will evaluate the qualifications of each 

applicant to determine whether granting 

an exemption will achieve the required 

level of safety mandated by statute. 

Qualifications of Applicants 

Bradley T. Alspach 

Mr. Alspach, age 50, has had 

amblyopia in his left eye since 

childhood. The best corrected visual 

acuity in his right eye is 20/20 and in 

his left eye, 20/200. Following an 

examination in 2009, his 

ophthalmologist noted, ‘‘In my opinion, 

he has sufficient vision to perform the 

driving tasks required to operate a 

commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Alspach 

reported that he has driven straight 

trucks for 16 years, accumulating 

332,800 miles, and buses for 7 months, 

accumulating 2,625 miles. He holds a 

Class B Commercial Driver’s License 

(CDL) from Illinois. His driving record 

for the last 3 years shows no crashes and 

no convictions for moving violations in 

a CMV. 

William M. Arbogast 

Mr. Arbogast, 58, has a macular scar 

in his left eye due to a traumatic injury 

sustained in 1968. The best corrected 

visual acuity in his right eye is 20/20 

and in his left eye, 20/1600. Following 

an examination in 2009, his optometrist 

noted, ‘‘It is my opinion that Mr. 

Arbogast has sufficient vision to safely 

drive and operate a commercial 

vehicle.’’ Mr. Arbogast reported that he 

has driven straight trucks for 40 years, 


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