Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Notices 31063 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

609 of Public Law 101–162 (‘‘Section 

609’’) prohibits imports of certain 

categories of shrimp unless the 

President certifies to the Congress not 

later than May 1 of each year either: (1) 

That the harvesting nation has adopted 

a program governing the incidental 

capture of sea turtles in its commercial 

shrimp fishery comparable to the 

program in effect in the United States 

and has an incidental take rate 

comparable to that of the United States; 

or (2) that the fishing environment in 

the harvesting nation does not pose a 

threat of the incidental taking of sea 

turtles. The President has delegated the 

authority to make this certification to 

the Department of State (‘‘the 

Department’’). Revised State Department 

guidelines for making the required 

certifications were published in the 

Federal Register on July 2, 1999 (Vol. 

64, No. 130, Public Notice 3086). 

On April 30, 2012, the Department 

certified 13 nations on the basis that 

their sea turtle protection programs are 

comparable to that of the United States: 

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El 

Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, 

Pakistan, Panama, and Suriname. Costa 

Rica is re-certified this year based on 

improvement in the implementation 

and enforcement of its turtle excluder 

device regulatory program in their 

commercial shrimp trawl fishery. The 

Department also certified 26 shrimp 

harvesting nations and one economy as 

having fishing environments that do not 

pose a danger to sea turtles. Sixteen 

nations have shrimping grounds only in 

cold waters where the risk of taking sea 

turtles is negligible. They are: 

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, 

Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, 

Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 

Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United 

Kingdom, and Uruguay. Ten nations 

and one economy only harvest shrimp 

using small boats with crews of less 

than five that use manual rather than 

mechanical means to retrieve nets, or 

catch shrimp using other methods that 

do not threaten sea turtles. Use of such 

small-scale technology does not 

adversely affect sea turtles. The 10 

nations and one economy are: the 

Bahamas, Belize, China, the Dominican 

Republic, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, 

Oman, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. 

The Department of State has 

communicated the certifications under 

Section 609 to the Office of Field 

Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. All DS–2031 forms 

accompanying shrimp imports from 

uncertified nations must be originals 

and signed by the competent domestic 

fisheries authority. 

In order for shrimp harvested with 

turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in an 

uncertified nation to be eligible for 

importation into the United States 

under the DS–2031 section 7(A)(2) 

provision for ‘‘shrimp harvested by 

commercial shrimp trawl vessels using 

TEDs comparable in effectiveness to 

those required in the United States’’, the 

Department of State must determine in 

advance that the government of the 

harvesting nation has put in place 

adequate procedures to ensure the 

accurate completion of the DS–2031 

forms. At this time, the Department has 

made such a determination only with 

respect to Australia, Brazil and France. 

Thus, the importation of TED-caught 

shrimp from any other uncertified 

nation will not be allowed. For Brazil, 

only shrimp harvested in the northern 

shrimp fishery are eligible for entry 

under this provision. For Australia, 

shrimp harvested in the Exmouth Gulf 

Prawn Fishery, the Northern Prawn 

Fishery, the Queensland East Coast 

Trawl Fishery, and the Torres Strait 

Prawn Fishery are eligible for entry 

under this provision. For France, 

shrimp harvested in the French Guiana 

domestic trawl fishery are eligible for 

entry under this provision. An official of 

the competent domestic fisheries 

authority for the country where the 

shrimp were harvested must sign the 

DS–2031 form accompanying these 

imports into the United States. 

In addition, the Department has 

determined that shrimp harvested in the 

Spencer Gulf region in Australia may be 

exported to the United States under the 

DS–2031 section 7(A)(4) provision for 

‘‘shrimp harvested in a manner or under 

circumstances determined by the 

Department of State not to pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles.’’ 

An official of the Government of 

Australia must certify the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

Dated: May 17, 2012. 

David A. Balton, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

Oceans and Fisheries, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12635 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–22] 

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 June 13, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–0514 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. 

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 


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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: 

Carol Greb, ACE–114, (816) 329–4136, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 901 

Locust St., Kansas City, MO 64106, or 

Frances Shaver, ARM–207, (202) 267– 

4059, Office of Rulemaking, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2012–0514. 

Petitioner: ICON Aircraft. 

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: Certain 

sections of parts 21, and 61 and § 43.7. 

Description of Relief Sought: ICON 

seeks relief to allow it to incorporate a 

spin-resistant airframe in the ICON A5 

aircraft at a weight above the current 

light-sport aircraft definition. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12667 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–19] 

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 

involved and must be received on or 

before June 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2003–14563 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. 

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: 

Robert Hawks, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–7143; email: 

rob.hawks@faa.gov. This notice is 

published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2003–14563. 

Petitioner: AirTran Airways, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

93.123. 

Description of Relief Sought: AirTran 

Airways, Inc. (AirTran) requests an 

exemption from the slot limit for Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport 

(DCA) set forth in § 93.123(a). This 

exemption would permit AirTran to 

continue to operate three slots, which it 

currently uses to facilitate service 

between DCA and Hartsfield-Jackson 

Atlanta International Airport, 

Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell 

International Airport, and Southwest 

Florida International Airport. 

On June 14, 2010, the FAA renewed 

AirTran’s exemption until September 

30, 2012. That grant of exemption stated 

the FAA would publish any future 

extension petitions to permit the public 

to comment on the continued public 

interest served by this exemption. 

Specifically, the FAA requests 

comments focus on three issues: (1) 

Whether the FAA should extend the 

exemption to AirTran for a period of at 

least 2 years; (2) whether the FAA 

should permit the exemption to retire 

according to its terms; and (3) whether 

the FAA should permit the exemption 

to retire and grant a similar exemption 

to another carrier following a lottery 

among interested new entrant or limited 

incumbent carriers as defined in 14 CFR 

93.123. The FAA will review all 

comments received and may publish an 

additional notice. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12647 Filed 5–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–20] 

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 

involved and must be received on or 

before June 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2002–13734 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. 


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