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Oakland International Airport under the 

provisions of the 49 U.S.C. 40117 and 

Part 158 of the Federal Aviation 

Regulations (Title 14 CFR part 158). 

On October 11, 2011, the FAA 

determined that the application to use 

PFC revenue submitted by the Port of 

Oakland was substantially complete 

within the requirements of section 

158.25 of Part 158. The FAA will 

approve or disapprove the application, 

in whole or in part, no later than 

January 18, 2012. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the use application No. 11–16–U–00– 

OAK: 

Proposed charge effective date: April 

1, 2021. 

Proposed charge expiration date: May 

1, 2023. 

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00. 

Total estimated PFC revenue: 

$70,259,000. 

Description of Proposed Project 

Use PFC only: San Francisco Bay Area 

Rapid Transit District (BART) Airport 

Connector—The project will provide a 

direct people mover connection 

between the Coliseum BART station and 

Metropolitan Oakland International 

Airport. 

Any person may inspect the 

application in person at the FAA office 

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and at the FAA 

Regional Airports Division located at: 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Airports Division, 15000 Aviation Blvd., 

Room 3012, Lawndale, CA 90261. In 

addition, any person may, upon request, 

inspect the application, notice and other 

documents germane to the application 

in person at the Port of Oakland. 

Issued in Lawndale, California, on October 

11, 2011. 

Debbie Roth, 

Deputy Manager, Airports Division, WesternPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26792 Filed 10–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Notice of Opportunity for Public 

Comment on Surplus Property Release 

at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, Maxton, 

NC 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of title 

49, U.S.C. Section 47153(c), notice is 

being given that the FAA is considering 

a request from the Laurinburg-Maxton 

Airport Commission to waive the 

requirement that approximately 20.26 

acres of airport property, located at the 

Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, be used for 

aeronautical purposes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice 

May be mailed or delivered in triplicate 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Atlanta Airports District Office, Attn: 

Rusty Nealis, Program Manager, 1701 

Columbia Ave., Suite 2–260, Atlanta, 

GA 30337–2747. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to JoAnn Gentry, 

Executive Director, Laurinburg-Maxton 

Airport Commission at the following 

address: 

Laurinburg-Maxton Airport 

Commission, 16701 Airport Road, 

Maxton, NC 28364. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rusty Nealis, Program Manager, Atlanta 

Airports District Office, 1701 Columbia 

Ave., Campus Building, Suite 2–260, 

Atlanta, GA 30337–2747, (404) 305– 

7142. The application may be reviewed 

in person at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

is reviewing a request by the 

Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission 

to release approximately 20.26 acres of 

airport property at the LaurinburgMaxton Airport. The property consists 

of one parcel located north of S.R. 1434, 

Airport Road. This property is currently 

shown on the approved Airport Layout 

Plan as non-aeronautical use land and 

the proposed use of this property is 

compatible with airport operations. The 

City will ultimately sell the property for 

future industrial use with proceeds of 

the sale providing funding for future 

airport development. 

Any person may inspect the request 

in person at the FAA office listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. In addition, any person may, 

upon request, inspect the request, notice 

and other documents germane to the 

request in person at the LaurinburgMaxton Airport. 

Issued in Atlanta, Georgia on October 6, 

2011. 

Larry F. Clark, 

Assistant Manager, Atlanta Airports District 

Office Southern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26759 Filed 10–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Submission Deadline for Schedule 

Information for San Francisco 

International Airport for the Summer 

2012 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

ACTION: Notice of submission deadline. 

SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA 

announces the designation of San 

Francisco International Airport (SFO) as 

a Level 2 airport under the International 

Air Transport Association (IATA) 

Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG) 

effective for the Summer 2012 

scheduling season. The FAA has 

determined this designation is necessary 

based primarily on runway capacity, 

existing congestion and delays, and 

expected increased congestion due to a 

multi-year airport construction project. 

The FAA announces a deadline of 

October 20, 2011, for carriers to submit 

to the FAA schedule information for all 

planned operations at SFO between the 

hours of 0600 and 2259, Pacific time, 

(1300 and 0559 UTC). This deadline is 

a week later than the IATA deadline due 

to late notice of the Level 2 designation. 

The FAA will grant an additional short 

extension if a carrier requires additional 

time to complete its initial submission, 

provided that extension would not 

impede preparations for the IATA 

Schedules Conference in November 

2011. 

DATES: Schedules must be submitted no 

later than October 20, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Schedules may be 

submitted by mail to the Slot 

Administration Office, AGC–200, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

facsimile: 202–267–7277; or by e-mail 

to: 7-AWA-slotadmin@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Hawks, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone number: 202–267–7143; fax 

number: 202–267–7971; e-mail: 

rob.hawks@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IATA 

guidelines define a Level 2 airport as 

one where there is the potential for 

congestion during some periods of the 

day, week, or season, which can be 

resolved by voluntary cooperation 

between airlines. The FAA has 

determined that SFO should be 

designated as Level 2 based primarily 

on runway capacity, existing congestion 


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and delays, and the potential that 

congestion may increase during 

construction of Runway Safety Areas 

(RSA) from 2012 to 2015. 

The FAA has reviewed runway 

capacity at SFO over the last two years. 

The airport acceptance rate for arrivals 

ranges between approximately 30 and 

48 per hour depending on weather 

conditions. The lower value reflects 

operations in instrument meteorological 

conditions, and the higher value reflects 

visual meteorological conditions. A 

number of other variables impact an 

airport’s arrival and departure rates, 

including runway configuration, fleet 

mix, surface movements, and individual 

aircraft performance. 

The FAA, the airport authority, and 

other stakeholders (including 

representatives of carriers operating at 

SFO) have been meeting regularly to 

review construction plans, identify 

ways to improve airport and airspace 

efficiency, and mitigate construction 

impacts whenever possible. These 

efforts will continue with the goal to 

mitigate negative impacts to capacity, 

but the FAA expects some decrease in 

runway capacity during construction. 

The construction’s impact to capacity is 

not definitively known but will be 

determined as construction plans are 

finalized. Accordingly, it is not possible 

to specifically define runway capacity 

limits. In conducting its review of 

planned schedules, the FAA will 

consider factors such as average runway 

arrival and departure rates, historical 

demand, experienced congestion and 

delays, and projections on operational 

impacts related to the construction. 

The FAA will review the cumulative 

scheduled flight information beginning 

with the Summer 2012 scheduling 

season to monitor major scheduling 

peaks that could result in lengthy 

delays. This advance review of schedule 

information would permit the FAA to 

discuss the operational implications of 

proposed schedules and suggest changes 

before schedules are finalized and 

published. The FAA expects the Level 

2 review alone may not reduce existing 

congestion and delays. Rather, the FAA 

expects to mitigate potential delay 

increases resulting from new or retimed 

flights. The FAA believes there is 

available capacity at SFO, especially 

during off-peak times, to accommodate 

additional operations. During the 

construction, forecasted congestion and 

delays could be mitigated through 

voluntary carrier scheduling decisions 

(such as retiming operations to less 

congested times and reducing overall 

operations by combining frequencies 

and upgauging aircraft). The FAA 

believes a Level 2 designation would 

provide the necessary information to 

assist carriers with these voluntary 

scheduling decisions. 

Finally, the FAA expects the Level 2 

designation will allow interested parties 

to address any imbalance between 

demand and capacity and work 

cooperatively to reduce delays. The 

FAA supports the Level 2 process as a 

preferred and viable alternative to full 

slot coordination under Level 3 or other 

administrative actions to address 

congestion during the RSA construction. 

The FAA will review the Level 2 

designation, at a minimum, in advance 

of each scheduling season. 

Accordingly, the FAA designates SFO 

as a Level 2 airport between the hours 

of 0600 and 2259, Pacific time, (1300 

and 0559 UTC), but carriers may submit 

schedule information for any time 

throughout the day. Carriers should 

submit to the FAA schedule information 

for all planned operations no later than 

October 20, 2011. This deadline is one 

week later than the IATA deadline 

because of the late designation of SFO 

as Level 2. 

The FAA recognizes some carriers 

may have difficulty meeting the 

schedule submission deadline. While 

most have at least preliminary schedule 

plans, some may require additional time 

to prepare the initial schedule 

submission. The FAA will grant an 

additional short extension (not 

exceeding two weeks). The FAA intends 

to follow the IATA WSG for the midNovember Schedules Conference to the 

extent possible and needs schedules as 

soon as possible to meet IATA 

deadlines. 

Carriers should submit schedule 

information in sufficient detail 

including, at minimum, the carrier, 

flight number, scheduled time of arrival 

or departure, half-hour period, 

frequency, and effective dates. IATA 

standard schedule information format 

and data elements (Standard Schedules 

Information Manual or SSIM) may be 

submitted and may provide additional 

information that could be beneficial in 

assessing operational impacts. 

The summer scheduling season is 

from March 25, 2012, through October 

27, 2012, in recognition of the IATA 

scheduling season dates. The FAA 

understands there may be differences in 

schedule times due to different U.S. 

daylight saving time dates, and the FAA 

will accommodate these to the extent 

possible. 

SFO currently is designated Level 2 

for certain international passenger 

terminal facilities. This notice does not 

replace that local schedule facilitation 

process. Carriers should submit 

schedule information to the local 

facilitator according to the IATA 

schedule. The FAA will work with the 

local facilitator to ensure consistency of 

planned schedule information. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 

2011. 

Rebecca B. MacPherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–26774 Filed 10–13–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0275] 

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 5 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 November 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA– 

2011–0275 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. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket numbers for this notice. Note 

that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below for 

further information. 


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