30350 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2012 / Notices 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Parish 

Lafayette. 

Contiguous Parishes 

Louisiana 

Acadia, Iberia, Saint Landry, Saint 

Martin, Vermilion. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners With Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 3.750 

Homeowners Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .................. 1.875 

Businesses With Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 6.000 

Businesses Without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations With 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.125 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives Without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .................. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 13074B and for 

economic injury is 130750. 

The State which received an EIDL 

Declaration # is Louisiana. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: May 15, 2012. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator 

[FR Doc. 2012–12327 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #13076 and #13077] 

Louisiana Disaster #LA–00045 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an 

Administrative declaration of a disaster 

for the State of Louisiana dated 05/15/ 

2012. 

Incident: Severe storms, tornadoes 

and flooding. 

Incident Period: 03/20/2012 through 

03/22/2012. 

Effective Date: 05/15/2012. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 07/16/2012. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 02/15/2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan 

applications to: U.S. Small Business 

Administration, Processing and 

Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport 

Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s disaster declaration, 

applications for disaster loans may be 

filed at the address listed above or other 

locally announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Parish 

Beauregard. 

Contiguous Parishes/Counties 

Louisiana 

Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, 

Vernon. 

Texas 

Newton. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 3.750 

Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 1.875 

Businesses with Credit Available 

Elsewhere ................................. 6.000 

Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere ......................... 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.125 

Non-Profit Organizations without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.000 

For Economic Injury: 

Businesses & Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .................. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ....... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 13076B and for 

economic injury is 130770. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # are Louisiana and Texas. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Numbers 59002 and 59008) 

Dated: May 15, 2012. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12330 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2012–0547] 

Airport Improvement Program (AIP) 

Use of Mineral Revenue at Certain 

Airports 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of guidance; opportunity 

to comment. 

SUMMARY: On February 14, 2012, the 

FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 

2012 (FMRA) was signed into law (Pub. 

L. 112–95). Section 813 permits the 

Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) to declare certain 

revenue derived from or generated by 

mineral extraction, production, lease, or 

other means at a general aviation airport 

to be revenue greater than the amount 

needed to carry out the five-year 

projected maintenance needs of the 

airport in order to comply with the 

applicable design and safety standards 

of the Administration. Although the 

FMRA directed the FAA to promulgate 

regulations to carry out Section 813 not 

later than 90 days after the date of 

enactment, the authorizing committees 

agreed to support the FAA’s request to 

issue guidance in lieu of a formal 

rulemaking due to the time limits 

imposed by the statute. This notice 

contains the FAA’s proposed guidance 

developed to carry out Section 813 and 

offers the public an opportunity to 

comment. 

DATES: The effective date of this 

guidance is May 22, 2012. The FAA will 

consider comments on this guidance. If 

necessary, any appropriate revisions 

resulting from the comments received 

will be adopted as of the date of a 

subsequent publication in the Federal 

Register. Comments must be submitted 

on or before June 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

[identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–0547] 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: Docket Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: To Docket 

Operations, Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building, 1200 


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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2012 / Notices 30351 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randall S. Fiertz, Director, Office of 

Airport Compliance and Management 

Analysis, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–3085; facsimile: 

(202) 493–1416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A sponsor 

(applicant) seeking financial assistance 

for airport planning, airport 

development, noise compatibility 

planning or noise mitigation under 49 

U.S.C., as amended must agree to 

comply with certain assurances. These 

assurances include certain prohibitions 

on the use of airport revenue. On April 

13, 2012, the FAA published 

modifications to this assurance at 77 FR 

22376. Specifically, paragraph (a)(3) of 

Sponsor Assurance 25 permits the FAA 

to exempt certain revenue derived from 

or generated by mineral extraction, 

production, lease, or other means at a 

general aviation airport (as defined at 

Section 47102 of title 49 United States 

Code), if the FAA determines the airport 

sponsor meets the requirements set forth 

in Section 813 of Public Law 112–95. 

A complete list of the current grant 

assurances can be viewed at: http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ 

grant_assurances/. 

Guidance Developed To Carry Out 

Section 813 of Public Law 112–95 

Airport Sponsor Actions: Airport 

sponsors seeking to exempt mineral 

revenue under Section 813 of Public 

Law 112–95 must submit a sponsor 

application. The application must 

include: 

• A statutorily mandated five year 

capital improvement program, as set 

forth in FAA’s Compliance Guidance 

Letter 2012–01 and Appendix B–1; 

• An executed agreement including 

clauses pertaining to the sponsor’s 

liability, funding waiver, revenue use, 

and airport use, as set forth in FAA’s 

Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 

and Appendix C–1; 

• A statement with details identifying 

eligible projects and providing the 

necessary documentation to meet the 

thresholds set by statute for the use of 

the exempted revenue, as set forth in 

FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 

2012–01 and Appendix D–1 and Table 

D; 

FAA’s Compliance Guidance Letter 

2012–01 and applicable appendices may 

be found at: http://www.faa.gov/ 

airports/airport_compliance/ 

mineral_revenue. 

FAA Actions: FAA and, where 

applicable, block grant state personnel 

will begin working with airport 

sponsors interested in and eligible for 

the exemption prescribed under Section 

813 of Public Law 112–95 to develop a 

proposed five-year capital improvement 

program inclusive of the items 

identified in the sponsor submission 

application, as set forth in FAA’s 

Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 

and Appendix B–1. At such time when 

the airport sponsor submits its 

application, the local FAA office will 

ensure the proposed five-year capital 

improvement program meets the 

statutorily mandated requirements. The 

local FAA office also will ensure the 

airport sponsor’s application includes 

the required agreements and conditions. 

The local FAA office will forward the 

sponsor’s application to the appropriate 

regional FAA office. The regional FAA 

office will notify the airport sponsor if 

the ‘‘application and requisite 

supporting documentation’’ meet the 

statutory requirements. This notice 

commences FAA’s 90-day clock to 

provide a determination on revenue 

exemption under this provision. 

For more details regarding FAA’s 

internal procedures, see FAA’s 

Compliance Guidance Letter 2012–01 

and appendices, which may be found at: 

http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

airport_compliance/mineral_revenue. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 

2012. 

Randall S. Fiertz, 

Director, Office of Airport Compliance and 

Management Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12375 Filed 5–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Sec. 221 Public Private Partnerships 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is conducting a 

public meeting on May 30 to seek initial 

input from interested stakeholders about 

program design and implementation of 

an equipage incentives program for 

commercial aircraft and general aviation 

to equip their aircraft with Next 

Generation Air Transportation 

(NextGen) capabilities, pursuant to the 

FAA’s authority in the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(sec. 221). The statute requires that such 

a program be based on public-private 

partnership (PPP) principles and 

maximize the use of private sector 

capital. The purpose of this meeting is 

to serve as an information sharing 

session. The FAA is interested in 

engaging stakeholders and potential 

public-private partners in the process of 

developing an effective public-private 

partnership equipage incentive program. 

This notice is for the initial meeting. 

A subsequent meeting will be planned 

within 90 days of the May 30 meeting 

after FAA has assessed stakeholder 

comments and feedback and further 

solidified its policy on how to 

implement a PPP equipage incentives 

program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Tedford, Office of Finance and 

Management: Telephone (202) 267– 

8930: Email: 9-AWA-APONextGenIncentives@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The FAA Modernization and Reform 

Act of 2012 granted authority for the 

Secretary of Transportation to establish 

an equipage incentive program to equip 

US registered aircraft operating in the 

National Airspace System (NAS) in the 

interest of achieving NextGen 

capabilities. The authority states a loan 

guarantee program could be established 

either using appropriated funds or by 

fees and premiums. The FAA is working 

to understand what options exist for 

establishing the most effective program 

possible even if it receives no additional 

appropriations to fund the incentive. In 

addition, the FAA must have the 

authority to enter into a loan guarantee 

program recognized in an 

appropriations Act in accordance with 

the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 

The goal for an equipage program 

would be to encourage deployment of 

NextGen capable aircraft in the NAS 

sooner than would have occurred 

otherwise. Specifically, FAA would aim 

to increase the speed of adoption of base 

levels of NextGen equipage (equipage 

bundles), which will accelerate delivery 

of NextGen benefits by reducing the 

time of mixed equipage operations. The 

FAA is examining various methods of 

reducing the Government’s risk and 

determining the extent of industry 

interest in the program, but we need 

more information for our analysis. The 

May 30 meeting is therefore intended to 

share FAA’s preliminary thinking and 

seek industry feedback about what 

factors are beneficial to the various 

stakeholders, if such a program were to 

be created. 


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