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Task 2 study entitled Capacity Needs in 

the National Airspace System 2007– 

2025: An analysis of Airports and 

Metropolitan Area Demand and 

Operational Capacity in the Future 

(FACT 2 Report), or any update to that 

report that FAA may publish from timeto-time. 

(c) A congested hour is an hour 

during which demand exceeds average 

runway capacity resulting in volumerelated delays, or is anticipated to do so. 

6.1 Because charges provided in 

paragraphs 2.1.4, 2.5.3 and 2.5.4 to 

address congestion can result in higher 

fees for some or all operators, it is 

especially important for airport 

operators proposing such charges to 

provide carriers in advance the 

information listed in Appendix 1, with 

special emphasis on data, analysis and 

forecasts used to justify the charges. 

6.2 The proprietor of a future 

congested airport may adopt measures 

to address congestion in accordance 

with paragraphs 2.1.4, 2.5.3 and 2.5.4 of 

this policy, if the measures will not take 

effect or have any effect on airfield 

charges until a time when the airport 

meets the definition of a congested 

airport in paragraph 6(a) or is 

anticipated to do so. This kind of 

measure would typically identify the 

specific condition, e.g., operating delays 

that regularly exceed a certain level at 

the airport that would trigger the 

implementation of the special charges to 

address congestion. 

6.3 An airport proprietor may 

exempt flights subsidized under the 

Essential Air Service Program from 

charges imposed under paragraphs 2.5.3 

and 2.5.4 of this policy. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23, 

2013. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

Christa Fornarotto, 

Associate Administrator for Airports, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 

Appendix 1—Information for 

Aeronautical User Charges 

Consultations 

The Department of Transportation 

ordinarily expects the following information 

to be available to aeronautical users in 

connection with consultations over changes 

in airport rates and charges: 

1. Historic Financial Information covering 

two fiscal years prior to the current year 

including, at minimum, a profit and loss 

statement, balance sheet and cash flow 

statement for the airport implementing the 

charges, and any financial reports prepared 

by the airport proprietor to satisfy the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(a)(19) and 

47107(k). 

2. Justification. Economic, financial and/or 

legal justification for changes in the charging 

methodology or in the level of aeronautical 

rates and charges at the airport. Airports 

should provide information on the 

aeronautical costs they are including in the 

rate base. 

3. Traffic Information. Annual numbers of 

terminal passengers and aircraft movements 

for each of the two preceding years. 

4. Planning and Forecasting Information. 

(a) To the extent applicable to current or 

proposed fees, the long-term airport strategy 

setting out long-term financial and traffic 

forecasts, major capital projects and capital 

expenditure, and particular areas requiring 

strategic action. This material should include 

any material provided for public or 

government reviews of major airport 

developments, including analyses of demand 

and capacity and expenditure estimates. 

(b) Accurate, complete information specific 

to the airport for the current and the forecast 

year, including the current and proposed 

budgets, forecasts of airport charges revenue, 

the projected number of landings and 

passengers, expected operating and capital 

expenditures, debt service payments, 

contributions to restricted funds, or other 

required accounts or reserves. 

(c) To the extent the airport uses a residual 

or hybrid charging methodology, a 

description of key factors expected to affect 

commercial or other nonaeronautical 

revenues and operating costs in the current 

and following years. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21905 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership in the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice 

(See 78 FR 42997, July 18, 2013) the 

National Park Service (NPS) and the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

invited interested persons to apply to 

fill two upcoming openings on the 

National Parks Overflights Advisory 

Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee (ARC). The notice invited 

interested persons to apply to fill one 

vacancy representing commercial air 

tour operators and one vacancy 

representing environmental concerns. 

This notice informs the public of the 

person selected to fill the vacancy for 

the commercial air tour operator seat. 

No selection has been made for the 

vacancy representing environmental 

concerns. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 

P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 

90009–2007, telephone: (310) 725–3808, 

email: Keith.Lusk@faa.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 

NPOAG was established in March 2001. 

The advisory group 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. 

In accordance with the Act, 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) At the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, safety, environmental, 

and other issues related to commercial 

air tour operations over a national park 

or tribal lands.’’ 

Membership 

The current NPOAG ARC is made up 

of one member representing general 

aviation, three members representing 

the commercial air tour industry, four 

members representing environmental 

concerns, and two members 

representing Native American interests. 

Current members of the NPOAG ARC 

are as follows: 

Heidi Williams representing general 

aviation; Alan Stephen and Mark 

Francis representing commercial air 

tour operators with one open seat; Greg 

Miller, Michael Sutton, and Dick 

Hingson representing environmental 

interests with one open seat; and Rory 

Majenty and Martin Begaye representing 

Native American tribes. 


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Selection 

The member selected to fill the open 

seat representing commercial air tour 

operator interests is Matthew Zuccaro. 

Mr. Zuccaro’s term begins on the day of 

this Federal Register notice publication. 

The term of service for NPOAG ARC 

members is 3 years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on September 4, 

2013. 

Keith Lusk, 

Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22037 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for re-use of historical 

bridge components for construction of 

Monon Trail Bridge over SR 25 in 

Indiana. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is September 11, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via email at 

michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http://

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. This 

notice provides information regarding 

the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America 

waiver is appropriate to reuse some 

historical bridge components for 

construction of Monon Trail Bridge over 

SR 25 in Indiana. 

The Indiana Department of 

Transportation (INDOT) requested this 

waiver for an overpass to carry the 

Monon High Bridge Trail across the new 

Hoosier Heartland Highway (SR 25). 

Working with the local Context 

Sensitive Solution group, INDOT 

decided to span SR 25 with the historic 

Freedom Bridge, built in the 1890s in 

Freedom, Indiana, but replaced, 

disassembled, and preserved for 

relocation. This innovative solution 

brought together State and local 

officials, the Indiana State Historic 

Preservation Officer, and FHWA and is 

consistent with the reason why the 

Freedom Bridge was preserved under 

the National Historic Preservation Act. 

Although INDOT has traced 23 percent 

of the steel in the Freedom Bridge to 

Carnegie Steel, a United States 

manufacturer, State officials cannot 

verify that the remaining steel to be 

incorporated in the reassembled bridge 

is of domestic origin. Therefore, INDOT 

requested a Buy America waiver for the 

reuse of the incorporated steel. 

In accordance with Division A, 

section 122 of the ‘‘Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2012’’ (Pub. L. 112–55), the FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

public interest waiver on its Web site for 

re-use of original steel components to 

construct the trail bridge over SR 25 on 

May 21st (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

construction/contracts/

waivers.cfm?id=88). The FHWA 

received no comments in response to 

the publication. This Public Interest 

waiver of the Buy America requirements 

of 23 CFR 635.410 is to permit INDOT 

to reuse original structural steel 

components from the disassembled 

historic bridge owned by Owen County 

for re-establishment of a bike/pedestrian 

trail over SR 25. The basis for the public 

interest waiver is: 

• It fulfills the intent of a 1991 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act’s Memorandum of 

Understanding (NHPA MOA) that the 

historic Freedom Bridge be moved and 

preserved; and 

• The proposed reassembly of the 

historic Freedom Bridge satisfies a 

critical need in providing the necessary 

connectivity for the Monon High Bridge 

Trail, but is also appropriate because the 

bridge was built in the 1890s, the peak 

period of the ‘‘Bicycle Craze’’ of the day. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. 

L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), the FHWA 

is providing this notice as its finding 

that a waiver of Buy America 

requirements is appropriate. The FHWA 

invites public comment on this finding 

for an additional 15 days following the 

effective date of the finding. Comments 

may be submitted to the FHWA’s Web 

site via the link provided to the Indiana 

waiver page noted above. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 

23 CFR 635.410. 

Issued on: August 28, 2013. 

Victor M. Mendez, 

FHWA Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21983 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the use of five nondomestic 14’’ class 150 cast steel gate 

valves for rehabilitation of the Oxbow 

Bridge project in the State of Ohio. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is September 11, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via email at 

michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http://

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 


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