51120 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 17, 2011 / Notices 

1This is based on an assessment of the vehicle 

damage shown in a photograph provided by the 

petitioners. 

2For each model of light vehicle, the decision of 

whether or not to deploy the front air bags is based 

on two deceleration thresholds; a lower threshold 

below which the air bags must not deploy, and a 

slightly higher threshold above which the air bags 

must deploy. This results in a narrow range of 

deceleration between the lower and upper 

thresholds where the air bags, by design, may or 

may not deploy. This range is carefully chosen by 

the vehicle manufacturer so as to meet all 

regulatory requirements as well as minimize 

occupant hazard due to air bag deployment. 

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: 

Frances Shaver, ARM–200, (202) 267– 

4059, FAA, Office of Rulemaking, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. This notice is published 

pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 

2011. 

Dennis R. Pratte, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2011–0125. 

Petitioner: Pennsylvania State Police. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 43.3. 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Pennsylvania State Police requests relief 

from § 43.3. If granted, would allow 

Pennsylvania State Police to remove and 

reinstall the Gyrocam camera on its 

Cessna 206H airplane, N193P, in the 

absence of a FAA licensed technician. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21007 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Opportunity for Public 

Comment on Release of Federally 

Obligated Property at HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport, 

College Park, GA 

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 City of Atlanta, 

Department of Aviation to waive the 

requirement that a 4.5-acre parcel of 

federally obligated property, located at 

the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta 

International Airport; be used for 

aeronautical purposes. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 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: 

Aimee A. McCormick, Program 

Manager, 1701 Columbia Ave., Campus 

Building, Suite 2–260, Atlanta, GA 

30337–2747. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Louis Miller, 

Aviation General Manager at HartsfieldJackson Atlanta International Airport to 

the following address: City of Atlanta, 

Department of Aviation, P.O. Box 

20509, College Park, GA 30320–2509. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aimee McCormick, Program Manager, 

Atlanta Airports District Office, 1701 

Columbia Ave., Campus Building, Suite 

2–260, Atlanta, GA 30337–2747, (404) 

305–7143. The application may be 

reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

is reviewing a request by the City of 

Atlanta, Department of Aviation to 

release 4.50 acres of federally obligated 

property at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta 

International Airport. The property will 

be released from federal . obligation so 

that it may be purchased and developed 

for compatible land uses. The net 

proceeds from the sale of this property 

will be used for airport purposes. The 

proposed use of this property is 

compatible with airport operations. 

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 City of Atlanta, 

Department of Aviation: 

Issued in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 10, 

2011. 

Scott L. Seritt, 

Manager, Atlanta Airports, District Office 

Southern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20749 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Denial of motor vehicle defect 

petition. 

SUMMARY: This document denies a 

March 2, 2010 petition from Fred and 

Susan Maynard of Williamsburg, 

Virginia, requesting that the agency 

open an investigation into the ‘‘air bag 

systems failure’’ that they experienced 

in their model year (MY) 2008 Toyota 

Corolla. After reviewing the petition and 

other information, NHTSA has 

concluded that further investigation of 

MY 2008 Toyota Corolla vehicles is 

unlikely to result in a determination 

that a safety-related defect exists. The 

agency accordingly denies the petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Lee, Vehicle Integrity Division, 

Office of Defects Investigation, NHTSA, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

(202) 366–5236. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Alleged Problem 

The petitioners allege that the frontal 

air bags in their Toyota Corolla failed to 

deploy during a crash into a deer, while 

the vehicle was traveling at 55 mph. The 

petitioners believe the vehicle is 

defective because the air bags did not 

deploy during the crash. As described 

by the petitioners, neither the driver nor 

the front passenger sustained a 

significant injury in the crash. It appears 

that the deer impacted the front left area 

of the vehicle, causing the hood and left 

front fender to be displaced rearward.1

This resulted in deformation to the soft 

structural material (sheet metal) above 

the vehicle sub-frame. 

Air Bag Deployments 

There are a number of important 

aspects to vehicle design. One is the 

vehicle structure, including crush 

zones. Another is the vehicle’s air bag 

system, which by design discriminates 

between crashes that warrant air bag 

deployment and those that do not. To 

do this, current air bag systems sense 

vehicle deceleration, defined as the 

change in vehicle speed over a given 

period of time, then through the use of 

a microprocessor makes a careful 

assessment of the deceleration.2 Overall, 

the objective of the air bag system is to 

prevent injuries and deaths in crashes. 

In a minor crash, an air bag deployment 

may not be warranted, and in fact, may 

present an additional hazard to the 

occupants. Therefore, the system may 

not initiate air bag deployments in 

minor crashes. 

Due to the very low mass of a deer 

relative to a Toyota Corolla and the fact 

that the impact occurred above the 

vehicle’s sub-frame, it appears that in 

this case, the deer impact did not slow 


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