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Douglas Bell, 

Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06831 Filed 3–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Safety Information Analysis 

and Sharing Project Demonstration for 

General Aviation (ASIAS for GA Project 

Demo) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: General statement of policy. 

SUMMARY: This document announces a 

one-year program to demonstrate the 

capabilities of Aviation Safety 

Information Analysis and Sharing 

(ASIAS) for the general aviation 

community. The document also states 

the FAA’s policy concerning 

enforcement during this demonstration 

program. 

DATES: This Notice becomes effective on 

March 28, 2014. The ASIAS for GA 

Project Demo expires one year after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Corey Stephens, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

Telephone: (202) 493–4258 and 

corey.stephens@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In recent years, the General Aviation 

(GA) community has experienced little 

to no decrease in the number of fatal 

accidents over the last five years. As a 

result, the Administrator has identified 

the implementation of initiatives aimed 

at reducing GA fatal accidents as a high 

priority. These initiatives include the 

work of the General Aviation Joint 

Steering Committee (GA JSC) and 

bringing GA operations into ASIAS. 

Aviation Safety Information Analysis 

and Sharing (ASIAS) 

To promote an open exchange of 

safety information for the continuous 

improvement of aviation safety, the 

FAA and the aviation industry working 

in partnership developed ASIAS. ASIAS 

is a collaborative information sharing 

program supported by the aviation 

community to facilitate the proactive 

analysis of data from broad and 

extensive sources for purposes of 

advancing safety initiatives and 

discovering vulnerabilities in the air 

transportation system. The sources of 

safety data range from public sector data 

that the FAA collects to proprietary data 

that ASIAS participants voluntarily 

submit. ASIAS enables the aviation 

community and the FAA to jointly view 

different data sources and analyze the 

aggregate data. This allows ASIAS 

participants to further analyze their own 

data and make comparisons to industry 

norms. ASIAS benefits the FAA and the 

aviation industry by enabling them to 

analyze and track accident precursors 

and known safety hazards and to 

identify and track newly identified 

operational risks. 

The ASIAS community consists of the 

FAA and private sector organizations 

such as corporate operators, airlines, 

manufacturers and pilot associations. 

ASIAS participants currently provide 

de-identified digital flight data and/or 

de-identified safety reports to ASIAS 

under various agreements. 

ASIAS is managed by a group of 

government and aviation industry 

representatives through the ASIAS 

Executive Board (AEB). The AEB 

oversees the ASIAS program, including 

policy and process development, and 

approves all studies undertaken by 

ASIAS. The AEB established and tasked 

a subcommittee known as the Issue 

Analysis Team (IAT) to perform detailed 

analyses and effectiveness monitoring of 

specific safety issues using aggregated 

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ASIAS data. The IAT submits deidentified study results to the AEB, and 

the AEB determines how best to 

disseminate the results to the 

appropriate stakeholders, including the 

GA JSC. 

ASIAS for General Aviation 

The GA JSC is reaching out to the GA 

community directly and through several 

GA associations to educate pilots and 

other stakeholders on the benefits of 

sharing collected safety data with 

ASIAS in a protected non-punitive 

manner, in a manner similar to 

programs for commercial aviation. In 

addition, the GA JSC continues its work 

to maximize safety in GA operations. 

For example, to date, it has proposed 26 

safety interventions to address loss of 

control. However, analysis shows that 

more comprehensive data sources from 

the GA community resulting from a GA 

ASIAS data sharing program would 

improve understanding of contributing 

factors to safety risks in the system. 

Early in 2014, the steering committee 

will embark on a demonstration to 

evaluate the value and benefits of 

ASIAS for the broader GA community. 

One of the purposes of the 

demonstration will be to allow the GA 

JSC to gain a better understanding of 

safety risks and emerging threats for the 

GA community. The project will explore 

potential new information sources such 

as General Aviation flight data (recorded 

through avionics suites, data recorders 

and new common technologies such as 

iOS and Android devices), voluntary 

safety reports, and manufacturer reports. 

ASIAS for GA Demonstration Project 

The Administrator announced the GA 

ASIAS Demonstration Project at the 

General Aviation Summit at FAA 

Headquarters on January 27, 2014. The 

purpose of this demonstration project is 

to test the technical ability to bring GA 

data into ASIAS. This project will also 

demonstrate the value of ASIAS to the 

GA pilot community and industry 

(associations, manufacturers, 

instructors, type clubs, etc.). 

To fully demonstrate the ASIAS 

capabilities for GA, ASIAS needs to 

collect safety information from 

voluntary safety reporting systems 

(digital flight data from Flight 

Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA)/ 

Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) programs, 

pilot and other safety reports, etc.). 

As part of the GA ASIAS 

Demonstration Project, pilots who 

voluntarily submit their flight data will 

do so through the National General 

Aviation Flight Information Database 

(NGAFID) which is maintained by the 

University of North Dakota. Pilots who 

submit their data will be able to review 

information for their own flights 

through the NGAFID; however, a pilot 

may not access another pilot’s data. 

Additionally, the FAA will not have 

access to this data while it contains 

information identifying a pilot. 

De-identified data will be regularly 

transferred to ASIAS. In this deidentified state, the data cannot be 

linked to the specific pilot, aircraft, or 

flight. This de-identified data is then 

aggregated and used by the ASIAS 

community for safety purposes only. 

For the period of this project, data 

will be collected voluntarily from the 

GA community in the area surrounding 

Phoenix, Arizona. Volunteers who are 

based within a 40 nautical mile ring 

surrounding KPHX will be sought to 

participate in the demonstration project. 

Additional information can also be 

found at www.GAJSC.org. 

Enforcement Policy 

The ASIAS for GA Demonstration 

Project is an important safety initiative 

and the FAA supports and encourages 

wide participation. This document is 

issued in order to alleviate any concerns 

that any voluntarily submitted data may 

be used for enforcement purposes. The 

FAA recognizes that it is important to 

promote the voluntary submittal of data 

during the demonstration project. 

Therefore, none of the data that is being 

collected during this demonstration 

project will be accessed or otherwise 

used for any enforcement activities. 

Should an accident or incident occur 

involving a participant or nonparticipant in the demonstration project, 

standard FAA policy for accident or 

incident investigation will apply. Any 

data collected will derive solely from 

routine investigation procedures. No 

data that is voluntarily submitted in 

connection with the demonstration 

project will be accessed for an accident 

or incident investigation. 

The ASIAS for GA Demonstration 

Project will be in effect for one year 

beginning on the date of publication of 

this notice. 

Dated: Issued in Washington, DC on March 

21, 2014. 

Michael G. Whitaker, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06960 Filed 3–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highways in Texas 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA 

and other Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA and other Federal 

agencies that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project, State Highway (SH) 360 from 

East Sublett Road/West Camp Wisdom 

Road to U.S. Highway 287 in the 

counties of Tarrant, Ellis, and Johnson 

in the State of Texas. Those actions 

grant licenses, permits, and approvals 

for the projects. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is 

advising the public of final agency 

actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A 

claim seeking judicial review of the 

Federal agency actions on the highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before August 25, 2014. If 

the Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 150 days for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Salvador Deocampo, District Engineer, 

Texas Division, Federal Highway 

Administration, 300 E. 8th Street, 

Federal Building Room 826, Austin, 

Texas 78701, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, 512–536–5950, 

salvador.deocampo@dot.gov. Mr. Carlos 

Swonke, Director Environmental Affairs 

Division, Texas Department of 

Transportation, 118 E. Riverside, 

Austin, Texas 78704; 512–416–2734; 

email: carlos.swonke@txdot.gov. Texas 

Department of Transportation normal 

business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

(central time) Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the highway project in the 

State of Texas: State Highway (SH) 360 

from East Sublett Road/West Camp 

Wisdom Road to U.S. Highway 287 in 

Tarrant, Ellis, and Johnson Counties. 

Project Reference Number: TxDOT CSJ: 

2266–02–136. Project Type: The project 

will transition from the existing 4-lane 

(two mainlanes in each direction) 

roadway to an 8-lane (four mainlanes in 

each direction) divided tollway from 

1,310 feet north of E. Sublett Road/W. 

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