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1The FAA’s designation of EWR as Level 2 takes 

effect on October 30, 2016. 81 FR 19861 (Apr. 6, 

2016). Through the Summer 2016 scheduling 

season, the FAA has designated EWR as Level 3 by 

Order, Operating Limitations at Newark Liberty 

International Airport, 73 FR 29550 (May 21, 2008) 

as amended 79 FR 16857 (March 26, 2014). 

2The FAA limits flights at JFK during peak hours 

by Order, Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, 73 FR 3510 (Jan. 18, 2008) as 

amended. The FAA intends to extend the effective 

date of the Order to October 27, 2018. The 

extension will be published in a separate notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner seeks to amend Exemption 

No. 12077 for relief from Condition and 

Limitation #13 regarding Pilot in 

Command requirements to operate an 

unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for 

aerial data collection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Submission Deadline for Schedule 

Information for Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport, John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, Los Angeles 

International Airport, Newark Liberty 

International Airport, and San 

Francisco International Airport for the 

Winter 2016 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice, Schedule submission 

deadline. 

SUMMARY: The FAA announces the 

submission deadline of May 19, 2016, 

for winter 2016 flight schedules at 

Chicago O’Hare International Airport 

(ORD), John F. Kennedy International 

Airport (JFK), Los Angeles International 

Airport (LAX), Newark Liberty 

International Airport (EWR), and San 

Francisco International Airport (SFO) in 

accordance with the International Air 

Transport Association (IATA) 

Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG) and 

FAA airport level designations. The 

deadline coincides with the schedule 

submission deadline for the IATA Slot 

Conference for the winter 2016 

scheduling season. 

DATES: Schedules must be submitted no 

later than May 19, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Schedules may be 

submitted by mail to the Slot 

Administration Office, AGC–200, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; or 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Pfingstler, System Operations 

Services, Air Traffic Organization, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 600 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 

number: 202–267–6462; email: 

susan.pfingstler@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has designated EWR, LAX, ORD, and 

SFO as IATA Level 2, schedule 

facilitated airports.1 JFK is designated as 

an IATA Level 3, slot controlled 

airport.2 At the Level 2 airports, 

proposed schedules are reviewed by the 

FAA to address significant, potential 

congestion before schedules are final. A 

runway slot is required from the FAA at 

JFK, a Level 3 airport, before a carrier 

operates during the slot controlled 

hours. 

The FAA is primarily concerned 

about scheduled and other regularly 

conducted commercial operations 

during peak hours, but carriers may 

submit schedule plans for the entire 

day. At ORD, the peak hours are 0700 

to 2100 Central Time (1300 to 0300 

UTC), at LAX and SFO from 0600 to 

2300 Pacific Time (1400 to 0700 UTC), 

and at EWR and JFK from 0600 to 2300 

Eastern Time (1100 to 0400 UTC). The 

FAA prefers schedule messages with the 

format and data elements in IATA 

Standard Schedules Information Manual 

(SSIM), Chapter 6, as recommended in 

the WSG. The FAA will also accept 

other mutually agreed schedule 

information formats; however, carriers 

should submit schedule information in 

sufficient detail including, at minimum, 

the operating carrier, flight number, 

scheduled time of operation, frequency, 

and effective dates. 

The winter scheduling season is from 

October 30, 2016, through March 25, 

2017, consistent with the IATA northern 

winter season. The FAA understands 

there may be differences in schedule 

times due to U.S. daylight saving time 

dates and will accommodate these 

differences to the extent possible. 

Carriers operating at JFK or LAX 

should consider the potential impacts of 

runway construction projects as they 

develop schedules, block times and 

other factors. The FAA has been 

working with the airport operators, 

airlines, and other stakeholders to 

develop plans to utilize available 

capacity and mitigate delays during 

construction. 

JFK will have construction in 2017 on 

Runway 4R/22L. The Port Authority of 

New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), 

the airport operator, is currently 

considering the scope and staging plans 

for rehabilitation of the runway and 

expects to soon finalize plans. 

Depending on the final construction 

schedule, the runway may be closed 

beginning approximately February 27. 

The closure and other construction 

impacts could affect operations during 

the last few weeks of the winter 2016 

scheduling season and into the summer 

2017 and winter 2017 scheduling 

seasons. 

LAX will undergo construction on 

Runway 7L/25R for runway safety areas 

and rehabilitation beginning in October 

2016. Los Angeles World Airports 

(LAWA), the airport operator, expects to 

shorten the runway in October for 

approximately 3.5 months followed by a 

four month closure from January to May 

2017. 

On April 6, the FAA announced in 

the Federal Register (81 FR 19861) that 

the EWR airport level designation will 

change from Level 3 to Level 2 effective 

with the winter 2016 scheduling season. 

Although there is available runway 

capacity throughout the day, the FAA 

strongly encourages carriers to propose 

reasonable schedules, recognizing there 

is limited runway and airport capacity 

available for new flights or existing 

flights retimed to certain hours. Carriers 

will be asked to consider alternative 

schedule times if proposed demand 

exceeds capacity, which is likely to 

occur during the busiest early morning, 

late afternoon, and evening hours. 

The PANYNJ is considering the 

process for reviewing EWR gate and 

terminal availability. This is in addition 

to its previously established review 

under the IATA WSG process for 

Terminal B international passenger 

flights. The FAA expects to work with 

the PANYNJ as it considers gate and 

terminal availability and how that might 

impact the FAA’s review of schedules 

for runway availability. Carriers should 

submit information directly to the 

PANYNJ for airport terminal or gate 

issues. 

The FAA reviewed the historical 

airport runway capacity levels over 

several years of operations including 

hourly data for each weekday. This 

analysis considered the actual air traffic 

control (ATC) established arrival and 

departure rates, the number of actual 

operations in an hour if it exceeded the 

projected ATC rate for that particular 

hour, runway configurations, weather, 

aircraft fleet mix, and other operating 

conditions. For the winter months, the 

data show the average hourly runway 

adjusted capacity for the previous 

similar winter seasons is approximately 

79 total operations. The limit FAA 

established in the EWR Order in 2007, 

which was derived using peak summer 

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3Unscheduled flights are not included in the 

FAA Level 2 schedule review process or hourly 

scheduling limits. Unscheduled flights include 

general aviation, business aviation, military, public 

aircraft, ferry and positioning flights, and ad hoc 

charter operations. Regularly conducted 

commercial services, including public charters, are 

considered scheduled operations for the purposes 

of FAA’s Level 2 review. 

data, was intended to prevent delays 

from getting worse than 2007 levels. 

Although the adjusted capacity for 

winter 2016 is below the previously 

established limit it is reflective of recent 

operational data in the similar previous 

season and would allow the FAA to 

approve additional operations over the 

number operated in winter 2015. 

The FAA will use the following EWR 

capacities for scheduled flights during 

the winter 2016 season, reflecting 

average airport runway statistics during 

the recent winter scheduling seasons.3

The limits for purposes of Level 2 

review are 79 scheduled operations per 

hour, 43 in a half-hour, 79 in 

consecutive half-hours, and 231 in 

rolling three-hour periods. The FAA 

believes that a transition from Level 3 to 

Level 2 should consider the need for air 

traffic control facilities and the airport 

terminal and gate infrastructure to adapt 

to the expected increase in operations. 

The three hour limitation will allow a 

higher number of flights in some hours 

while also allowing for system recovery. 

In reviewing proposed schedules, the 

FAA will also consider the distribution 

of scheduled arrivals and departures 

within a half-hour or hour and whether 

there is significant peaking due to the 

distribution of flights within the period. 

The FAA may seek adjustments to 

proposed schedules to address 

congestion issues. 

As it has in prior scheduling seasons, 

the FAA will use the average hourly 

runway capacities at LAX, ORD, and 

SFO. The FAA may include particular 

emphasis or review for time periods 

with current or projected operational 

impacts and discuss the reasons for any 

proposed schedule adjustments directly 

with affected carriers. LAX capacity 

estimates for the runway construction 

phases in later 2016 and 2017 have been 

presented to carriers during LAX 

construction meetings. These rates have 

not been finalized and will be reviewed 

with carriers on a local level during 

upcoming meetings. 

The FAA intends to deny approval for 

carrier schedules that exceed capacity 

with limited exceptions. These 

exceptions may include flights operated 

only a relatively short time period in the 

prior season, ad hoc or limited term 

cargo flights such as those operated in 

past years prior to the Christmas 

holidays, and flights to meet high 

demand such as Thanksgiving, 

Christmas, or similar periods. The FAA 

will primarily review schedules for 

runway capacity on a half-hourly basis, 

allowing flexibility for carrier schedules 

within those windows without the need 

for additional FAA schedule review. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2016. 

Daniel E. Smiley, 

Vice President, System Operations Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[USCG–2007–28532] 

Surrender and Termination of the Port 

Dolphin Energy LLC License To Own, 

Construct and Operate the Port 

Dolphin Deepwater Port 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of license surrender and 

termination. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) announces the surrender and 

termination of the Port Dolphin Energy 

LLC (Port Dolphin Energy) Deepwater 

Port License (‘‘License’’). All actions 

and obligations required by the License 

to own, construct and operate a 

deepwater port issued to Port Dolphin 

Energy on May 7, 2010, are terminated. 

Pursuant to Section 1503(h) of the 

Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as 

amended, a deepwater port license may 

remain in effect until such time it is 

either suspended or revoked by the 

Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) 

or surrendered by the licensee. MARAD 

has approved this action in response to 

Port Dolphin’s notification of its 

decision to abandon its plans to 

construct and operate the proposed Port 

Dolphin Energy deepwater port, and 

surrender its License for the proposed 

facility. 

DATES: The date of surrender and 

termination of all actions and 

obligations required under the license 

was effective on April 25, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: The public docket for the 

Port Dolphin Energy deepwater port is 

identified by Docket No. USCG–2007– 

28532 and is maintained by the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Management Facility, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

The Federal Docket Management 

Facility accepts hand-delivered 

submissions, and makes docket contents 

available for public inspection and 

copying at this address between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The Federal 

Docket Management Facility’s telephone 

number is 202–366–9826 or 202–366– 

9317, the fax number is 202–493–2251 

and the Web site for electronic 

submissions or for electronic access to 

docket contents is http://

www.regulations.gov. Keyword search 

‘‘USCG–2007–28532.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about the Port 

Dolphin Energy deepwater port project, 

please contact Ms. Yvette M. Fields, 

Director, Office of Deepwater Ports and 

Offshore Activities at (202) 366–0926 or 

Yvette.Fields@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

28, 2015, MARAD received notification 

from the licensee, Port Dolphin Energy, 

of its intention to surrender its License 

to own, construct and operate a 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) deepwater 

port proposed for location 

approximately 28 miles off the western 

coast of Florida, and approximately 42 

miles from Port Manatee, Manatee 

County, Florida. After careful review of 

the License surrender request, MARAD 

determined that all outstanding 

obligations required of Port Dolphin 

Energy for the surrender and 

termination of its License were satisfied. 

Accordingly, on April 25, 2016, the 

Maritime Administrator approved the 

surrender and termination of the 

License including termination of the 

related financial guarantees and all 

other obligations required under the 

License. MARAD has issued notification 

letters regarding this final agency action 

to Port Dolphin Energy and to all 

relevant Federal and State agencies 

involved in the original approval of the 

Port Dolphin project. Further 

information pertaining to this project 

may be found in the public docket (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(h). 

Dated: May 6, 2016. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

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