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The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 133988 and for economic injury is 133998.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

James E. Rivera, Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 2012–29732 Filed 12–7–12; 8:45 am]

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**SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION**

**[Disaster Declaration #13402 and #13403]**

**Alaska Disaster #AK–00027**

**AGENCY :**  U.S. Small Business
Administration.

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This is a Notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Alaska (FEMA–4094–DR),
dated 11/27/2012.

Incident: Severe storm, straight-line winds, flooding, and landslides.

Incident Period: 09/15/2012 through
09/30/2012.

Effective Date: 11/27/2012. Physical Loan Application Deadline

Date: 01/28/2013.

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan Application Deadline Date: 08/27/2013.

**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 President’s major disaster declaration on 11/27/2012, Private Non-Profit organizations that provide essential services of governmental nature may file disaster loan applications at the address listed above or other locally announced
locations.

The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by
the disaster:

Primary Counties:

Alaska Gateway REAA; Chugach REAA; Denali Borough; Kenai Peninsula Borough; Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

The Interest Rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

Non-Profit Organizations With

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.125 Percent

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 For Economic Injury:

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000

The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 13402B and for economic injury is 13403B.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers 59002 and 59008)

James E. Rivera, Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 2012–29730 Filed 12–7–12; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 8107]**

**Culturally Significant Objects Imported**

**for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Arts of Islamic Lands: Masterpieces From The**  **al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait’’**

**SUMMARY :**  Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et

seq. ), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as appropriate, Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Arts of Islamic Lands: Masterpieces from The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait,’’ imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston, Texas from on or about January 20, 2013, until on or about January 20, 2018, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the
national interest. I have ordered that
Public Notice of these Determinations be published in the Federal Register

. **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For further information, including a list of the exhibit objects, contact Ona M. Hahs, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202–632–6473). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA– 5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.

Dated: December 3, 2012.
J. Adam Ereli, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 2012–29737 Filed 12–7–12; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Clarification of Wildlife Hazard Management Requirements for Non**  **Certificated Federally Obligated Airports in the National Plan of**  **Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT).

**ACTION :**  Notice of proposed clarification of Airport Improvement Program grant assurances and opportunity to

comment.

**SUMMARY :**  To enhance safety, the FAA proposes to clarify Grant Assurance No. 19, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,’’ which is required of an airport sponsor as a condition of receiving a development grant under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Thisclarification would require noncertificated, federally obligated airports that, after the effective date of this Federal Register Notice, accept a new airport development grant funded under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), or accept a transfer of land under the Surplus Property Act for airport purposes (‘‘Subject Airports’’), to
conduct Wildlife Hazard Site Visits (WHSVs) or Wildlife Hazard Assessments (WHAs). Non-certificated airports are airports that do not have a Part 139 certificate, and may include both commercial service airports as well as non-primary airports that serve mostly general aviation traffic. The Secretary of Transportation is required to provide notice and comment in the Federal Register and an opportunity for the public to comment upon proposals to modify the assurances or add new

assurances.

**DATES :**  Send your comments on or before January 9, 2013. The FAA will
consider comments received on the proposed interpretation of the existing grant assurances. The FAA may adopt revisions resulting from comments as of the date of a subsequent Notice in the Federal Register

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**ADDRESSES :**  You may send comments [identified by Docket Number FAA– INSERT #] 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 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide.

Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12–140 on the ground floor of the West Building, 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 :**  Michael J. O’Donnell, Director, Office Airport Safety and Standards, Room 621, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–3053, email: mike.o’donnell@faa.gov

.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The purpose of this notice is to clarify the FAA’s interpretation of 49 U.S.C. 47107(a) (19) and the corollary Grant Assurance No. 19, relating to airport operations and maintenance. The FAA proposes to require sponsors of federally obligated, non-certificated airports that,
after the effective date of this Federal Register Notice, accept a new airport development grant funded under the Airport Improvement Program, or accept a transfer of land under the Surplus Property Act for airport purposes to identify and mitigate wildlife hazards at their airports. These actions will take
the form of initial Wildlife Hazard Site Visits (WHSVs) or Wildlife Hazard Assessments (WHAs), depending on the size of the airport, potentially followed by more detailed Wildlife Hazard Management Plans (WHMPs).

The purpose of a WHSV is for the sponsor to identify any immediate
hazards and for the FAA to determine whether a more comprehensive WHA is necessary. A WHSV is typically conducted over a period of one to three days. A WHA is a far more comprehensive survey, typically conducted over a 12-month period. WHMP is the plan the airport proposes to mitigate any wildlife hazards found.

The Secretary must receive certain assurances from a sponsor (applicant) seeking financial assistance under title 49 U.S.C. 47107, as amended. Sponsors
must submit and attest to these assurances as part of their application for Federal financial assistance, and the FAA incorporates these assurances into all AIP grant agreements. From time to time, as necessary, the FAA clarifies, modifies or supplements these assurances to reflect new requirements deemed reasonably necessary to carry out the Airport Improvement Program. A complete list of the current grant
assurances is available at: http:// www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ grant

_assurances/. The FAA amended and published the current assurances in
the Federal Register on April 13, 2012 (see ‘‘Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Assurances,’’ 77 FR 22376).
The FAA uses a standard set of assurances for Airport Sponsors (owners/operators) called Appendix 1. The FAA is interpreting 49 U.S.C. 47107(a)(19) and the corollary grant assurance, No. 19, relating to airport operation and maintenance, to require airport sponsors to conduct wildlife
hazard assessments or site visits and other actions as necessary, as detailed in this notice, to detect and identify
wildlife hazards. The clarification relates to Appendix 1, Airport Sponsors

assurances.

Grant Assurance No. 19, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,’’ requires a sponsor to operate ‘‘the airport and all facilities which are necessary to serve the aeronautical users of the airport [* * *],
in a safe and serviceable condition and
in accordance with the minimum standards as may be required or prescribed by applicable Federal, state and local agencies for maintenance and operation.’’ Under Assurance No. 19, sponsors are also required to ‘‘have in effect arrangements for [* * *] promptly notifying airmen of any condition affecting aeronautical use of the airport.’’

The airports affected by this
clarification of Grant Assurance No. 19 (Subject Airports) are non-certificated airports. Non-certificated airports
include smaller commercial service airports, as well as non-primary airports that service mostly general aviation (GA) operations. These airports are typically smaller and have less air traffic, more piston-powered aircraft, and smaller jet aircraft, than certificated airports. This notice does not apply to Part 139 certificated airports. All Part 139 certificated airports will continue to follow Part 139 regulations for determining when WHA’s are required.

The FAA has divided the Subject Airports into four categories based on based aircraft and total operations. The four categories are:

a. Subject Airports with 100 or more based turbine-powered aircraft or 75,000 or more total annual operations. The
WHA must be initiated within three years of receiving a development grant
after the final Federal Register notice. The airport sponsor must update its WHA at least once every 10 years
thereafter.

b. Subject Airports with between 20– 99 based turbine-powered aircraft or 30,000–74,999 total annual operations.
The WHSV must be initiated within three years of receiving a development grant after the final Federal Register notice. The airport sponsor must update its WHSV at least once every five years
thereafter.

c. Subject Airports with between 0–19 based turbine-powered aircraft or between 10,000–29,999 total annual operations. The WHSV must be initiated within five years of receiving a development grant after the final Federal Register notice. The airport sponsor must update its WHSV at least once every five years thereafter.

d. Subject Airports with no based turbine-powered aircraft and fewer than 10,000 total annual operations. The WHSV must be initiated within eight years of receiving a development grant
after the final Federal Register notice. The airport sponsor must update its WHSV at least once every five years
thereafter.

Data for these categories comes from the FAA Form 5010–1, Airport Master
Record database. The FAA classifies airports to fit within the highest applicable category: that is, if anairport’s number of based turbinepowered aircraft would place it into one category, while the airport’s number of annual operations would place it into a higher category, the FAA classifies the airport to be within the higher category.

When a WHSV is completed, the airport sponsor will provide a letter to the FAA along with the WHSV report. This letter will summarize pertinent wildlife information, any immediate mitigation activities the airport can do to alleviate or reduce wildlife hazards,
and a recommendation as to whether a more comprehensive WHA is necessary.
The FAA will then determine the need for a comprehensive WHA. Similarly,
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conclusions and recommendations
within a WHA warrant a WHMP.

The FAA further interprets the statutory and grant assurance obligations to require airport sponsors to update their WHAs every 10 years, and WHSVs at least once every five years thereafter. WHAs are granted a longer time before expiration because they cover a full year and are more comprehensive than WHSVs. WHSVs are one to three days in length, and are not nearly as comprehensive as WHAs. Like other WHAs, sponsors must submit the updated WHAs to the FAA Administrator for approval and
determination of the need for a WHMP.

The clarification the FAA proposes represents the FAA’s desire to continue to enhance safety and prevent accidents before they occur, and is consistent with its previous safety enhancement efforts. These efforts include rulemaking on the subject of Safety Management Systems (SMS), as well as Cert Alert No. 09–10
‘‘Wildlife Hazard Assessments in
Accordance with Part 139 Requirements’’ (June 11, 2009), which
the FAA issued to remind Part 139 airport operators of their obligations to
conduct Wildlife Hazard Assessments if
certain criteria are met. In this Cert Alert, the FAA also recommended that Part 139 airports that had not experienced a triggering event voluntarily conduct a WHA. In addition,
the Cert Alert recommended that airports update WHAs more than five years old. The FAA believes sponsors who accept new grants at Subject Airports need to be more proactive in the future and take steps to understand
and alleviate the risks of wildlife strikes.

The FAA published Advisory Circular 5200–33B (‘‘Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or Near Airports’’) on August 28, 2007. Paragraph 2 states, ‘‘Airports that have received Federal grant-in-aid assistance must use these
standards.’’ The word ‘‘standards’’ in
this section of the AC refers to the separation criteria for proposed land use practices, described in Section 1 of the
AC and referenced in Section 4–3 of the AC. The FAA considers the grant assurances to require federally funded airports to adhere to the separation

criteria.

The AC also recommends that federally funded airports near woodlands, wetlands, and water prepare wildlife hazard assessments (WHAs). Specifically, Paragraph 2–7 (c) states, ‘‘The FAA recommends that operators of airports surrounded by woodlands, water, or wetlands refer to Section 2.4
of this AC.’’ The FAA has not interpreted this statement or the grant
assurances to mean that non-certificated airports were required to do WHAs. This interpretation of the AC was reasonable based on the AC’s plain language, its history, as well as the requirements for federally funded airports under Part 139, which were less stringent with regard to WHA triggering

events.

The FAA is concurrently publishing the draft Advisory Circular, No. 5200– 33C, on the FAA’s Web site at http:// www.faa.gov/airports/resources/ draft

_advisory

_circulars/ for public
comment. To comment on the draft Advisory Circular, follow the
instructions on the Web site.

Proposed changes to Advisory
Circular 5200–33B include the removal of Section 2.7(c), ‘‘Airports Surrounded by Wildlife Habitat.’’ The FAA also proposes to modify the Applicability
section to be consistent with the FAA’s interpretation of Grant Assurance No. 19. The FAA proposes interpreting thegrant assurance to require noncertificated, federally obligated airports that accept a new airport development grant under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), or a new surplus property conveyance, to monitor, evaluate, and mitigate risks associated
with wildlife hazards. The FAA also proposes recommended procedures concerning off-airport attractants (i.e., notification and review of proposed land-use practice changes in the vicinity of public-use airports).

We are also clarifying in this Federal Register Notice that we interpret the phrase ‘‘farthest edge of the airport’s AOA’’ in Para 1–4 of Advisory Circular 150/5200–33 (‘‘Hazardous Wildlife Attractants on or Near Airports’’) to refer to the edge of the air operations area (AOA) closest to the wildlife

attractant.

This serves as notice pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 47107(h) that the FAA interprets
Grant Assurance No. 19 to include a requirement for all Subject Airports to
undertake either a Wildlife Hazard Assessment (WHA) or Wildlife Hazard Safety Site Visit (WHSV), and to mitigate wildlife risks according to
criteria set forth in this notice. This is done in accordance with the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to take such action that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the Airport Improvement Program, including grant assurance requirements for sponsors. 49 U.S.C. 47107(g)(1)(A), 47122(a). To comment on this Notice,
follow the instructions set forth under

**ADDRESSES** , above.

Currently, Grant Assurance No. 19 reads, in part, ‘‘[The sponsor] will suitably operate and maintain the airport and all facilities thereon or connected therewith, with due regard to
climatic and flood conditions.’’ To clarify, the FAA proposes to add language addressing wildlife hazards to this sentence, so that it would read: ‘‘[The sponsor] will suitably operate and maintain the airport and all facilities thereon or connected therewith, with due regard to issues including, but not limited to, climatic and flood conditions, and wildlife hazards.’’

This Federal Register Notice does not apply to Part 139 certificated airports. Specific requirements for certificated airports to alleviate wildlife hazards whenever detected are published at 14

CFR 139.337.

Under the Surplus Property Act of 1944, now codified at 49 U.S.C. 47151– 47153, Congress authorized the conversion of surplus military airports to civilian public use airports. State or local governments request the Federal Government to convey land that is desirable for developing, improving, operating, or maintaining a public airport. The property is transferred to the new public-entity owner through an instrument of property conveyance. The
transfer instrument contains deed covenants similar to the grant assurances, which the FAA enforces through 14 CFR Part 16. One of the deed covenants is a provision substantially similar to Grant Assurance No. 19 (See FAA Order 5150.2A, Appendix 3, paragraph 6(b)). This is to provide notice that the FAA will be interpreting this parallel provision of Grant
Assurance No. 19 in a similar manner.

In summary, the FAA proposes to interpret the statutory and grant assurance provisions relating to safety, and the parallel deed covenant included in instruments of conveyance of surplus property, on a prospective basis, to require all Subject Airports to conduct either a WHA or WHSV, and to prepare a WHMP if necessary, upon acceptance of a new grant for a development project, or a new instrument of conveyance for surplus property after
the effective date of the final Federal Register Notice. The FAA believes this will enhance safety in managing wildlife hazards at general aviation airports.

Additional Information: On March 4, 2008, a catastrophic wildlife strike involving a Cessna 500 Citation and an unknown number of migratory white pelicans resulted in five fatalities near Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City, OK. Following the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation, the NTSB recommended the FAA ‘‘[v]erify that all federally obligated general aviation airports that are located near woodlands, water,


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1 This underreporting may be partly due requirement in part 139 that Class I–III airports
conduct a wildlife hazard assessment and then implement a wildlife hazard management plan should one of four specified triggering events occur at the airport. wetlands, or other wildlife attractants are complying with the requirements to perform wildlife hazard assessments as specified in Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular 150/ 5200–33B, Hazardous Wildlife Attractants On or Near Airports.’’ In response, the FAA stated it would:

[* * *] modify Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5200–33B and our grant assurances to clarify the responsibility of federally obligated National Plan of Integrated Airport System/General Aviation (NPIAS/GA) airports, to conduct wildlife hazard assessments (WHA). To assist the airports in conducting the WHAs, we will make Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant funds available to them and we will prepare a plan to establish the priority and subsequent schedule for completing the WHAs * * *

Many populations of wildlife species commonly involved in aircraft strikes in
the United States have increased markedly in number in the last few decades. For example, from 1980 to 2009, the resident (non-migratory) Canada goose population in the USA
and Canada increased at a mean rate of 13.3 percent per year. Other species showing significant mean annual rates of increase included bald eagles (3.6 percent), wild turkeys (11.1 percent), turkey vultures (2.6 percent), Americanwhite pelicans (8.4 percent), doublecrested cormorants (6.6 percent), and sandhill cranes (6.4 percent). Thirteen of the 14 bird species in North America with mean body masses greater than 8 lbs. have shown significant population increases over the past three decades. The white-tailed deer population
increased from about 15 million in 1984
and to over 28 million in 2010.

In May 2009, the FAA authorized a study through the FAA Airport Technology Research and Development
Branch to review the National Wildlife
Strike Database and determine the current level of reporting and if it is
sufficient to determine national trends. The two parts of this study, ‘‘Trends in Wildlife Strike Reporting, Part 1— Voluntary System 1990–2008,’’ DOT/ FAA/AR–09/65 (December 2009) and ‘‘Wildlife Strike Reporting—Sources of Data in Voluntary System,’’ DOT/FAA/ AR–09/63 (December 2009), also reviewed whether strike reporting
should be mandated and how the FAA
can increase its data collection.

This study identified an increase in the total number of strikes reported from 20 percent of all strikes occurring from 1990 to 1994 to 39 percent of all strikes occurring from 2004 to 2008 at airports certificated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139. Although there was a higher level of reporting, the total number of damaging strikes did not increase. The study attributes this to the successful implementation of professionally run wildlife hazard programs to mitigate significant wildlife hazards at many certificated airports (See Trends in Wildlife Strike Reporting, section 6).

The study did identify substantial reporting gaps in the reporting of bird strikes among certificated airports, air carriers, and GA airports. The report addressed GA airports listed in the NPIAS (and therefore eligible to receive grants of federal funding) separately from other GA airports. Less than 6 percent of all strike reports come from NPIAS GA airports, and reporting rates average less than 1/20 of the rates at Part 139 airports.

Although the current overall reporting rate of 39 percent is adequate to: (1) Track national trends in wildlife strikes; (2) determine the hazard level of wildlife species that are being struck; and (3) provide a scientific foundation for FAA policies and guidance regarding the mitigation of risk from wildlife strikes, the study concluded that NPIAS GA airport strike reporting is underrepresented (see ‘‘Trends in Wildlife Strike Reporting,’’ section 5.2). 1 Whereas about 11 percent of the strikes reported from Part 139 airports indicated damage to the aircraft, about 50 percent of the strikes reported from NPIAS GA airports indicated damage. Thus, even though NPIAS GA airports report fewer total damaging strikes compared to Part 139 airports, such strikes constitute a much higher percentage of their total reporting. This raises the concern that non-damaging strikes are occurring at these airports but going unreported.

Increased monitoring of generalconditions and reporting of even nondamaging strikes by GA airports is important because it allows for identification of potential and minor hazards before they become major hazards, which in turn allows airports to prevent damaging strikes before they

occur.

Turning to strike rates for GA aircraft at Part 139 compared to NPIAS GA airports, the reported strike rate for GA aircraft at Part 139 airports was nine times higher than the reported strike
rate for GA aircraft at NPIAS GA airports. ‘‘GA aircraft’’ is defined in the study as non-commercial private, business, or government aircraft—see ‘‘Trends in Wildlife Strike Reporting,’’ section 4.3.3. However, the damaging
strike rate for GA aircraft at Part 139 airports was three times higher than it
was for GA aircraft at NPIAS GA airports. It is notable that of the 49 reported civil aircraft destroyed or damaged beyond repair because of
wildlife strikes in the U.S. from 1990– 2008, 33 (67 percent) occurred on or near GA airports.

According to the study, the number of Part 139 airports reporting at least one wildlife strike increased from 234 (42 percent of the 552 airports) in 1990 to 333 (60 percent) in 2008. The overall reported strike rates at individual Part 139 airports were 15 to 47 times higher compared to NPIAS non-certificated airports in each year (1990–2009). The average strike rate of all Part 139airports compared to NPIAS noncertificated airports was 23 times higher during this same time. Although this may be explained by a different mix of aircraft using these two different categories of airports, the magnitude of
the difference indicates that actual reporting rates for NPIAS GA airports
are much lower than for Part 139 airports. This is supported in the study by an examination of reporting rates for damaging strikes where the magnitude
of difference is much less. Whereas Part 139 airports had a 23-fold higher average reporting rate for all strikes compared to NPIAS GA airports, the reporting rate for damaging strikes was only 5-fold higher. Thus, even though fewer total damaging strikes are reported compared to Part 139 airports, there is more of a tendency at NPIAS GA airports to report damaging strikes compared to non-damaging strikes. As stated above, increased monitoring of wildlife conditions and reporting of even non-damaging strikes are important to prevent dangerous conditions and damaging strikes before they occur.

Benito DeLeon,
Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming.

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