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records, or provide information to the 

agency, third parties, or the public. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal 

agencies are required to provide, prior 

to an agency’s submitting a collection to 

OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Information from certain schedules 

contained in these reports is available at 

the Board’s website at www.stb.gov by 

navigating to ‘‘Reports & Data’’ and 

clicking on ‘‘Economic Data.’’ 

Information in these reports is not 

available from any other source. 

Dated: September 19, 2023. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20553 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket Number: 2023–1724] 

Airport Investment Partnership 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application 

of Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO), 

Avon Park Florida; commencement of 

60-day public review and comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The FAA has accepted for 

review the application for Avon Park 

Executive Airport’s (AVO) participation 

in the Airport Investment Partnership 

Program (AIPP), under the terms and 

conditions of the AIPP and the FAA’s 

Notice of AIPP Application Procedures. 

The filing date for AVO’s application is 

noted as July 7, 2023. The City of Avon 

Park, the airport sponsor, selected 

Florida Airport Management as the 

private operator and negotiated a draft 

agreement for FAA review. The FAA 

has determined that the final 

application is substantially complete 

and accepted for review. The 

determination that the application is 

substantially complete results in the 

commencement of the FAA’s review 

and is not an approval or disapproval of 

the proposed privatization application. 

The FAA is seeking information and 

comments from interested parties on the 

final application. The FAA will review 

the application, public comments, and 

any other relevant additional 

submission by the applicant or the 

public and issue a decision approving or 

disapproving the application. The AVO 

application is available for public 

review at http://www.regulations.gov. 

The docket number is FAA Docket 

Number 2023–1724. 

DATES: September 22, 2023. Comments 

must be received by November 21, 2023. 

Comments that are received after that 

date will be considered only to the 

extent possible. 

ADDRESSES: You may send written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. Docket 

Number: FAA 2023–1724; 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail 

address above between 9:00 a.m. and 5 

p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays; 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Identify all transmissions with 

‘‘Docket Number FAA–2023–1724’’ at 

the beginning of the document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Haney, Airport Compliance 

Specialist, Airport Compliance and 

Management Analysis Division, ACO– 

100, Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–3085; or email Heather.Haney@

faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 

U.S.C. 47134 establishes the AIPP and 

authorizes the DOT to grant exemptions 

from certain Federal statutory and 

regulatory requirements for airport 

privatization projects. The application 

procedures require the FAA to publish 

a notice of receipt of the final 

application in the Federal Register and 

accept public comment on the final 

application for a period of 60 days. 

Examining the Application: The final 

application was filed under Docket 

Number FAA–2023–1724. You may 

examine the final application on the 

internet at: http://www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the Docket Operations 

office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

EST, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The Docket 

Operations Office (800–647–5527) is 

located at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. The Docket contains the 

application, the agreements, any 

comments received and other 

information. The City of Avon Park has 

also made copies of the final application 

available at https://www.avonpark.city/ 

airport. 

Title 49 of the U.S.C. 47134 

authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation, and through delegation, 

the FAA Administrator, to exempt a 

sponsor of a public use airport that has 

received Federal assistance, from certain 

Federal requirements in connection 

with the privatization of the airport by 

sale or lease to a private party. 

Specifically, the Administrator may 

exempt the sponsor from all or part of 

the requirements to use airport revenues 

for airport-related purposes, to pay back 

a portion of Federal grants upon the sale 

or lease of an airport, and to return 

airport property deeded by the Federal 

Government upon transfer of the airport. 

The Administrator is also authorized to 

exempt the private purchaser or lessee 

from the requirement to use all airport 

revenues for airport-related purposes, to 

the extent necessary to permit the 

purchaser or lessee to earn 

compensation from the operations of the 

airport. 

On September 16, 1997, the FAA 

issued a notice of procedures to be used 

in applications for exemption under 

Airport Privatization Pilot Program 

(Notice of final application procedures 

for the Airport Privatization Pilot 

program: Application Procedures, 62 

Federal Register 48693–48708, 

September 16, 1997, as modified, 62 FR 

63211, Nov. 26, 1997). The FAA 

Reauthorization Act of 2018 amended 

Section 47134 by changing the name to 

Airport Investment Partnership 

Program, eliminated limitations on the 

number of airports that could 

participate along with several other 

changes. On April 20, 2021, the FAA 

issued a notice revising the application 

procedures for applying for FAA 

approval of the privatization or partial 

privatization of a federally obligated 

public airport to reflect the provisions of 

the AIPP (86 Federal Register 20586– 

20592, April 20, 2021). A request for 

participation in the Program must be 

initiated by the filing of either a 

preliminary or final application for 

exemption with the FAA. 

The City of Avon Park submitted its 

final application to the Program, for 

Avon Park Executive on July 7, 2023. 

The FAA accepted the final application 

on August 4, 2023. The City intends to 

lease Avon Park Executive Airport (with 

the exception of the City’s utility facility 

and the baseball field, located on airport 

property) in a partnership with Florida 

Airport Management, a private operator, 

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year option and a nine-year option. 

Florida Airport Management intends to 

execute day-to-day operations and 

maintenance at the airport as well as 

complete the airport projects set forth in 

the 2014 Master Plan; the final term of 

the projects will complete by 2028. The 

2014 Master Plan includes 13 remaining 

projects totaling $14,366,000 in 2015 

dollars. 

The City of Avon Park requested an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 47134(b)(1) 

and 47133 to permit the use of revenue 

from the lease of airport property, 49 

U.S.C. 47134(b)(2) to forego the 

repayment of Federal grants; and 

Florida Airport Management asked for 

an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

47134(b)(3) to permit Florida Airport 

Management to earn compensation from 

the operation of the airport. 

As part of its review of the final 

application, the FAA will consider all 

comments that are submitted by 

interested parties during the 60-day 

comment period for this notice. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

19, 2023. 

Kevin C. Willis, 

Director, Office of Airport Compliance and 

Management Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20597 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–1978] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Advanced 

Qualification Program (AQP) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Advanced Qualification 

Program uses data informed quality 

control processes for validating and 

maintaining the effectiveness of air 

carrier training program curriculum 

content. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by November 21, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: 

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field). 

By Mail: Sandra Ray, Federal Aviation 

Administration, AFS–260, 1187 Thorn 

Run Road, Suite 200, Coraopolis, PA 

15108. 

By Fax: 412–239–3063. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra L. Ray by email at: Sandra.ray@

faa.gov; phone: 412–546–7344. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0701. 

Title: Advanced Qualification 

Program (AQP) Subpart Y to 14 CFR 

121. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: Under 14 CFR part 121, 

subpart Y, Advanced Qualification 

Program (AQP), the FAA provides 

certificated air carriers, as well as 

training centers they employ, with a 

regulatory alternative for training, 

checking, qualifying, and certifying 

aircrew personnel subject to the 

requirements of 14 CFR parts 121 and 

135. Data collection and analysis 

processes ensure that the certificate 

holder provides performance 

information on its crewmembers, flight 

instructors, and evaluators that will 

enable them and the FAA to determine 

whether the form and content of 

training and evaluation activities are 

satisfactorily accomplishing the overall 

objectives of the curriculum. 

Respondents: 25 Respondents with 

approved Advanced Qualification 

Programs. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 7 Hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,100 Hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

19, 2023. 

Sandra L Ray, 

Aviation Safety Inspector, AFS–260. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20543 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number MARAD–2023–0191] 

Aquaculture Support Operations 

Waiver Request for the Vessels Colby 

Perce, Ronja Carrier, Sadie Jane, Miss 

Mildred 1, KC Commander 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration 

(MARAD), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to a delegation of 

authority from the Secretary of 

Transportation, the Maritime 

Administrator is authorized to issue 

Aquaculture Support Operations 

Waivers to U.S. documented vessels 

with registry endorsements or foreign 

flag vessels in operations that treat 

aquaculture fish or protect aquaculture 

fish from disease, parasitic infestation, 

or other threats to their health upon a 

finding that suitable vessels of the 

United States are not available that 

could perform those operations. 

MARAD has received an Aquaculture 

Support Operations waiver request and 

is publishing this notice to solicit 

comments that may assist MARAD in 

determining whether suitable vessels of 

the United States are available that 

could perform the proposed aquaculture 

support operations set forth in the 

request. A brief description of the 

proposed aquaculture support 

operations is listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 23, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2023–0191 by any of the 

following methods: 

• On-line via the Federal Electronic 

Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Search using ‘‘MARAD–2023–0191’’ 

and follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail/Hand-Delivery/Courier: 

Docket Management Facility; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. Submit 

comments in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. 

Reference Materials and Docket 

Information: You may view the 

complete application, including the 

aquaculture support technical service 

requirements, and all public comments 

at the DOT Docket on-line via https:// 


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