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• Modifications, which will permit 

the airfield to accommodate general 

aviation users. 

Landside 

• Construction of surface parking 

areas and access roads to accommodate 

automobiles in the airport terminal and 

air cargo areas and provide an adequate 

level of access to the airport. 

• Construction or relocation of access 

roads to provide efficient and 

convenient movement of vehicular 

traffic to, on, and from the airport, 

including access to passenger, air cargo, 

fixed base operations, and aircraft 

maintenance areas. 

• Modification or construction of 

facilities such as passenger terminals, 

surface automobile parking lots, 

hangars, air cargo terminal buildings, 

and access roads to cargo facilities to 

accommodate civil use. 

(6) An evaluation of the ability of 

surface transportation facilities (e.g., 

road, rail, high-speed rail, and/or 

maritime) to provide intermodal 

connections. 

(7) A description of the type and level 

of aviation and community interest in 

the civil use of a current or former 

military airport. 

(8) One copy of the FAA-approved 

ALP for each copy of the application. 

The ALP or supporting information 

should clearly show capacity and 

conversion related projects. Other 

information such as project costs, 

schedule, project justification, other 

maps and drawings showing the project 

locations, and any other supporting 

documentation that would make the 

application easier to understand should 

also be included. You may also provide 

photos, which would further describe 

the airport, projects, and otherwise 

clarify certain aspects of this 

application. These maps and ALP’s 

should be cross-referenced with the 

project costs and project descriptions. 

Redesignation of Airports Previously 

Designated and Applying for up to an 

Additional Five Years in the Program 

Airports applying for redesignation to 

the Military Airport Program must 

submit the same information required 

by new candidate airports applying for 

a new designation. On the SF 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance, 

prescribed by the Office of Management 

and Budget Circular A–102, airports 

must indicate their application is for 

redesignation to the MAP. In addition to 

the information required for new 

candidates, airports requesting 

redesignation must also explain: 

(1) Why a redesignation and 

additional MAP eligible project funding 

is needed to accomplish the conversion 

to meet the civil role of the airport and 

the preferred time period for 

redesignation not, to exceed five years; 

(2) Why funding of eligible work 

under other categories of AIP or other 

sources of funding would not 

accomplish the development needs of 

the airport; and 

(3) Why, based on the previously 

funded MAP projects, the projects and/ 

or funding level were insufficient to 

accomplish the airport conversion needs 

and development goals. 

In addition to the information 

requested above, airports applying for 

redesignation must provide a reanalysis 

of their original business/marketing 

plans (for example, a plan previously 

funded by the Office of Economic 

Adjustment or the original Master Plan 

for the airport) and prepare a report. If 

there is not an existing business/ 

marketing plan a business/marketing 

plan or strategy must be developed. The 

report must contain: 

(1) Whether the original business/ 

marketing plan is still appropriate; 

(2) Is the airport continuing to work 

towards the goals established in the 

business/marketing plan; 

(3) Discuss how the MAP projects 

contained in the application contribute 

to the goals of the sponsor and their 

plans; and 

(4) If the business/marketing plan no 

longer applies to the current goals of the 

airport, how has the airport altered the 

business/marketing plan to establish a 

new direction for the facility and how 

do the projects contained in the MAP 

application aid in the completion of the 

new direction and goals and by what 

date does the sponsor anticipate 

graduating from the MAP. 

This notice is issued pursuant to Title 

49 U.S.C. 47118. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on October 3, 

2012. 

Benito DeLeon, 

Director, Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26329 Filed 10–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Public 

Teleconference 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of three teleconferences 

of the Systems Working Group of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

teleconferences will take place on: 

Tuesday November 13, 2012, Tuesday 

December 18, 2012, and Tuesday 

January 15, 2013. All teleconferences 

will begin at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time and will last approximately one 

hour. Individuals who plan to 

participate should contact Paul Eckert, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), (the 

Contact Person listed below) by phone 

or email for the teleconference call-in 

number. 

The purpose of these three 

teleconferences is to assist the FAA 

early in its development of regulations 

to protect occupants of commercial 

suborbital and orbital spacecraft. In a 

Federal Register notice dated July 30, 

2012, the FAA announced its desire to 

engage with COMSTAC on a periodic 

basis, approximately once per month, 

on specific topics. The three 

teleconferences announced today are a 

continuation of the three announced in 

July. 

As we noted in the July Federal 

Register notice, the FAA has not yet 

targeted a date for proposing regulations 

to protect the health and safety of crew 

and space flight participants. However, 

the FAA believes that the development 

of sound and appropriate regulations for 

human space flight can only be 

achieved with a deliberate, multi-year 

effort, and that early industry input into 

this regulatory effort before any formal 

proposal by the FAA is critical. 

The topics for the first three 

teleconferences were: (1) What Level of 

Safety Should FAA Target? (2) What 

Should FAA Oversight Look Like? and 

(3) What Types of Requirements and 

Associated Guidance Material Should 

FAA Develop? The topics for three 

follow-on teleconferences are as follows: 

(1) Key Terms and Definitions for 

Commercial Human Space Flight Safety 

Regulations. We would like to discuss 

key terms and definitions relevant to 

commercial human spaceflight 

regulations, and characterize their 

potential impacts to the various parties 

who have a vested interest in the 

industry. Terms that will be discussed 

include: 

a. Abort. 

b. Contingency. 

c. Emergency. 

d. Early Flight Return. 

e. Landing Site. 

(2) Aborts and Abort Systems. Abort 

systems have in the past been an 


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element of many government human 

space flight systems for the purpose of 

enhancing occupant safety. We will 

discuss the following questions from a 

regulatory perspective: 

a. Is an abort system a part of fault 

tolerance? 

b. Does an abort only apply to the 

launch/ascent phase, or does it apply to 

other flight phases as well? 

c. Should certain types of orbital or 

suborbital vehicle designs require a 

launch abort system? 

d. What should the reliability 

requirements be for an abort system? 

e. Is it acceptable to have a different 

level of care for occupants during an 

abort? 

(3) Fault Tolerance, Margin, and 

Reliability. To allow for industry 

innovation, the commercial human 

space flight industry wishes to be free 

to the maximum extent possible to 

choose between fault tolerance, design 

margin, and reliability. We will explore 

the extent of this desire from a 

regulatory perspective with the 

following questions: 

a. What would be an acceptable 

rationale at a functional level for a 

choice of fault tolerance, design margin, 

or high reliability to protect the safety 

of spacecraft occupants? 

b. What is the minimum level of fault 

tolerance? Is it different for orbital vs. 

suborbital? 

c. When is occupant risk high enough 

to necessitate additional fault tolerance? 

d. What determines whether fault 

tolerance is handled at the function 

level or system level? 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written statements for 

the COMSTAC working group members 

to consider under the advisory process. 

Statements may concern the issues and 

agenda items mentioned above or 

additional issues that may be relevant 

for the U.S. commercial space 

transportation industry. Interested 

parties wishing to submit written 

statements should contact Paul Eckert, 

DFO, (the Contact Person listed below) 

in writing (mail or email) by November 

6, 2012, for the November 13 

teleconference, December 11, 2012, for 

the December 18 teleconference, and 

January 8, 2013, for the January 15 

teleconference. This way the 

information can be made available to 

COMSTAC members for their review 

and consideration before each 

teleconference. Written statements 

should be supplied in the following 

formats: One hard copy with original 

signature or one electronic copy via 

email. The FAA may schedule up to 6 

more teleconferences in the coming 

months to allow the U.S. commercial 

space transportation industry to share 

views with the FAA on a number of 

specific topics related to commercial 

human space flight safety. 

An agenda will be posted on the FAA 

Web site at http://www.faa.gov/go/ast 

and http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/ 

COMSTAC_working_group/ 

Individuals who plan to participate 

and need special assistance should 

inform the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Eckert (AST–5), Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation (AST), 800 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–8655; Email paul.eckert@faa.gov. 

Complete information regarding 

COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web 

site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/ 

office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/ 

advisory_committee/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, October 16, 

2012. 

George C. Nield, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–26328 Filed 10–25–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0148, Notice 1] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 1991 

Mercedes-Benz G-Class (463 Chassis) 

Multi-Purpose Passenger Vehicles Are 

Eligible for Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 1991 

Mercedes-Benz G-class (463 chassis) 

multi-purpose passenger vehicles 

(MPVs) that were not originally 

manufactured to comply with all 

applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards (FMVSS) are eligible for 

importation into the United States 

because they have safety features that 

comply with, or are capable of being 

altered to comply with, all such 

standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is November 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket and notice numbers above 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• 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 or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

written in the English language, and be 

no greater than 15 pages in length, 

although there is no limit to the length 

of necessary attachments to the 

comments. If comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please ensure that 

two copies are provided. If you wish to 

receive confirmation that your 

comments were received, please enclose 

a stamped, self-addressed postcard with 

the comments. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

How To Read Comments Submitted to 

the Docket: You may read the comments 

received by Docket Management at the 

address and times given above. You may 

also view the documents from the 

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

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number and title of this notice are 

shown at the heading of this document 

notice. Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically search the Docket for new 

material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George Stevens, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–5308). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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