58208 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 19, 2012 / Notices 

parties and determine whether the 

purpose for the flight is enumerated in 

the law. 

Respondents: 50 applicants. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 12.5 

hours. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

13, 2012. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22994 Filed 9–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. 2009–1144] 

Airport Privatization Pilot Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application: 

Commencement of public review and 

comment period; notice of public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) received the final 

application from the Puerto Rico Ports 

Authority and Puerto Rico PublicPrivate Partnerships Authority for the 

participation of Luis Mun ̃ oz Marı ́n 

International Airport, San Juan, Puerto 

Rico (SJU) in the Airport Privatization 

Pilot Program and has determined that 

the final application is substantially 

complete and accepted for review. The 

FAA is seeking information and 

comments from interested parties on the 

final application. In furtherance of this 

effort, the Department of Transportation 

(DOT), the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the Transportation 

Security Administration will conduct a 

public meeting on Friday, September 

28, 2012, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Title 49 U.S.C. Section 47134 

establishes an airport privatization pilot 

program and authorizes the Department 

of Transportation to grant exemptions 

from certain Federal statutory and 

regulatory requirement for up to five 

airport privatization projects. The FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

expanded the pilot program from five to 

ten airports. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 19, 2012. Comments that are 

received after that date will be 

considered only to the extent possible. 

Comments Invited 

On Friday, September 28, 2012, 

beginning at 8 a.m., the Department of 

Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration will conduct a public 

meeting to receive oral comments about 

the Luis Mun ̃ oz Marı ́n International 

Airport final application; the 

Transportation Security Administration 

will also participate. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

Verdanza Hotel, 8020 Tartak Street, Isla 

Verde, Puerto Rico 00979, 1–787–253– 

9000. 

The purpose of the public meeting is 

to receive comments from airport users 

and employees, airlines, aviation 

businesses and airport tenants, elected 

officials and community residents about 

the concerns, advantages or 

disadvantages of transferring the airport 

to a private operator. The Federal panel 

will begin accepting comments at: 

Schedule Group category 

0800–0900 .............. Airport Officials 

0900–1000 .............. Government Officials 

1000–1100 .............. Airport Employees 

1100–1200 .............. Airport Businesses 

1:30 p.m.–3 p.m ...... General Aviation 

3 p.m.–5 p.m ........... General Public 

Individuals wishing to address the 

Federal panel are limited to a five 

minute presentation. Those individuals 

needing more time can put their 

additional comments in writing and 

submit to the FAA the day of the 

listening session or submit at a later 

time to the below named addresses. 

Advance Registration 

Individuals wanting to address the 

Federal panel are strongly encouraged to 

pre-register by emailing their name, 

affiliation and applicable group category 

to LMN-publicmeeting@faa.gov. 

Advance registration will close 

Wednesday, September 26 at 5.p.m. 

On-Site Registration 

On-site registration will begin 7:30 

a.m. and close at 12 noon. All testimony 

will be completed no later than 6 p.m. 

Comments 

You may also 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 2009–1144. 

• 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 a.m. and 5 

p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251 

Identify all transmission with ‘‘Docket 

Number FAA 2009–1144’’ at the 

beginning of the document. 

Examining the Application 

The final application has been filed 

under Docket Number FAA–2009–1144. 

You may examine the final application 

on the Internet at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov or on the FAA’s 

Web site www.faa.gov or in person at 

the Docket Operations office between 9 

a.m. and 5 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 

preliminary and final application, the 

agreements, any comments received and 

other information. The Puerto Rico Ports 

Authority (PRPA) has also made copies 

of the final application available at the 

following location: 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 19, 2012 / Notices 58209 

English Translation 

Puerto Rico Department of State, OneStop Service Center, Corner of San Jose ́

Street and San Francisco Street, 

Diputacion Provincial Building, Old San 

Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Spanish Translation 

Department de Estado de Puerto Rico, 

Centro U ́ nico de Servicio, Edificio 

Diputacio ́n Provincial, Viejo San Juan, 

Puerto Rico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carlee Cellar, Airport Compliance 

Specialist, Airport Compliance Division, 

ACO–100, Office of Airport Compliance 

and Management Analysis, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave. SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. Telephone 202–267–3187. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 of 

the U.S. Code 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 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 requirements 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 Federal 

Aviation Administration 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) (Notice) (as modified, 62 FR 

63211, Nov. 26, 1997). A request for 

participation in the Pilot Program must 

be initiated by the filing of either a 

preliminary or final application for 

exemption with the Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

The Puerto Rico Ports Authority and 

Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships 

Authority submitted a preliminary 

application to the Airport Privatization 

Pilot Program for Luis Mun ̃ oz Marı ́n 

International Airport on December 1, 

2009, the filing date of the preliminary 

application. On December 22, 2009, the 

Federal Aviation Administration 

advised the Puerto Rico Ports Authority 

and Puerto Rico Public-Private 

Partnerships Authority that the agency 

accepted the application for review and 

that they may select a private operator, 

negotiate an agreement and submit a 

final application. The preliminary 

application is posted on http:// 

www.regulations.gov in Docket Number 

FAA 2009–1144 and is available for 

public review. 

On September 10, 2012, the Puerto 

Rico Ports Authority and Puerto Rico 

Public-Private Partnerships Authority 

filed its final application. The Puerto 

Rico Ports Authority and Puerto Rico 

Public-Private Partnerships Authority 

selected Aerostar Airport Holdings, 

LLC, (AEROSTAR) to operate the 

Airport under a 40-year lease. The 

Puerto Rico Ports Authority will receive 

$615 million upon signing the lease and 

annual revenue payments over the life 

of the lease. In the final application, the 

Puerto Rico Ports Authority requested 

an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

47134(b)(1) to permit the Puerto Rico 

Ports Authority to use revenue from the 

lease of airport property for non-airport 

purposes and under 49 U.S.C. 

47134(b)(2) to forego the repayment of 

Federal grants; and AEROSTAR asked 

for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

47134(b)(3) to permit them to earn 

compensation from the operation of the 

airport. 

The purpose of the public meeting 

scheduled for September 28, 2012, is to 

accept oral comments on the Luis 

Mun ̃ oz Marı ́n International Airport final 

application, for inclusion in Docket 

Number FAA 2009–1144. The meeting 

will be recorded by a court reporter. A 

transcript of the meeting and any 

material accepted by the panel during 

the meeting will be included in the 

public docket posted on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The Federal panel 

will not be able to discuss the 

application or the pending agency 

decision because the final application is 

presently before the agency for a 

decision. Spanish/English translation 

will be made available at the meeting. 

Sign and oral interpretation can be 

made available at the meeting, if 

requested 10 calendar days before the 

meeting. 

As part of its review of the final 

application, the FAA will consider all 

comments, written and oral, that are 

submitted by interested parties during 

the 60-day comment period for this 

notice. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

11, 2012. 

Randall Fiertz, 

Director, Office of Airport Compliance and 

Management Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2012–22980 Filed 9–17–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Fourth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 226, Audio Systems and 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 226, Audio Systems and 

Equipment. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the fourth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

226, Audio Systems and Equipment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 16–18, 2012 from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC, 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833– 

9339, fax at (202) 833–9434, or Web site 

at http://www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 226. The agenda will include 

the following: 

• Welcome and Administrative 

Remarks 

• Introductions 

• Agenda Overview 

• Review previous action items 

• Solicit proposals for further changes 

to DO–214 

• Initiate discussion on TSO–C99A 

(Oxygen Mask Communication) 

• Continue discussion on the following: 

• Risks of usage of adaptive 

technology during test 

• Proposed committee letter to invite 

additional headsets, MIC’s and CVR 

manufacturers 

• Addition of noise test requirement 

to the vibration test variable nature 

of Oxygen Mask 

• Microphone and Hand Microphone 

performance in the marketplace 

• Review of proposal to remove CVR 

Area Microphone requirements 

from standard in lieu of ED–112 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES