### 47489 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 140 / Thursday, July 21, 2016 / Notices

Country Practice Petitions

The status of country practice petitions considered in the 2015/2016 GSP Annual Review is described in List VI (Active GSP Country Practice Reviews). This list includes petitions accepted as part of annual reviews from previous years.

Erland Herfindahl, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Generalized System of Preferences and Chair of the GSP Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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**BILLING CODE 3290–F6–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Fourth Meeting Special Committee 235, Non-Rechargeable Lithium Battery and**  **Batteries**

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

**ACTION :**  Fourth Meeting Special Committee 235, non-rechargeable lithium battery and batteries.

**SUMMARY :**  The FAA is issuing this notice to advise the public of a meeting of Fourth Meeting Special Committee 235, Non-Rechargeable Lithium Battery and Batteries.

**DATES :**  The meeting will be held August 16–17, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at: RTCA, Inc., 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 450, Washington, DC 20036.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Karan Hofmann at khofmann@rtca.org or (202) 330–0680 or The RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone at (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 the FourthMeeting Special Committee 235, NonRechargeable Lithium Battery and Batteries. The agenda will include the following: Tuesday, August 16, 2016—8:30 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
1. Welcome and Administrative Remarks 2. Introductions 3. Agenda Review 4. Meeting #3 Summary Review and Approval 5. Action Item Review 6. Status Report of Working-Group Leaders

• WG–1—New DO–227A MOPS

Template and Section 1

• WG–2—Cell and Battery

Requirements 7. Review Draft DO–227A Comments 8. Member company input on Thermal Runaway Test 9. FAA Tech Center Testing Update 10. Review of program schedule 11. Action Item Review 12. Any other Business 13. Date and Place of Next Meeting 14. Adjourn Wednesday, August 17, 2016—8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Continuation of Plenary or Working

Group Sessions Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present statements or obtain information should contact the person listed in the **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION**
**CONTACT** section. Members of the public may present a written statement to the committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 15,
2016. June Green, Procurement Services Division, ANG–A1, NextGen, Procurement Services Division, Federal Aviation Administration.
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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;**  **Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Operations**  **Specifications, Part 129 Application**

**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 FAA assesses the information collected and issues operations specifications to foreign air carriers. These operations specifications assure the foreign air carrier’s ability to navigate and communicate safely within the U.S. National Airspace System.

**DATES :**  Written comments should be submitted by August 22, 2016.

**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.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Ronda Thompson at (202) 267–1416, or by email at: Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov.

**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: 2120–0749. Title: Operations Specifications, Part 129 Application.

Form Numbers: There are no FAA forms associated with this collection.

Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.

Background: The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on May 3, 2016 (81 FR 26610). There were no comments. The final rule published in 2013, clarified and standardized the rules for applications by foreign air carriers and foreign persons for operations specifications issued under 14 CFR part 129 and established standards for amendment, suspension and termination of those operations specifications. The final rule also applied to foreign air carriers and foreign persons operating U.S.- registered aircraft in common carriage solely outside the United States. This action was necessary to update the process for issuing operations