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1See CCET, LLC—Lease & Operation 

Exemption—Rail Line of Norfolk S. Ry., FD 35810 

(STB served Apr. 4, 2014). 

2See CCET, LLC—Lease & Operation 

Exemption—Rail Line of Norfolk S. Ry. in Clermont, 

Brown, & Adams Ctys.,Ohio, FD 35900 (STB served 

Feb. 6, 2015). 

3NSR previously discontinued operations over 

the Line Extension. See Norfolk S. Ry.— 

Discontinuance of Serv. Exemption—in Adams & 

Scioto Ctys., Ohio, AB 290 (Sub-No. 373X) (STB 

served Dec. 3, 2014); Norfolk S. Ry.— 

Discontinuance of Serv. Exemption—in Clermont, 

Brown, & Adams Ctys., Ohio, AB 290 (Sub-No. 

370X) (STB served Jan. 15, 2015). Upon reaching an 

agreement with CCET to amend CCET’s existing 

lease to operate the Line Extension, NSR informed 

the Board that it is reactivating service and its 

common carrier obligation for the Line Extension. 

See NSR Notification Letter, Nov. 4, 2016, Norfolk 

S. Ry.—Discontinuance of Serv. Exemption—in 

Clermont, Brown, & Adams Ctys., Ohio, AB 290 

(Sub-No. 370X). 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36079] 

CCET, LLC—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Rail Line of Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company in Adams 

County, Ohio. 

CCET, LLC (CCET), a Class III carrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) and operate a portion of NSR’s CT 

Line, between milepost CT 62.20, east of 

Seaman, Ohio, and milepost CT 78.45, 

at Mineral Springs, Ohio (Line 

Extension). 

CCET and NSR previously entered 

into a lease agreement on March 14, 

2014, under which CCET leased a 24- 

mile portion of the CT Line between 

milepost CT 9.0 at Clare, Ohio, and 

milepost CT 32.83, west of 

Williamsburg, Ohio.1 CCET and NSR 

also entered into an amendment to the 

lease agreement on December 9, 2014, to 

extend the lease approximately 29 miles 

from milepost CT 32.83, west of 

Williamsburg, Ohio, to milepost CT 

62.20, east of Seaman, Ohio.2 The 

parties now desire to further amend the 

lease to include the Line Extension to 

the east to allow CCET to pursue 

additional commercial opportunities.3

CCET states that the lease between 

CCET and NSR does not contain any 

provision that prohibits, restricts, or 

would otherwise limit future 

interchange of traffic with any thirdparty carrier. 

CCET has certified that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in CCET’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier 

and will not exceed $5 million. 

CCET states that the lease and 

operation of the Line Extension will 

commence on or after December 21, 

2016, the effective date of the exemption 

(30 days after the verified notice of 

exemption was filed). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than December 14, 2016 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36079 must be filed with Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on James H. M. Savage, 

22 Rockingham Court, Germantown, MD 

20874. 

According to CCET, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’ 

Decided: December 2, 2016. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2016–29347 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice to Manufacturers of Airports InPavement Stationary Runway Weather 

Information Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

information. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is considering 

issuing waivers to foreign manufactures 

of Active and/or Passive In-Pavement 

Stationary Runway Weather Information 

Systems that meet the requirements of 

FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 15015220– 

30, Airport Winter Safety and 

Operations. This notice requests 

information from manufactures of 

systems meeting the technical 

requirements to determine whether a 

waiver to the Buy American Preferences 

should be issued. Projects funded under 

the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) 

must meet the requirements of Buy 

American Preferences. 

DATES: The information must be 

received by January 23, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Carlos N. Fields, Airports Financial 

Assistance, APP 520, Rooms 619, FAA, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, Telephone (202) 

267–8826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

manages a Federal grant program for 

airports called the Airports 

Improvement Program (AIP). AIP grant 

recipients must follow 49 U.S.C. 50101, 

Buy American Preferences. 

Under 49 U.S.C 50101(b)(3), the 

Secretary of Transportation may waive 

the Buy American Preference 

requirement if the goods are not 

produced in a sufficient and reasonably 

available amount or are not of a 

satisfactory quality. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

request manufactures of both passive 

and active in-pavement runway surface 

condition sensor systems, both domestic 

and foreign, to advise FAA of the system 

that they manufacture and whether it 

can meet the FAA Advisory Circular 

technical requirements. To respond to 

this notice, manufactures are to submit 

a written statement confirming that they 

currently manufacture passive and/or 

active in-pavement runway weather 

information systems on their business 

letterhead and signed by an authorized 

designee. The FAA wants to determine 

if there is sufficient quantity of domestic 

manufactures capable of meeting the 

FAA technical requirements. If the FAA 

cannot find that there are enough U.S. 

manufactures, it may issue a nationwide 

waiver to the foreign manufacturers 

identified as being capable of meeting 

the technical requirements. 

Technical Requirements: FAA 

Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5220–30, 

Airport Winter Safety and Operations 

recommend that in-pavements runway 

sensor systems comply with the 

performances and installations 

requirements of SAE Aerospace 

Recommended Practice 5533, Stationary 

Runway Weather Information System 

(In-pavement). The SAE specification is 

available for purchases at http://

www.sae.org. Because the guidance and 

specification s in an Advisory Circular 

are mandatory for airport project using 

AIP grant funds, as in-pavement runway 

surface condition sensor system project 

that included any AIP grant funding 

must meet the requirements of SAE 

ARP5533. 

After review, the FAA may issue a 

nationwide waiver to Buy American 

Preferences for foreign manufactures or 

United States manufactures that meet 

the Buy American preference 

requirements. Waivers would not be 


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issued for manufacturers that do not 

fully meet the technical requirements. 

This ‘‘nationwide waiver’’ would allow 

equipment to be used on airport projects 

without having to receive separate 

project waivers. Having a nationwide 

waiver allows projects to start quickly 

without have to wait for the Buyer 

American analysis to be completed for 

every project. 

Items that have been granted a 

‘‘nationwide waiver’’ can be found on 

the FAA Web site at: http://

www.faa.gov/airports/aip/buy_

american/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, December 1, 

2016. 

Frank J. San Martin, 

Manager, Airports Financial Assistance 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–29319 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No: FAA–2005–22842] 

Notice of Opportunity To Participate: 

Criteria and Application Procedures for 

Participation in the Military Airport 

Program (MAP) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of criteria and 

application procedures. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

criteria, application procedures, and 

schedule to be applied by the Secretary 

of Transportation in designating or 

redesignating a maximum of 15 current 

joint-use or former military airports (at 

any one time), seeking a designation or 

redesignation to participate in the MAP 

for the purposes of capital development 

funding assistance. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

on or before February 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit a signed original of 

Standard Form (SF) 424, ‘‘Application 

for Federal Assistance,’’ prescribed by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–102, available at http://

www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ along with 

all supporting and justifying 

documentation required by this notice. 

Applicant must specifically request to 

be considered for designation or 

redesignation to participate in the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2017 MAP. Submission(s) 

should be sent to the Regional FAA 

Airports Division or Airports District 

Office that serves the airport. Applicants 

may find the proper office on the FAA 

Web site http://www.faa.gov/airports/ 

news_information/contact_info/ 

regional/ or may contact the office 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan DiMartino 

(Jonathan.DiMartino@faa.gov), Airports 

Financial Assistance Division (APP– 

500), Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming, Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, (202) 267–8744. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Description of the Program 

The MAP provides capital 

development assistance to civil airport 

sponsors of designated current joint-use 

military airfields or former military 

airports that are included in the FAA’s 

National Plan of Integrated Airport 

Systems (NPIAS). Airports designated to 

the MAP may be able to receive grant 

funds from a set-aside (currently four 

percent of Airport Improvement 

Program (AIP) discretionary funds) for 

airport development, including certain 

projects not otherwise eligible for AIP 

assistance. These airports are also 

eligible to receive grants from other 

categories of AIP funding. 

The Secretary considers for 

designation only current joint-use or 

former military airports that meet the 

criteria set forth under ‘‘Designation 

Considerations,’’ below. 

Number of Airports 

A maximum of 15 airports per fiscal 

year may participate in the MAP, of 

which three may be General Aviation 

(GA) airports. There are twelve slots 

available in FY 2017. Of the twelve slots 

available, there are two GA slots 

available in FY 2017. 

Term of Designation 

The maximum term is five fiscal years 

following designation. The FAA can 

designate airports for a period of less 

than five years. The FAA will evaluate 

the conversion needs of the airport in its 

capital development plan to determine 

the appropriate length of designation. 

Redesignation 

Previously designated airports may 

apply for redesignation to an additional 

term or terms that may not exceed five 

years per each. Those airports must 

meet current eligibility requirements 

outlined in 49 U.S.C. 47118(a) at the 

beginning of each grant period. The 

FAA will evaluate applications for 

redesignation primarily in terms of 

justified projects specifically fundable 

only under the MAP as redesignees 

generally tend to have fewer conversion 

needs than new candidates. The FAA’s 

goal is to graduate MAP airports to 

regular AIP participation by 

successfully converting these airports to 

civilian airport operations. 

Eligible Projects 

In addition to eligible AIP projects, 

the MAP can fund fuel farms, utility 

systems, surface automobile parking 

lots, hangars, and air cargo terminals up 

to 50,000 square feet. A designated or 

redesignated military airport can receive 

not more than $7,000,000 in each fiscal 

year to construct, improve, or repair 

terminal building facilities. In addition, 

a designated or redesignated military 

airport can receive not more than 

$7,000,000 each fiscal year for MAP 

eligible projects including hangars, 

cargo facilities, fuel farms, automobile 

surface parking, or utility work. 

Designation Considerations 

The MAP allows the Secretary of 

Transportation to designate current 

joint-use or former military airports 

(other than an airport so designated 

before August 24, 1994) to receive grants 

from the AIP if they meet the following 

general requirements: 

(1) The airport is a former military 

installation closed or realigned under: 

(a) Section 2687 of title 10 

(announcement of closures of large 

Department of Defense installations 

after September 30, 1977); 

(b) Section 201 of the Defense 

Authorization Amendments and Base 

Closure and Realignment Act (BRAC) 

(10 U.S.C. 2687 note); or 

(c) Section 2905 of the Defense Base 

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 

(10 U.S.C. 2687 note); or 

(2) The airport is a military 

installation with both military and civil 

aircraft operations; and 

(3) The airport is classified as a 

commercial service or reliever airport in 

the NPIAS. (See 49 U.S.C. 47105(b)(2)). 

In addition, three of the designated 

airports, if included in the NPIAS, may 

be GA airports that were former military 

installations closed or realigned under 

BRAC, as amended, or 10 U.S.C. 2687. 

(See 49 U.S.C. 47118(g)). Therefore, a 

GA airport can only qualify under (1) 

above. ‘‘General aviation airport’’ means 

a public airport that is located in a State 

that, as determined by the Secretary: (A) 

does not have scheduled service; or (B) 

has scheduled service with fewer than 

2,500 passenger boardings per year. 

In designating new candidate airports, 

the Secretary shall consider if a grant 

will: 

(1) Reduce delays at an airport with 

more than 20,000 hours of annual 


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