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estimated that total annual burden on 

respondents at 650,000 hours. In 2007, 

the Department received 45,840 

electronic filings, with an estimated 

annual burden of 229,200 burden hours. 

This reflected the fact that fewer 

markets were subject to filing 

requirements, but the reduction was 

tempered somewhat by a higher 

frequency of filings in markets still 

subject to filing. Considering these 

offsetting factors, we anticipate a 

modest further reduction of burden in 

the future. 

Respondents: The vast majority of the 

air carriers filing international tariffs are 

large operators with revenues in excess 

of several million dollars each year. 

Small air carriers operating aircraft with 

60 seats or less and 18,000 pounds 

payload or less that offer an-demand airtaxi service are not required to file such 

tariffs. 

Respondents: The vast majority of the 

air carriers filing international tariffs are 

large operators with revenues in excess 

of several million dollars each year. 

Small air carriers operating aircraft with 

60 seats or less and 18,000 pounds 

payload or less that offer an-demand airtaxi service are not required to file such 

tariffs. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected annually. 

Number of Respondents: 148. 

Number of Responses: 46,000. 

Total Annual Burden: 230,000 hours. 

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 the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 2, 

2012. 

John Kiser, 

Chief, Pricing & Multilateral Affairs Division, 

Office of Secretary of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2818 Filed 2–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Release of 

Aeronautical Property at New Castle 

Airport (ILG), New Castle, DE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is requesting 

public comment on the Delaware River 

and Bay Authority’s (DRBA) request to 

grant the Delaware Department of 

Transportation a permanent easement 

on 2.424 +/¥ acres of airport property 

along portions of Old Churchman’s 

Road bordering a portion of the Airport 

property perimeter for roadway 

improvements. The 2.424 +/¥ acres 

land covered by the purposed easement 

will no longer be dedicated for aviation 

use by the New Castle Airport. 

The DRBA, as operator of the New 

Castle Airport (ILG), has proposed the 

extension of Taxiway ‘‘H’’ and the 

development of an approximate thirtyeight (38) acre parcel of airport property 

on the southeasterly side of Old 

Churchman’s Road for aviation related 

purposes. The Thirty-Eight Acre Parcel 

is currently undeveloped and separated 

from the main airport property by Old 

Churchman’s Road. In order to gain 

connectivity and access to the ThirtyEight Acre Parcel and allow for the 

extension of Taxiway ‘‘H’’ and future 

development, 0.610 +/¥ acres of Old 

Churchman’s Road must be vacated by 

the Delaware Department of 

Transportation and returned to New 

Castle County as fee owner for 

aeronautical use. Once the 0.610+/¥ 

acres of Old Churchman’s Road is 

vacated, future road improvements to 

include, but not limited to, the upgrade 

of Old Churchman’s Road from Route 13 

to the easterly boundary of the ThirtyEight Acre Parcel, the construction of a 

public road connecting Old 

Churchman’s Road and New 

Churchman’s Road at the eastern 

boundary of the Thirty-Eight Acre 

Parcel, and the construction of certain 

improvements along New Churchman’s 

Road can be made on the proposed 

2.424 +/¥ acre easement area. This will 

allow Delaware Department of 

Transportation to bring portions of Old 

Churchman’s Road up to standards and 

accommodate a new connector from Old 

Churchman’s Road to New Churchman’s 

Road. 

The 2.424 +/¥ acre parcel is located 

at New Castle Airport (ILG), New Castle, 

DE, situated northwesterly of Dupont 

Highway, U.S. Route 13 and 

northeasterly of New Churchman’s 

Road, Delaware State Road 58, New 

Castle Hundred, New Castle County, 

Delaware. The parcel is comprised of 

several small, narrow, Right-of-Way 

easement ‘‘strips’’ totaling 2.424 +/¥ 

acres in aggregate and is generally 

located along Old Churchman’s Road 

commencing at Route 13 and running in 

a westerly direction to the easterly 

property line of the Thirty-Eight Acre 

Parcel. The property is currently 

depicted on the Airport Layout Plan 

(ALP) of record as airport property and 

consists of five sections of narrow strips 

of land varying 1.272 acres to 0.054 

acres. The strips of land are parts of Tax 

Parcel No. 10–018.00–006. These areas, 

totaling 2.424 +/¥, acres are not 

required for aeronautical use and can be 

used for road improvements. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review, by appointment, at the Airport 

Manager’s office: Stephen Williams, 

Airport Executive Director, Delaware 

River and Bay Authority, New Castle 

Airport, 151 Dupont Highway, New 

Castle, DE 19720–5124, 302–325–5124; 

and at the FAA Harrisburg Airports 

District Office: James M. Fels, Program 

Manager, Harrisburg Airports District 

Office, 3905 Hartzdale Dr., Suite 508, 

Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 730–2830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James M. Fels, Program Manager, 

Harrisburg Airports District Office 

(location listed above). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Levy 

Court of New Castle County acquired 

the property that constitutes the Airport 

through a conveyance from the United 

States of America, acting through and by 

the War Assets Administration on 

October 27, 1947. This conveyance 

transferred to New Castle County land 

to be used for aviation related purposes. 

Over the years, portions of the original 

land have been released by New Castle 

County and Federal Aviation 

Administration actions. In 1995, under 

agreement with New Castle County, the 

Delaware River and Bay Authority 

assumed sponsorship and operational 

control of the airport. There are no 

known adverse impacts to the operation 

of the airport and the 2.424 +/¥ acre 

area of land is not needed for any 

foreseeable future aeronautical 

development as shown on the approved 

New Castle ALP. Ownership will be 

retained by New Castle County. 

Section 22.16 of FAA Order 5190.6B, 

FAA Airport Compliance Manual, 

requires fair market value be received 


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for all deletions from the airport’s 

federally obligated real property. 

Intangible benefits received by the 

airport may be used as an offset against 

any such fair market value in 

determining the monetary 

consideration, if any, to be exchanged. 

The fee simple property value of the 

2.424 +/¥ acre area is estimated at 

$55,000.00+/¥ per acre, or $133,320.00. 

The value of an easement would be 

substantially less. The ability to expand 

Taxiway ‘‘H’’ and to develop the ThirtyEight Acre Parcel for aviation purposes 

has the potential to generate an 

estimated $885,000.00 per year in lease 

revenue based on a 71.3 percent lease 

ratio of the property per the current 

Airport Layout Plan. Since the 

intangible benefits to the airport would 

far exceed the fee simple fair market 

value of the property, no monetary 

payment for the easement would be 

required. 

Interested persons are invited to 

comment on the proposed change in use 

of the property. All comments will be 

considered by the FAA to the extent 

practicable. 

Issued in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania on 

February 1, 2012. 

Lori K. Pagnanelli, 

Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3148 Filed 2–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0327] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt fifteen individuals 

from its rule prohibiting persons with 

insulin-treated diabetes mellitus (ITDM) 

from operating commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 

The exemptions will enable these 

individuals to operate CMVs in 

interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

February 10, 2012. The exemptions 

expire on February 10, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine M. Papp, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room 

W64–224, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 

Management System (FDMS) at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov and/or Room 

W12–140 on the ground level of the 

West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of DOT’s dockets by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or of the person signing 

the comment, if submitted on behalf of 

an association, business, labor union, or 

other entity). You may review DOT’s 

Privacy Act Statement for the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you 

may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/ 

2008/pdf/E8–785.pdf. 

Background 

On December 19, 2011, FMCSA 

published a notice of receipt of Federal 

diabetes exemption applications from 

fifteen individuals and requested 

comments from the public (76 FR 

78722). The public comment period 

closed on January 18, 2012, and no 

comments were received. 

FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility 

of the fifteen applicants and determined 

that granting the exemptions to these 

individuals would achieve a level of 

safety equivalent to or greater than the 

level that would be achieved by 

complying with the current regulation 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(3). 

Diabetes Mellitus and Driving 

Experience of the Applicants 

The Agency established the current 

requirement for diabetes in 1970 

because several risk studies indicated 

that drivers with diabetes had a higher 

rate of crash involvement than the 

general population. The diabetes rule 

provides that ‘‘A person is physically 

qualified to drive a commercial motor 

vehicle if that person has no established 

medical history or clinical diagnosis of 

diabetes mellitus currently requiring 

insulin for control’’ (49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3)). 

FMCSA established its diabetes 

exemption program, based on the 

Agency’s July 2000 study entitled ‘‘A 

Report to Congress on the Feasibility of 

a Program to Qualify Individuals with 

Insulin-Treated Diabetes Mellitus to 

Operate in Interstate Commerce as 

Directed by the Transportation Act for 

the 21st Century.’’ The report concluded 

that a safe and practicable protocol to 

allow some drivers with ITDM to 

operate CMVs is feasible. The 

September 3, 2003 (68 FR 52441), 

Federal Register notice in conjunction 

with the November 8, 2005 (70 FR 

67777), Federal Register notice provides 

the current protocol for allowing such 

drivers to operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. 

These fifteen applicants have had 

ITDM over a range of 1 to 53 years. 

These applicants report no severe 

hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss 

of consciousness or seizure, requiring 

the assistance of another person, or 

resulting in impaired cognitive function 

that occurred without warning 

symptoms, in the past 12 months and no 

recurrent (2 or more) severe 

hypoglycemic episodes in the past 5 

years. In each case, an endocrinologist 

verified that the driver has 

demonstrated a willingness to properly 

monitor and manage his/her diabetes 

mellitus, received education related to 

diabetes management, and is on a stable 

insulin regimen. These drivers report no 

other disqualifying conditions, 

including diabetes-related 

complications. Each meets the vision 

requirement at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). 

The qualifications and medical 

condition of each applicant were stated 

and discussed in detail in the December 

19, 2011, Federal Register notice and 

they will not be repeated in this notice. 

Discussion of Comment 

FMCSA did not receive any 

comments in this proceeding. 

Basis for Exemption Determination 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, 

FMCSA may grant an exemption from 

the diabetes requirement in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(3) if the exemption is likely to 

achieve an equivalent or greater level of 

safety than would be achieved without 

the exemption. The exemption allows 

the applicants to operate CMVs in 

interstate commerce. 

To evaluate the effect of these 

exemptions on safety, FMCSA 

considered medical reports about the 

applicants’ ITDM and vision, and 

reviewed the treating endocrinologists’ 

medical opinion related to the ability of 

the driver to safely operate a CMV while 

using insulin. 


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