Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 232 / Thursday, December 3, 2015 / Notices 75701 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keira Jones (202) 267–4025, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 14 

CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

25, 2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–4360. 

Petitioner: United Airlines, Inc. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 121.465(b)(1) and (2). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner seeks relief to enable a 

scheduled Aircraft Dispatcher to 

complete the operating duty periods in 

excess of 10 consecutive hours in order 

to complete operating familiarization 

that would familiarize aircraft 

dispatchers with long-range flights. The 

petitioner proposes that aircraft 

dispatchers covered under the requested 

exemption would be provided a rest 

period of at least 8 hours prior to their 

next duty assignment. 

[FR Doc. 2015–30572 Filed 12–2–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2015–60] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Freight Runners 

Express, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of title 14 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. The 

purpose of this notice is to improve the 

public’s awareness of, and participation 

in, the FAA’s exemption process. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before December 

23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–4436 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical questions concerning this 

action, contact Nia Daniels, (202) 267– 

7626, 800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20009. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

25, 2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–4436. 

Petitioner: Freight Runners Express, 

Inc. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

135.128(a). 

Description of Relief Sought: Freight 

Runners Express, Inc. is requesting an 

exemption from § 135.128(a) to allow 

FAA-certificated flight attendants to 

perform duties related to the safety of 

the airplane and its occupants by 

leaving their duty stations during taxi. 

[FR Doc. 2015–30574 Filed 12–2–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. 2015–58] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Cargo Airlines 

Limited 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of title 14 

of the Code of Federal Regulations. The 

purpose of this notice is to improve the 

public’s awareness of, and participation 

in, the FAA’s exemption process. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before December 

23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–3898 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 


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75702 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 232 / Thursday, December 3, 2015 / Notices 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keira Jones (202) 267–4025, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

25, 2015. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2015–3898. 

Petitioner: Cargo Airlines Limited. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 61.77(a). 

Description of Relief Sought: Cargo 

Airlines Limited (CAL) requests relief to 

obtain a special purpose flight 

authorization to operate in the U.S. 

airspace to demonstrate, accept, and 

ferry two Boeing B747–400F aircraft. 

[FR Doc. 2015–30573 Filed 12–2–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding FHWA’s finding 

that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the obligation of 

Federal-aid funds for 74 State projects 

involving the acquisition of vehicles 

and equipment on the condition that 

they be assembled in the U.S. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is December 4, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, 202– 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Jomar 

Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, 202–366–1373, or via email at 

jomar.maldonado@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at http://

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

This notice provides information 

regarding FHWA’s finding that a Buy 

America waiver is appropriate for the 

obligation of Federal-aid funds for 74 

State projects involving the acquisition 

of vehicles (including sedans, vans, 

pickups, trucks, buses, and street 

sweepers) and equipment (such as 

Bridge snooper truck and trail grooming 

equipment) on the condition that they 

be assembled in the U.S. The waiver 

would apply to approximately 547 

vehicles. The requests, available at 

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/

contracts/cmaq151006.cfm, are 

incorporated by reference into this 

notice. These projects are being 

undertaken to implement air quality 

improvement, safety, and mobility goals 

under FHWA’s Congestion Mitigation 

and Air Quality Improvement Program; 

National Bridge and Tunnel Inventory 

and Inspection Program; and the 

Recreational Trails Program. 

Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, 

section 635.410 requires that steel or 

iron materials (including protective 

coatings) that will be permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid project 

must be manufactured in the U.S. For 

FHWA, this means that all the processes 

that modified the chemical content, 

physical shape or size, or final finish of 

the material (from initial melting and 

mixing, continuing through the bending 

and coating) occurred in the U.S. The 

statute and regulations create a process 

for granting waivers from the Buy 

America requirements when its 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. In 1983, 

FHWA determined that it was both in 

the public interest and consistent with 

the legislative intent to waive Buy 

America for manufactured products 

other than steel manufactured products. 

However, FHWA’s national waiver for 

manufactured products does not apply 

to the requests in this notice because 

they involve predominately steel and 

iron manufactured products. The 

FHWA’s Buy America requirements do 

not have special provisions for applying 

Buy America to ‘‘rolling stock’’ such as 

vehicles or vehicle components (see 49 

U.S.C. 5323(j)(2)(C), 49 CFR 661.11, and 

49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(2)(C) for examples of 

Buy America rolling stock provisions for 

other DOT agencies). 

Based on all the information available 

to the agency, FHWA concludes that 

there are no domestic manufacturers 

that produce the vehicles and vehicle 

components identified in this notice in 

such a way that their steel and iron 

elements are manufactured 

domestically. The FHWA’s Buy America 

requirements were tailored to the types 

of products that are typically used in 

highway construction, which generally 

meet the requirement that steel and iron 

materials be manufactured domestically. 

In today’s global industry, vehicles are 

assembled with iron and steel 

components that are manufactured all 

over the world. The FHWA is not aware 

of any domestically produced vehicle 

on the market that meets FHWA’s Buy 

America requirement to have all its iron 

and steel be manufactured exclusively 

in the U.S. For example, the Chevrolet 

Volt, which was identified by many 

commenters in a November 21, 2011, 

Federal Register Notice (76 FR 72027) 

as a car that is made in the U.S., is 

comprised of only 45 percent of U.S. 

and Canadian content according to the 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration’s Part 583 American 

Automobile Labeling Act Report Web 

page (http://www.nhtsa.gov/

Laws+&+Regulations/Part

+583+American+Automobile

+Labeling+Act+(AALA)+Reports). 

Moreover, there is no indication of how 

much of this 45 percent content is U.S.- 

manufactured (from initial melting and 

mixing) iron and steel content. 

In accordance with Division K, 

section 122 of the ‘‘Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2015’’ (Pub. L. 113–235), FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

waiver on its Web site at http://

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=115 on 

October 6, 2015. The FHWA received no 

comments in response to the 

publication. 

Based on FHWA’s conclusion that 

there are no domestic manufacturers 

that can produce the vehicles and 

equipment identified in this notice in 

such a way that steel and iron materials 

are manufactured domestically, and 

after consideration of the comments 

received, FHWA finds that application 

of FHWA’s Buy America requirements 

to these products is inconsistent with 

the public interest (23 U.S.C. 313(b)(1) 

and 23 CFR 635.410(c)(2)(i)). However, 

FHWA believes that it is in the public 

interest and consistent with the Buy 

America requirements to impose the 

condition that the vehicles and the 

vehicle components be assembled in the 


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