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modeled after the AC 00–56A, 

Voluntary Industry Distributor 

Accreditation Program. The FAA 

accepted the recommendations on 

February 1, 2011. 

This tasking is the FAA’s response to 

one of the CATM recommendations. 

The FAA is tasking ARAC to make 

recommendations on a program for 

voluntary accreditation in the form of an 

AC. The objective of the accreditation 

program is to raise the level of safety of 

commercial air tour operators not 

required by regulation to maintain their 

aircraft under a continuous 

airworthiness maintenance program. 

In December 2011, the ARAC 

Executive Committee met and discussed 

the solicited ideas and proposed actions 

for the tasking. This notice advises the 

public that the FAA has assigned, and 

the Executive Committee has accepted, 

a task to develop a recommendation 

report on a voluntary accreditation 

program in the form of an AC. 

The Task 

The FAA has tasked the ARAC 

working group to provide advice and 

recommendations on a program for 

voluntary accreditation in the form of an 

AC. The objective of the accreditation 

program is to raise the level of safety of 

commercial air tour operators not 

required by regulation to maintain their 

aircraft under a CAMP. 

The working group is expected to 

develop a report containing 

recommendations on the tasking 

elements listed below. This report 

should document both majority and 

minority positions on the findings and 

the rationale for each position. Any 

disagreements should be documented, 

including the rationale for each position 

and the reasons for the disagreement. In 

developing its recommendations, the 

working group shall: 

1. Familiarize itself with AC 00–56A 

to use as a model for developing the 

subject AC. 

2. Establish quality system elements 

for a maintenance accreditation 

program. 

3. Determine acceptable quality 

system standards. 

4. Establish accreditation organization 

responsibilities. 

5. Establish audit procedures. 

6. Establish accreditation procedures. 

7. Draft an advisory circular that 

addresses the elements of 1–6 above. 

Schedule: The recommendations must 

be forwarded to the ARAC Executive 

Committee for review and approval no 

later than December 2012. 

ARAC Acceptance of Task 

The ARAC Executive Committee has 

accepted the task and assigned it to the 

Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group. 

The working group serves as staff to 

ARAC and assists in the analysis of the 

assigned task. ARAC must review and 

approve the working group’s 

recommendations. If ARAC accepts the 

working group’s recommendations, it 

will send them to the FAA. 

Working Group Activity 

The Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group 

must comply with the procedures 

adopted by ARAC. As part of the 

procedures, the working group must: 

1. Recommend a work plan for 

completion of the task, including the 

rationale supporting such a plan, for 

consideration at the next ARAC 

Executive Committee meeting held 

following publication of this notice. 

2. Provide a status report at each 

meeting of the ARAC Executive 

Committee. 

3. Draft the recommendation report 

and required analyses and/or any other 

related materials or documents. 

4. Present the final recommendations 

to the ARAC Executive Committee for 

review and approval. 

Participation in the Working Group 

The Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group 

will be comprised of air tour industry 

organizations and technical experts 

having an interest in the assigned task. 

A working group member need not be 

a representative or a member of the 

committee. The FAA would like a wide 

range of members to ensure all aspects 

of rulemaking are considered in 

development of the recommendations. 

If you wish to become a member of 

the Commercial Air Tour Voluntary 

Accreditation Program Working Group, 

write the person listed under the 

caption FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT expressing that desire. Describe 

your interest in the task and state the 

expertise you would bring to the 

working group. We must receive all 

requests by January 26, 2012. The ARAC 

Executive Committee and the FAA will 

review the requests and advise you 

whether or not your request is 

approved. 

If you are chosen for membership on 

the working group, you must actively 

participate in the working group by 

attending all meetings, and providing 

written comments when requested to do 

so. You must devote the resources 

necessary to support the working group 

in meeting any assigned deadlines. You 

must keep your management chain and 

those you may represent advised of 

working group activities and decisions 

to ensure the proposed technical 

solutions do not conflict with your 

sponsoring organization’s position when 

the subject is presented to ARAC for 

approval. Once the working group has 

begun deliberations, members will not 

be added or substituted without the 

approval of the FAA and the working 

group chair. 

The Secretary of Transportation 

determined the formation and use of 

ARAC is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

FAA by law. 

ARAC meetings are open to the 

public. However, ARAC Commercial Air 

Tour Voluntary Accreditation Program 

Working Group meetings are not open to 

the public, except to the extent 

individuals with an interest and 

expertise are selected to participate. The 

FAA will make no public 

announcement of working group 

meetings. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

19, 2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Executive Director, Aviation Rulemaking 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33097 Filed 12–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2011–54] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of title 14 

CFR. The purpose of this notice is to 

improve the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. 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 January 

17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2011–1044 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 


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and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at (202) 493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility 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. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

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

or to the Docket Management Facility 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: 

David Staples, (202) 267–4058, Keira 

Jones, (202) 267–4025, or Tyneka L. 

Thomas, (202) 267–7626, 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 December 20, 

2011. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition For Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2011–1044. 

Petitioner: Sundance Helicopters, Inc. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

93.323. 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Sundance Helicopters, Inc. seeks relief 

from the requirement to file VFR flight 

plans prior to conducting operations in 

the vicinity of Grand Canyon National 

Park, AZ. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33100 Filed 12–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Light Rail Project in 

Washington 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA 

and other Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by FHWA and other Federal 

agencies that are final within the 

meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The 

actions relate to the East Link Light Rail 

Transit Project in King County 

Washington. These actions grant 

licenses, permits, and approvals for the 

project. 

DATES: By this notice, FHWA is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim 

seeking judicial review of the Federal 

agency actions on the listed highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before June 24, 2012. If the 

Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 180 days for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete 

Jilek, Urban Area Engineer, Federal 

Highway Administration, 711 S. Capitol 

Way #501, Olympia, Washington, 

98501; telephone: (360) 753–9550; and 

email: pete.jilek@dot.gov. The FHWA 

Washington Division Urban Area 

Engineer’s regular office hours are 

between 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. (Pacific 

Time). You may also contact the 

following FTA officials: Nancy-Ellen 

Zusman, Assistant Chief Counsel, Office 

of Chief Counsel, (312) 353–2577, or 

Terence Plaskon, Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of Human 

and Natural Environment, (202) 366– 

0442. FTA Headquarters is located at 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., EST, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FHWA and other 

Federal agencies have taken final agency 

actions by issuing licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the following project in 

the State of Washington: East Link Light 

Rail Transit Project, King County, WA. 

Federal Lead Agency: Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA). Project sponsor: 

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit 

Authority (Sound Transit). Project 

description: The project extends the 

current light rail system an additional 

18 miles from Downtown Seattle to 

Mercer Island and Bellevue along 

Interstate 90 (I–90), and then through 

Bellevue to Overlake and Redmond in 

the Puget Sound region of Washington 

State. The light rail extension will cross 

Lake Washington in the center lanes of 

Interstate 90 (I–90). Project elements 

will affect portions of I–90 in Seattle, 

Mercer Island and Bellevue, Washington 

and portions of I–405 in Bellevue, 

Washington. The project includes 12 

stations, four park-and-ride lots, and 

supporting facilities. The project also 

includes storage tracks and facilities 

located just north of the Hospital Station 

to allow for overnight storage of vehicles 

and daily startup operations. The 

actions by the Federal agencies, and the 

laws under which such actions were 

taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the project, issued in July 2011, and 

in the FHWA Record of Decision (ROD) 

issued on November 17, 2011. The FEIS 

and ROD are available by contacting 

FHWA at the address above or can be 

downloaded from the project Web site at 

http://projects.soundtransit.org. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions on the project as of the 

issuance date of this notice and all laws 

under which such actions were taken. 

This notice does not, however, alter or 

extend the limitation period of 180 days 

for challenges to final agency actions 

subject to previous notices published in 

the Federal Register, including notice 

given by the Federal Transit 

Administration on December 16, 2011 

(76 FR 78332). 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions, actions, approvals, 

licenses and permits on the project as of 

the issuance date of this notice, 

including but not limited to those 

arising under the following laws, as 

amended: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321–4347]; 

Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 U.S.C. 

109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act, as amended [42 

U.S.C. 7401–7671(q)]. 

3. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 [49 U.S.C. 303]; Landscaping and 

Scenic Enhancement (Wildflowers) [23 

U.S.C. 319]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Anadromous 

Fish Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 

757(a)–757(f)]; Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661– 

667(e)]; Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act of 

1976, as amended [16 U.S.C. 1801 et 

seq.]. 


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