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STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED

INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR

TABLE—Continued 

Year Index Deflator 

2006 .......................... 567.34 72.09 

2007 .......................... 588.30 69.52 

2008 .......................... 656.78 62.28 

2009 .......................... 619.73 66.00 

2010 .......................... 652.29 62.71 

2011 .......................... 708.80 57.71 

2012 .......................... 740.61 55.23 

2013 .......................... 764.19 53.53 

2014 .......................... 778.41 52.55 

2015 .......................... 749.22 54.60 

2016 .......................... 732.38 55.85 

2017 .......................... 758.95 53.90 

1 In Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin 

Central Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking with 

Respect to 49 CFR part 1201, 8 I.C.C.2d 625 

(1992), the Board’s predecessor, the Interstate 

Commerce Commission, raised the revenue 

classification level for Class I railroads from 

$50 million (1978 dollars) to $250 million 

(1991 dollars), effective for the reporting year 

beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II 

threshold was also raised from $10 million 

(1978 dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars). 

Application of the annual deflator 

factors results in the following annual 

revenue thresholds: 

RAILROAD REVENUE THRESHOLDS

Year Factor Class I Class II 

2013 .......... 0.5353 467,063,129 37,365,050 

2014 .......... 0.5255 475,754,803 38,060,384 

2015 .......... 0.5460 457,913,998 36,633,120 

2016 .......... 0.5585 447,621,226 35,809,698 

2017 .......... 0.5390 463,860,933 37,108,875 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at 

WWW.STB.GOV. 

Applicable Date: January 1, 2017. 

For Further Information Contact: 

Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339]. 

Decided: June 8, 2018. 

By the Board, William Brennan, Acting 

Director, Office of Economics. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12759 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Request To Release Airport 

Property 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on 

Request to Release Airport Property at 

the Curtis Municipal Airport (47V), 

Curtis, Nebraska. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the release of 

land at the Curtis Municipal Airport, 

Curtis, Nebraska. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust, Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to: Mr. Douglas 

Schultz, City Clerk, P.O. Box 6, Curtis, 

NE 69025–0006 (308) 367–4122. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust, Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–2644, 

lynn.martin@faa.gov. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed, by appointment, in person 

at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release approximately 0.81 ± acres of 

airport property at the Curtis Municipal 

Airport (47V) under the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). On April 30, 2018, 

Mr. Schultz, the City Clerk of Curtis, NE 

requested from the FAA that 

approximately 0.81± acres of airport 

property be released for sale to the City 

of Curtis for them to sell to the Welch 

Seed LLC for a portion of their 

agricultural seed sales business. On June 

7, 2018, the FAA determined that the 

request to release property at the Curtis 

Municipal Airport (47V) submitted by 

the Sponsor meets the procedural 

requirements of the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the release of the 

property does not and will not impact 

future aviation needs at the airport. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no sooner than thirty days 

after the publication of this notice. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Curtis Municipal Airport (47V) is 

proposing the release of airport property 

totaling 0.81 acres, more or less. This 

land is to be used for a portion of an 

agricultural seed sales business. The 

release of land is necessary to comply 

with Federal Aviation Administration 

Grant Assurances that do not allow 

federally acquired airport property to be 

used for non-aviation purposes. The sale 

of the subject property will result in the 

land at the Curtis Municipal Airport 

(47V) being changed from aeronautical 

to non-aeronautical use and release the 

lands from the conditions of the Airport 

Improvement Program Grant Agreement 

Grant Assurances. In accordance with 

49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the 

airport will receive fair market value for 

the property, which will be 

subsequently reinvested in another 

eligible airport improvement project for 

general aviation facilities at the Curtis 

Municipal Airport. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 

addition, any person may, upon 

appointment and request, inspect the 

application, notice and other documents 

determined by the FAA to be related to 

the application in person at the Curtis 

Municipal Airport. 

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on June 7, 

2018. 

Jim A. Johnson, 

Director, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12814 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Pilot Schools— 

FAR 141 

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 collection involves the 

submission of FAA Form 8420–8, which 

is used as the base document to initiate 

and/or confirm the status of the schools’ 

eligibility to hold an FAA Form 8000– 

4, Air Agency Certificate. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Barbara Hall, 

Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– 

110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 


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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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0009. 

Title: Pilot Schools—FAR 141. 

Form Numbers: 8420–8. 

Type of Review: This is a renewal of 

an existing information collection. 

Background: The FAA is publishing 

the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation 

Training devices; Pilot Certification, 

Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other 

Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No. 

FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA 

is amending § 141.5(d) to allow part 141 

pilot schools that hold training course 

approvals for special curricula courses 

to renew their certificates based on their 

students’ successful completion of an 

end-of-course test for these FAA 

approved courses. In that rule, the FAA 

further adjusts the number of pilot 

schools based on population changes, 

and to account for the change in burden 

associated with these new courses. 

We estimate that of the 31 new 

applications for pilot school certificates, 

25% will have special curricula courses 

that will need to be accounted for in the 

passage rate required for issuance of a 

certificate in § 141.5(d). Of the 291 

applications for renewal of pilot school 

certificates, approximately 25% would 

include special curricula courses that 

must now be accounted for in the 

passage rate for renewal of a certificate 

under § 141.5(d). We estimate that it 

would take .1 hours to add this special 

curricula course information to both 

initial and renewal applications. 

8 new applications at .1 hours each = .8 

hours. 

73 applications at .1 hours each (adding 

special curr.) = 7.3 hours. 

171.0 hours + 8.1 hours = 181.6 total 

burden hours. 

The FAA is also making a burden 

adjustment to the number of pilot 

schools, increasing the population from 

546 pilot schools to 581 pilot schools. 

Respondents: 581 Pilot schools. 

Frequency: As needed for new 

applications; Every 24 months for 

renewals of existing pilot schools. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 0.5 hours, + 0.1 hours for 

special curriculum course information 

(when applicable). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

31,639.6 total burden hours. 2,589.6 

total annual reporting burden hours, 

and 29,050 total annual recordkeeping 

burden hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30, 

2018. 

Barbara L. Hall, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12797 Filed 6–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Certification: 

Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground 

Instructors 

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 revision of this 

collection involves the logging of 

training time in aviation training 

devices under the provisions of current 

regulations, and the logging of flight 

time as a second in command (SIC) 

under the provisions of current 

regulations. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Barbara Hall, 

Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– 

110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort 

Worth, TX 76177. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall by email at: 

Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– 

594–5913. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0021. 

Title: Certification: Pilots and Flight 

Instructors. 

Form Numbers: 8710–1, 8710–13. 

Type of Review: This is a revision of 

an existing information collection. 

Background: The FAA is publishing 

the final rule Regulatory Relief, Aviation 

Training devices; Pilot Certification, 

Training, and Pilot Schools; and Other 

Provisions (RIN 2120–AK28; Docket No. 

FAA–2016–6142). In that rule, the FAA 

is reducing the burden for instrument 

currency requirements under § 61.57 for 

those pilots that use aviation training 

devices. Prior to that final rule, 

§ 61.57(c)(3) required persons using an 

aviation training device to establish 

instrument experience to complete the 

required tasks within the preceding 2 

calendar months. Persons using an 

aircraft, full flight simulator, flighttraining device, or a combination, 

however, were required to establish 

instrument experience within the 

preceding 6 calendar months. 14 CFR 

61.57(c)(1)–(2). The final rule amends 

§ 61.57(c) to allow pilots to accomplish 

instrument experience in aviation 

training devices by performing the same 

tasks required for flight simulation 

training devices and aircraft, and at the 

same 6-month interval allowed for flight 

simulation training devices and aircraft. 

The FAA estimates that, of the 

102,811 active pilots with an instrument 

rating, that approximately 50% are 

maintaining currency. It is likely that 

only 15% of those pilots (approximately 

15,422 pilots) are using an aviation 

training device exclusively to maintain 

their instrument currency. For those 

pilots, this change will reduce the 

recordkeeping requirements of logging 

time from 6 times a year to two times 

a year, when logging instrument 

currency exclusively in an aviation 

training device. The FAA estimates this 

burden reduction to be 6168.8 hours 

annually. 

Additionally, the final rule amends 

§ 135.99 by adding paragraph (c) to 

allow a certificate holder to receive 

approval of a second in command (SIC) 

professional development program (SIC 

PDP) via operations specifications (Ops 

Specs) to allow the certificate holder’s 

pilots to log SIC time in operations 

conducted under part 135 in an airplane 

or operation that does not otherwise 

require a SIC. Specifically, with this 


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