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notice that the inventory is available to 

the public.’’ 

Consequently, through this notice, we 

are announcing that OSC’s service 

contract inventory for FY 2014 is 

available to the public. The inventory 

provides information on service contract 

actions over $25,000 that OSC made in 

FY 2014. OSC’s finance section has 

posted its inventory, and a summary of 

the inventory can be found at our 

homepage at the following link: 

https://osc.gov/Pages/ResourcesReportsAndInfo.aspx. 

Dated: June 15, 2015. 

Mark P. Cohen, 

Principal Deputy Special Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16121 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7405–01–P 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 

Survey Renewal for FY 2015—Request 

for Comment 

AGENCY: Office of Special Counsel. 

ACTION: First Notice for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), and implementing 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, the U.S. 

Office of Special Counsel (OSC), plans 

to request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for use 

of a previously approved information 

collection consisting of an electronic 

survey form. The current OMB approval 

for the OSC Survey expires 10/31/15. 

We are submitting the electronic survey 

for renewal, based on its pending t 

expiration. There are several changes 

being submitted with this request for 

renewal of the use of the OSC survey. 

Current and former Federal employees, 

employee representatives, other Federal 

agencies, state and local government 

employees, and the general public are 

invited to comment on this for the first 

time. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection 

consisting of our survey is necessary for 

the proper performance of OSC 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of OSC’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Comments should be received by 

August 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl 

Kammann, Director of Finance, at the 

address shown above; by facsimile at 

(202) 254–3711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSC is an 

independent agency responsible for, 

among other things, (1) investigation of 

allegations of prohibited personnel 

practices defined by law at 5 U.S.C. 

2302(b), protection of whistleblowers, 

and certain other illegal employment 

practices under titles 5 and 38 of the 

U.S. Code, affecting current or former 

Federal employees or applicants for 

employment, and covered state and 

local government employees; and (2) the 

interpretation and enforcement of Hatch 

Act provisions on political activity in 

chapters 15 and 73 of title 5 of the U.S. 

Code. 

Title of Collection: Office of Special 

Counsel (OSC) Annual Survey; OMB 

Control Number 3255–0003, Expiration 

10/31/2015. 

OSC is required to conduct an annual 

survey of individuals who seek its 

assistance. Section 13 of Public Law 

103–424 (1994), codified at 5 U.S.C. 

1212 note, states, in part: ‘‘[T]he survey 

shall—(1) Determine if the individual 

seeking assistance was fully apprised of 

their rights; (2) determine whether the 

individual was successful either at the 

Office of Special Counsel or the Merit 

Systems Protection Board; and (3) 

determine if the individual, whether 

successful or not, was satisfied with the 

treatment received from the Office of 

Special Counsel.’’ The same section also 

provides that survey results are to be 

published in OSC’s annual reports to 

Congress. Copies of prior years’ annual 

reports are available on OSC’s Web site, 

at https://osc.gov/Pages/ResourcesReportsAndInfo.aspx or by calling OSC 

at (202) 254–3600. The survey form for 

the collection of information is available 

by calling OSC at (202) 254–3600. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Approval of previously 

approved collection of information that 

expires on 10/31/2015, with some 

revisions. The Disclosure Unit was 

added for the first time to the electronic 

survey of individuals with cases 

resolved in FY 2014. The second major 

change is that the survey is hosted by 

Survey Monkey, (https://

www.surveymonkey.com) rather than 

being an in-house supported IT tool. A 

future enhancement will add an 

additional question to the survey about 

the user’s experience with our new OSC 

Form 14 Wizard and electronic 

complaint form, which is currently in 

development. 

Affected public: Current and former 

Federal employees, applicants for 

Federal employment, state and local 

government employees, and their 

representatives, and the general public. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary 

Estimated Annual Number of Survey 

Form Respondents: 320. 

Frequency of Survey form use: 

Annual. 

Estimated Average Amount of Time 

for a Person To Respond to survey: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Survey Burden: 109 

hours. 

This survey form is used to survey 

current and former Federal employees 

and applicants for Federal employment 

who have submitted allegations of 

possible prohibited personnel practices 

or other prohibited activity for 

investigation and possible prosecution 

by OSC, and whose matter has been 

closed or otherwise resolved during the 

prior fiscal year, on their experience at 

OSC. Specifically, the survey asks 

questions relating to whether the 

respondent was: (1) Apprised of his or 

her rights; (2) successful at the OSC or 

at the Merit Systems Protection Board; 

and (3) satisfied with the treatment 

received at the OSC. 

Dated: June 15. 2015. 

Carolyn N. Lerner, 

Special Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16110 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7405–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–1497; Airspace 

Docket No. 15–AWA–4] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Designation of Oceanic Airspace 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of provision of air traffic 

services in oceanic airspace. 

SUMMARY: By this action the FAA 

informs airspace users of the type of air 

traffic control (ATC) service provided in 

the oceanic airspace controlled by the 

United States of America (U.S.). This 

notice is consistent with U.S. 

obligations under the Convention on 

International Civil Aviation (Chicago 

Convention), including, that all 

Contracting States disseminate 

information regarding the types of ATC 

services provided in oceanic airspace 

under their control. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Stahl, Airspace Policy and 

Regulations Group, Office of Airspace 


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Services, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO) 

The Chicago Convention was adopted 

to promote the safe and orderly 

development of international civil 

aviation. The Chicago Convention also 

created the International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO), which 

promulgates uniform international 

Standards and Recommended Practices 

(SARPs) aimed at standardizing 

international civil aviation operational 

practices and services. Currently, these 

SARPs are detailed in 18 annexes to the 

Chicago Convention. Annex 11, Air 

Traffic Services, and Annex 15, 

Aeronautical Information Services, are 

of particular relevance to this notice as 

they address civil aircraft operations, 

the establishment of airspace, ATC 

services in international airspace, and 

the dissemination of aeronautical 

information. 

Most recently ICAO recommended, 

and the FAA concurred, that all 

Contracting States take action to define 

their oceanic airspace, and inform those 

interested as to the type of ATC services 

that would be provided. 

By this action the FAA gives notice to 

those interested parties operating in the 

oceanic airspace controlled by the U.S. 

of the type of ATC services provided 

within the airspace. 

ATC Services/Procedures Provided 

Pursuant to the Chicago Convention, 

the U.S. accepted responsibility for 

providing ATC services over the 

domestic U.S. and within certain areas 

of the western half of the North Atlantic, 

the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and 

the North Pacific. In the airspace over 

the contiguous U.S. and out to 12 

nautical miles (NM) from the U.S. 

shores, domestic ATC separation is 

applied (with certain limitations) along 

with additional services (e.g., traffic 

advisories, bird activity information, 

weather and chaff information, etc.). 

The U.S. also manages airspace areas 

outside of the domestic U.S. These areas 

are called Control Areas (CTA) and 

Flight Information Regions (FIR). Within 

these CTA/FIR the U.S. applies oceanic 

separation procedures consistent with 

ICAO regional procedures. 

The FAA may also apply, per Annex 

11, domestic ATC procedures within 

designated Offshore/Control airspace 

areas provided certain conditions are 

met. Specifically, these airspace areas 

must be within signal coverage of 

domestic radio navigational aid or ATC 

radar coverage from the 12–NM limit 

outward to the inner oceanic CTA/FIR 

boundaries. The Chicago Convention 

permits the application of domestic 

ATC procedures even though this is 

international airspace. However, within 

the oceanic CTA/FIR area itself, ICAO 

oceanic ATC procedures are used 

instead of domestic procedures. 

Article of Exemption 

Article 3 of the Chicago Convention 

provides that the Chicago Convention, 

and its annexes, are not applicable to 

state-aircraft (which includes military 

aircraft). However, article 3 requires 

states, when issuing regulations for their 

state aircraft, to have due regard for the 

safety of navigation of civil aircraft. The 

U.S., as a Contracting State, complies 

with this provision. 

Further, article 12 obligates each 

Contracting State to adopt measures to 

ensure that persons operating an aircraft 

within its territory will comply with 

that state’s air traffic rules, and with 

Annex 2, Rules of the Air, when 

operating over the high seas. The U.S. 

has satisfied this responsibility through 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 91, General Operating and 

Flight Rules, which requires that 

operators of aircraft comply with U.S. 

operating rules when in the U.S. and 

that U.S.-registered aircraft comply with 

Annex 2 when over the high seas (see 

14 CFR 91.703). 

Section 91.703 applies only to civil 

aircraft. State aircraft operating outside 

the U.S. are only subject to the ‘‘due 

regard’’ provisions of article 3 of the 

Chicago Convention. The SARPs in 

Annex 11, apply to airspace under the 

jurisdiction of a Contracting State that 

has accepted the responsibility of 

providing air traffic services over the 

high seas (oceanic airspace), or in 

airspace of undetermined sovereignty. 

U.S. Controlled Oceanic Airspace 

The ICAO classes of airspace and 

associated services provided, as 

described in Annex 11, to be used by 

the U.S. within their delegated Oceanic/ 

Arctic CTA/FIR areas are: (1) Class A 

airspace area (instrument flight rules 

(IFR) flights only are permitted, all 

flights are provided with ATC service 

and are separated from each other); (2) 

Class E airspace area (IFR and visual 

flight rules (VFR) flights are permitted, 

IFR flights are provided with ATC 

service and are separated from other IFR 

flights); and (3) Class G airspace area 

(IFR and VFR flights are permitted and 

receive flight information service if 

requested). All flights in these airspace 

areas would receive traffic information 

as far as is practical. 

Anchorage Oceanic CTA/FIR 

Aircraft operating in the Anchorage 

Oceanic CTA/FIR can expect to receive 

ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace areas and 

associated altitudes: 

Class G—below FL 55; 

Class A—FL 55 to FL 600, inclusive 

except less than 100 NM seaward is 

Class E below FL 180; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

Anchorage Arctic CTA/FIR 

Aircraft operating in the Anchorage 

Arctic CTA/FIR can expect to receive 

ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace areas and 

associated altitudes: 

Class G—below FL12; 

Class E—FL12 to but not including 

FL180; 

Class A—FL180 to FL600 inclusive; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

Houston Oceanic CTA/FIR 

Aircraft operating in the Houston 

Oceanic CTA/FIR can expect to receive 

ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace areas and 

associated altitudes: 

Class G—below FL 15; 

Class E—FL 15 to, but not including FL 

180; 

Class A—FL 180 to FL 600, inclusive; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

Miami Oceanic CTA/FIR 

Aircraft operating in the Miami 

Oceanic CTA/FIR can expect to receive 

ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace areas and 

associated altitudes: 

Class G—below FL 25; 

Class E—FL 25 to, but not including FL 

180; 

Class A—FL 180 to FL 600, inclusive; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

New York Oceanic CTA/FIR, excluding 

that portion of the airspace delegated to 

NAVCANADA 

Aircraft operating in the New York 

Oceanic CTA/FIR, excluding that 

portion of the airspace delegated to 

NAVCANADA can expect to receive 

ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace areas and 

associated altitudes: 

Class G—below FL 55; 

Class A—FL 55 to FL 600, inclusive; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

Oakland Oceanic OCA/FIR 

Aircraft operating in the Oakland 

Oceanic OCA/FIR can expect to receive 


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ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace areas and 

associated altitudes: 

Class G—below FL 55; 

Class A—FL 55 to FL 600, inclusive 

except less than 100 NM seaward 

from the shoreline within controlled 

airspace, sunrise to sunset, is Class E 

below FL 200; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

Oakland CTA airspace area delegated to 

Oakland Center by Fukuoka ATMC at 

and above FL 55 

Aircraft operating in the Oakland CTA 

delegated airspace to Oakland Center at 

and above FL 55 can expect to receive 

ATC services associated with the 

following types of airspace and 

associated altitudes: 

Class A—FL 55 to FL 600, inclusive 

except less than 100 NM seaward 

from the shoreline within controlled 

airspace, sunrise to sunset, is Class E 

below FL 200; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

San Juan Oceanic CTA/FIR 

Aircraft operating-in the San Juan 

CTA/FIR can expect to receive ATC 

services associated with the following 

types of airspace and associated 

altitudes: 

Class G—below FL 25; 

Class E—FL 25 to, but not including FL 

180; 

Class A—FL 180 to FL 600, inclusive; 

Class E—above FL 600. 

Accordingly, the U.S. designation of 

ICAO classes of Oceanic Airspace and 

associated altitudes, as described in this 

notice will be reflected on the 

appropriate aeronautical charts. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 23, 

2015. 

Gary A. Norek, 

Manager, Airspace Policy and Regulations 

Group. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16246 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Release From Federal Grant 

Assurance Obligations for Elko 

Regional Airport (EKO), Elko, Nevada 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport land. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) proposes to rule 

and invites public comment on the 

application for a release of 

approximately 5,037 square feet of 

airport property at the Elko Municipal 

Airport (Airport), City of Elko, Nevada. 

The City of Elko proposes to release the 

airport land in order to acquire an equal 

5,037 square feet parcel of privatelyowned land. The land exchange was 

proposed after a 2011 deed survey 

disclosed that the airport perimeter 

fence encroached into private property 

abutting the airport. Relocation of the 

fence is not practical due to the cost 

associated with moving the fence and 

underground utilities. The parties 

concluded that the encroachment 

problem could be resolved with an 

equitable land exchange. Since the 

release land is not needed for airport 

purposes, the exchange will not 

negatively impact the airport or civil 

aviation. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 31, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments on the request may be mailed 

or delivered to the FAA at the following 

address Mike N. Williams, Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Phoenix Airports District Office, 

Federal Register Comment, 3800 N. 

Central Avenue, Suite 1025, 10th Floor, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85012. In addition, 

one copy of the comment submitted to 

the FAA must be mailed or delivered to 

Mr. Mark Gibbs, Airport Director, Elko 

Regional Airport, 975 Terminal Way, 

Elko, Nevada 89801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century (AIR 21), Public Law 

106–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), 

this notice must be published in the 

Federal Register 30 days before the 

Secretary may waive any condition 

imposed on a federally obligated airport 

by surplus property conveyance deeds 

or grant agreements. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The City of Elko, Nevada requested a 

release from sponsor grant assurance 

obligations for approximately 5,037 

square feet of airport land to facilitate a 

land exchange so the airport can acquire 

an equal 5,037 square feet of privatelyowned land. A land survey conducted 

in 2011 disclosed that the airport 

perimeter fence encroached into private 

property abutting the airport. Relocating 

the fence line and underground utilities 

would be costly for the Airport. The 

City offered to trade a parcel of unused 

airport land that is not needed for 

airport purposes for the portion of land 

into which the airport fence encroaches. 

The land exchange would conform to 

Nevada Revised Statutes for Boundary 

Line Adjustments. Appraisals 

concluded the two parcels have equal 

values. As a result, the City and land 

owner concluded that a land swap 

would represent an equitable and less 

expensive way to resolve the 

encroachment problem. The release 

land is not needed for airport purposes 

and land exchange will result in no net 

loss in value or negative impact for the 

airport. The reuse of the released parcel 

for commercial purposes represents a 

compatible land use that will not 

interfere with the airport or its 

operation. The acquisition of the 

privately owned parcel will obviate the 

need to relocate the perimeter fence. 

Therefore, the exchange provides a 

benefit to the airport and civil aviation. 

Issued in Phoenix, Arizona: June 26, 2015. 

Mike N. Williams, 

Manager, Phoenix Airports District Office, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16207 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Sixth Meeting: Special Committee 231 

(SC 231) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Sixth Meeting Notice of Special 

Committee 231. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the sixth meeting 

of the Special Committee 231. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 16th–September 24th from 

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, 

Tel: (202) 330–0663. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC, 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at 

http://www.rtca.org or Sophie Bousquet, 

Program Director, RTCA, Inc., 

sbousquet@rtca.org, (202) 330–0663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the Special 

Committee 231. The agenda will include 

the following: 

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 

1. Welcome/Introduction 


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