Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 244 / Friday, December 19, 2014 / Notices 75857 

enter the United States duty-free under 

subheading 9822.09.17 in CY 2015. 

Darci L. Vetter, 

Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29786 Filed 12–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F5–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Dockets DOT–OST–1997–3017 and DOT– 

OST–1997–3113] 

Notice of Sky King, Inc. To Resume 

Operations 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause 

(Order 2014–12–8). 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation is directing all interested 

persons to show cause why it should 

not issue an order finding Sky King, 

Inc., a U.S. citizen and fit, willing, and 

able to resume interstate and foreign 

charter air transportation of persons, 

property, and mail. 

DATES: Persons wishing to file 

objections should do so no later than 

December 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to 

objections should be filed in Dockets 

DOT–OST–1997–3017 and DOT–OST– 

1997–3113 and addressed to the 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590 and 

should be served upon the parties listed 

in Attachment A to the order. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Damon D. Walker, Air Carrier Fitness 

Division, (X–56, Office W86–469), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, (202) 366–9721. 

Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29735 Filed 12–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2014–0025] 

Notice of Proposed Buy America 

Waiver for Track Turnout Components 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed Buy America 

waiver and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) is providing 

notice of a request from the New York 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 

Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) to waive 

Buy America requirements for the 

purchase of components of high-speed 

track turnouts that do not meet FTA’s 

Buy America requirements. The LIRR 

submitted the request in connection 

with three projects: (1) LIRR’s 2015 

State of Good Repair Program; (2) the 

East Side Access Project; and (3) LIRR’s 

Jamaica Capacity Improvement Project. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5323(j)(3)(A), FTA 

is providing notice of the waiver request 

and is seeking public comment before 

deciding whether to grant the request. If 

granted, the waiver would apply only to 

the FTA-funded procurements in LIRR’s 

2015 State of Good Repair Program, the 

East Side Access Project, and LIRR’s 

Jamaica Capacity Improvement Project, 

and only to the procurement of 

components—the turnouts will be 

manufactured in the United States. 

This proposed Buy America waiver 

does not include the turnout 

components for the Northeast Corridor 

Congestion Relief Project at Harold 

Interlocking, which is being addressed 

in a separate waiver request published 

by the Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA), as FRA funds are being used for 

that project. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

January 20, 2015. FTA will consider 

late-filed comments to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments by one of the following 

means, identifying your submissions by 

docket number FTA–2014–0025: 

1. Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. 

2. Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

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

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

make reference to the ‘‘Federal Transit 

Administration’’ and include docket 

number FTA–2014–0025. Due to the 

security procedures in effect since 

October 2011, mail received through the 

U.S. Postal Service may be subject to 

delays. Parties making submissions 

responsive to this notice should 

consider using an express mail firm to 

ensure the prompt filing of any 

submissions not filed electronically or 

by hand. Note that all submissions 

received, including any personal 

information therein, will be posted 

without change or alteration to http://

www.regulations.gov. For more 

information, you may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard L. Wong, FTA AttorneyAdvisor, at (202) 366–4011 or 

Richard.Wong@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA seeks 

comment on whether it should a grant 

a non-availability waiver for LIRR’s 

procurements of turnouts needed for 

LIRR’s 2015 State of Good Repair 

Program, the East Side Access Project, 

and LIRR’s Jamaica Capacity 

Improvement Project, which are 

utilizing FTA funding. 

With certain exceptions, FTA’s Buy 

America requirements prevent FTA 

from obligating an amount that may be 

appropriated to carry out its program for 

a project unless ‘‘the steel, iron, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States.’’ 49 

U.S.C. 5323(j)(1). A manufactured 

product is produced in the United 

States if: (1) all of the manufacturing 

processes for the product take place in 

the United States; and (2) all of the 

components of the product are of U.S. 

origin. 49 CFR 661.5(d). A component is 

of U.S. origin if it is manufactured in the 

United States, regardless of the origin of 

its subcomponents. 49 CFR 661.5(d)(2). 

If FTA determines that ‘‘the steel, iron, 

and goods produced in the United 

States are not produced in a sufficient 

and reasonably available amount or are 

not of a satisfactory quality,’’ then FTA 

may issue a non-availability waiver. 49 

U.S.C. 5323(j)(2)(B); 49 CFR 661.7(c). 

LIRR is requesting a non-availability 

waiver for its procurement of turnouts 

needed for LIRR’s 2015 State of Good 

Repair Program, the East Side Access 

Project, and LIRR’s Jamaica Capacity 

Improvement Project. The turnouts 

consist of multiple components, 

including Schwihag roller assemblies, 

Schwihag plates, ZU1–60 steel switch 

point rail sections, and movable point 

frogs, which LIRR asserts are not 

available and are not manufactured in 

the United States. The turnouts 

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