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They can also view their final data 

through AEP once the process is 

complete. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1.0 hours per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: On 

average, approximately 70 respondents 

submit an annual response. The 

cumulative total annual burden is 

estimated to be 70 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

20, 2023. 

Luis Loarte, 

Senior Airport Planner, Office of Airports/ 

Airport Planning and Environmental 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01931 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–2309; Summary 

Notice No. 2024–03] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; GE Aerospace 

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 Federal 

Aviation 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 February 

20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2023–2309 

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: 

Philip Haberlen, AIR–625, Federal 

Aviation Administration, phone (781) 

238–7770, email Philip.Haberlen@

faa.gov. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 25, 

2024. 

Daniel J. Commins, 

Manager, Integration and Performance. 

PETITION FOR EXEMPTION 

Docket No.: FAA–2023–2309. 

Petitioner: GE Aerospace. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 33.68(e). 

Description of Relief Sought: GE 

Aerospace, is seeking relief from 14 CFR 

33.68 (e), which requires Appendix D 

measurements to demonstrate 

acceptable engine operation throughout 

the airplane flight envelope and the 

convective cloud ice crystal icing 

envelope. Specifically, GE Aerospace is 

proposing to use the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee’s Ice 

Crystal Icing Working Group draft report 

dated October 18, 2023, in lieu of using 

Appendix D to part 33 (Amendment 33– 

34) to demonstrate acceptable engine 

operation throughout the aircraft flight 

envelope and the convective cloud ice 

crystal icing envelope on its GE Catalyst 

1300–CS1A engine. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01835 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[4910–RY] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

and Record of Decision for the 

Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge 

Project 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise other Federal, State, 

and local agencies, Tribes, and the 

public that a combined Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

and Record of Decision (ROD) have been 

prepared in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act for 

the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge 

(EQRBB) Project to create a seismically 

resilient Burnside Street lifeline route 

crossing of the Willamette River in 

Portland, Oregon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Lynch, Division Administrator, 

Federal Highway Administration, 530 

Center Street NE, Suite 420, Salem, OR 

97301; Telephone: (503) 316–2540. 

Thomas Parker, Environmental Program 

Manager, Federal Highway 

Administration, 530 Center Street NE, 

Suite 420, Salem, OR 97301; Telephone: 

(503) 316–2549. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, the Oregon Department of 

Transportation (ODOT), and Multnomah 

County (County) propose to undertake 

the seismic improvement of the 

Burnside Bridge over the Willamette 

River in Portland, Oregon. Federal 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the FEIS and ROD include the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration National Marine 

Fisheries Service, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, and the U.S. Coast Guard. 

The EQRB Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) included a NoBuild Alternative and four build 

alternatives. It identified one build 

alternative (the Long-span Alternative) 

as the Preferred Alternative. Following 

the issuance of the Draft EIS, additional 

cost and funding analysis identified a 

substantial risk that the construction 

costs of any of the build alternatives 

would exceed $1 billion. The Selected 

Alternative is anticipated to cost 

between $830 to $915 million. This risk 

led the County to direct the project team 

to identify and evaluate ways to reduce 

the Project’s construction costs while 

still meeting the Project’s purpose and 

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advantages of the Draft EIS Preferred 

Alternative. The Refined Long-span 

Alternative, which addressed that 

directive and was evaluated in the 

SDEIS, was identified as the Preferred 

Alternative in the SDEIS that was made 

available for public review and 

comment. The public was able to view 

and comment on the SDEIS for a period 

of 45 days from April 29 to June 13, 

2022. The SDEIS NOA was published in 

the Federal Register on April 29, 2022. 

Multnomah County held live SDEIS 

Public Hearing testimony on June 8, 

2022. 

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; 23 U.S.C. 

139) 

Issued on: January 25, 2024. 

Keith Lynch, 

FHWA Division Administrator, Salem, OR. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01830 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA 2022–0038] 

Notice of Availability: Joint 

Development Circular C 7050.1C and 

Response to Comments 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Joint 

Development Circular C 7050.1C and 

response to comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) is issuing a new 

Circular 7050.1C to address joint 

development projects using FTA funds 

or FTA-funded property. The purpose of 

these changes is to incorporate changes 

made by the Bipartisan Infrastructure 

Law (BIL), implemented as the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 

that amended the definition of a 

‘‘capital project.’’ 

DATES: The applicable date of these 

changes is January 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: One may view the 

comments at docket number FTA–2022– 

0038 For access to the docket, please 

visit https://www.regulations.gov or the 

Docket Operations office located in the 

West Building of the United States 

Department of Transportation, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

policy guidance questions, contact Stacy 

Weisfeld, Office of Budget and Policy, 

Federal Transit Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, Room E52–316, 

Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202) 

366–6166, or email: stacy.weisfeld@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

This notice announces the availability 

of Joint Development Circular 7050.1C, 

which replaces Circular 7050.1B. This 

notice also responds to comments 

received on the proposed changes that 

were announced in a notice published 

in the Federal Register on January 30, 

2023 (88 FR 5957). The Circular itself is 

not included in this notice; instead, an 

electronic version may be viewed on 

FTA’s website at: https:// 

www.transit.dot.gov/JointDevelopment. 

Sec. 30001 of the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (Pub. L. 117–58) 

amended Section 5302 of title 49, 

United States Code, by adding section 

5302(4)(G)(vi)(XV); revising section 

5302(4)(G)(iv); and reordering Sections 

5302(4)(G)(i–vi). 

Section 5302(4)(G)(vi)(XV) added 

‘‘technology to fuel a zero-emission 

vehicle’’ as an eligible joint 

development improvement under the 

definition of a ‘‘capital project.’’ 

Accordingly, Joint Development 

Circular 7050.1C adds ‘‘technology to 

fuel a zero-emission vehicle’’ as an 

eligible joint development improvement 

under FTA programs. Recipients of 

assistance for these improvements must 

collect fees for the use of the charging 

facilities unless exceptions apply. 

Section 5302(4)(G)(iv) provides that 

‘‘if equipment to fuel privately owned 

zero-emission passenger vehicles is 

installed, the recipient of assistance 

shall collect fees from users of the 

equipment in order to recover the costs 

of construction, maintenance, and 

operation of the equipment.’’ 

Accordingly, this language is addressed 

in the Joint Development Circular on 

pages III–7 and VI–4—VI–5, with the 

following clarifying conditions: ‘‘The 

recipient of assistance shall be required 

to collect fees from usage only if the 

equipment is used primarily by 

privately-owned passenger vehicles. Fee 

collection may also be waived if the 

recipient demonstrates in the joint 

development application that the cost to 

install a fee collection system is more 

than the recipient anticipates collecting 

from users of the equipment. The 

method of fee collection in all 

circumstances is at the discretion of the 

site host (the owner or occupant of land 

on which the charging station is built) 

and/or recipient of FTA assistance. 

Electricity costs are considered 

operating costs and would, therefore, 

fall under the fee collection 

requirements.’’ 

II. Response to Public Comments 

FTA received submissions from three 

commenters in response to the Federal 

Register notice. The following is a 

summary of the comments received, 

FTA’s responses, and the clarifications 

included in the final guidance. 

Comment: One commenter requested 

clarification if Zero Emission Vehicle 

(ZEV) fees are considered program 

income. 

Response: Yes, ZEV fees collected 

under this provision shall be considered 

program income. 

Comment: A transit agency requested 

clarification whether recipients are 

required to charge for the use of fueling 

equipment that is constructed, operated, 

and maintained with funds other than 

FTA funds; in other words, are 

recipients required to charge for the use 

of fueling equipment if there are no 

FTA-assisted construction, 

maintenance, or operation costs to 

recover; or if the equipment is not 

owned or operated by the recipient. 

Response: Circular 7050.1C provides 

on pages III–7 and VI–5 that recipients 

are not required to charge for the use of 

fueling equipment if no FTA funds are 

used to construct, operate, or maintain 

the equipment and the equipment is not 

owned or operated by the recipient. 

Though not required, recipients may 

negotiate for any fees charged to be 

shared as part of the joint development 

agreement. 

Comment: The transit agency also 

asked FTA to clarify whether collection 

of the required fees by the owner and/ 

or operator of the fueling equipment is 

sufficient or if such fees need to be 

passed through to the project sponsors. 

Response: Recipients are not required 

to charge for the use of fueling 

equipment that they do not own or 

operate. Though not required, recipients 

may negotiate for any fees charged to be 

shared as part of the joint development 

agreement. 

Comment: The transit agency 

commented that the term ‘‘site host’’ 

was undefined. 

Response: FTA is clarifying in 

Circular 7050.1C that a site host is the 

owner or occupant of land on which the 

charging station is built. 

Comment: The transit agency also 

requested clarification as to whether the 

owner/operator of the fueling 

equipment possesses the discretion to 

determine the method of fee collection. 

Response: In instances where the 

recipient partners with another entity in 

constructing, operating, or maintaining 

the charging equipment and is required 


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