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Potskhverashvili, (202) 395–5414, 

tiapots@ustr.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of State and USTR invite 

written comments or questions from the 

public to be submitted no later than 

February 14, 2024, regarding 

implementation of chapter 17 and the 

MOU, and any topics that should be 

considered for discussion at the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum 

meetings consistent with their 

respective purposes. When preparing 

comments, submitters are encouraged to 

refer to chapter 17 of the FTA and/or the 

MOU, as relevant (available at https://

www.state.gov/key-topics-office-ofenvironmental-quality-andtransboundary-issues/current-tradeagreements-with-environmentalchapters/#oman and https://ustr.gov/ 

trade-agreements/free-tradeagreements/oman-fta). Instructions on 

how to submit comments are under the 

heading ADDRESSES. 

Article 17.5 of the FTA provides for 

the establishment of a Subcommittee on 

Environmental Affairs to discuss 

matters related to the operation of 

chapter 17. Article 17.5 further provides 

that, unless the Parties otherwise agree, 

meetings of the Subcommittee shall 

include a session in which members of 

the Subcommittee have an opportunity 

to meet with the public to discuss 

matters relating to the implementation 

of chapter 17. 

Section II of the MOU establishes a 

Joint Forum on Environmental 

Cooperation responsible for, among 

other things, establishing, reviewing, 

and assessing cooperative 

environmental activities under the 

MOU. 

On February 19, 2024, the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum will 

meet in a closed government-togovernment session to (1) review 

implementation of chapter 17 and (2) 

review activities under the United 

States-Oman 2018–2021 Environmental 

Cooperation Plan of Action and future 

activities under the 2024–2027 

Environmental Cooperation Plan of 

Action, respectively. 

All interested persons are invited to 

attend a joint public session on chapter 

17 implementation and environmental 

cooperation under the MOU, beginning 

at 12 a.m. EST (9 a.m. GST) on February 

20, 2024. At the session, the 

Subcommittee and Joint Forum will 

welcome questions, input, and 

information about challenges and 

achievements in implementation of 

chapter 17 and environmental 

cooperation under the MOU. If you 

would like to attend the public session 

either in-person, in Muscat, Oman, or 

virtually, please notify Anel GonzalezRuiz and Tia Potskhverashvili at the 

email addresses listed under the 

heading ADDRESSES. 

Visit the Department of State website 

at www.state.gov and the USTR website 

at www.ustr.gov for more information. 

Robert D. Wing, 

Acting Director, Office of Environmental 

Quality, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01876 Filed 1–30–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. 2024–0217] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Air Taxi and 

Commercial Operator Airport Activity 

Survey 

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 renew information collection. 

The collection involves requesting that 

small on-demand operators voluntarily 

provide the number of revenue 

passengers that boarded their aircraft at 

each airport annually. This information 

is used in determining an airport’s 

category and eligibility for federal 

funding on an annual basis. It is not 

available through any other federal data 

source. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: 

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field). 

By mail: Luis Loarte, FAA, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591. 

By fax: 202–267–5257. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis 

Loarte by email at: Luis.Loarte@faa.gov; 

phone: 202–267–9622. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0067. 

Title: Air Taxi and Commercial 

Operator Airport Activity Survey. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 1800–31. 

Type of Review: Clearance of a 

renewal of an information collection. 

Background: The data collected 

through this survey is the only source of 

data for charter and nonscheduled 

passenger data part 135 operator (air 

taxis). The data received on the form 

(either paper or signed electronic copy) 

is then incorporated into the Air Carrier 

Activity Information System which is 

used to determine whether an airport is 

eligible for Airport Improvement 

Program funds and for calculating 

primary airport sponsor apportionment 

as specified by title 49 United Stated 

Code (U.S.C.), section 47114. The data 

collected on the form includes 

passenger enplanements by carrier and 

by airport. Passengers traveling on air 

taxis would be overlooked entirely if 

this passenger survey were not 

conducted. As a result, many airports 

would not receive their fair share of 

funds since there is currently no other 

source for this type of charter activity. 

On average, approximately 70 operators 

respond each year, reporting a total 1 

million passengers. This data is 

important to those airports that struggle 

to meet the 2,500 and 10,000 passenger 

levels and could not do so without the 

reporting of the charter passengers. 

Respondents: A cover letter and 

instructions are sent through the United 

Parcel Service. The cover letter and 

instructions provide the carriers with 

the Airports External Portal (faa.gov) 

(AEP) site and the password for the 

voluntary Airport Activity Survey form. 

The cover letter and password for the 

Airport Activity Survey form is sent to 

approximately 150 small on-demand 

operators (certificated under Federal 

Aviation Regulation Part 135) that have 

reported activity in the last three years. 

The form is also available on the FAA 

website. We allowed electronic 

submittals of the voluntary survey 

beginning with calendar year 2020 data. 

Operators can electronically access the 

form, sign, and submit to the FAA. The 

Airports External Portal is used by 

airports in the National Plan of 

Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). 


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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 

need and striving to achieve the other 


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