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1 Most exemptions issued after March 2, 2016 state that the aircraft may be registered under part 47 or part 48.

2 A Small UAS may be registered under part 48: [O]nly when the aircraft is not registered under the laws of a foreign country and is—(a) Owned by a U.S. citizen; (b) Owned by an individual citizen of a foreign country lawfully admitted for a permanent residence in the [U.S.]; (c) Owned by a corporation not a citizen of the [U.S.] when the corporation is organized and doing business under the laws of the [U.S] or a State within the [U.S.], and the aircraft is based and primarily used in the [U.S.]; or (d) An aircraft of—(1) The [U.S.] Government; or (2) A State, the District of Columbia, a territory or possession of the [U.S.], or a political subdivision of a State, territory, or possession.

14 CFR 48.20; 80 FR 78646. and copies shall be provided to the appropriate committees in Congress.

Dated: March 21, 2016. Thomas A. Shannon, Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016–09266 Filed 4–20–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–23–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

**[Public Notice 9528]**

**Notice of Public Comments on FY 2017 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program** 

The United States actively supports efforts to provide protection, assistance, and durable solutions for refugees. The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is a critical component of the United States’ overall refugee protection efforts around the globe. In Fiscal Year 2016, the President established the ceiling for refugee admissions into the United States at 85,000 refugees.

As we begin to prepare the FY 2017 U.S. Refugee Admission Program, we welcome the public’s input. Information about the Program can be found at http://www.state.gov/g/prm/. Persons wishing to submit written comments on the appropriate size and scope of the FY 2016 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program should submit them by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2015 via email to PRM-Comments@state.gov or fax (202)
453–9393.

If you have questions about submitting written comments, please contact Delicia Spruell, PRM/ Admissions Program Officer at spruellda@state.gov.

Simon Henshaw, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2016–09267 Filed 4–20–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4710–33–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Registration of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operated Under**  **Exemptions Issued by the FAA**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Availability of Part 48 Registration System for FAA Exemption Holders.

**SUMMARY :**  The FAA is issuing this notice to advise owners of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) used for purposes other than as model aircraft under the authority of an exemption issued by the FAA that they may register their sUAS using the web-based aircraft registration system. It also provides specific information pertaining to any exemptions that include conditions relating to the registration of small UAS.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  FAA UAS Integration Office, 800 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591, telephone (877) 396–4636; email UAShelp@faa.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The FAA has issued more than 4,500 exemptions authorizing operation of small UAS for non-model aircraft purposes. UAS operating under FAA exemption are statutorily obligated to be registered with the FAA by their owners. See 49 U.S.C. 44101. Consistent with that requirement, exemptions issued by the FAA provide that the UAS must be registered using the process established in 14 CFR part 47 and marked in accordance with 14 CFR part 45. 1 Part 47 was the sole means of registering an aircraft with the FAA at the time those exemptions were issued.

On December 16, 2015, the FAA and Department of Transportation issued an Interim Final Rule establishing registration and marking requirements for small unmanned aircraft (sUAS) that weigh more than .55 and less than 55 pounds. 80 FR 78594. This rule created a new web-based registration process for sUAS distinct from the FAA’s existing registration process. These new requirements are codified in 14 CFR part 48. Eligible aircraft 2 that are registered using the part 48 process meet the statutory requirement for aircraft registration. See 80 FR 78594– 95. sUAS operated other than as model aircraft that weigh more than .55 pounds and less than 55 pounds, such as many of those operated under FAA exemption, have been able to register using the web-based process since March 31, 2016. 14 CFR 48.5(b).

The FAA finds it in the public interest to permit sUAS that currently hold FAA exemptions with the condition for registration under part 47 and who have not registered their sUAS to register inaccordance with part 48 using the webbased registration process. Therefore, to ensure that sUAS operated under FAA exemption will be able to be registered under part 48, the FAA is amending all exemptions that contain the following condition:

All aircraft operated in accordance with this exemption must be identified by serial number, registered in accordance with 14CFR part 47, and have identification (NNumber) markings in accordance with 14 CFR part 45, subpart C. Markings must be as large as practicable.

Effective April 21, 2016, those exemptions are amended to replace the above condition with the following:

All aircraft operated under this exemption must be registered in accordance with 14 CFR parts 47 or 48, and have identification markings in accordance with 14 CFR part 45, subpart C or part 48. For applicability and implementation dates of part 48 see 80 FR 78594 (Dec. 16, 2015).

The FAA is taking this action to enable small UAS operated under FAA exemptions to be registered under parts 47 or 48. Due to the significant number of exemptions affected, the FAA is amending these exemptions by publishing this notice. To the extent that an amended exemption is inconsistent with provisions in an exemption holder’s Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA), the condition in the exemption supersedes the COA.

Exemption holders are advised to have a copy of this notice accessible during UAS operations.

People who have already submitted a completed application to register their sUAS under 14 CFR part 47 but prefer to register using the part 48 web-based system may request cancellation of that application by contacting the Registry. The request may be in any form but must include the following elements:

• The applicant’s name and contact information from the original application.

• The make, model, and serial number as shown on the original application.

• The reason for cancellation (i.e., that the applicant has or will register the aircraft under 14 CFR 48).

The request must be signed by the applicant and may be submitted by the applicant or their agent. If the request is submitted by a representative of a company or corporation, that person must indicate his or her corporate or managerial title.

This same process may be used to cancel an existing registration issued


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under 14 CFR 47; however, theregistration holder must indicate the Nnumber they propose to cancel.

The request for cancellation may only be transmitted to the Registry using the following methods:

• U.S. Postal Service regular or Priority mail: FAA Aircraft Registration Branch, AFS–750 P.O. Box 25504, Oklahoma City, OK 73125–0504.

• Overnight or Commercial Delivery Services, FAA Aircraft Registration Branch, AFS–750 6425 S Denning Rm 118, Oklahoma City, OK 73169–6937.

• By facsimile: (405) 954–3548. This exemption terminates on April 1, 2018, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 15,
2016. John S. Duncan, Director, Flight Standards Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–09199 Filed 4–20–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–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 Strother Field (WLD), Winfield, Kansas.

**SUMMARY :**  The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at Strother Field (WLD), Winfield, Kansas, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before May 23, 2016.

**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: Shawn M. McGrew, Airport Manager, Strother Field, Cities of Winfield and Arkansas City, P.O. Box 747; 22193 Tupper St., Winfield, KS 67156, (620) 442–4470.

**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 4.00 + acres of airport property at Strother Field (WLD) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). On March 2, 2016, the Airport Manager of Strother Field requested from the FAA that approximately 4.00 + acres of property be released for sale to the Four County Medical Health Center. On April 12, 2016, the FAA determined that the request to release property at Strother Field (WLD) 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:

Strother Field (WLD) is proposing the release of a parcel, totaling 4.00 + acres. 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 Strother Field (WLD) being changed from aeronautical to nonaeronautical use and release the surface lands from the conditions of the AIP Grant Agreement Grant Assurances, but retaining any mineral rights. 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 Strother Field wastewater system.

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 Strother Field.

Issued in Kansas City, MO on April 15,

2016. Jim A. Johnson, Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2016–09307 Filed 4–20–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION** 

**Federal Highway Administration**

**[Docket No. FHWA–2016–0011]**

**Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for**  **Approval of a New Information Collection** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of request for approval of a new information collection.

**SUMMARY :**  The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of a new information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on June 23, 2015. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

**DATES :**  Please submit comments by May 23, 2016.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may send comments within 30 days to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the FHWA’s performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the collected information. All comments should include the Docket No. FHWA–2016–0011.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Damaris Santiago, 202–366–2034, Department of Transportation, FHWA, Office of Project Development and Environmental Review, E76–201, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Title: FHWA Environmental Excellence Awards

Background: In 1995 FHWA established the biennial Environmental Excellence Awards to recognize partners, projects, and processes that use FHWA funding sources to go beyond environmental compliance and achieve environmental excellence. The