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Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine 

National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 

32822. Written comments on the 

Sponsor’s request must be delivered or 

mailed to: Jenny Iglesias-Hamann, 

Community Planner, Orlando Airports 

District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National 

Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822– 

5024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jenny Iglesias-Hamann, Community 

Planner, Orlando Airports District 

Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, 

Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822–5024. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

125 of The Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment and Reform Act for the 21st 

Century (AIR–21) requires the FAA to 

provide an opportunity for public notice 

and comment prior to the ‘‘waiver’’ or 

‘‘modification’’ of a sponsor’s Federal 

obligation to use certain airport land for 

non-aeronautical purposes. 

The property is located Multiple 

parcels along Roosevelt Road (SR 686) 

adjacent to airport. The parcels are 

currently designated Aeronautical and 

Non-Aeronautical. The property will be 

released of its federal obligations in 

support of the Florida Department of 

Transportation (FDOT) Gateway Express 

Project. The fair market value of thess 

parcels has been determined to be 

$12,205,865. 

Documents reflecting the Sponsor’s 

request are available, by appointment 

only, for inspection at the St. 

Petersburg-Clearwater International 

Airport (PIE) and the FAA Airports 

District Office. 

Bart Vernace, 

Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, 

Southern Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a New Approval of 

Information Collection: Automatic 

Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast 

(ADS–B) Rebate System 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

FAA invites public comments about its 

intention to request Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for a new information 

collection. The FAA is launching a 

rebate program to emphasize the urgent 

need for pilots to comply with 

Automatic Dependent Surveillance 

Broadcast (ADS–B) Out requirements 

ahead of the January 1, 2020, 

compliance deadline. This program will 

defray costs associated with the ADS–B 

equipment and installation for eligible 

general aviation aircraft, and help 

ensure that all general aviation aircraft 

are equipped by the compliance date. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 8, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ronda 

Thompson, Room 441, Federal Aviation 

Administration, ASP–110, 950 L’Enfant 

Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

Public comments invited: Individuals 

are asked to comment on any aspect of 

this information collection, including 

(a) whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for this 

program; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for the 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 public 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronda Thompson by email at: 

Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: Not assigned. 

Title: Automatic Dependent 

Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS–B) Rebate 

System. 

Form Numbers: Information is 

collected via a Web site specific to the 

ADS–B Rebate program. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Background: On May 21, 2010, the 

FAA issued a final rule requiring 

Automatic Dependence SurveillanceBroadcast (ADS–B) Out avionics on 

aircraft operating in Classes A, B, and C 

airspace, as well as certain other classes 

of airspace within the National Airspace 

System (NAS), no later than January 1, 

2020 (75 FR 30160). ADS–B Out 

equipage is a critical step in achieving 

the benefits of NextGen, in that it 

transforms aircraft surveillance with 

satellite-based precision. When properly 

equipped with ADS–B, both pilots and 

controllers can, for the first time, see the 

same real-time displays of air traffic, 

and pilots will be able to receive air 

traffic services in places where it has 

not been previously available. 

To meet this deadline for compliance, 

the FAA estimated that as many as 

160,000 general aviation aircraft would 

need to be equipped with ADS–B by 

January 1, 2020. In developing the ADS– 

B Out final rule, the FAA assumed that 

these aircraft owners would begin 

equipping new aircraft with ADS–B 

equipment in 2012, and begin 

retrofitting the existing aircraft in 2013, 

to minimize costs associated with 

retrofitting outside of the aircraft’s 

heavy maintenance cycle. In any given 

year, avionics installers are capable of 

completing approximately 35,000– 

50,000 installations. In order to 

guarantee that general aviation aircraft 

that will operate in ADS–B airspace are 

equipped by January 1, 2020, 

approximately 23,000 aircraft would 

have needed to equip each year 

beginning in early 2013. This would 

have ensured there would be a balance 

between the expected demand for 

avionics installations and the capacity 

of avionics installers. Owners of general 

aviation aircraft who are particularly 

price sensitive are postponing their 

installations. This trend demonstrates 

that there is a near-term need to 

accelerate equipage, to ensure that 

pilots, manufacturers, and retail 

facilities have adequate time and 

capacity to equip aircraft by the January 

1, 2020, compliance deadline. It is 

necessary to take advantage of the 

installation capacity available now in 

order to avoid back-end capacity 

constraints that could result in some 

aircraft being unable to receive their 

upgrades ahead of the compliance 

deadline, which will, in turn, lead to 

denial of access to ADS–B airspace once 

the ADS–B equipage mandate is in 

effect. This limited-time rebate will 

provide an incentive for early 

retrofitting, but it is intended to 

emphasize the urgent need for pilots to 

comply with ADS–B Out requirements 

ahead of 2020. 

Section 221 of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

provided the FAA with the authority to 

establish an incentive program for 

equipping general aviation and 

commercial aircraft with 

communications, surveillance, 

navigation, and other avionics 

equipment. Thus, the FAA is 

establishing an initiative (the ADS–B 

Rebate Program) to addresses the rate of 

general aviation equipage by 

incentivizing those aircraft owners who 

are affected by the ADS–B Out 

requirements and are the most price 

sensitive to the cost of avionics and the 

associated installation. The ADS–B 

Rebate Program will provide a one-time 

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$500 rebate to an aircraft owner to 

defray some of the cost of an ADS–B 

Out system meeting the program 

eligibility requirements. The rebates 

will be available on a first come first 

served basis. 

The FAA, with input from industry 

partners (Aircraft Electronics 

Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots 

Association, and General Aircraft 

Manufacturers Association), designed 

this rebate program targeting specific 

eligibility requirements for avionics, 

aircraft types, and aircraft owners. The 

eligibility requirements are as follows: 

Eligible Avionics—Technical 

Standard Order (TSO)-certified Version 

2 ADS–B Out system, purchased on or 

after June 8, 2016. Such equipment must 

have a TSO marking for TSO–C154c, or 

TSO–C166b, or both. Eligible ADS–B 

Out system equipment may have an 

embedded position source compliant 

with one of the following TSOs: TSO– 

C–145c (or subsequent versions), TSO– 

C146c (or subsequent versions), or may 

be connected to a separate position 

source compliant with TSO–C–145c (or 

subsequent versions) or TSO–C146c (or 

subsequent versions). Any separate 

position source must comply with the 

guidance published in FAA Advisory 

Circular (AC) 20–165B. ADS–B In/Out 

systems compliant with TSO–C154c, 

TSO–C166b, or both, are also eligible. 

Eligible Aircraft—Only U.S.- 

registered, fixed-wing single-engine 

piston aircraft first registered before 

January 1, 2016 are eligible for the 

program. This eligibility will be 

determined via the FAA Civil Aircraft 

Registry. Program eligibility also 

requires permanent installation of new 

avionics equipment in a single aircraft 

in compliance with applicable FAA 

regulations and guidance material. 

Aircraft Owner—Program eligibility is 

limited to one rebate per aircraft owner. 

An aircraft owner means either a single 

individual owner or any owning entity 

(any legal ownership entity including 

but not limited to an LLC, corporation, 

partnership or joint venture) identified 

as the owner of the eligible aircraft in 

the FAA Civil Aviation Registry. 

Exclusions—All aircraft for which 

FAA has already paid or previously 

committed to upgrade to meet the ADS– 

B Out mandate. Software upgrades to 

existing equipment are not eligible. 

Aircraft that already have a Version 2 

ADS–B Out system prior to the launch 

of the data collection system are not 

eligible. New aircraft produced after 

January 1, 2016, are not eligible. 

For reimbursement under this 

program, the FAA Civil Aircraft Registry 

information regarding ownership is 

controlling and the rebate program will 

be using the publically available 

database to determine eligibility 

requirements based on the aircraft 

information. The aircraft owner is 

responsible for ensuring that the FAA 

Civil Aircraft Registry information is 

accurate before a claim for the rebate is 

submitted; rebates will only be mailed 

to the registered owner and address as 

indicated in the Civil Aircraft Registry. 

To request a rebate, the applicant 

must provide via the program Web site 

a valid email address for official 

correspondence and notifications and 

aircraft-specific information such as the 

aircraft registration number, TSOcertified equipment purchased, and 

scheduled installation date. Once the 

information is submitted, the FAA will 

validate eligibility for the program with 

the official records regarding aircraft 

ownership contained in the publically 

available Civil Aircraft Registry. 

Additionally, anyone requesting a rebate 

will need to accept legal notices 

electronically by acknowledging their 

agreement and acceptance and 

providing the name of the person 

submitting the information on the 

individual web application. 

Through the ADS–B Rebate Program, 

aircraft owners will be permitted to 

reserve a rebate, validate their 

installation, and then claim their rebate 

through the ADS–B Rebate Program 

Web site. The program steps and 

timeline requirements are as follows: 

[1] Decide: The aircraft owner 

arranges for purchase and schedules 

installation of TSO-certified avionics for 

an eligible aircraft. 

[2] Reserve: Before avionics 

installation occurs, the aircraft owner 

must go to the ADS–B Rebate Program 

Web site to submit information for a 

rebate reservation. Upon successful 

submission, the system will generate an 

email with a Rebate Reservation Code. 

During the rebate reservation process, 

the eligible aircraft’s information is 

validated against the FAA Civil Aircraft 

Registry, including ownership 

information. If there are discrepancies, 

the aircraft owner may continue with 

the reservation process; but before a 

valid Incentive Code can be obtained in 

step [5], the aircraft owner must ensure 

that the FAA Civil Aircraft Registry data 

for their eligible aircraft is corrected. 

[3] Install: TSO-certified ADS–B 

avionics are installed in the eligible 

aircraft. 

[4] Fly & Validate: Only after the prior 

steps are completed, the eligible aircraft 

must be flown in the airspace defined in 

14 CFR 91.225 for at least 30 minutes, 

with at least 10 aggregate minutes of 

maneuvering flight, per the guidance in 

AC 20–165B http://www.faa.gov/

regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/

index.cfm/go/document.information/

documentID/1028666, sections 4.3.2 

and 4.3.2.3–4.3.2.6 for Part 23 aircraft. 

After flight, the ADS–B data is used to 

generate a Public Compliance Report 

(PCR) and General Aviation Incentive 

Requirements Status (GAIRS) Report, 

which is how the performance of the 

eligible aircraft’s ADS–B installation is 

validated. Note that it may be necessary 

to repeat this step more than once, until 

the GAIRS Report indicates PASS for all 

fields and provides an Incentive Code in 

the Rebate Status section. Once proper 

installation and operation of the ADS– 

B is validated the FAA will notify the 

applicant using the email address 

provided at the time of rebate request. 

[5] Claim: Within 60 days of the 

scheduled installation date, the aircraft 

owner gathers their Rebate Reservation 

Code (from step [2]) and their Incentive 

Code (from step [4]) and submits this 

information as well as their name and 

aircraft number via the ADS–B Rebate 

Program Web site to complete the claim 

for their rebate. 

The FAA is seeking comments from 

the public regarding the information we 

collect for the program and how we 

collect it. The information provided in 

this notice is solely to identify and 

collect information from the public on 

the potential burden to an individual 

that would result from this program. 

Respondents: Approximately 20,000 

rebates. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

only during the times the user is 

submitting their reservation and 

claiming their rebate after proof of 

meeting the eligibility requirements. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 6 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

Approximately 2,000 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2016. 

Ronda Thompson, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2016–0050] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated April 

27, 2016, the South Central Florida 

Express (SCFE) has petitioned the 

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