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jurisdiction and regulation aspects of this question; and

• Examining possible next steps for the white paper that discussed possible revisions to the requirements for launch site licensing.

Interested members of the public may submit relevant written statements for the COMSTAC working group members to consider under the advisory process. Statements may concern the issues and agenda items mentioned above or additional issues that may be relevant for the U.S. commercial space transportation industry. Interested parties wishing to submit written statements should contact Susan Lender, DFO, (the Contact Person listed below) in writing (mail or email) by July 10, 2012, so that the information can be made available to COMSTAC members for their review and consideration before the July 17, 2012, teleconference. Written statements should be supplied in the following formats: one hard copy with original signature or one electronic copy via email.

An agenda will be posted on the FAA Web site at http://www.faa.gov/go/ast.

Individuals who plan to participate and need special assistance should inform the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Susan Lender (AST–5), Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST), 800 Independence Avenue SW., Room 331, Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 267–8029; Email susan.lender@faa.gov. Complete information regarding COMSTAC is available on the FAA Web site at: http://www.faa.gov/about/office

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_committee/. Dated: Issued in Washington, DC, June 5,
2012. George C. Nield, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2012–14150 Filed 6–11–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–14]**

**Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received** 

**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 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 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 involved and must be received on or before July 2, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA– 2012–0350 using any of the following methods:

• Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically.

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202–493–2251.

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management Facility 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.

Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78).

Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility 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 :**  Tyneka Thomas ARM–105, (202) 267– 7626, FAA, Office of Rulemaking, 800 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31,
2012. Lirio Liu, Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA–2012–0350. Petitioner: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and Experimental Aircraft Association.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.3(c) and 61.23(a).

Description of Relief Sought: The relief sought would allow the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association and Experimental Aircraft Association members to conduct certain operations of aircraft without having to hold an FAA-issued medical certificate.

[FR Doc. 2012–14285 Filed 6–11–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**[Summary Notice No. PE–2012–15]**

**Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received** 

**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 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. 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 involved and must be received on or before July 2, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA– 2012–0437 using any of the following methods:

• Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically.

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202–493–2251.

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management Facility in


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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.

Privacy: We will post all comments we receive, without change, to http:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information you provide. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78).

Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility 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 :**  Tyneka Thomas ARM–105, (202) 267– 7626, FAA, Office of Rulemaking, 800 Independence Ave SW., Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 31,
2012. Lirio Liu, Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA–2012–0437. Petitioner: Billy G. Witt. Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 61.23(a)(3)(vi) and 61.39(a)(4).

Description of Relief Sought: The relief sought would allow Billy G. Witt eligibility to take a private pilot practical test without holding an FAA third-class medical certificate.

[FR Doc. 2012–14283 Filed 6–11–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Notice of Request To Release Airport Property at Merrill Field Airport,**  **Anchorage, AK**

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.

**ACTION :**  Notice of intent to release airport property. **SUMMARY :**  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a proposal to authorize the release of approximately 3.37 acres of Merrill Field Airport (MRI) property located in Anchorage, Alaska. Said property will be replaced with 4.6 acres of land located adjacent to the east and north boundaries of the existing Airport.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before July 16, 2012.

**ADDRESSES :**  Send comments on this document to Gabriel Mahns, Compliance Officer, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587. In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to: Michelle Colby, Real Estate Services Manager, DOWL HKM, 4041 B Street, Anchorage, AK 99503.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mr. Gabriel Mahns, Compliance Officer, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region Airports Division, 222 W. 7th Avenue, #14, Anchorage, AK 99513–7587, telephone 907–271–3665, email gabriel.mahns@faa.gov or Michelle Colby, Real Estate Services Manager, DOWL HKM, 4041 B Street, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone 907– 562–2000, email mcolby@dowlhkm.com

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Background

On May 15, 2009, the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) presented an official purchase offer to the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA) for the referenced 3.37 acres of MRI and other Municipal lands along with a proposal to provide for a ‘‘Functional Replacement’’ of MRI lands in accordance with Title 23, Part 710.509 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Section 6.13 of the State of Alaska Right of Way Manual. This purchase offer was predicated on DOT&PF’s need for additional right of way to construct improvements to the Glenn Highway adjacent to MRI in conjunction with the State of Alaska project known as the Glenn Highway, Gambell Street to Airport Heights Reconstruction Project (IM–OA1–6(35)/58800).

Per the terms of the proposed exchange, the MOA MRI will dispose of approximately 3.37 acres of land and will receive title to approximately 4.6 acres in exchange as well as monetary compensation in the amount of $4,500,000. On June 2, 2009 and June 19, 2009, authorized representatives of the MOA and the DOT&PF executed a Land Exchange Agreement that set forth the terms of the purchase and exchange. On June 22, 2010, the Anchorage Assembly passed Assembly Ordinance No. 2010–49 which authorized the disposal of MOA lands and the acceptance of the offered additional monetary compensation amount of four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000).

A portion of the lands to be released and then disposed from MRI, containing approximately 8,986 square feet (SF) or 0.206 acres, was purchased for inclusion into MRI utilizing FAA Airport Improvement (AIP) Funds. Said lands, described as a portion of Lot One of the East Fifth Avenue Subdivision, according to Plat 68–20, Anchorage Recording District (ARD), Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, were acquired in December of 1992 under AIP No. 3– 02–0015–16. In 1997, the lands within the area to be disposed and the remainder of Lot One were replatted with additional lands into Tract C–1 of Merrill Field Replat Addition No. 4, according to Plat 97–26, ARD.

In accordance with Title 49 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 47107(h)(2), this notice is required to be published in the Federal Register 30 days before modifying the land-use assurance that requires the property described immediately above to be used for an aeronautical purpose. Other portions of the lands to be disposed from MRI, containing a combined area of 37,950 SF or 0.871 acres, were originally conveyed from the United States of America to the City of Anchorage in 1958 under the authority of Section 16 of the 1946 Federal Airport Act (60 Stat. 179; 49 U.S.C. 1115). Said lands were a portion of the lands within Tracts 22 and 24 of the Fourth Addition to the Townsite of Anchorage, as shown on the Plat of U.S. Survey No. 1456, accepted June 13, 1923, on file in the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

Pursuant to section 16 of the Act, the conveyance of said lands was subject to a provision that the lands conveyed would revert to the U.S. in the event that they are not developed or cease be used for airport purposes. Per the terms of the Land Exchange Agreement, these lands will cease to be used for airport purposes once conveyed; however, since the function of said land is being replaced via the exchange, the FAA has determined that the reversionary provision of the Section 16 conveyance will be satisfied by their concurrence to the exchange. In regards to the proposed change in use of said lands, the FAA has determined that the proposed change should also be published for comment