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that indicates that U.S. products, 

suppliers, or bidders are being denied 

fair market opportunities in such airport 

construction projects. As a consequence, 

for purposes of the Act, the USTR has 

decided not to list any countries as 

denying fair market opportunities for 

U.S. products, suppliers, or bidders in 

foreign government-funded airport 

construction projects. 

Michael B. G. Froman, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09608 Filed 4–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Delegation of Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of delegation of 

authority. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is giving notice of 

a new delegation of authority from the 

Administrator to the Chief Counsel and 

to the Director of the Office of 

Adjudication regarding civil penalty 

actions under 14 CFR part 13 subpart G. 

The delegation was set forth in a 

memorandum signed by the 

Administrator dated March 28, 2016. 

The FAA is publishing the text of the 

delegation, so that it is available to 

interested parties. This delegation 

supersedes and replaces a previous 

delegation of authority by the 

Administrator by memorandum issued 

on October 27, 1992 and published in 

the Federal Register on December 9, 

1992. 57 FR 58280; December 9, 1992. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie A. Collins, Dispute Resolution 

Officer and Administrative Judge for the 

Office of Adjudication (AGC–70), 

Federal Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Street, SW., Room 323, 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone (202) 

267–3290; facsimile (202) 267–3720. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In civil 

penalty actions governed by the 

procedural rules in 14 CFR part 13, 

subpart G, the Administrator, acting as 

the FAA decisionmaker, is the official 

authorized to issue final agency 

decisions and orders. The Chief 

Counsel, the Assistant Chief Counsel for 

Litigation, and attorneys on his staff, 

have advised the Administrator, acting 

as FAA decisionmaker, regarding 

appeals from initial decisions in civil 

penalty actions under these procedural 

rules. By memorandum dated October 

29, 1992, and published in the Federal 

Register on December 9, 1992, the 

Administrator delegated certain limited 

authority as the FAA decisionmaker in 

appeals in civil penalty cases to the 

Chief Counsel and the Assistant Chief 

Counsel, Litigation. Recently, when the 

Litigation Division was reorganized, the 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation’s 

authority to advise the Administrator 

regarding appeals from initial decisions 

was transferred to the Director of the 

Office of Adjudication. By 

memorandum dated March 28, 2016, the 

Administrator issued an updated 

delegation of authority to manage 

appeals in such civil penalty actions to 

the Chief Counsel and the Director of 

the Office of Adjudication. 

The full text of the March 28, 2016 

delegation from the Administrator to the 

Chief Counsel and to the Director of the 

Office of Adjudication provides: In 

furtherance of an efficient FAA civil 

penalty appeals process, pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 322(b) and 14 CFR part 13 

subpart G, I hereby delegate authority to 

the Chief Counsel and to the Director of 

the Office of Adjudication as follows: 

a. To administer civil penalty appeals, 

to appoint personnel of the Office of 

Adjudication to manage all or portions 

of individual appeals; and to prepare 

written decisions and proposed final 

orders in such appeals; 

b. To issue procedural and other 

interlocutory orders aimed at proper 

and efficient case management, 

including, without limitation, 

scheduling and sanctions orders; 

c. To grant or deny motions to dismiss 

appeals; 

d. To dismiss appeals upon request of 

the appellant or by agreement of the 

parties; 

e. To provide voluntary alternative 

dispute resolution (ADR) services prior 

to or during the pendency of appeals, 

upon request of the parties, in 

accordance with established Department 

of Transportation and FAA policies; 

f. To stay decisions and orders of the 

FAA decisionmaker, pending judicial 

review or reconsideration by the FAA 

decisionmaker; 

g. To summarily dismiss repetitious 

or frivolous petitions to reconsider or 

modify orders; 

h. In matters subject to the Equal 

Access to Justice Act (EAJA), as 

implemented in CFR part 14, to execute 

and issue orders and final decisions on 

behalf of the Administrator on any EAJA 

applications; 

i. To correct typographical, 

grammatical and similar errors in the 

FAA decisionmaker’s decisions and 

orders, and to make non-substantive 

editorial changes; 

j. To take all other reasonable steps 

deemed necessary and proper for the 

management of the civil penalty appeals 

process, in accordance with 14 CFR part 

13 and applicable law. 

k. The foregoing authority may be redelegated, as necessary. 

This Delegation supersedes and 

replaces the Delegation issued to the 

Chief Counsel and the Assistant Chief 

Counsel for Litigation, dated December 

9, 1992 and the Re-delegation to the 

Adjudications Branch Manager, dated 

August 6, 1993. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, 

2016. 

Michael Huerta, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09656 Filed 4–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Membership in the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice 

(See 81 FR 290, January 5, 2016) the 

National Park Service (NPS) and the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

invited interested persons to apply to 

fill two upcoming openings on the 

National Parks Overflights Advisory 

Group (NPOAG) Aviation Rulemaking 

Committee (ARC). The notice invited 

interested persons to apply to fill future 

openings to represent air tour operator 

concerns and environmental interests. 

This notice informs the public of the 

person selected to fill the air tour 

operator future vacancy. No selection 

has been made for the vacancy 

representing environmental interests so 

this notice also invites persons 

interested in serving on the ARC to 

apply for the upcoming opening for this 

seat. 

DATES: Persons interested in applying 

for the one upcoming NPOAG opening 

representing environmental interests 

need to apply by June 10, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Lusk, Special Programs Staff, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Western-Pacific Region Headquarters, 

P.O. Box 92007, Los Angeles, CA 

90009–2007, telephone: (310) 725–3808, 

email: Keith.Lusk@faa.gov., 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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