Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 50 / Friday, March 14, 2014 / Notices 14569 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Applications for Certificates 

of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed 

Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) 

During the Week Ending February 15, 

2014 

The following Applications for 

Certificates of Public Convenience and 

Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier 

Permits were filed under Subpart B 

(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department 

of Transportation’s Procedural 

Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et. 

seq.). The due date for Answers, 

Conforming Applications, or Motions to 

Modify Scope are set forth below for 

each application. Following the Answer 

period DOT may process the application 

by expedited procedures. Such 

procedures may consist of the adoption 

of a show-cause order, a tentative order, 

or in appropriate cases a final order 

without further proceedings. 

Docket Number: DOT- OST–2014– 

0019. 

Date Filed: February 10, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: March 3, 2014. 

Description: Application of 

Azerbaijan Airlines requesting a foreign 

air carrier permit and exemption 

authority to engage in (1) scheduled air 

transportation of passengers, property 

and mail between any point or points in 

Azerbaijan, via intermediate points, and 

any point or points in the United States; 

and (2) charter air transportation of 

passengers, property and mail between 

any point or points in Azerbaijan and 

any point or points in the United States, 

as well as any point or points in the 

United States and any point or points in 

a third country or countries subject to 

pertinent national, bilateral and 

international rules and regulations. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014– 

0020. 

Date Filed: February 10, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: March 3, 2014. 

Description: Application of Gem Air 

LLC requesting authority to operate 

scheduled passenger service as a 

commuter air carrier between Salmon, 

ID and Boise, ID. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014– 

0021. 

Date Filed: February 12, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: March 5, 2014. 

Description: Application of North 

Cariboo Flying Service Ltd. requesting 

an amended foreign air carrier permit 

and an exemption to engage in ondemand large aircraft charter 

transportation of passengers and 

property between points(s) in Canada 

and point(s) in the United States, as 

well as other charters. 

Barbara J. Hairston, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket 

Operations, Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05618 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9XP 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

List of Units of the National Park 

System Exempt From the Provisions of 

the National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Transportation; 

National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: List of Exempt Parks. 

SUMMARY: The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act (NPATMA) requires 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA) and National Park Service (NPS) 

to develop an air tour management plan 

for units of the national park system 

where an operator has requested 

authority to provide commercial air 

tours. The FAA Modernization and 

Reform Act of 2012 amended various 

provisions of NPATMA. One provision 

exempted national park units with 50 or 

fewer annual flights from the provisions 

of NPATMA and requires FAA and NPS 

to jointly publish a list of exempt parks. 

By Federal Register notice (See 77 FR 

75254, December 19, 2012), FAA and 

NPS published an initial list of exempt 

parks in 2012. This notice provides the 

annual updated list of parks that are 

exempt from the provisions of the 

NPATMA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Lusk—Mailing address: Federal 

Aviation Administration, P.O. Box 

92007, Los Angeles, California 90009– 

2007. Telephone: (310) 725–3808. Email 

address: Keith.Lusk@faa.gov. Vicki 

Ward—Mailing address: Natural Sounds 

and Night Skies Division, National Park 

Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 

100–31, Fort Collins, CO 80525. 

Telephone: (970) 267–2117. Email 

address: Vicki_Ward@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Authority 

1. NPATMA (Pub. L. 106–181, 

codified at 49 U.S.C. 40128) requires the 

FAA and NPS to develop an air tour 

management plan for units of the 

national park system where an operator 

has requested authority to provide 

commercial air tours. The FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 

(2012 Act) amended various provisions 

of NPATMA. 

2. This Federal Register Notice 

addresses the following 2012 Act 

amendment provisions (which are 

codified at 49 U.S.C. 40128(a)(5)): 

a. Exempt national park units that 

have 50 or fewer commercial air tour 

operations each year from the 

requirements of NPATMA. 

b. Authorize NPS to withdraw the 

exemption if necessary to protect 

resources and values or visitor use and 

enjoyment. 

c. Require FAA and NPS to publish a 

list each year of national parks covered 

by the exemption. 

II. List of Exempt Parks 

1. This list is based on interim 

operating authority (IOA) data available 

to FAA and NPS. At these parks, the 

current combined IOA of all air tour 

operators is 50 operations or fewer 

annually. Exempt parks are as follows: 

Big Bend National Park, TX 

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National 

Park, CO 

Capulin Volcano National Monument, 

NM 

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM 

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, 

AZ 

Coronado National Memorial, AZ 

Devils Tower National Monument, WY 

Dinosaur National Monument, UT/CO 

El Malpais National Monument, NM 

El Morro National Monument, NM 

Fort Bowie National Historic Site, AZ 

Fort Davis National Historic Site, TX 

Fort Union National Monument, NM 

Gila Cliff Dwellings National 

Monument, NM 

Great Sand Dunes National Park and 

Preserve, CO 

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, 

NM 

Hohokam Pima National Monument, AZ 

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic 

Site, AZ 

Kings Canyon National Park, CA 

Mojave National Preserve, CA 

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, 

AZ 

Pecos National Historical Park, NM 

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ 

Petroglyph National Monument, NM 

Pipe Spring National Monument, AZ 


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Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, TX 

Saguaro National Park, AZ 

Salinas Pueblo Missions National 

Monument, NM 

San Juan Island National Historical 

Park, WA 

Sequoia National Park, CA 

Tumacacori National Historic Park, AZ 

Walnut Canyon National Monument, 

AZ 

Wupatki National Monument, AZ 

2. The list of exempt parks published 

in this notice is the same as the initial 

list published on December 19, 2012. 

The list is based on IOA operational 

numbers only, since this is the only data 

currently available to FAA and NPS on 

the number of air tour operations at 

parks. The 2012 Act also included a 

provision that requires air tour operators 

to report their air tour operations over 

national parks. These reporting 

requirements were initiated on January 

1, 2013. The full set of reporting data for 

2013 will be available for FAA and NPS 

review in early 2014. Based on a review 

of the 2013 data, FAA and NPS will 

publish an updated list of exempt parks 

based on the actual operations 

conducted in the most recent calendar 

year. 

III. List of Exempt Parks for Future 

Years 

The FAA and NPS will publish a list 

of exempt parks annually. The list could 

change from year to year since parks 

may be added to or removed from the 

exempt list based on the previous year’s 

number of annual operations. In order to 

continue to be exempt, a park must have 

50 or fewer annual commercial air tour 

operations in any given calendar year. 

The list could also change if NPS 

withdraws an exempted park. NPS is 

authorized to withdraw a park from the 

exempt list if NPS determines that an air 

tour management plan or a voluntary 

agreement is necessary to protect park 

resources and values or park visitor use 

and enjoyment. Pursuant to the 2012 

Act, the NPS shall inform the FAA in 

writing of each determination to 

withdraw an exemption. At parks that 

lose exempt status, operators will return 

to IOA requirements until an air tour 

management plan or a voluntary 

agreement has been established. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on December 9, 

2013. 

Dale Bouffiou, 

Deputy Regional Administrator, WesternPacific Region, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

12, 2013. 

Herbert C. Frost, 

Associate Director, Natural Resource 

Stewardship and Science National Park 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05712 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request to 

Release Deed Restrictions at the 

Yellowstone Airport, West 

Yellowstone, Montana 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice requesting comment on 

request to release deed restrictions at 

the Yellowstone Airport; re-opening and 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This action re-opens and 

extends the comment period for the 

notice of intent to rule on the request to 

release deed restrictions at Yellowstone 

Airport under the provisions of Title 49, 

U.S.C. 47125 that was published on 

January 28, 2014. Comments received 

regarding this notice have requested that 

the FAA extend the comment period to 

allow time for full consideration of the 

proposed ruling. 

DATES: The notice of the comment 

period was published on January 28, 

2014 (79 FR 4529), closed Februrary 28, 

2014, and is re-opened until May 30, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Mr. David S. Stelling, Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports 

Division, Helena Airports District 

Office, 2725 Skyway Drive, Suite 2, 

Helena, Montana 59602. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Ms. Debbie 

Alke, Administrator, Montana 

Department of Transportation 

Aeronautics Division, at the following 

address: 

Ms. Debbie Alke, Administrator, 

Aeronautics Division, Montana 

Department of Transportation, PO Box 

200507, Helena, MT 59620–0507. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Steve Engebrecht, Civil Engineer/

Compliance Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Northwest Mountain 

Region, Helena Airports District Office, 

2725 Skyway Drive, Suite 2, Helena, 

Montana 59602. 

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 

request to release deed restrictions and 

other documents germane to the request 

in person at the Yellowstone Airport. 

Issued in Helena, Montana on March 7, 

2014. 

David S. Stelling, 

Manager, Helena Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05639 Filed 3–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA 2014–0008] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by May 

13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID 2014–0008 

by any of the following methods: 

Web site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 


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