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will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01668 Filed 1–25–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Reduction of 

Fuel Tank Flammability on Transport 

Category Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The FAA’s Fuel Tank 

Flammability rule requires 

manufacturers to report to the FAA 

every six months for up to 5 years after 

the flammability reduction system is 

incorporated into the fleet. The data is 

needed to assure system performance 

meets that predicted at the time of 

certification. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 29, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by 

email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0710. 

Title: Reduction of Fuel Tank 

Flammability on Transport Category 

Airplanes. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: Design approval holders 

use flammability analysis 

documentation to demonstrate to their 

FAA Oversight Office that they are 

compliant with the Fuel Tank 

Flammability Safety rule (73 FR 42443). 

Semi-annual reports submitted by 

design approval holders provide listings 

of component failures discovered during 

scheduled or unscheduled maintenance 

so that the reliability of the flammability 

reduction means can be verified by the 

FAA. 

Respondents: Approximately 5 design 

approval holders. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 100 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

4,000 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ms. Kathy 

DePaepe, Room 126B, Federal Aviation 

Administration, AES–200, 6500 S. 

MacArthur Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 

73169. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for 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 your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 

2013. 

Albert R. Spence, 

FAA Assistant Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01709 Filed 1–25–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Eighth Meeting: RTCA Next Gen 

Advisory Committee (NAC) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA NextGen 

Advisory Committee (NAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the eighth 

meeting of the RTCA NextGen Advisory 

Committee (NAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 7, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the ballroom of the Hotel Monaco, 15 

West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UT 

84101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

RTCA Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., 

Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036, by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or the Web site at http:// 

www.rtca.org. Alternately, contact Andy 

Cebula at (202) 330–0652, or email 

acebula@rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a NextGen Advisory 

Committee meeting. The agenda will 

include the following: 

February 7, 2013 

• Opening of Meeting and Introduction 

of NAC Members—Chairman Bill 

Ayer, Chairman, Alaska Air Group 

• Official Statement of Designated 

Federal Official—The Honorable 

Michael Huerta, FAA Administrator 

• Review and approval of October 4, 

2012 Meeting Summary and 

Revision to NAC Terms of 

Reference 

• Chairman’s Report—Chairman Ayer 

• FAA Report—Mr. Huerta 

• Review and Approve 

Recommendation for Submission to 

FAA 

Æ NextGen Implementation Metrics— 

a recommendation for Key city 

pairs evaluation of Transcon/ 

Regional City Pairs that can be used 

for NextGen metrics. 

• Data sources for measuring NextGen 

fuel Impact 

Æ Update of initiative to identify and 

obtain critical data sources to track 

and analyze the impacts of 

NextGen. 

• Cat Ex 2 Task Group 

Æ Preliminary report on the 

recommendation for implementing 

new statutory authority for a 

streamlined environmental review 

process. 

• Performance Based Navigation (PBN) 

Æ Preliminary report to identify and 

mitigate barriers to implementing 

PBN. 

• Issues associated with Implementing 

RNAV/RNP 

Æ An open discussion by the 

Committee of Non-technical 

barriers of PBN procedures. 

• Anticipated Issues for NAC 

consideration and action at the next 

meeting, May 30, 2013 

• Other Business 

• Adjourn 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION


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CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 

2013. 

David Sicard, 

Manager, Business Operations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2013–01818 Filed 1–24–13; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

National Plan of Integrated Airport 

Systems: Clarification of Wildlife 

Hazard Management Requirements for 

Non-Certificated Federally Obligated 

Airports 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: This action extends the 

comment period for a Notice that was 

published on December 10, 2012. 

Nothing has changed from the original 

document published on December 10, 

2012. In that document, the FAA 

proposed to clarify Grant Assurance No. 

19, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance,’’ 

which is required of an airport sponsor 

as a condition of receiving a 

development grant under the Airport 

Improvement Program (AIP). This 

clarification would require noncertificated, federally obligated airports 

that, after the effective date of this 

Federal Register Notice, accept a new 

airport development grant funded under 

the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), 

or accept a transfer of land under the 

Surplus Property Act for airport 

purposes (‘‘Subject Airports’’), to 

conduct Wildlife Hazard Site Visits 

(WHSVs) or Wildlife Hazard 

Assessments (WHAs). Non-certificated 

airports are airports that do not have a 

Part 139 certificate, and may include 

both commercial service airports as well 

as non-primary airports that serve 

mostly general aviation traffic. The 

Secretary of Transportation is required 

to provide notice and comment in the 

Federal Register and an opportunity for 

the public to comment upon proposals 

to modify the assurances or add new 

assurances. The FAA has elected to 

extend the comment period closing date 

to allow respondents additional time to 

adequately analyze the Notice and 

prepare comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice that published on December 10, 

2012 (77 FR 73511) is extended. Send 

your comments on or before January 31, 

2013. The FAA will consider comments 

received on the proposed interpretation 

of the existing grant assurances. The 

FAA may adopt revisions resulting from 

comments as of the date of a subsequent 

Notice in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

[identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2012–29591] 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: Docket Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: To Docket 

Operations, Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, 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. 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to Room W12–140 on the ground 

floor of the West Building, 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: 

Michael J. O’Donnell, Director, Office 

Airport Safety and Standards, Room 

621, Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 

267–3053, email: 

mike.o’donnell@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this notice is to clarify the 

FAA’s interpretation of 49 U.S.C. 

47107(a)(19) and the corollary Grant 

Assurance No. 19, relating to airport 

operations and maintenance. The FAA 

proposes to require sponsors of federally 

obligated, non-certificated airports that, 

after the effective date of this Federal 

Register Notice, accept a new airport 

development grant funded under the 

Airport Improvement Program, or accept 

a transfer of land under the Surplus 

Property Act for airport purposes to 

identify and mitigate wildlife hazards at 

their airports. These actions will take 

the form of initial Wildlife Hazard Site 

Visits (WHSVs) or Wildlife Hazard 

Assessments (WHAs), depending on the 

size of the airport, potentially followed 

by more detailed Wildlife Hazard 

Management Plans (WHMPs). 

The purpose of a WHSV is for the 

sponsor to identify any immediate 

hazards and for the FAA to determine 

whether a more comprehensive WHA is 

necessary. A WHSV is typically 

conducted over a period of one to three 

days. A WHA is a far more 

comprehensive survey, typically 

conducted over a 12-month period. 

WHMP is the plan the airport proposes 

to mitigate any wildlife hazards found. 

The Secretary must receive certain 

assurances from a sponsor (applicant) 

seeking financial assistance under title 

49 U.S.C. 47107, as amended. Sponsors 

must submit and attest to these 

assurances as part of their application 

for Federal financial assistance, and the 

FAA incorporates these assurances into 

all AIP grant agreements. From time to 

time, as necessary, the FAA clarifies, 

modifies or supplements these 

assurances to reflect new requirements 

deemed reasonably necessary to carry 

out the Airport Improvement Program. 

A complete list of the current grant 

assurances is available at: http:// 

www.faa.gov/airports/aip/ 

grant_assurances/. The FAA amended 

and published the current assurances in 

the Federal Register on April 13, 2012 

(see ‘‘Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) Grant Assurances,’’ 77 FR 22376). 

The FAA uses a standard set of 

assurances for Airport Sponsors 

(owners/operators) called Appendix 1. 

The FAA is interpreting 49 U.S.C. 

47107(a)(19) and the corollary grant 

assurance, No. 19, relating to airport 

operation and maintenance, to require 

airport sponsors to conduct wildlife 

hazard assessments or site visits and 

other actions as necessary, as detailed in 

this notice, to detect and identify 

wildlife hazards. The clarification 

relates to Appendix 1, Airport Sponsors 

assurances. 

Grant Assurance No. 19, ‘‘Operation 

and Maintenance,’’ requires a sponsor to 

operate ‘‘the airport and all facilities 

which are necessary to serve the 

aeronautical users of the airport [* * *], 

in a safe and serviceable condition and 

in accordance with the minimum 

standards as may be required or 

prescribed by applicable Federal, state 

and local agencies for maintenance and 

operation.’’ Under Assurance No. 19, 

sponsors are also required to ‘‘have in 

effect arrangements for [* * *] 

promptly notifying airmen of any 

condition affecting aeronautical use of 

the airport.’’ 

The airports affected by this 

clarification of Grant Assurance No. 19 


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