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The city’s letter, explaining the 

rationale for this proposed change, is 

included in the Supplementary 

Information section below. 

The Department’s jurisdiction over 

this application is based upon Executive 

Order 11423 of August 16, 1968, as 

amended, and Article 1 of the 1996 

permit, which states that the permit 

‘‘may be amended by the Secretary of 

State or the Secretary’s delegate at will 

or upon proper application therefor 

* * *.’’ As provided in E.O. 11423, the 

Department is circulating this 

application to relevant Federal and State 

agencies for review and comment. 

Under E.O. 11423, the Department has 

the responsibility to determine, taking 

into account input from these agencies 

and other stakeholders, whether the 

proposed amendment of this 

Presidential permit would be in the U.S. 

national interest. 

DATES: Interested members of the public 

are invited to submit written comments 

regarding this application on or before 

July 28, 2010 to Stewart Tuttle, U.S.- 

Mexico Border Affairs Coordinator, via 

e-mail at WHA–BorderAffairs@state.gov, 

or by mail at WHA/MEX—Room 3909, 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20520. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stewart Tuttle, U.S.-Mexico Border 

Affairs Coordinator, via e-mail at WHA– 

BorderAffairs@state.gov; by phone at 

202–647–6356; or by mail at WHA/ 

MEX—Room 3909, Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520. General 

information about Presidential Permits 

is available on the Internet at http:// 

www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/permit/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is the text of the application 

that Daniel Valenzuela, City Manager, 

Eagle Pass, Texas, submitted to the 

Department on June 1, 2010. 

Begin text. 

This communication is in reference to 

removing the restrictions of receiving 

rental payments for the temporary 

inspection facilities in Article 10 of the 

Presidential Permit (No. 96–01) issued 

by the Department of State on April 12, 

1996, for a second international bridge 

in Eagle Pass, Texas. Currently, Article 

10 of the permit requires the City of 

Eagle Pass (permittee) to provide the 

temporary inspection facilities at ‘‘no 

cost’’ to the Federal Government. 

As the permittee, and on behalf of the 

taxpayers of Eagle Pass, we are formally 

requesting that the Article 10 

(Presidential Permit No. 96–01) 

restriction be removed so that an 

agreeable rental rate can be established 

for the temporary inspection facilities. 

The Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) issued by the Department of 

State on April 12, 1996, and in support 

of the permit issued on the same date, 

anticipated the need for the temporary 

facilities lasting between five and ten 

years. The current ‘‘no cost’’ lease has 

now been in effect for ten years and 

there is presently no timeline for the 

construction of the permanent 

inspection facilities. In addition, we 

believe that a change to the Presidential 

Permit will be a positive step toward 

helping develop a long-term solution to 

the past disagreements between GSA 

and the City of Eagle Pass. This solution 

will initiate progress towards 

construction of permanent facilities that 

will increase the capacity of the port, 

strengthen border security and improve 

working conditions for CBP officers. 

Based on the anticipated ongoing 

need for use of the temporary facilities, 

and in fairness to the taxpayers of Eagle 

Pass, we believe that the City should 

now be permitted to negotiate with the 

Federal Government an agreeable rental 

rate for the continued use of these 

facilities. Most municipalities and 

private-sector owners of inspection 

facilities along the Texas-Mexico border 

are permitted the collection rents for 

improvements provided for use by the 

Federal Government. Furthermore, we 

understand that no other Presidential 

Permit contains a similar restriction. 

We understand that the U.S. 

Department of State is willing, acting 

under Article 1 of the permit, in 

coordination with CBP and other 

Federal agencies, and after providing an 

opportunity for public comment, to 

consider modifying Article 10. The City 

of Eagle Pass respectfully asks to be 

consistently informed and updated on 

this process with written 

correspondence. 

It is the City’s sincerest hope that an 

amendment to the Presidential Permit 

may be handled in an expeditious 

manner; we thank you for your 

consideration in this most important 

issue for our community. 

End text. 

Dated: June 29, 2010. 

Alex Lee, 

Director, Office of Mexican Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16518 Filed 7–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. 2010–0473] 

Airport Privatization Pilot Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Receipt and 

Acceptance for Review: Preliminary 

Application for Gwinnett County 

Airport Briscoe Field (LZU), 

Lawrenceville, Georgia. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) has completed its 

review of the Gwinnett County Airport 

Briscoe Field (LZU) preliminary 

application for participation in the 

airport privatization pilot program 

received under 49 U.S.C. Section 47134. 

The preliminary application is accepted 

for review, with a filing date of April 26, 

2010. Gwinnett County, the airport 

sponsor, may select a private operator, 

negotiate an agreement and submit a 

final application to the FAA for 

exemption under the pilot program. If 

the FAA approves the final application 

for Gwinnett County Airport Briscoe 

Field, the Airport will qualify as the 

Pilot Program’s general aviation airport 

required by Title 49 U.S.C. Section 

47134. 

49 U.S.C. Section 47134 establishes 

an airport privatization pilot program 

and authorizes the Department of 

Transportation to grant exemptions from 

certain Federal statutory and regulatory 

requirements for up to five airport 

privatization projects. The application 

procedures require the FAA to publish 

a notice in the Federal Register after 

review of a preliminary application. The 

FAA must publish a notice of receipt of 

the final application in the Federal 

Register for public review and comment 

for a sixty-day period. The LZU 

preliminary application is available for 

public review at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The docket 

number is FAA Docket Number 2010– 

0473. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin C. Willis (202–267–8741) Airport 

Compliance Division, ACO–100, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction and Background 

Title 49 of the U.S. Code 47134 

authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation, and through delegation, 

the FAA Administrator, to exempt a 

sponsor of a public use airport that has 


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received Federal assistance, from certain 

Federal requirements in connection 

with the privatization of the airport by 

sale or lease to a private party. 

Specifically, the Administrator may 

exempt the sponsor from all or part of 

the requirements to use airport revenues 

for airport-related purposes, to pay back 

a portion of Federal grants upon the sale 

or lease of an airport, and to return 

airport property deeded by the Federal 

Government upon transfer of the airport. 

The Administrator is also authorized to 

exempt the private purchaser or lessee 

from the requirement to use all airport 

revenues for airport-related purposes, to 

the extent necessary to permit the 

purchaser or lessee to earn 

compensation from the operations of the 

airport. 

On September 16, 1997, the Federal 

Aviation Administration issued a notice 

of procedures to be used in applications 

for exemption under the Airport 

Privatization Pilot Program (62 FR 

48693). A request for participation in 

the Pilot Program must be initiated by 

the filing of either a preliminary or final 

application for exemption with the 

FAA. 

Gwinnett County submitted a 

preliminary application to the Airport 

Privatization Pilot Program for Gwinnett 

County Airport Briscoe Field on April 

26, 2010; the preliminary application is 

accepted for review, with a filing date 

of April 26, 2010. The County may 

select a private operator, negotiate an 

agreement and submit a final 

application to the FAA for exemption. 

If FAA accepts the final application 

for review, the application will be made 

available for public review and 

comment for a sixty-day period. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 28, 

2010. 

Randall S. Fiertz, 

Director, Office of Airport Compliance and 

Field Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16386 Filed 7–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. 2009–1144] 

Airport Privatization Pilot Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Receipt and 

Acceptance for Review: Preliminary 

Application for Luis Mun ̃oz Marı ́n 

International Airport (SJU), San Juan, 

Puerto Rico. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) has completed its 

review of the Luis Mun ̃ oz Marı ́n 

International Airport International 

Airport (SJU) preliminary application 

for participation in the airport 

privatization pilot program received 

under 49 U.S.C. 47134. The preliminary 

application is accepted for review, with 

a filing date of December 1, 2009. The 

Puerto Rico Ports Authority, the airport 

sponsor, may select a private operator, 

negotiate an agreement and submit a 

final application to the FAA for 

exemption under the pilot program. 49 

U.S.C. 47134 establishes an airport 

privatization pilot program and 

authorizes the Department of 

Transportation to grant exemptions from 

certain Federal statutory and regulatory 

requirements for up to five airport 

privatization projects. The application 

procedures require the FAA to publish 

a notice in the Federal Register after 

review of a preliminary application. The 

FAA must publish a notice of receipt of 

the final application in the Federal 

Register for public review and comment 

for a sixty-day period. The SJU 

preliminary application is available for 

public review at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The docket 

number is FAA Docket Number 2009– 

1144. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin C. Willis (202–267–8741) Airport 

Compliance Division, ACO–100, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction and Background 

Title 49 of the U.S. Code 47134 

authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation, and through delegation, 

the FAA Administrator, to exempt a 

sponsor of a public use airport that has 

received Federal assistance, from certain 

Federal requirements in connection 

with the privatization of the airport by 

sale or lease to a private party. 

Specifically, the Administrator may 

exempt the sponsor from all or part of 

the requirements to use airport revenues 

for airport-related purposes, to pay back 

a portion of Federal grants upon the sale 

or lease of an airport, and to return 

airport property deeded by the Federal 

Government upon transfer of the airport. 

The Administrator is also authorized to 

exempt the private purchaser or lessee 

from the requirement to use all airport 

revenues for airport-related purposes, to 

the extent necessary to permit the 

purchaser or lessee to earn 

compensation from the operations of the 

airport. 

On September 16, 1997, the Federal 

Aviation Administration issued a notice 

of procedures to be used in applications 

for exemption under Airport 

Privatization Pilot Program (62 FR 

48693). A request for participation in 

the Pilot Program must be initiated by 

the filing of either a preliminary or final 

application for exemption with the 

FAA. 

The Puerto Rico Ports Authority 

submitted a preliminary application to 

the Airport Privatization Pilot Program 

for Luis Mun ̃ oz Marı ́n International 

Airport on December 1, 2009; the 

preliminary application is accepted for 

review, with a filing date of December 

1, 2009. The Authority may select a 

private operator, negotiate an agreement 

and submit a final application to the 

FAA for exemption. 

If FAA accepts the final application 

for review, the application will be made 

available for public review and 

comment for a sixty-day period. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 28, 

2010. 

Randall S. Fiertz, 

Director, Office of Airport Compliance and 

Field Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16390 Filed 7–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee 

(ATMAC) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of RTCA Government/ 

Industry Air Traffic Management 

Advisory Committee (ATMAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of 

RTCA Government/Industry Air Traffic 

Management Advisory Committee 

(ATMAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held August 

4, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

RTCA Headquarters, Colson Board 

Room, 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 805, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

METRO: Red Line—Farragut North 

Station (Use L Street Exit) Blue/Orange 

Line—Farragut West Station (Use 18th 

Street Exit). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

RTCA Secretariat, 1828 L Street, NW., 

Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036; 

telephone (202) 833–9339; fax (202) 

833–9434; Web site http://www.rtca.org. 


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