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5Because the Board concludes that regulation is 

not needed to protect shippers from the abuse of 

market power, it is unnecessary to determine 

whether the transaction is limited in scope. See 49 

U.S.C. 10502(a). 

transportation policy of 49 U.S.C. 

10101; and (2) either (a) the transaction 

or service is of limited scope, or (b) 

regulation is not needed to protect 

shippers from the abuse of market 

power. 

Detailed scrutiny of the proposed 

transaction through an application for 

review and approval under 49 U.S.C. 

11323–25 is not necessary here to carry 

out the rail transportation policy. The 

proposed transaction would simply 

permit maintenance responsibilities for 

the Line to shift to BNSF, the sole user 

of the Line. As described in the petition, 

the lease is intended to streamline 

maintenance activity and would 

produce more efficient rail operations 

over the Line with no adverse 

competitive impacts. Therefore, the 

proposed transaction would promote a 

safe and efficient rail transportation 

system, (49 U.S.C. 10101(3)), foster 

sound economic conditions in 

transportation and ensure effective 

competition, (49 U.S.C. 10101(5)), 

encourage honest and efficient 

management, (49 U.S.C. 10101(9)), and 

promote energy conservation, (49 U.S.C. 

10101(14)). Further, an exemption from 

the application process would expedite 

regulatory action, (49 U.S.C. 10101(2)), 

and reduce regulatory barriers to entry 

and exit, (49 U.S.C. 10101(7)). Other 

aspects of the rail transportation policy 

would not be adversely affected. 

Regulation of the proposed 

transaction is also not necessary to 

protect shippers from the abuse of 

market power.5 Nothing in the record 

indicates that any shipper would lose an 

existing rail service option as a result of 

the proposed lease transaction. 

According to the petition, the 

transaction will have no adverse impact 

on commercial or operational access to 

the Line. (See Pet. 5 (noting that the 

lease agreement specifically states that 

nothing contained in the lease would 

‘‘amend, change or supersede the 

commercial access . . . terms as 

provided for in the Trackage Rights 

Agreement’’).) BNSF states that it will 

continue to provide common carrier 

service to shippers over the Line and 

that there will be no material change in 

the service provided to shippers, 

because the lease simply shifts the 

Line’s maintenance responsibilities to 

BNSF, the sole user of the Line. (Id. at 

6.) Indeed, the lease transaction should 

benefit shippers by producing more 

efficient rail operations by streamlining 

the Line’s maintenance activities. 

Moreover, no shippers or other parties 

have filed any objections to the 

proposed transaction. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of 

employees. Accordingly, as a condition 

to granting this exemption, the Board 

will impose the standard employee 

protective conditions in Norfolk & 

Western Railway—Trackage Rights— 

Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 

(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast 

Railway—Lease & Operate—California 

Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

The proposed lease is exempt from 

both the environmental reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) 

and the historic reporting requirements 

under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

It is ordered: 

1. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board 

exempts from the prior approval 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323–25 

BNSF’s lease of the Line, subject to the 

employee protective conditions in 

Norfolk & Western Railway—Trackage 

Rights—Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 

I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease & 

Operate—California Western Railroad, 

360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

2. Notice of the exemption will be 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 2, 2022. 

3. The exemption will become 

effective on March 4, 2022. 

4. Petitions to stay must be filed by 

February 14, 2022. 

5. Petitions for reconsideration and 

petitions to reopen must be filed by 

February 22, 2022. 

Decided: January 25, 2022. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02144 Filed 2–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA). 

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of 

information collection approval request 

to OMB. 

SUMMARY: Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA) provides notice of submission of 

this information clearance request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The 

general public and other federal 

agencies are invited to comment. TVA 

previously published a 60-day notice of 

the proposed information collection for 

public review (December 10, 2021) and 

no comments were received. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments received on or before 

March 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments for the 

proposed information collection should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Title of Information Collection: 

Distribution Technology Capability 

Assessment. 

Frequency of Use: Every 2 years. 

Type of Affected Public: State, local, 

and tribal governments; small 

businesses; non-profit organizations. 

Small Businesses or Organizations 

Affected: Yes. 

Federal Budget Functional Category 

Code: 455. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 153. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 306. 

Estimated Average Burden Hours per 

Response: 2.0. 

Need For and Use of Information: As 

the Balancing Authority of the region, 

TVA must ensure the electrical grid is 

reliable. With the growth of Distributed 

Energy Resources (DER) on the 

distribution system, TVA and the Local 

Power Companies (LPCs) must work in 

tighter coordination to ensure the DER 

generation does not impact the 

reliability of the bulk electric system. To 

support this goal, TVA must understand 

the current distribution capabilities of 

the LPCs. Examples of capabilities 

include but are not limited to customer 

analytics, advanced asset management, 

advanced AMI, automated switching, 

DER monitoring & control, grid planning 

and voltage optimization. To ease access 

and completion, information will be 

submitted online. Once collected, the 

information will be reviewed by TVA 

staff and consultants to determine each 

LPC’s state of and plan for system 

modernization and will inform strategic 

investment roadmaps and 

implementation plans that are being 

developed as part of the Regional Grid 

Transformation initiative. Summary 


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level information will be provided to 

the participating LPCs to allow them to 

gauge where they stand in terms of their 

technical capabilities compared to their 

peers which could help give them 

useful information that informs their 

individual priorities and investment 

plans. 

Rebecca L. Coffey, 

Agency Records Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02125 Filed 2–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2016–6772; Summary 

Notice No. –2022–03] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Cobalt Air, LLC 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, the 

FAA’s exemption process. Neither 

publication of this notice nor the 

inclusion nor 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 and 

must be received on or before February 

22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2016–6772 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

https://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

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

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean O’Tormey at 202–267–4044, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

Timothy R. Adams, 

Deputy Executive Director, Office of 

Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2016–6772. 

Petitioner: Cobalt Air, LLC. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 135.419(a). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner Cobalt Air, LLC seeks an 

exemption from the exclusive use 

requirement referenced in § 135.419(a). 

Because the FAA has not previously 

granted exemptions from the exclusive 

use requirement referenced in 

§ 135.419(a), the FAA seeks comments 

on the request for relief from 

§ 135.419(a) for the Pilatus PC–12 

aircraft. See Petitioner’s First Amended 

Request for Exemption and Request for 

Consolidation with Pending Request for 

Reconsideration of Denial (June 4, 

2019), available at https://

www.regulations.gov/document/FAA2016-6772-0004. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02116 Filed 2–1–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0116] 

Air Transportation of the COVID–19 

Vaccines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

FAA invites public comments about its 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) grant 

emergency approval for a new 

information collection. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments is waived, 

as this is an emergency action in 

response to the COVID–19 public health 

emergency. This action would enable 

the FAA to collect voluntary 

information from air carriers authorized 

to conduct operations under the Code of 

Federal Regulations that participate or 

have participated in transport of the 

COVID–19 vaccines to support 

continued operational safety and 

efficiency. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben 

Supko, Executive Director, FAA Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety (AXH–1), 

by email at: hazmatinfo@faa.gov; phone: 

(202) 267–7211. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 the FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for the 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. 

OMB Control Number: To be 

determined. 

Title: Air Transportation of the 

COVID–19 Vaccines. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Type of Review: Clearance of a new 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information is waived, as 

this is an emergency action regarding 

transport of the COVID–19 vaccines. 

The FAA seeks this information 

collection in connection with the FAA 


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