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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**[Summary Notice No. PE–2010–39]**

**Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of petition for exemption received.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of 14 CFR. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, this aspect of FAA’s regulatory activities. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petitions or their final disposition.

**DATES :**  Comments on these petitions must identify the petition docket number involved and must be received on or before September 15, 2010.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may send comments identified by Docket Number FAA– 2010–0751 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: Send comments to the Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC

20590.

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket Management Facility at 202–493–2251.

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 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. Using the search function of our docket Web site, anyone can find and read the comments received into any of our dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment (or signing the comment for an association, business, labor union, etc. ). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78).

Docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to the Docket Management Facility in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 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 :**  Tyneka L. Thomas, 202–267–7626, or Ralen Gao, 202–267–3168, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23,

2010. Pamela Hamilton-Powell, Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption

Docket No.: FAA–2010–0751. Petitioner: JetBlue Airways Corporation.

Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 119.3.
Description of Relief Sought

JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) requests relief from § 119.3 to permit JetBlue to operate flights between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic under the rules applicable to domestic operations.

[FR Doc. 2010–21238 Filed 8–25–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Aviation Administration**

**Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Property at the**  **Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN), Panama City, FL** 

**AGENCY :**  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of Request To Release Airport Property.

**SUMMARY :**  The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release of land at the Panama City-Bay International Airport (PFN), Panama City, FL under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h).

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before September 27, 2010.

**ADDRESSES :**  Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to the FAA at the following address: Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822–5024.

In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be mailed or delivered to: Randall S. Curtis, A.A.E., Executive Director, Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, 6300 West Bay Parkway, Panama City, FL 32409.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Rebecca R. Henry, Program Manager, Federal Aviation Administration, Orlando Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32822–5024.

The request to release property may be reviewed, by appointment, in person at this same location.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The FAA invites public comment on the request to release approximately 708 acres of property known as the Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).

On April 19, 2010, the Executive Director of the PFN on behalf of the Panama City-Bay County Airport and Industrial District (Airport Sponsor) notified the FAA that because of the intended opening of the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) in Bay County Florida on May 23, 2010, and the subsequent decommissioning and sale of PFN, he requested full release of the affected property from federal obligations. The ECP was opened to commercial airline operations on May 23, 2010, and commercial airline operations were discontinued at PFN. General aviation operations at PFN are in the process of relocating to ECP and other airports in the region. The FAA has determined that the request to release property at PFN submitted by the Airport Sponsor meets the procedural requirements of the FAA and the release of the property does not and will not impact future aviation needs in the region. The FAA may approve the request in whole no sooner than 30 days after publication of this notice.

The following is a brief overview of the request:

The Airport Sponsor is proposing the release of the entire airport property and associated facilities with the exception of Goose Island which will revert to the Bureau of Land Management. The release of land is necessary to comply with FAA Grant Assurances that do not allow federally acquired airport property to be used for non-aviation purposes. The sale and permanent abandonment of the subject property will result in the lands of PFN being changed from aeronautical to nonaeronautical use and release the lands from the conditions of the AIP Grant Agreement Grant Assurances. In accordance with 49 U.S.C.


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47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the Airport Sponsor will receive fair market value for the property, which will be subsequently reinvested in another eligible airport improvement project,including the financing of the recentlyconstructed ECP.

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 application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be related to the application in person at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport.

Issued in Orlando, Florida, on August 17,

2010. W. Dean Stringer, Manager, FAA Orlando Airports District Office.

[FR Doc. 2010–21209 Filed 8–25–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–13–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Maritime Administration**

**Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA)** 

**AGENCY :**  Maritime Administration, DOT.

**ACTION :**  Notice of open season for enrollment in the VISA program.

Introduction

The VISA program was established pursuant to section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (DPA), which provides for voluntary agreements for emergency preparedness programs. VISA was approved for a two year term on January 30, 1997, and published in the Federal Register on February 13, 1997, (62 FR 6837). Approval is currently extended until October 1, 2011, as published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2010 (75 FR 14245).

As implemented, the VISA program is open to U.S.-flag vessel operators of oceangoing militarily useful vessels, to include tugs and barges. An operator is defined as an owner or bareboat charterer of a vessel. Tug enrollment alone does not satisfy VISA eligibility. Operators include vessel owners and bareboat charter operators if satisfactory signed agreements are in place committing the assets of the owner to the bareboat charterer for purposes of VISA. Voyage and space charterers are not considered U.S.-flag vessel operators for purposes of VISA eligibility. VISA Concept The mission of VISA is to provide commercial sealift and intermodal shipping services and systems, including vessels, vessel space, intermodal systems and equipment, terminal facilities, and related management services, to the Department of Defense (DOD), as necessary, to meet national defense contingency requirements or national emergencies.

VISA provides for the staged, timephased availability of participants’ shipping services/systems to meet contingency requirements through prenegotiated contracts between the Government and participants. Such arrangements are jointly planned with the Maritime Administration, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), and participants in peacetime to allow effective and best valued use of commercial sealift capacity, to provide DOD assured contingency access, and to minimize commercial disruption, whenever possible.

There are three time-phased stages in the event of VISA activation. VISA Stages I and II provide for prenegotiated contracts between DOD and participants to provide sealift capacity to meet all projected DOD contingency requirements. These contracts are executed in accordance with approved DOD contracting methodologies. VISA Stage III will provide for additional capacity to DOD when Stages I and II commitments or volunteered capacity are insufficient to meet contingency requirements, and adequate shipping services from non-participants are not available through established DOD contracting practices or U.S. Government treaty agreements.
VISA Annual Enrollment Open Season

The purpose of this notice is to invite interested, qualified U.S.-flag vessel operators that are not currently enrolled in the VISA program to participate. The annual enrollment is intended to link the VISA enrollment cycle with DOD’s peacetime cargo contracting to ensure eligible participants priority consideration for DOD awards of cargo.

Alignment of VISA enrollment and eligibility for VISA priority will solidify the linkage between commitment of contingency assets by VISA participants and receiving VISA priority consideration for the award of DOD peacetime cargo. This is the only planned enrollment period for carriers to join the VISA program and derive benefits for DOD peacetime contracts during the time frame of October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. The only exception to this open season period for VISA enrollment will be for a non-VISA carrier that reflags a vessel into U.S. registry. That carrier may submit an application to participate in the VISA program at any time upon completion of reflagging.
Advantages of Peacetime Participation

Because enrollment of carriers in the VISA program provides DOD with assured access to sealift services during contingencies based on a level of commitment, as well as a mechanism for joint planning, DOD awards peacetime cargo contracts to VISA participants on a priority basis. This applies to liner trades and charter contracts alike. Award of DOD cargoes to meet DOD peacetime and contingency requirements is made on the basis of the following priorities:

• U.S.-flag vessel capacity operated by VISA participants and U.S.-flag Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) capacity held by VISA participants.

• U.S.-flag vessel capacity operated by non-participants.

• Combination U.S.-flag/foreign-flag vessel capacity operated by VISA participants, and combination U.S.-flag/ foreign-flag VSA capacity held by VISA participants.

• Combination U.S.-flag/foreign-flagvessel capacity operated by nonparticipants.

• U.S.-owned or operated foreign-flag vessel capacity and VSA capacity held by VISA participants.

• U.S.-owned or operated foreign-flag vessel capacity and VSA capacity held by non-participants.

• Foreign-owned or operated foreignflag vessel capacity of non-participants.

Participation

Any U.S.-flag vessel operator organized under the laws of a state of the United States, or the District of Columbia, who is able and willing to commit militarily useful sealift assets and assume the related consequential risks of commercial disruption, may be eligible to participate in the VISA program. The term ‘‘operator’’ is defined in the VISA document as ‘‘an ocean common carrier or contract carrier that owns, controls or manages vessels by which ocean transportation is provided’’ . Applicants wishing to become participants must provide satisfactory evidence that the vessels being committed to the VISA program are operational and that vessels are intended to be operated by the applicant in the carriage of commercial or government preference cargoes. While vessel brokers, freight forwarders and agents play an important role as a