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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-flag 

vessel 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 

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