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The FAA manages slot usage requirements under 

the authority of 14 CFR 93.227 at DCA and under 

the authority of Orders at LGA and JFK. See 

Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, 85 FR 58258 (Sep. 18, 2020); 

Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia 

Airport, 85 FR 58255 (Sep. 18, 2020). 

Continuing relief for this additional 

period is reasonable to mitigate the 

impacts on passenger demand for 

international air travel resulting from 

the spread of COVID–19 worldwide. 

As of the date of issuance of this 

notice, COVID–19 continues to present 

a highly unusual and unpredictable 

condition for international operations 

that is beyond the control of carriers. 

The continuing impacts of COVID–19 

on global aviation are dramatic and 

extraordinary, with an unprecedented 

decrease in passenger demand for 

international air travel globally. The 

ultimate duration and severity of 

COVID–19 impacts on passenger 

demand for international air travel 

remain unclear. 

The FAA expects that foreign slot 

coordinators will provide reciprocal 

relief to U.S. carriers. To the extent that 

U.S. carriers fly to a foreign carrier’s 

home jurisdiction and that home 

jurisdiction does not offer reciprocal 

relief to U.S. carriers, the FAA may 

determine not to grant a waiver to that 

foreign carrier. The FAA acknowledges 

that some foreign jurisdictions may opt 

to adopt more strict provisions in 

response to this policy than they had 

otherwise planned. However, as 

previously explained, the FAA believes 

the conditions associated with the relief 

provided in this notice are necessary to 

strike a balance between competing 

interests of incumbent carriers and 

those carriers seeking new or increased 

access at these historically-constrained 

airports, as well as to ensure the relief 

is appropriately tailored to reduce the 

potential for a long-term waiver to 

suppress flight operations for which 

demand exists. A foreign carrier seeking 

a waiver may wish to ensure that the 

responsible authority of the foreign 

carrier’s home jurisdiction submits a 

statement by email to ScheduleFiling@

dot.gov confirming reciprocal treatment 

of the slot holdings of U.S. carriers. 

The FAA emphasizes that it strongly 

encourages carriers to return slots and 

approved schedules voluntarily as soon 

as possible and for as long a period as 

possible during the Summer 2022 

season, so that other airlines seeking 

operations on an ad hoc basis may do 

so with increased certainty. The rolling 

four-week return deadline is only a 

minimum requirement, and FAA 

anticipates that carriers may often be 

able to provide notice of cancellations 

significantly further in advance than 

four weeks. In both the Level 2 and slotcontrolled environments, the FAA seeks 

the assistance of all carriers to continue 

to work with the FAA to ensure the 

national airspace system capacity is not 

underutilized during the COVID–19 

pandemic. 

Carriers should advise the FAA Slot 

Administration Office of COVID–19- 

related cancellations and return the 

slots to the FAA by email to 7-awaslotadmin@faa.gov to obtain relief. 

Carriers that have already advised the 

FAA Slot Administration Office of 

COVID–19-related cancellations and slot 

returns contingent on the Summer 2022 

final policy do not need to resubmit 

identical requests. The information 

provided should include the dates for 

which relief is requested, the flight 

number, origin/destination airport, 

scheduled time of operation, the slot 

identification number, as applicable, 

and supporting information 

demonstrating that flight cancelations 

directly relate to the COVID–19 

pandemic. Carriers providing 

insufficient information to clearly 

identify slots that will not be operated 

at DCA, JFK, or LGA will not be granted 

relief from the applicable minimum 

usage requirements. Carriers providing 

insufficient information to identify 

clearly changes or cancellations from 

previously approved schedules at EWR, 

LAX, ORD, or SFO will not be provided 

priority for future seasons. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 25, 

2022. 

Marc A. Nichols, 

Chief Counsel. 

Virginia T. Boyle, 

Vice President, System Operations Services. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06743 Filed 3–25–22; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0031] 

Long Island Rail Road’s Request To 

Amend Its Positive Train Control 

Safety Plan and Positive Train Control 

System 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that, on March 22, 

2022, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) 

submitted a request for amendment 

(RFA) to its FRA-approved Positive 

Train Control Safety Plan (PTCSP). As 

this RFA may involve a request for 

FRA’s approval of proposed material 

modifications to an FRA-certified 

positive train control (PTC) system, FRA 

is publishing this notice and inviting 

public comment on the railroad’s RFA 

to its PTCSP. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by April 18, 2022. FRA may 

consider comments received after that 

date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments may 

be submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0031. 

For convenience, all active PTC dockets 

are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at 

https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ 

ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

Section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with 49 CFR part 236, subpart 

I, before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and 

obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA to its 

PTCSP under Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) section 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal and 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on March 

22, 2022, LIRR submitted an RFA to its 

PTCSP for its Advanced Civil Speed 

Enforcement System II (ACSES II) and 

that RFA is available in Docket No. 

FRA–2010–0031. 

Interested parties are invited to 

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by submitting written comments or data. 

During FRA’s review of this railroad’s 

RFA, FRA will consider any comments 

or data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny a 

railroad’s RFA to its PTCSP at FRA’s 

sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. 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.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06613 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2017–0127] 

Petition for Extension of Waiver of 

Compliance 

Under part 211 of title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), this 

document provides the public notice 

that on March 1, 2022, Dakota, Missouri 

Valley & Western Railroad (DMVW) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for an extension 

of a waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR 229.47, 

Emergency brake valve. The relevant 

FRA Docket Number is FRA–2017– 

0127. 

Specifically, DMVW requests an 

extension of relief from the requirement 

that an emergency brake pipe valve be 

installed adjacent to the rear door of a 

locomotive for five EMO SD50 

locomotive units (Numbers 5408, 5418, 

5439, 5451, and 5454) and three EMO 

SD60 locomotive units (Numbers 5500, 

5501, and 5544). The eight units are all 

of the same car body type and are not 

equipped with the rear conductor brake 

valve. Each of the units have rear 

walkways and switch style steps, thus 

allowing the engineer to see the person 

riding on the back along with radio 

communication. These units will be 

used in road service and will always be 

paired together. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by May 13, 

2022 will be considered by FRA before 

final action is taken. Comments received 

after that date will be considered if 

practicable. 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

solicits comments from the public to 

better inform its processes. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06596 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2015–0062] 

Florida East Coast Railway’s Request 

for Approval To Field Test Positive 

Train Control on Its Cocoa Subdivision 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that on March 18, 

2022, Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) 

submitted a document entitled, 

‘‘Combined FECR Test Request V 2.0,’’ 

dated March 1, 2022, to FRA. FECR asks 

FRA to approve its request so that FECR 

may field test, on its Cocoa Subdivision, 

FECR’s freight trains and Brightline’s 

passenger trains that have been 

equipped with positive train control 

(PTC) technology. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by May 31, 2022. FRA may 

consider comments received after that 

date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

identify the agency name and Docket 

Number FRA–2015–0062, and may be 

submitted on https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 15, 2021, FRA conditionally 

certified FECR’s Interoperable 

Electronic Train Management System 

(I–ETMS) PTC system under Title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

Section 236.1015 and Title 49 United 

States Code (U.S.C.) 20157(h). Pursuant 

to 49 CFR 236.1035, a railroad must 

obtain FRA’s approval before field 

testing an uncertified PTC system, or a 


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