18056 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2022 / Notices 

1Persons interested in submitting an OFA must 

first file a formal expression of intent to file an 

offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they 

wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or purchase) and 

demonstrating that they are preliminarily 

financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i). 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), 

respectively. 

manufacture of Avionics Input/Output 

Modules for the F–16 Modular Mission 

Computer. 

The U.S. government is prepared to 

license the export of these items having 

taken into account political, military, 

economic, human rights, and arms 

control considerations. 

More detailed information is 

contained in the formal certification 

which, though unclassified, contains 

business information submitted to the 

Department of State by the applicant, 

publication of which could cause 

competitive harm to the U.S. firm 

concerned. 

Sincerely, 

Naz Durakoglu, 

Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of 

Legislative Affairs. 

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DDTC 21– 

062. 

December 28, 2021 

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of 

the House of Representatives. 

Dear Madam Speaker: 

Pursuant to Section 36(c) and (d) of 

the Arms Export Control Act, please 

find enclosed a certification of a 

proposed amendment for the 

manufacture of significant military 

equipment abroad and the export of 

defense articles, including technical 

data and defense services, in the amount 

of $50,000,000 or more. 

The transaction contained in the 

attached certification involves the 

export of defense articles, including 

technical data and defense services, to 

Republic of Korea for the manufacture 

of FA–50, T–50, and TA–50 Light 

Attack Aircraft. 

The U.S. government is prepared to 

license the export of these items having 

taken into account political, military, 

economic, human rights, and arms 

control considerations. 

More detailed information is 

contained in the formal certification 

which, though unclassified, contains 

business information submitted to the 

Department of State by the applicant, 

publication of which could cause 

competitive harm to the U.S. firm 

concerned. 

Sincerely, 

Naz Durakoglu, 

Senior Bureau Official, Bureau of 

Legislative Affairs. 

Enclosure: Transmittal No. DDTC 20– 

080. 

Michael F. Miller, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06505 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 338X)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Salt Lake 

County, Utah 

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

0.5-mile portion of a rail line known as 

the SLC Passenger Line, from milepost 

743.7 to milepost 744.2 in Salt Lake 

City, Salt Lake County, Utah (the Line). 

The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service 

Zip Code 84101. 

UP certifies that: (1) No local or 

overhead traffic has moved over the 

Line for at least two years; (2) no traffic 

would need to be rerouted; (3) no formal 

complaint filed by a user of rail service 

on the Line (or by state or local 

government on behalf of such user) 

regarding cessation of service over the 

Line either is pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or has 

been decided in favor of a complainant 

within the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(b) and 

1105.8(c) (notice of environmental and 

historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to government 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received,1

this exemption will be effective on April 

28, 2022, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2), and 

interim trail use/rail banking requests 

under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by 

April 8, 2022.3 Petitions to reopen or 

requests for public use conditions under 

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by April 

18, 2022. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 33 (Sub-No. 338X), should be filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

via e-filing on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on UP’s representative, 

Whitney C. Larkin, General Attorney, 

Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1400 

Douglas Street/MS 1580, Omaha, NE 

68179. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

UP has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the potential effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft 

EA) by April 1, 2022. The Draft EA will 

be available to interested persons on the 

Board’s website, by writing to OEA, or 

by calling OEA at (202) 245–0294. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. Comments 

on environmental or historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the Draft EA 

becomes available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

UP’s filing of a notice of consummation 

by March 29, 2023, and there are no 

legal or regulatory barriers to 

consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2022 / Notices 18057 

1The FAA has authority for developing ‘‘plans 

and policy for the use of the navigable airspace’’ 

and for assigning ‘‘by regulation or order the use of 

the airspace necessary to ensure the safety of 

aircraft and the efficient use of airspace.’’ 49 U.S.C. 

40103(b)(1). The FAA manages slot usage 

requirements under the authority of 14 CFR 93.227 

at DCA and under the authority of Orders at JFK 

and LGA. 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). 

2Although DCA and LGA are not designated as 

IATA Level 3 slot-controlled airports given that 

these airports primarily serve domestic 

destinations, the FAA limits operations at these 

airports via rules at DCA and an Order at LGA that 

are equivalent to IATA Level 3. See FN 1. The FAA 

reiterates that the relief provided in the March 16, 

2020, notice (85 FR 15018); the April 17, 2020, 

notice (85 FR 21500); the October 7, 2020, notice 

(85 FR 63335); the January 14, 2021, Summer 2021 

FAA Policy Statement (Docket No. FAA–2020– 

0862–0302); and, the October 20, 2021, notice (86 

FR 58134), extends to all allocated slots, including 

slots allocated by exemption. 

3Orders Limiting Operations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport and New York LaGuardia 

Airport; High Density Traffic Airports Rule at 

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 85 FR 

15018 (Mar. 16, 2020). 

4Orders Limiting Operations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport and New York LaGuardia 

Airport; High Density Traffic Airports Rule at 

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, 85 FR 

21500 (Apr. 17, 2020); COVID–19 Related Relief 

Concerning Operations at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport, John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, Los Angeles International 

Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, New 

York LaGuardia Airport, Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport, and San Francisco 

International Airport for the Winter 2020/2021 

Scheduling Season, 85 FR 63335 (Oct. 7, 2020); 

FAA Policy Statement: Limited, Conditional 

Extension of COVID–19 Related Relief for the 

Summer 2021 Scheduling Season (Docket No. 

FAA–2020–0862–0302); and COVID–19 Related 

Relief Concerning Operations at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport, John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, Los Angeles International 

Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, New 

York LaGuardia Airport, Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport, and San Francisco 

International Airport for the Winter 2021/2022 

Scheduling Season, 86 FR 58134 (Oct. 20, 2021). 

5COVID–19 Related Relief Concerning 

Operations at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, 

John F. Kennedy International Airport, Los Angeles 

International Airport, Newark Liberty International 

Airport, New York LaGuardia Airport, Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport, and San 

Francisco International Airport for the Winter 2021/ 

2022 Scheduling Season, 86 FR 58134 (Oct. 20, 

2021). 

6COVID–19 Related Relief Concerning 

International Operations at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport, John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, Los Angeles International 

Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, New 

York LaGuardia Airport, Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport, and San Francisco 

International Airport for the Summer 2022 

Scheduling Season, 89 FR 11805 (Mar. 2, 2022). 

Decided: March 24, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06592 Filed 3–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–0862] 

COVID–19 Related Relief Concerning 

Operations at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport, John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, Los Angeles 

International Airport, Newark Liberty 

International Airport, New York 

LaGuardia Airport, Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport, and San 

Francisco International Airport for the 

Summer 2022 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Extension of limited, 

conditional waiver of the minimum slot 

usage requirement for international 

operations only. 

SUMMARY: The FAA has determined to 

extend through October 29, 2022, the 

Coronavirus (COVID–19)-related 

limited, conditional waiver of the 

minimum slot usage requirement at 

John F. Kennedy International Airport 

(JFK), New York LaGuardia Airport 

(LGA), and Ronald Reagan Washington 

National Airport (DCA) that the FAA 

has already made available through 

March 26, 2022, for international 

operations only. Similarly, the FAA has 

determined to extend through October 

29, 2022, its COVID–19-related limited, 

conditional policy for prioritizing flights 

canceled at designated International Air 

Transport Association (IATA) Level 2 

airports in the United States, for 

purposes of establishing a carrier’s 

operational baseline in the next 

corresponding season, for international 

operations only. These IATA Level 2 

airports include Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport (ORD), Newark 

Liberty International Airport (EWR), Los 

Angeles International Airport (LAX), 

and San Francisco International Airport 

(SFO). This relief is limited to slots and 

approved operating times used by any 

carrier for international operations only, 

through October 29, 2022, and will be 

subject to the same terms and 

conditions, that the FAA has already 

applied to the relief that remains 

available through March 26, 2022. 

DATES: The relief announced in this 

notice is available for the Summer 2022 

scheduling season, which runs from 

March 27, 2022, through October 29, 

2022. Compliance with the rolling fourweek return condition on the relief 

announced in this notice is required 

beginning on April 4, 2022. Compliance 

with all other conditions remains in 

effect without change from prior 

seasons. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Meilus, Manager, Slot Administration, 

AJR–G, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–2822; email 

Al.Meilus@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 16, 2020, the FAA granted 

a limited waiver of the minimum slot 

usage requirements 1 to carriers 

operating at all slot-controlled airports 

in the United States (DCA, JFK, and 

LGA) 2 and related relief to carriers 

operating at designated IATA Level 2 

airports in the United States (EWR, 

LAX, ORD, SFO) due to the 

extraordinary impacts on the demand 

for air travel resulting from the COVID– 

19 pandemic.3 Since the initial slot 

usage waiver and related relief was 

provided, the FAA has taken action to 

extend the relief provided on four 

occasions subject to certain substantive 

changes, including the addition of 

conditions, as the COVID–19 situation 

continued to evolve.4 The most recent 

limited, conditional extension of 

COVID–19-related relief was issued by 

the FAA on October 18, 2021, and is 

due to expire on March 27, 2022.5

The FAA issued a notice on February 

25, 2022, inviting comment on its 

proposal to extend through October 29, 

2022, the COVID–19-related limited, 

conditional waiver of the minimum slot 

usage requirement at United States 

(U.S.) slot controlled and IATA Level 2 

airports that the FAA has already made 

available through March 26, 2022, for 

international operations only.6 In its 

proposal the FAA explained it would 

generally evaluate any request for relief 

from U.S. carriers for the Summer 2022 

scheduling season based on historical 

levels of operations to foreign points as 

demonstrated in published schedules. 

The FAA further explained that 

domestic carriers seeking relief for a 

particular operation under the waiver 

will need to provide the FAA, if not 

readily apparent from FAA records and 

historic published schedule data, 

alternative supplemental information 

that predates FAA’s proposal to 

demonstrate intent to use a slot or 

approved operating time for an 

international destination. The notice 

explained that international operations 

eligible for a waiver at U.S. slotcontrolled and IATA Level 2 airports 

under FAA’s proposal would be subject 


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