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rail lines back from the Agencies to 

continue operations over them, 

including all common carrier service 

and maintenance of the tracks—the 

transaction at issue in this docket. 

FGLK certifies that proposed 

transaction does not include an 

interchange commitment. 

FGLK states that this transaction will 

not result in the creation of a Class II or 

Class I rail carrier, but that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

would exceed $5 million. Accordingly, 

under 49 CFR 1150.42(e), FGLK is 

required, at least 60 days before this 

exemption is to become effective, to 

send notice of the transaction to the 

national offices of the labor unions with 

employees on the affected lines, post a 

copy of the notice at the workplace of 

the employees on the affected lines, and 

certify to the Board that it has done so. 

FGLK, however, has filed a petition for 

waiver of this 60-day advance labor 

notice requirement, asserting that there 

will be no changes for employees 

working on the rail lines because FGLK 

already operates the rail lines and will 

continue to be the sole common carrier 

operator of the rail lines. FGLK’s waiver 

request will be addressed in a separate 

decision. 

FGLK states that the parties intend to 

consummate the transaction no sooner 

than May 12, 2016, the effective date of 

the exemption (30 days after the verified 

notice was filed), and only after the 

Board has ruled on the motion to 

dismiss in Docket No. FD 36011. The 

Board will establish in the decision on 

the waiver request the earliest date this 

transaction can be consummated. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

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

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than May 5, 2016 (at least 

seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and ten copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36021, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill 

PLC, 2005 Market Street, Suite 1000, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

According to FGLK, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: April 25, 2016. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09950 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the Research, 

Engineering & Development Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 

26, 2016—9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., Round 

Room (10th Floor), Washington, DC 

20591. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chinita A. Roundtree-Coleman at (609) 

485–7149 or Web site at 

chinita.roundtree-coleman@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby 

given of a meeting of the Research, 

Engineering and Development (RE&D) 

Advisory Committee. The meeting 

agenda will include receiving from the 

Committee guidance for FAA’s research 

and development investments in the 

areas of air traffic services, airports, 

aircraft safety, human factors and 

environment and energy. Attendance is 

open to the interested public but seating 

is limited. With the approval of the 

chairman, members of the public may 

present oral statements at the meeting. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting, 

present statements, or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

Committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 

2016. 

Chinita A. Roundtree-Coleman, 

Computer Specialist. 

[FR Doc. 2016–10010 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2016–4756] 

Reduction of Remote Communications 

Outlets Used by Flight Service Stations 

in the Conterminous United States 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed policy. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is proposing to 

reduce the number of radio frequencies 

used by flight service stations to 

communicate with aircraft in flight. 

Under the proposal, six hundred and 

sixty-six (666) remote communications 

outlets (RCOs) will be decommissioned. 

Frequencies especially designated for 

emergency or military use are not 

included in this proposal. Frequencies 

in the state of Alaska are also not 

included in this proposal. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by docket number FAA– 

2016–4756 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://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 (DOT), 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, 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 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

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

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

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DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Wilkes, Manager, Flight Service 

National Efficient Streamlined Services 

(FSNESS) Initiative, Operations and 

Implementation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone (202) 267–7771; Fax (202) 

267–6310; email Alan.Wilkes@faa.gov. 

Jeff Black, Quality Assurance Evaluator, 

Flight Services Program Operations; 

telephone (940) 584–0409; email 

Jeff.Black@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Aviation Administration 

maintains a network of over 2,100 

remote communications outlets (RCOs) 

throughout the conterminous United 

States, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The 

RCOs are used by its contract service 

provider, Lockheed Martin Flight 

Services (LMFS), to communicate with 

pilots in flight. Pilots can obtain 

weather briefings, file flight plans and 

receive numerous other services by 

using these frequencies. 

The frequency infrastructure currently 

in use was developed nearly 50 years 

ago, with little or no modifications 

since. In 2005, LMFS took over flight 

service operations at 58 locations in the 

Conterminous United States (CONUS), 

Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. In doing so, it 

inherited a vast network of 2,162 

frequencies used to provide a variety of 

services. For example, 347 frequencies 

are designated for emergency use only 

and 194 frequencies are designated for 

military use only. These 541 frequencies 

are not being considered for removal. 

The remaining 1,621 frequencies can be 

divided into two groups. 

(1) Remote communications outlets in 

which aircraft can contact a flight 

service station by transmitting and 

receiving on a common or discrete 

frequency, for example, 122.2, 122.5, 

etc. There are 1,223 RCOs in the 

CONUS. 

(2) Frequencies that are co-located 

with navigational aids known as VORs 

in which aircraft can contact flight 

service by transmitting on a frequency 

(usually 122.1) and receiving on the 

appropriate VOR frequency. There are 

398 VOR frequencies in the CONUS. 

The 1,621 frequencies cover a vast 

majority of the conterminous United 

States and include duplicate, 

overlapping and seldom used 

frequencies. Last year, FAA contracted 

the MITRE Corporation to study the 

areas covered by RCO and VOR 

frequencies for possible removal 

without significantly impacting the area 

of coverage. The study concluded that 

as many as 666 frequencies could be 

removed and still provide 99–100% 

coverage at 5,000 feet; 98–100% 

coverage at 3,000 feet; and 93–100% 

coverage at 1,000 feet. 

The FAA proposes to begin 

decommissioning 666 remote 

communications outlets in the 

Conterminous United States, Puerto 

Rico, and Hawaii in late 2017. Several 

types of frequencies are not considered 

a part of this proposal: Frequencies 

especially designated for emergency or 

military use; frequencies in the state of 

Alaska; and Ground Communications 

Outlets (frequencies used by pilots 

while still on the ground). 

By reducing radio coverage, the 

Agency estimates that it can save 

approximately $2.5 million annually in 

maintenance costs alone. Additionally, 

more savings will be realized once 

property leases are terminated and 

voice-switch communications 

infrastructure is decreased. 

By soliciting comment to this notice, 

the FAA seeks to address public 

concerns and will consider any 

comments in determining whether to 

change the policy. 

Applicability 

A link to the frequencies proposed for 

decommissioning can be found here: 

http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/

systemops/fs/media/RCO_Master_

List.pdf. 

Also, a link to maps showing 

frequency coverage throughout the 

United States at various altitudes, with 

percentages of coverage can be found 

here: http://www.faa.gov/about/office_

org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_

units/systemops/fs/media/Radio_

Reduction_Fed_Reg.pdf. 

II. Additional Information 

A. Comments Invited 

The FAA invites interested persons to 

participate in this notice by submitting 

written comments, data, or views. The 

agency also invites comments relating to 

the economic, environmental, energy, or 

federalism impacts that might result 

from adopting the notice in this 

document. The most helpful comments 

reference a specific portion of the 

notice, explain the reason for any 

recommended change, and include 

supporting data. To ensure the docket 

does not contain duplicate comments, 

commenters should send only one copy 

of written comments, or if comments are 

filed electronically, commenters should 

submit only one time. 

The FAA will file in the docket all 

comments it receives, as well as a report 

summarizing each substantive public 

contact with FAA personnel concerning 

this action. Before acting on this notice, 

the FAA will consider all comments it 

receives on or before the closing date for 

comments. The FAA will consider 

comments filed after the comment 

period has closed if it is possible to do 

so without incurring expense or delay. 

The agency may change this notice in 

light of the comments it receives. 

Proprietary or Confidential Business 

Information: Do not file proprietary or 

confidential business information in the 

docket. Such information must be sent 

or delivered directly to the person 

identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document, and marked as proprietary or 

confidential. If submitting information 

on a disk or CD–ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD–ROM, and identify 

electronically within the disk or CD– 

ROM the specific information that is 

proprietary or confidential. 

Under 14 CFR 11.35(b), if the FAA is 

aware of proprietary information filed 

with a comment, the agency does not 

place it in the docket. It is held in a 

separate file to which the public does 

not have access, and the FAA places a 

note in the docket that it has received 

it. If the FAA receives a request to 

examine or copy this information, it 

treats it as any other request under the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). The FAA processes such a request 

under Department of Transportation 

procedures found in 49 CFR part 7. 

B. Availability of Documents 

An electronic copy of rulemaking 

documents may be obtained from the 

Internet by— 

1. Searching the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal (http://www.regulations.gov); 

2. Visiting the FAA’s Regulations and 

Policies Web page at http://

www.faa.gov/regulations_policies or 

3. Accessing the Government Printing 

Office’s Web page at http://

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. 

Copies may also be obtained by 

sending a request to the Federal 

Aviation Administration, Office of 

Rulemaking, ARM–1, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, or 

by calling (202) 267–9680. Commenters 

must identify the docket or amendment 

number of this notice. 

All documents the FAA considered in 

developing this notice, including 

economic analyses and technical 

reports, may be accessed from the 

Internet through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal referenced in item 

(1) above. 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on April 20, 

2016. 

Steven Villanueva, 

Acting Director of Flight Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09992 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2016–0012] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by June 

27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

2016–0012 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web Site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Ferroni, 202–366–3233, or Aileen 

Varela-Margolles, 202–366–1701, Office 

of Environment, Planning and Realty, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Comment collection on the draft 

Traffic Noise Model’s (TNM) 3.0 Model 

Performance and Usability. 

Background: 23 CFR 772 Procedures 

for Abatement of Highway Traffic Noise 

and Construction Noise Section 772.9(a) 

states that ‘any analysis required by this 

subpart must use the FHWA [Federal 

Highway Administration] Traffic Noise 

Model (TNM)’. This noise model is 

required for conducting traffic noise 

impact analysis in accordance with 23 

CFR 772.11 and 23 CFR 772.13. 

As part of FHWAs ongoing efforts to 

address traffic noise impacts of highway 

projects on local communities, FHWA 

recently completed a new version of 

TNM. The draft TNM version 3.0 

features a new User Interface (UI), 

updated acoustical information, and 

interoperability with the software 

packages for Esri’s ArcGIS®, AutoDesk’s 

AutoCAD®, and Bentley’s 

MicroStation®. FHWA is releasing TNM 

version 3.0 as a draft to provide the 

public with an opportunity to use the 

model and become familiar with its 

functionality and UI. FHWA will review 

any comments and make necessary 

adjustment to the model before releasing 

a final version for use in highway noise 

impact analysis for Federal Aid 

Highway projects in the future. 

The release of the draft TNM version 

3.0 builds upon an earlier beta test by 

eight State Departments of 

Transportation (Georgia, Michigan, 

Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, 

Virginia, and Washington State). The 

beta testers provided valuable input to 

further improve the model’s UI. By 

releasing the draft TNM version 3.0, 

FHWA is allowing users to provide 

comments and feedback on the model in 

general including the model’s 

functionality, its interface with the 

software packages and its usability for a 

variety of project types. In order to 

encourage users to submit their 

comments, FHWA will set up an online 

portal on FHWA TNM version 3.0 Web 

site (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

environment/noise/traffic_noise_model/

tnm_v30/) to collect comments in 

several broad categories such as 

functionality and aesthetics of the UI, 

interoperability with the external 

software packages, and the performance 

of the updated acoustics. This online 

portal will contain standardized 

questions to guide the public to submit 

their comments. It is this portal and its 

questions which are the subject of this 

OMB ICR FR Notice. 

Persons who elect to provide 

comments on the draft TNM version 3.0 

will have to download the free software 

via the FHWA TNM version 3.0 Web 

site at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

environment/noise/traffic_noise_model/

tnm_v30/. Participation by using the 

model and providing comments is 

entirely voluntary. 

Respondents: Approximately 200 

participants including the 52 State 

DOTs, consultant/contractors, 

researchers, academia and other 

interested transportation and 

environmental stakeholders. 

Frequency: As needed. It is expected 

that users will input comments when 

they review the draft TNM version 3.0. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Estimated time is 

approximately two weeks (80 hours) per 

participant over six months. Time will 

depend on the number and complexity 

of the situations the user is modeling. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Approximately 64,000 hours 

over six months. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s draft TNM 

version 3.0 model performance; (2) the 

accuracy of the estimated burdens; (3) 

ways for the FHWA to enhance the 

quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 

collected information; and (4) ways that 

the burden could be minimized, 

including the use of electronic 

technology, without reducing the 

quality of the collected information. The 

agency will summarize and/or include 

your comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: April 22, 2016. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collections Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09944 Filed 4–27–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0037] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes Mellitus 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA). 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 47 individuals for 

exemption from the prohibition against 

persons with insulin-treated diabetes 

mellitus (ITDM) operating commercial 

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