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again until at least the beginning of 

fiscal year 2017. This notice is being 

issued later than usual in the fiscal year 

due to the timing of multiple extensions 

of the FAA’s authorizing legislation. 

These dates are subject to possible 

adjustment based on any future 

extensions to the FAA’s authorizing 

legislation which currently expires July 

15, 2016. 

This notice is promulgated to 

expedite and facilitate the grant-making 

process. 

The AIP grant program is operating 

under the requirements of Public Law 

114–55, the ‘‘Airport and Airway 

Extension Act of 2015,’’ enacted on 

September 30, 2015 and subsequently 

amended on March 30, 2016, which 

authorizes the FAA through July 15, 

2016 and the ‘‘Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2016’’ which 

appropriates FY 2016 funds for the AIP. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 7, 

2016. 

Elliott Black, 

Director, Office of Airport Planning and 

Programming. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08766 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Request To Release Airport 

Property 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to rule on 

request to release airport property at the 

Des Moines International Airport, Des 

Moines, Iowa. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the release of 

land at The Des Moines International 

Airport, Des Moines, Iowa, under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 16, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to: Kevin Foley, 

Airport Executive Director, 5800 Fleur 

Dr. Suite 207, Des Moines, IA 50321, 

(515) 256–5100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Division, 

ACE–610C, 901 Locust, Room 364, 

Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–2644, 

lynn.martin@faa.gov. 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 15.9323± acres 

of airport property at The Des Moines 

International Airport (DSM) under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). On 

February 19, 2015, the Director of 

Engineering & Planning at The Des 

Moines International Airport requested 

from the FAA that approximately 

15.9323± acres of property be released 

for sale to the Electro Management 

Corporation for use as a distribution 

warehouse consistent with the zoning 

ordinances of the City. On April 5, 2016, 

the FAA determined that the request to 

release property at The Des Moines 

International Airport (DSM) submitted 

by the Sponsor meets the procedural 

requirements of the Federal Aviation 

Administration and the release of the 

property does not and will not impact 

future aviation needs at the airport. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no sooner than thirty days 

after the publication of this notice. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Des Moines International Airport 

(DSM) is proposing the release of airport 

property totaling 15.9323 acres, more or 

less. This land is to be used for a 

distribution warehouse for the Electro 

Management Corporation. The release of 

land is necessary to comply with 

Federal Aviation Administration Grant 

Assurances that do not allow federally 

acquired airport property to be used for 

non-aviation purposes. The sale of the 

subject property will result in the land 

at The Des Moines International Airport 

(DSM) being changed from aeronautical 

to non-aeronautical use and release the 

lands from the conditions of the Airport 

Improvement Program Grant Agreement 

Grant Assurances. In accordance with 

49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the 

airport will receive fair market value for 

the property, which will be 

subsequently reinvested in another 

eligible airport improvement project for 

general aviation facilities at The Des 

Moines International Airport. 

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 Des 

Moines International Airport. 

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on April 6, 

2016. 

Jim A. Johnson, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08768 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Final Environmental 

Assessment (Final EA), Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI)/Record of 

Decision (ROD) for the Kodiak Launch 

Complex Launch Pad 3, Kodiak Island, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Final EA and FONSI/ROD. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA; 42 United 

States Code 4321 et seq.), Council on 

Environmental Quality NEPA 

implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500 to 1508), and FAA Order 1050.1E, 

Change 1, Environmental Impacts: 

Policies and Procedures, the FAA is 

announcing the availability of the Final 

EA and FONSI/ROD for the Kodiak 

Launch Complex Launch Pad 3. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Stacey M. Zee, Office of Commercial 

Space Transportation, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Suite 325, Washington DC 20591; 

email Stacey.Zee@faa.gov; telephone 

(202) 267–9305. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final 

EA was prepared to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

FAA modifying the Alaska Aerospace 

Corporation’s (AAC’s) Launch Site 

Operator License to include medium-lift 

launch capability at the Kodiak Launch 

Complex (KLC), a commercial launch 

site currently operated under a FAA 

Launch Site Operator License (LSO–03– 

008), which authorizes only small-lift 

operations. The Kodiak Launch 

Complex was renamed as Pacific 

Spaceport Complex Alaska, effective 

April 21, 2015. The EA keeps the name 

as KLC for continuity and ease of 

reviewing. 

Expansion of launch capabilities at 

KLC would include the addition of new 

infrastructure necessary to support 


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medium-lift launches, including the 

construction of a launch pad and 

associated facilities. As part of the 

Proposed Action addressed in the EA, 

AAC would make improvements to the 

KLC to add both solid and liquidpropellant, medium-lift launch 

capability, and to operate the KLC in the 

future as a small-lift and medium-lift 

launch complex. Proposed construction 

at KLC includes six primary 

modifications: Construction of Launch 

Pad 3 (LP3), a vehicle processing 

facility, rocket staging facility, liquid 

fuel facility, mission control center and 

improvements to Pasagshak Point Road. 

Proposed launch operations would 

include up to six orbital small-lift 

launches and three medium-lift 

launches per year from the existing 

launch pads and from the proposed LP3; 

however, to be conservative in the 

analysis of potential environmental 

impacts, the EA assumes a maximum of 

nine medium-lift launches per year. 

The EA addresses the potential 

environmental impacts of implementing 

the Proposed Action and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, the FAA would not modify 

AAC’s Launch Site Operator License to 

include medium-lift launch capability 

and AAC would not proceed with the 

construction of medium-lift launch 

support infrastructure at KLC. Existing 

launch activities for up to nine orbital 

small-lift class launches per year from 

the existing launch pads would 

continue. 

The impact categories considered in 

the EA include air quality; compatible 

land use; Department of Transportation 

Act: Section 4(f); fish, wildlife, and 

plants; hazardous materials, pollution 

prevention, and solid waste; historical, 

architectural, archaeological, and 

cultural resources; light emissions and 

visual impacts; natural resources and 

energy supply; noise; socioeconomic, 

environmental justice, and children’s 

environmental health and safety risk; 

water quality; and wetlands. The EA 

also considers potential cumulative 

environmental impacts. 

The FAA has posted the Final EA and 

FONSI/ROD on the FAA Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation Web 

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

org/headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/nepa_docs/review/

operator/. 

The FAA published a Notice of 

Availability (NOA) of the Draft EA in 

the Federal Register on September 15, 

2014. An electronic version was also 

made available on the FAA Web site. In 

addition, the FAA printed and mailed a 

copy of the Draft EA to local libraries. 

The FAA held an open house public 

meeting on October 7, 2014. The public 

comment period for the Draft EA ended 

on November 1, 2014. After taking into 

consideration the nature of public 

comments received on the Draft EA, the 

FAA issued a Second Draft EA and 

provided the public with an opportunity 

to review and comment on updates and 

clarification information that had since 

been added to the EA in response to 

public comments. The FAA published a 

NOA of the Second Draft EA in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2015. 

Interested parties were invited to submit 

comments on the Second Draft EA by 

January 11, 2016. Public comments on 

the Second Draft EA resulted in minor 

changes to the EA. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 

2016. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08746 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

Meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 

12, 2016, from 12:00 Noon to 3:00 p.m., 

Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will be open to the 

public via conference call. Any 

interested person may call 1–877–422– 

1931, passcode 2855443940, to listen 

and participate in this meeting. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Issued on: April 11, 2016. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08865 Filed 4–13–16; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0036] 

Guidelines for the Safe Deployment 

and Operation of Automated Vehicle 

Safety Technologies 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA is announcing a 

second public meeting to seek input on 

planned guidelines for the safe 

deployment and operation of automated 

vehicles. NHTSA held its first public 

meeting on this topic on April 8, 2016, 

in Washington, DC. The intent of the 

operational guidelines is to encourage 

innovative and safe deployment of 

automated vehicle technologies. At this 

meeting, NHTSA is seeking public input 

on those aspects of automated vehicle 

(AV) systems that would benefit from 

operational guidelines. For example, of 

high importance to the Agency is 

information on the roadway scenarios 

and operational environments highly 

automated vehicles will need to address 

and the associated design and 

evaluation processes and methods 

needed to ensure that AV systems can 

detect and appropriately react to these 

scenarios such that a high level of safety 

is assured when these systems are 

deployed on US roadways. 

Also of interest to the Agency is input 

on aspects of automated vehicle 

technology that may not be suitable or 

ready for guidelines. For these areas, 

information would be useful on 

alternative approaches to assure safety. 

DATES: NHTSA will hold the public 

meeting on April 27, 2016, in Stanford, 

CA. The meeting will start at 9:00 a.m. 

and continue until 4:00 p.m., local time. 

Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. 

Location: The meeting will be held at 

the CARS Facility at Stanford 

University, 473 Oak Rd, Stanford, CA 

94305. This facility is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. The 

meeting will also be webcast live, and 

a link to the actual webcast will be 

available through http://www.nhtsa.gov/ 

Research/Crash+Avoidance/

Automated+Vehicles. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions about the public 

meeting, please contact us at av_info_

nhtsa@dot.gov. 

Registration is necessary for all 

attendees. Attendees should register at 


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