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provided public notice and opportunity 

for comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Europe, Western Hemisphere 

and Africa, Bureau of Energy Resources, 

U.S. Department of State, (ENR/EDP/

EWA), 2201 C St. NW., Ste. 4843, 

Washington, DC 20520. Attn: Deputy 

Director. Tel: 202–647–2041. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information concerning the 

Vantage pipeline facilities can be found 

at http://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant/ 

applicants/pembina/index.htm. 

Documents related to the Department of 

State’s review of the application for a 

Presidential Permit can be found at 

http://www.state.gov/e/enr/applicant. 

Dated: December 7, 2015. 

Chris Davy, 

Deputy Director, Energy Resources Bureau, 

Energy Diplomacy, (ENR/EDP/EWA), Bureau 

of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–31873 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation; Notice of Availability 

of the Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for Issuing or Modifying 

Launch Licenses for Space 

Exploration Technologies Corp. 

(SpaceX) Falcon Launch Vehicle 

Landings at Landing Complex-1 at 

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 

(CCAFS), Florida 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

FONSI. 

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 Code of 

Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500 to 

1508), and FAA Order 1050.1F, 

Environmental Impacts: Policies and 

Procedures, the FAA is announcing the 

availability of a FONSI, based on the 

analysis and findings of the U.S. Air 

Force’s (USAF’s) December 2014 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Space Exploration Technologies 

Vertical Landing of the Falcon Vehicle 

and Construction at Launch Complex 13 

at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 

Florida (EA). Subsequent to the USAF 

issuing the EA, Launch Complex-13 was 

renamed to Landing Complex-1 (LC–1). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Daniel Czelusniak, Environmental 

Specialist, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Room 325, Washington, DC 20591; 

email Daniel.Czelusniak@faa.gov; or 

phone (202) 267–5924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

participated as a cooperating agency 

with the USAF in the preparation of the 

EA, which evaluated the potential 

environmental impacts of SpaceX 

conducting vertical landings of a Falcon 

launch vehicle first stage at LC–1 at 

CCAFS, as well as related construction. 

Landings could include a Falcon 9 first 

stage or a single core of a Falcon Heavy 

first stage. The National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration also 

participated as a cooperating agency in 

the preparation of the EA. 

As the Proposed Action would require 

Federal actions (as defined in 40 CFR 

1508.18) involving the USAF and the 

FAA, the EA was prepared to satisfy the 

NEPA obligations of both agencies. The 

USAF issued a FONSI on January 8, 

2015, which stated that the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the Proposed Action would not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment, and therefore the 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) was not required. The 

FAA has formally adopted the EA and 

also issued a FONSI to support the 

issuance of new launch licenses or 

modify existing launch licenses to allow 

SpaceX to conduct Falcon landings at 

LC–1. 

The Proposed Action analyzed in the 

EA consists of SpaceX conducting 

Falcon landings at LC–1 and 

construction activities, including land 

clearing, construction of landing pads, 

and supporting infrastructure 

modifications at LC–1. SpaceX 

anticipates no more than 12 landings 

per year (one per month). Operations at 

LC–1 would also include post-flight 

landing and safing activities. The FAA’s 

Proposed Action is to issue new launch 

licenses or modify existing launch 

licenses to allow SpaceX to conduct 

vertical landings of a Falcon launch 

vehicle first stage at CCAFS. 

Alternatives analyzed as part of the 

FONSI include the Proposed Action and 

the No Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, the FAA would not 

issue or modify launch licenses to allow 

SpaceX to conduct Falcon landings at 

CCAFS. The Falcon first stage would 

continue to land in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Based on its independent review and 

consideration, the FAA issued a FONSI 

concurring with the analysis of impacts 

and findings in the EA and formally 

adopting the EA to support issuing new 

launch licenses or modifying existing 

launch licenses to allow SpaceX to 

conduct vertical landings of a Falcon 

launch vehicle first stage at CCAFS. 

After reviewing and analyzing available 

data and information on existing 

conditions, potential impacts, and 

measures to mitigate those impacts, the 

FAA has determined that issuing or 

modifying launch licenses to allow 

SpaceX to conduct vertical landings of 

a Falcon launch vehicle first stage at 

CCAFS is a Federal action that would 

not significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment within the meaning 

of NEPA. Therefore, the preparation of 

an EIS is not required, and the FAA has 

issued a FONSI. The FAA made this 

determination in accordance with all 

applicable environmental laws and FAA 

regulations. 

The FAA has posted the EA and 

FONSI on the internet at http://

www.faa.gov/about/office_org/

headquarters_offices/ast/

environmental/nepa_docs/review/

launch/. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

15, 2015. 

Daniel Murray, 

Manager, Space Transportation Development 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32158 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Air Traffic Procedures Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that a meeting of 

the Federal Aviation Administration Air 

Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee 

(ATPAC) will be held to review present 

air traffic control procedures and 

practices for standardization, revision, 

clarification, and upgrading of 

terminology and procedures. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 from 12:45 

p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 

February 24, 2016 from 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

CGH Technologies, Inc., 600 Maryland 

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79650 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 245 / Tuesday, December 22, 2015 / Notices 

1 In that docket, on November 3, 2015, Union 

Pacific Railroad Company (UP) filed a Verified 

Notice of Exemption under the Board’s class 

exemption procedures at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). The 

notice addressed an agreement between UP and the 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) that is intended to 

grant UP overhead temporary trackage rights until 

December 31, 2018, to operate between milepost 

579.3 near Mill Creek, Okla., on BNSF’s Creek 

Subdivision and milepost 631.0 near Joe Junction, 

Tex., on BNSF’s Madill Subdivision, a distance of 

approximately 51.7 miles. UP stated that because 

the temporary trackage rights are longer than a year 

in duration, the Board’s class exemption for 

temporary trackage rights under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(8) does not apply. Instead, UP 

concurrently filed a Petition for Partial Revocation 

in this sub-docket. Notice of exemption was served 

and published in the Federal Register on November 

19, 2015 (80 FR 72,486). That notice indicated that 

the Board would address the Petition for Partial 

Revocation in a separate decision, which it is doing 

here and in the Board’s decision served today in 

this sub-docket. 

Ave SW., Suite 800W, Washington, DC 

20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Heather Hemdal, ATPAC Executive 

Director, 600 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

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 ATPAC to be 

held Tuesday, February 23, 2016 from 

12:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and 

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 

8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

The agenda for this meeting will cover 

a continuation of the ATPAC’s review of 

present air traffic control procedures 

and practices for standardization, 

revision, clarification, and upgrading of 

terminology and procedures. It will also 

include: 

1. Call for Safety Items 

2. Approval of minutes of the 

previous meeting 

3. Introduction of New Areas of 

Concern or Miscellaneous items 

4. Items of Interest 

5. Status updates to existing Areas of 

Concern 

6. Discussion and agreement of 

location and dates for subsequent 

meetings. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space available. 

With the approval of the Chairperson, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

desiring to attend and persons desiring 

to present oral statements should notify 

Ms. Heather Hemdal no later than 

February 16, 2016. Any member of the 

public may present a written statement 

to the ATPAC at any time at the address 

given above. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

16, 2015. 

Heather Hemdal, 

Executive Director, Air Traffic Procedures 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32156 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35974 (Sub-No. 1)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—BNSF Railway Company 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Partial revocation of exemption. 

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the 

Board revokes the class exemption as it 

pertains to the overhead trackage rights 

described in Docket No. FD 35974 1 to 

permit the trackage rights to expire on 

December 31, 2018, as provided in the 

parties’ underlying temporary trackage 

rights agreement, subject to the 

employee protective conditions set forth 

in Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

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

91 (1979). 

DATES: This decision is effective on 

January 21, 2016. Petitions to stay must 

be filed by January 4, 2016. Petitions for 

reconsideration must be filed by January 

11, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of all pleadings, referring to 

Docket No. FD 35974 (Sub-No. 1) to: 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Jeremy M. 

Berman, Union Pacific Railroad 

Company, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 

1580, Omaha, NE 68179. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Caine (202) 245–0392. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision. Board decisions 

and notices are available on our Web 

site at ‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: December 15, 2015. 

By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice 

Chairman Begeman, and Commissioner 

Miller. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32166 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST—2014–0011] 

National Freight Advisory Committee: 

Notice of Public Meeting 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT) announces a 

webinar meeting of its National Freight 

Advisory Committee (NFAC) to develop 

comments on the draft National Freight 

Strategic Plan (Plan.) This meeting is 

open to the public and there will be an 

opportunity for public comment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 7, 2016, from 3:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

online, as a webinar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Drake, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Transportation Policy at (202) 366–1999 

or nfac@dot.gov or visit the NFAC Web 

site at www.dot.gov/nfac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The NFAC was 

established to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

matters related to freight transportation 

in the United States, including (1) 

Implementation of the freight provisions 

of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

21st Century Act (MAP–21; P.L. 112– 

141); (2) establishment of the National 

Freight Network; (3) development of the 

Plan; (4) development of strategies to 

help States implement State Freight 

Advisory Committees and State Freight 

Plans; (5) development of measures of 

conditions and performance in freight 

transportation; (6) development of 

freight transportation investment, data, 

and planning tools; and (7) legislative 

recommendations. The NFAC operates 

as a discretionary committee under the 

authority of the DOT, established in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 

See DOT’s NFAC Web site for additional 

information about the committee’s 

activities at www.transportation.gov/

nfac. 

On October 18, 2015, the DOT issued 

the draft National Freight Strategic Plan 

for public comment, available at 

www.transportation.gov/freight. The 

NFAC met on November 13, 2015 to 

discuss and begin developing 

Committee comments on the Plan. This 

Committee will finalize their comments 

during this webinar. Members of the 

public who would like to submit 

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