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1 79 FR 16854 (Mar. 26, 2014). 

2Notice of Temporary Waiver of the Minimum 

Usage Requirement Under the Order Limiting 

Scheduled Operations at John F. Kennedy 

International, 74 FR 52838 (Oct. 14, 2009) (granting 

waiver for JFK runway construction); Notice of 

Limited Waiver of the Slot Usage Requirement 

Under the Order Limiting Operations at Newark 

Liberty International Airport, 78 FR 57674 (Sept. 

19, 2013) (granting waiver for EWR runway 

construction). 

3The FAA is granting the waiver until the end of 

the summer scheduling season rather than only 

until the planned September 22 reopening of the 

runway. It may not be practical for carriers to 

resume some scheduled flights in late September 

and October. 

Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

Commission (IOC). The call will also be 

an opportunity to provide an update on 

recent and upcoming Commission and 

UNESCO activities. The Commission 

will accept brief oral comments during 

a portion of this conference call. The 

public comment period will be limited 

to approximately 10 minutes in total, 

with two minutes allowed per speaker. 

For more information or to arrange to 

participate in the conference call, 

individuals must make arrangements 

with the Executive Director of the 

National Commission by June 13. 

The National Commission, 

Washington, DC 20037 may be 

contacted via email DCUNESCO@

state.gov or Telephone (202) 663–0026; 

Fax (202) 663–0035. The Web site can 

be accessed at: http://www.state.gov/p/

io/unesco/. 

Dated: May 21, 2014. 

Allison Wright, 

Executive Director, U.S. National Commission 

for UNESCO, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12488 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2007–29320] 

Order Limiting Scheduled Operations 

at John F. Kennedy International 

Airport 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limited Waiver of the 

Slot Usage Requirement. 

SUMMARY: This action grants with 

conditions a limited waiver of the slot 

usage requirement for operating 

authorizations (slots) at John F. 

Kennedy International Airport (JFK) due 

to construction at the airport during the 

winter 2014/2015 and summer 2015 

scheduling seasons. This waiver applies 

only to JFK slots for the period from 

March 1, 2015, through October 24, 

2015. 

DATES: Effective upon publication. The 

deadlines for temporary slot returns 

under this waiver are December 15, 

2014, for slots from March 1 through 

March 28, 2015, and January 15, 2015, 

for slots from March 29 through October 

24, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Hawks, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

telephone: (202) 267–7143; email: 

rob.hawks@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Port Authority of New York and 

New Jersey (Port Authority) will 

conduct extensive construction on JFK 

runway 4L/22R. Runway safety area and 

other preparatory work will begin in 

2014 and is not expected to have 

significant operational impacts. 

Extensive operational impacts are 

expected in 2015 as the airport 

rehabilitates Runway 4L/22R, widens 

the runway to 200 feet required for 

Group VI aircraft, improves taxiway 

fillets required for Group VI aircraft, and 

constructs access and high speed 

taxiways. The work will also impact 

Runways 13L/31R and 13R/31L as they 

intersect with Runway 4L/22R. Runway 

13L/31R will be closed from March 1 

through April 9, 2015. Runway 4L/22R 

will be open during this time with 

reduced length. Runway 13R/31L will 

operate with reduced length from April 

10 through September 21, 2015. 

The FAA, Port Authority, and airport 

stakeholders have been meeting for 

several months to review the 

construction plans and schedules, 

assess the potential operational impacts, 

and identify mitigation options. Updates 

will be discussed at various FAA and 

airport meetings over the coming 

months. 

FAA Analysis 

Under the Order limiting scheduled 

operations at JFK, slots must be used at 

least 80 percent of the time. This rule is 

expected to accommodate routine 

weather and other cancellations under 

all but the most unusual circumstances. 

Slots not meeting the minimum usage 

rules will not receive historic 

precedence for the following 

corresponding scheduling season.1 The 

FAA may grant a waiver from the slot 

usage requirement in highly unusual 

and unpredictable conditions that are 

beyond a carrier’s control and affect a 

carrier’s operations for a period of five 

or more consecutive days. However, the 

FAA does not routinely grant general 

waivers to the usage requirement except 

under the most unusual circumstances. 

The FAA has determined that the 

projected operational, congestion, and 

delay impacts of the 2015 JFK runway 

construction meet the requirements for 

a temporary waiver of the slot usage 

requirement. In light of the projected 

runway capacity and throughput 

impacts during construction, reducing 

operations to minimize congestion and 

delays is in the public interest. The FAA 

expects to implement measures such as 

those used during the JFK Runway 13R/ 

31L construction in 2010 and Newark 

Liberty International Airport Runway 

4L/22R construction in 2014. These 

include seeking voluntary schedule 

reductions of historic flights in the 

busiest hours, retiming flights to less 

congested periods, increasing scheduled 

block time, limiting the allocation of 

new slots to off peak hours, optimizing 

the use of airport capacity based on 

demand and aircraft fleet mix, and 

revising air traffic control operational 

plans and procedures as warranted. 

Carriers that temporarily reduce flights 

and elect to temporarily return slots to 

the FAA rather than transfer them for 

another carrier’s use should not be 

penalized by permanently losing the 

authority to operate. 

FAA Decision 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

FAA has determined to issue a limited 

slot usage waiver for the part of the 

winter 2014/2015 scheduling season 

and all of the summer 2015 scheduling 

season. Granting a waiver for these slots 

is consistent with recent agency 

decisions.2 This waiver applies only to 

JFK slots for the period from March 1, 

2015, through October 24, 2015.3 To 

obtain a waiver for a specific slot held, 

a carrier must temporarily return to the 

FAA slots that it will not operate during 

the waiver period. The carrier will 

retain historical precedence for these 

temporarily returned slots. These 

temporary slot returns permit the FAA 

to plan for days on which construction 

closures and resulting operational 

impacts occur. If the closure dates 

change due to weather or other factors, 

the FAA will apply the waiver, 

including retroactively, if a carrier 

notifies the FAA that the temporarily 

returned slots will not be operated on 

any new closure dates. 

The FAA recognizes that carriers may 

make adjustments in schedules based on 

operational assessments and modeling 

efforts that are currently underway. The 

FAA also understands that some carriers 


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may need additional time to finalize 

schedules and potential reductions 

beyond the regular winter 2014/2015 

slot return deadline of August 15, 2014. 

Accordingly, the FAA will allow an 

additional slot return date to allow for 

better planning by carriers and for 

discussions with the FAA on potential 

schedule and slot adjustments to 

mitigate delays. For slots from March 1 

through March 28, 2015, the temporary 

slot return deadline is Monday, 

December 15, 2014. For slots March 29 

through October 24, 2015, the slot 

return deadline is Thursday, January 15, 

2015. Temporary slot returns should be 

submitted to the Slot Administration 

Office by email at 7-awa-slotadmin@

faa.gov. These return notifications 

should indicate they are subject to this 

waiver. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 21, 

2014. 

Mark W. Bury, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for International Law, 

Legislation, and Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12363 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0060] 

Meeting Notice—Federal Interagency 

Committee on Emergency Medical 

Services 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Meeting Notice—Federal 

Interagency Committee on Emergency 

Medical Services. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA announces a meeting 

of the Federal Interagency Committee on 

Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) 

to be held in the Washington, DC area. 

This notice announces the date, time, 

and location of the meeting, which will 

be open to the public. Pre-registration is 

encouraged. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 

19, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. e.d.t. to 4:00 

p.m. e.d.t. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Wilbur J. Cohen Building at 330 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20024 in the Snow 

Room on the fifth floor. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Drew Dawson, Director, Office of 

Emergency Medical Services, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NTI–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, Telephone 

number (202) 366–9966; Email 

Drew.Dawson@dot.gov. 

Registration Information: This 

meeting will be open to the public; 

however, pre-registration is highly 

encouraged to comply with security 

procedures. Members of the public 

wishing to attend should register online 

at http://events.signup4.com/

FICEMSJune2014 no later than June 13, 

2014. Please note that the information 

collected for registration, including 

name and email address, will be used 

solely for the purposes of providing 

registrants with access to the meeting 

site and to provide meeting materials to 

registrants via email when they become 

available. 

A picture I.D. must be provided to 

enter the Cohen Building and it is 

suggested that visitors arrive 30 minutes 

early in order to facilitate entry. 

Attendees who are not United States 

citizens must produce a valid passport 

to enter the building. Please be aware 

that visitors to the Cohen Building are 

subject to search and must pass through 

a magnetometer. Weapons of any kind 

are strictly forbidden in the building 

unless authorized through the 

performance of the official duties of 

your employment (i.e. law enforcement 

officer). Federal staff will be in the 

lobby beginning at 12:30 p.m. EDT on 

the day of the meeting to escort 

members of the public to the meeting 

room. Please enter through the south 

entrance on C Street SW. between 3rd 

and 4th Streets SW. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

10202 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy For Users (SAFETEA– 

LU), Public Law 109–59, provides that 

the FICEMS consist of several officials 

from Federal agencies as well as a State 

emergency medical services director 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Transportation. 

Tentative Agenda: This meeting of the 

FICEMS will focus on addressing the 

requirements of SAFETEA–LU and the 

opportunities for collaboration among 

the key Federal agencies involved in 

emergency medical services. The 

tentative agenda includes: 

• Report from the Chair of the National 

EMS Advisory Council (NEMSAC) 

on recently adopted 

recommendations for FICEMS 

• Discussion of Possible Revision of the 

1996 EMS Agenda for the Future 

• Overview of the FICEMS Strategic 

Plan and the Role of Agencies in 

Implementation 

• Reports on Progress Related to Four 

Priority Areas of the Strategic Plan 

Æ EMS Preparedness 

Æ EMS Data Standardization 

Æ Evidence-based Guidelines 

Development and Implementation 

Æ Military Veteran Credentialing, 

including Considering of a Position 

Statement on the Topic 

• Reports, updates, and 

recommendations from FICEMS 

members 

• An overview of the GROW AMERICA 

Act 

• A public comment period 

There will not be a call-in number 

provided for this FICEMS meeting; 

however, minutes of the meeting will be 

available to the public online at 

www.EMS.gov. A final agenda and other 

meeting materials will be posted at 

www.EMS.gov/FICEMS.htm prior to the 

meeting. 

Issued on: May 23, 2014. 

Jeffrey P. Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12499 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 22, 2014. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following information 

collection requests to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before June 30, 2014 to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 927–5331, 

email at PRA@treasury.gov, or the entire 

information collection request may be 

found at www.reginfo.gov. 


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