15112 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 46 / Friday, March 8, 2013 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the SeattleTacoma International Airport, Seattle, 

Washington 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Request to Release 

Airport Property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invite public comment on the release of 

land at the Seattle-Tacoma International 

Airport under the provisions of Section 

125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation 

Investment Reform Act for the 21st 

Century (AIR 21), now 49 U.S.C. 

47107(h)(2). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: Ms. 

Carol Suomi, Manager, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Northwest Mountain 

Region, Airports Division, Seattle 

Airports District Office, 1601 Lind 

Avenue SW., Suite 250, Renton, 

Washington 98057–3356. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to Mr. Allan 

Royal, Port of Seattle Real Estate 

Development, at the following address: 

Mr. Allan Royal, Port of Seattle Real 

Estate Development, P.O. Box 68727, 

Seattle, Washington 98168. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Peter Doyle, Project Manager, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Northwest 

Mountain Region, Seattle Airports 

District Office, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Suite 250, Renton, Washington 98057– 

3356. 

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 property at the SeattleTacoma International Airport under the 

provisions of the AIR 21 (49 U.S.C. 

47107(h)(2)). 

On February 22, 2013, the FAA 

determined that the request to release 

property at Seattle-Tacoma International 

Airport submitted by the airport meets 

the procedural requirements of the 

Federal Aviation Administration. The 

FAA may approve the request, in whole 

or in part, no later than April 8, 2013. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Seattle-Tacoma International 

Airport is proposing the release of 

approximately 15,628 square feet of 

airport property to the City of SeaTac. 

This property is located on International 

Blvd. and 160th Street in the City of 

SeaTac, and is required for road 

improvements to mitigate traffic 

generated by the Rental Car Facility 

constructed on airport property. This 

mitigation measure is required by the 

environmental analysis to reduce the 

likely significant adverse environmental 

traffic impacts to a nonsignificant level. 

The value of the property is a 

component of the overall cost of the 

Rental Car Facility project. 

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 

germane to the application in person at 

the Seattle-Tacoma International 

Airport, 17801 International Blvd., 

Seattle, Washington 98158. 

Issued in Renton, Washington, on February 

22, 2013. 

Carol Suomi, 

Manager, Seattle Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–05453 Filed 3–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee; 

Transport Airplane Performance and 

Handling Characteristics—New Task 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of new task assignment 

for the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC). 

SUMMARY: The FAA assigned ARAC a 

new task to prioritize potential topic 

areas for development of new or revised 

requirements and guidance material for 

airplane performance and handling 

characteristics in new transport category 

airplanes. The output of this task is 

intended to support FAA planning for 

subsequent ARAC taskings in these 

topic areas. This notice is to inform the 

public of this ARAC activity. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Jacobsen, Airplane & Flight Crew 

Interface Branch, ANM–111, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Ave. SW., 

Renton, Washington 98057–3356; 

telephone (425) 227–2011, facsimile 

(425) 227– 1149; email 

joe.jacobsen@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The FAA established ARAC to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the FAA Administrator on the FAA’s 

rulemaking activities with respect to 

aviation-related issues. This includes 

obtaining advice and recommendations 

on the FAA’s commitments to 

harmonize FAA regulations with its 

partners in Europe, Canada, and Brazil; 

in this instance, on airplane 

performance and handling 

characteristics standards. ARAC will 

address this task under the Transport 

Airplane and Engine (TAE) 

Subcommittee, and will reestablish the 

Flight Test Harmonization Working 

Group (FTHWG) to assist in completion 

of this task. 

The FAA has established regulations 

and policy in the areas of airplane 

performance and handling 

characteristics. However, existing 

standards do not adequately address 

airplane designs using fly-by-wire 

technology. Additionally, there are a 

number of issues, such as several items 

in the areas of takeoff and landing 

performance and flying qualities that 

may not be adequately addressed by the 

existing airworthiness requirements and 

guidance material. Finally, there are 

cases where guidance information 

provided by the airworthiness 

authorities is not harmonized, 

sometimes leading to different 

compliance findings. 

The Task 

The FAA tasked ARAC to consider 

several areas within the airplane 

performance and handling qualities 

requirements of the 14 CFR part 25 

airworthiness standards and guidance 

for possible revision. The task includes 

prioritizing the list of topic areas 

provided in this notice based on 

prioritization criteria established by the 

FTHWG. The prioritization criteria 

should consider harmonization of 

regulatory requirements and associated 

guidance material for airworthiness 

certification of airplane designs. 

Recommendations may result in 

subsequent ARAC taskings for standards 

recommendations in follow-on phases. 

ARAC may also recommend additional 

topics in the general area of airplane 

performance and handling qualities that 

are not on the list provided in this 

notice 

The working group will provide a 

draft report to ARAC recommending 

focus areas and work plans to address 

those areas the FTHWG identified as 

high priorities for airworthiness 

standards development relative to new 

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