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1Section 1152.50(d)(1) requires that a railroad 

provide notice to governmental agencies 10 days 

before filing a notice for discontinuance. CSXT filed 

its notice with the Board on September 7, 2016, 

eight days after mailing notice of the proposed 

discontinuance to the governmental agencies. 

Therefore, we will consider the notice to have been 

filed with the Board on September 9, 2016. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

3Because CSXT is seeking to discontinue service, 

not to abandon the Line, trail use/rail banking and 

public use conditions are not appropriate. Because 

there will be environmental review during 

abandonment, this discontinuance does not require 

an environmental review. 

1Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy 

International Airport, 73 FR 3510 (Jan. 18, 2008) as 

amended 81 FR 32636 (May 24, 2016). 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 764X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Pike County, KY 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service to discontinue service over an 

approximately 5.1-mile rail line on its 

Northern Region, Louisville Division, 

and Coal Run Subdivision (also known 

as the Winns Branch), between 

mileposts CML 9.0 and CML 14.1, in 

Pike County, KY (the Line). The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 41557 and 41501. There is 

one station on the Line, Frozen Creek at 

milepost 14 (FSAC 84185/OPSL 

67466.08), which can be closed. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) since the Line is not 

a through line, no overhead traffic has 

moved over the Line; (3) no formal 

complaint filed by a user of rail service 

on the Line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the Line either is pending before 

the Surface Transportation Board or any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of a complainant within the 

two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met.1

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

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

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

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

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) to subsidize continued 

rail service has been received, this 

exemption will become effective on 

October 29, 2016 (50 days after the filing 

of the exemption), unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues and formal expressions of intent 

to file an OFA to subsidize continued 

rail service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 2

must be filed by October 7, 2016.3

Petitions to reopen must be filed by 

October 19, 2016, with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CSXT’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 26, 2016. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2016–23535 Filed 9–28–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Submission Deadline for 

Schedule Information for Chicago 

O’Hare International Airport, John F. 

Kennedy International Airport, Los 

Angeles International Airport, Newark 

Liberty International Airport, and San 

Francisco International Airport for the 

Summer 2017 Scheduling Season 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation, 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

ACTION: Notice of submission deadline. 

SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA 

announces the submission deadline of 

October 6, 2016, for summer 2017 flight 

schedules at Chicago O’Hare 

International Airport (ORD), John F. 

Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 

Los Angeles International Airport 

(LAX), Newark Liberty International 

Airport (EWR), and San Francisco 

International Airport (SFO), in 

accordance with the International Air 

Transport Association (IATA) 

Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG). The 

deadline coincides with the schedule 

submission deadline for the IATA Slot 

Conference for the summer 2017 

scheduling season. 

DATES: Schedules must be submitted no 

later than October 6, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Schedules may be 

submitted by mail to the Slot 

Administration Office, AGC–200, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

facsimile: 202–267–7277; or by email to: 

7-AWA-slotadmin@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Pfingstler, System Operations 

Services, Air Traffic Organization, 

Federal Aviation Administration, 600 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 

number: 202–267–6462; email: 

susan.pfingstler@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

has designated EWR, LAX, ORD, and 

SFO as IATA Level 2 airports and JFK 

as an IATA Level 3 airport. The FAA 

currently limits scheduled operations at 

JFK by Order until October 27, 2018.1

The FAA is primarily concerned 

about scheduled and other regularly 

conducted commercial operations 

during peak hours, but carriers may 

submit schedule plans for the entire 

day. At ORD, the peak hours are 0700 

to 2100 Central Time (1200 to 0200 

UTC), at LAX and SFO from 0600 to 

2300 Pacific Time (1300 to 0600 UTC), 

and at EWR and JFK from 0600 to 2300 

Eastern Time (1000 to 0300 UTC). 

Carriers should submit schedule 

information in sufficient detail, 

including, at minimum, the operating 

carrier, flight number, scheduled time of 

operation, frequency, and effective 

dates. IATA standard schedule 

information format and data elements 

(Standard Schedules Information 

Manual or SSIM, Chapter 6) may be 

used. The WSG provides additional 

information on schedule submissions 

and updates at Level 2 and Level 3 

airports. 

The U.S. summer scheduling season 

for these airports is from March 26 

through October 28, 2017, in recognition 

of the IATA northern summer period. 

The FAA understands there may be 

differences in schedule times due to 

different U.S. daylight saving time dates 

and will accommodate these differences 

to the extent possible. 

JFK will have construction in 2017 on 

Runway 4R/22L for rehabilitation of 

pavement, widening of certain taxiways, 

new high speed taxiways, drainage 

system upgrades, and electrical light 

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2Operating Limitations at Newark Liberty 

International Airport, 73 FR 29550 (May 21, 2008) 

as amended 79 FR 16857 (Mar. 26, 2014). Change 

in Newark Liberty International Airport 

Designation, 81 FR 19861 (April 6, 2016). 

systems replacement. The Port 

Authority of New York and New Jersey 

(PANYNJ), the airport operator, plans to 

conduct the construction in three 

phases in order to minimize operational 

impacts during the busiest summer 

months of June through August. Phase 

I anticipates a full closure of Runway 

4R/22L, currently scheduled from 

February 27 to June 1, 2017. Phase II 

anticipates closures nightly from 0400 

to 1100 UTC from June 1 to September 

4, 2017, followed by Phase III with a full 

Runway 4R/22L closure planned from 

September 5 to November 17, 2017. The 

FAA and the PANYNJ are working 

together to minimize operational 

disruptions to the extent possible. The 

FAA is also continuing to review 

alternative runway configurations and 

procedures and modeling potential 

capacity and delay impacts. Regular 

meetings are conducted with the FAA, 

PANYNJ, and airline station and other 

staff, and may be the best source of 

project updates and impacts. 

LAX will undergo construction on 

Runway 7L/25R for runway safety areas 

and rehabilitation in 2017. Los Angeles 

World Airports (LAWA), the airport 

operator, will close the runway for 

approximately four months from 

January to May 2017. The final dates 

have not been determined at this time. 

LAWA conducts monthly meetings on 

construction updates with FAA local air 

traffic control and airline 

representatives. Such meetings may be 

the best source of project updates and 

impacts. 

The FAA will use hourly runway 

capacity throughput for the Level 2 

airports in its schedule reviews, 

considering any differences associated 

with runway construction or other 

operational factors. The FAA will also 

review the operational performance 

metrics at the airports for the summer 

2016 scheduling season as additional 

data become available. 

EWR is transitioning from Level 3 

limitations under the FAA Order to a 

Level 2 designation effective with the 

winter 2016 scheduling season.2 In 

reviewing schedules, the FAA will 

consider the recent operational 

performance metrics, delay projections 

when the Level 3 scheduling limits were 

adopted in 2008, and the scheduled 

flight levels the FAA accepted under the 

2008 Order. Based on current and 

projected demand for the summer 2017 

scheduling season, the FAA anticipates 

the 0700 to 0859 and 1400–2059 Eastern 

Time (1100 to 1259 and 1800 to 0059 

UTC) hours will be the highest demand 

periods and not all requests are likely to 

be accommodated during these times. 

Carriers should be prepared to adjust 

schedules to meet available capacity in 

order to minimize potential congestion 

and delay. 

Each Level 2 airport also has a 

separate process adopted by the airport 

operator for certain types of flights, such 

as international passenger flights, or at 

particular terminals or gates. Those 

processes with the individual airports or 

terminals will continue separately from 

and in addition to the FAA review of 

schedules based on runway capacity. 

However, in conjunction with the 

schedule facilitators for terminal 

operations at those airports, the FAA 

may consider the need to harmonize 

terminal and runway availability in the 

schedule review process. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

23, 2016. 

Daniel E. Smiley, 

Vice President, System Operations Services. 

[FR Doc. 2016–23563 Filed 9–28–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–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 

TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held 

on October 13, 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: September 23, 2016. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2016–23654 Filed 9–27–16; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket Number: FTA–2016–0013] 

Notice of Final Equal Employment 

Opportunity Program Circular 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

Circular. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) has placed in the 

docket and on its Web site guidance in 

the form of a Circular to assist recipients 

in complying with various Equal 

Employment Opportunity regulations 

and statutes. The purpose of this 

Circular is to provide recipients of FTA 

financial assistance with instructions 

and guidance necessary to carry out the 

U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

regulations. FTA is updating its Equal 

Employment Opportunity Circular to 

clarify the requirements for compliance. 

DATES: Effective Date: The final Circular 

becomes effective October 31, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

program questions, Anita Heard, Office 

of Civil Rights, Federal Transit 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room E54–306, 

Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202) 

493–0318, or email, 

anita.heard@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, Bonnie Graves, Office of 

Chief Counsel, 90 Seventh Street, Suite 

15–300, San Francisco, CA 94103, 

phone: (202) 366–4011, fax: (415) 734– 

9489, or email, bonnie.graves@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice provides a summary of the final 

changes to the EEO Circular and 

responses to comments. The final 

Circular itself is not included in this 

notice; instead, an electronic version 

may be found on FTA’s Web site, at 

www.transit.dot.gov, and in the docket, 

at www.regulations.gov. Paper copies of 

the final Circular may be obtained by 

contacting FTA’s Administrative 

Services Help Desk, at (202) 366–4865. 

Table of Contents 

I. Overview 

II. Chapter-by-Chapter Analysis 

A. Chapter 1—Introduction and 

Applicability 

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