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Analysis and Management, 2201 C St. 

NW., Washington, DC 20520. 

You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and the OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Lisa M. Farrell, US Department of 

State, Office of Risk Analysis and 

Management, 2201 C Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20520; who may be 

reached on 202–647–6020 or at 

FARRELLLM1@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: Risk 

Analysis and Management. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0204. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Administration, Office of Logistics 

Management (A/LM). 

• Form Number: DS–4184. 

• Respondents: Potential Contractors 

and Grantees. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

850. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

850. 

• Average Time per Response: 75 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 1008 

hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

information collected from individuals 

and organizations is specifically used to 

conduct screening to ensure that State 

funded activities do not provide support 

to entities or individuals deemed to be 

a risk to national security. 

Methodology: The State Department 

has implemented a Risk Analysis and 

Management Program to vet potential 

contractors and grantees seeking 

funding from the Department of State to 

mitigate the risk that such funds might 

benefit entities or individuals who 

present a national security risk. To 

conduct this vetting program the 

Department collects information from 

contractors, sub-contractors, grantees 

and sub-grantees regarding their 

directors, officers and/or key employees 

through mail, fax or electronic 

submission. The Department published 

a 30-day notice on April 23, 2015 (80 FR 

22764). The Department is publishing 

this additional notice to announce our 

intent to collect additional information 

from former civilian government and 

military officials of the current Syria 

regime. Concerns have been raised 

regarding the possibility of the United 

States Government inadvertently 

funding individuals guilty of human 

rights abuses. The questions we plan to 

add to the information collection are 

necessary to help identify the activities 

and former affiliations of these 

individuals. The information collected 

is compared to information gathered 

from commercial, public, and U.S. 

government databases to determine the 

risk that the applying organization, 

entity or individual might use 

Department funds or programs in a way 

that presents a threat to national 

security. This program will continue as 

a pilot program as directed by Congress 

in the Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2015 (Div. J, Pub. L. 

113–235). 

Dated: July 17, 2015. 

Catherine I. Ebert-Gray, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 

Administration, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19098 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Release of 

Airport Property at Upper Cumberland 

Regional Airport, Sparta, Tennessee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration is requesting public 

comment on a request by the Upper 

Cumberland Regional Airport, Sparta, 

TN, to release land at the Upper 

Cumberland Regional Airport. The 

request consists of approximately 10.3 

acres of property non-contiguous to the 

airport located on Breeding Swamp 

Road approximately 3 miles southeast of 

the airport and 36.84 acres of property 

non-contiguous to the airport on Franks 

Ferry Road approximately 13 miles 

southwest of the airport. This release 

will allow the property to be sold to 

serve as wetland mitigation for a 

projects unrelated to the airport. This 

action is taken under the provisions of 

Section 125 of the Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment Reform Act for the 

21st Century (AIR 21). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review at the Upper Cumberland 

Regional Airport, 750 Airport Road, 

Sparta, TN 38583; and the FAA 

Memphis Airports District Office, 2600 

Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, 

Memphis, TN 38118–2482. Written 

comments on the Sponsor’s request 

must be delivered or mailed to: Mr. 

Phillip J. Braden, Manager, Memphis 

Airports District Office, 2600 Thousand 

Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, 

TN 38118–2482. Mr. Braden can be 

contacted at telephone number 901– 

322–8181. 

In addition, a copy of any comments 

submitted to the FAA must be mailed or 

delivered to Mr. Jason Baker, Airport 

Manager at Upper Cumberland Regional 

Airport, 750 Airport Road, Sparta, TN 

38583. Mr. Baker can be contacted at 

931–739–7000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael L. Thompson, Program 

Manager, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Memphis Airports 

District Office, 2600, Thousand Oaks 

Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, TN 

38118–2482. The application may be 

reviewed in person at this same 

location, by appointment. Mr. 

Thompson can be contacted at 901– 

322–8188. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

proposes to rule and invites public 

comment on the request to release 

airport property at the Upper 

Cumberland Regional Airport, Sparta, 

TN under the provisions of AIR 21(49 

U.S.C. 47107(h)(2)). 

On July 28, 2015, the FAA determined 

that the request to release property at 

Upper Cumberland Regional Airport 

meets the procedural requirements of 

the Federal Aviation Administration. 

The FAA may approve the request, in 


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1For clarity, this guidance will continue to use 

the term ‘‘Secretary’’ in this context. 

whole or in part, no later September 3, 

2015. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Upper Cumberland Regional 

Airport is proposing the release of two 

tracts of property consisting of 10.33 

acres and 36.84 acres to allow the 

property to be used as wetland 

mitigation for projects in the area 

unrelated to the airport. These 

properties are non-contiguous to the 

airport and located on Breeding Swamp 

Road approximately 3 miles southeast of 

the airport and Franks Ferry Road 

approximately 13 miles southwest of the 

airport. 

Any person may inspect, by 

appointment, the request in person at 

the FAA office listed above under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Memphis, TN on July 28, 2015. 

Phillip J. Braden, 

Manager, Memphis Airports District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19141 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2015–2836] 

Guidance on the Procedures and 

Process To Petition the Secretary 

Under the Airport and Airways 

Improvement Act 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) is issuing 

guidance on the procedures and process 

to petition the Secretary under 49 U.S.C. 

47106(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Airport and 

Airways Improvement Act of 1982, as 

amended. Although this provision has 

been in effect since 1992, the FAA did 

not receive the first petition under this 

provision until 2010. This guidance is 

intended to provide detail and clarity 

about who may petition the Secretary, 

when such a petition may be filed, how 

the petition may be made, and the 

procedures and process to petition the 

Secretary under this Section of the 

Airport and Airways Improvement Act. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 5, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2015–2836 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

docket, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Daphne Fuller, Assistant Chief Counsel. 

Mailing address: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20591. Telephone: 

(202) 267–3199. Email address: 

Daphne.Fuller@faa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FAA 

requests comments, suggestions and 

recommendations that will assist the 

agency in assessing and understanding 

the potential effects and implications of 

providing guidance on the procedures 

for and process of the right to petition 

the Secretary under 49 U.S.C. Section 

47106(c)(1)(A)(ii). 

I. Background 

In 1982, Congress enacted the Airport 

and Airway Improvement Act (AAIA) 

(Pub. L. 97–248). Relevant portions of 

the AAIA are codified in 49 U.S.C. 

Chapter 471, Subchapter I, Airport 

Improvement. The AAIA, among other 

items, established the current-day 

Airport Improvement Program (AIP) that 

is administered by the FAA’s Office of 

Airports. Through the AIP, the FAA 

provides grants to public agencies — 

and, in limited cases, to private airport 

owners and operators—for the planning 

and development of public-use airports 

that are included in the National Plan of 

Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). 

The current AIP program built on earlier 

grant programs that are funded through 

a variety of user fees and fuel taxes. For 

more information on the history of the 

AIP and predecessor grant programs, see 

http://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/. 

The AAIA also provides certain 

prerequisites and conditions that an 

airport sponsor must meet in order to be 

eligible for consideration of AIP 

funding. In 1992, Congress amended 

various provisions of the AAIA with the 

Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, 

Noise Improvement, and Intermodal 

Transportation Act, Pub. L. 102–581. 

Section 113(b), Public Access and 

Participation with Respect to Airport 

Projects, amended Section 509(b)(6)(A) 

of the AAIA (49 U.S.C. 47106(c)(1)(A)) 

by inserting the following: 

(ii) the sponsor of the project certifies to 

the Secretary that the airport management 

board either has voting representation from 

the communities where the project is located 

or has advised the communities that they 

have the right to petition the Secretary 

concerning a proposed project. 

The Secretary of the U.S. Department 

of Transportation has delegated the 

responsibility to respond to a petition 

under Section 47106 to the 

Administrator of the FAA, 49 CFR 

1.83(a)(9). The Administrator has 

further delegated the authority to 

administer this provision to the 

Associate Administrator for the Office of 

Airports (ARP–1). Order 1100.154A.1

The requirement for a sponsor to 

provide such certification to the FAA is 

incorporated into FAA Order 5050.4B, 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) Implementing Instructions for 

Airport Actions, par. 1203. 

II. Purpose 

After receiving a small number of 

submissions under this provision, the 

Associate Administrator for the Office of 

Airports has determined it would be 

helpful and appropriate to provide the 

public with more guidance on the 

procedures and processes associated 

with this provision: 

The Secretary may approve an application 

under this subchapter for an airport 

development project involving the location of 

an airport or runway or a major runway 

extension only if the sponsor certifies to the 

Secretary that the airport management board 


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