47704 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 163 / Thursday, August 26, 2021 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, 

FAA’s exemption process. Neither 

publication of this notice nor the 

inclusion nor omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before 

September 15, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2019–0652 

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, 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 20590– 

0001, 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: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

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 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia 

Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Angela O. Anderson, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division, Office 

of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2019–0652. 

Petitioner: UPS Flight Forward, Inc. 

Sections of 14 CFR Affected: 

91.205(c)(2) and (3). 

Description of Relief Sought: UPS 

Flight Forward, Inc. (UPS FF) seeks an 

amendment to its current exemption 

from Title 14 Code of Federal 

Regulations to include an exemption 

from § 91.205(c)(2) and (3), equipment 

requirements for visual flight rules night 

operations with regard to position 

lights. UPS Flight Forward asserts that 

during operations between periods of 

civil twilight the aircraft will utilize 

lighted anti-collision lighting visible for 

at least 3 statute miles having a flash 

rate sufficient to avoid a collision and 

that these lights are sufficient to provide 

the same or greater level of safety for 

flights under 400 ft. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18389 Filed 8–25–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2020–0993] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: General 

Aviation and Part 135 Activity Survey 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval renewal information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on Feb 2, 

2021. The collection involves FAA’s 

primary requirement for annual hours 

flown, optimal determination of sample 

size is based on flight time variation by 

state and aircraft type, and a sampling 

fraction is determined for each cell with 

a no-zero population. Sample units are 

selected randomly within each stratum. 

Respondents to this survey are owners 

of general aviation aircraft. This 

information is used by FAA, NTSB, and 

other government agencies, the aviation 

industry, and others for safety 

assessment, planning, forecasting, cost/ 

benefit analysis, and to target areas for 

research. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by Sep 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to 

(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Parasha Vincent Flowers by email at: 

Parasha.flowers@faa.gov; phone: 202– 

267–8757. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–6160. 

Title: General Aviation and Part 135 

Activity Survey. 

Form Numbers: 1800–54. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on Feb 2, 2021 (85 FR 71710). Title 49, 

United States Code, empowers the 

Secretary of Transportation to collect 

and disseminate information relative to 

civil aeronautics, to study the 

possibilities for development of air 

commerce and the aeronautical 

industries, and to make long-range plans 

for, and formulate policy with respect 

to, the orderly development and use of 

the navigable airspace, radar 

installations and all other aids for air 

navigation. These data are necessary to 

assess performance of the Department of 

Transportation in meeting the strategic 

goal for General Aviation safety as 


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described in the Destination 2025 

Strategic Plan. 

The agency and the National 

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) use 

the exposure data, both by itself and in 

conjunction with aircraft age, to 

calculate accident rates, which are used 

to compare safety over time and safety 

performance among different aircraft 

types and configurations. 

The agency and the NTSB will use the 

exposure data for public use aircraft to 

calculate accident rates for those 

aircraft. The NTSB is now required to 

investigate accidents involving public 

use aircraft. This is a responsibility 

assigned by Public Law 103–411. 

Respondents: Owners of General 

Aviation Aircraft. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 20 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

(36,000 × 20/60) = 12,000 hours. 

Issued in Washnigton, DC, on August, 23, 

2021. 

Parasha Vincent Flowers, 

Program Manager, Program Management & 

Development Branch, AVP–220, Office of 

Accident Investigation & Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18412 Filed 8–25–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2020–0010] 

Re-Designation of the Primary 

Highway Freight System (PHFS) 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice; request for information 

(RFI). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA is re-designating 

the PHFS to meet the statutory 

requirements of the authorizing law. 

The Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation (FAST) Act designated 

the PHFS and provided for an update to 

the PHFS every 5 years. Beginning five 

years after the date of the enactment of 

the FAST Act, and every 5 years 

thereafter, using the designation factors 

described in FAST Act, the FHWA 

Administrator shall re-designate the 

primary highway freight system. Each 

re-designation may increase the mileage 

on the PHFS by not more than 3 percent 

of the total mileage of the system. The 

current PHFS consists of 41,518 

centerline miles of roadway and is a 

component of the National Highway 

Freight Network (NHFN). The redesignation initiated through this RFI 

may add up to 1,246 miles of additional 

mileage to the current PHFS. State 

Freight Advisory Committees, 

represented by their States, are invited 

to submit comments. Other entities are 

encouraged to engage directly with their 

State Freight Advisory Committee or the 

State department of transportation (State 

DOT). Comments submitted by entities 

other than a State Freight Advisory 

Committee will be considered for 

general input into the process. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 25, 2021. Late 

comments will be considered to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit comments identified 

by DOT Docket ID FHWA–2020–0010 

by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions may be addressed to Birat 

Pandey, birat.pandey@dot.gov, 202– 

366–2842, Office of Freight Management 

& Operations (HOFM–1), Office of 

Operations, FHWA, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Congress established a National 

Highway Freight Program (NHFP) in 23 

U.S.C. 167 to improve the efficient 

movement of freight on the NHFN and 

support several goals. The NHFP 

required the FHWA Administrator to 

establish a NHFN to strategically direct 

Federal resources and policies toward 

improved performance of the network. 

The definition of the NHFN is 

established under 23 U.S.C. 167(c) and 

consists of four separate highway 

network components: The PHFS; 

Critical Rural Freight Corridors (CRFCs); 

Critical Urban Freight Corridors 

(CUFCs); and those portions of the 

Interstate System that are not part of the 

PHFS. The initial designation of the 

PHFS was identified during the 

designation process for the primary 

freight network under section 23 U.S.C. 

167(d), as in effect on the day before the 

date of enactment of the FAST Act. 

The FHWA Administrator is required 

to re-designate the PHFS every 5 years. 

Each re-designation is limited to a 

maximum 3 percent increase in total 

mileage of the system per 23 U.S.C. 

167(d)(2)(B). 

PHFS 

Congress established the PHFS as a 

network of highways intended to reflect 

the most critical highway portions of the 

U.S. freight transportation system, 

determined by measurable and objective 

national data. The network consists of 

41,518 centerline miles, including 

37,436 centerline miles of Interstate and 

4,082 centerline miles of non-Interstate 

roads. Maps and tables exhibiting roads 

currently included in the PHFS of the 

NHFN are available by State here: 

https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/ 

infrastructure/ismt/nhfn_states_list.htm. 

PHFS and Use of NHFP Funds 

Congress established a NHFP in 23 

U.S.C. 167 to improve the efficient 

movement of freight on the NHFN and 

support several goals. Additional details 

on the NHFP are available at: https://

www.fhwa.dot.gov/fastact/factsheets/ 

nhfpfs.cfm. A State shall obligate funds 

apportioned to the State under section 

104(b)(5) to improve the movement of 

freight on the NHFN pursuant to 23 

U.S.C. 167. A State with PHFS mileage 

of less than 2 percent of the national 

total PHFS mileage may obligate NHFP 

funds for projects on all portions of the 

NHFN. A State with PHFS mileage 

greater than or equal to 2 percent of the 

national PHFS total may use its NHFP 

funds for projects on the PHFS, CRFCs, 

and CUFCs. 

PHFS and Use of INFRA Grants 

Congress established 23 U.S.C. 117, 

the Nationally Significant Freight and 

Highway Projects program, currently 

known as Infrastructure for Rebuilding 

America (INFRA). This discretionary 

grant program provides Federal 

financial assistance to highway and 

freight projects of national or regional 

significance. Eligibility for INFRA grant 

funding for highway projects is limited 

to those existing or planned roads that 

are or will become part of the NHFN or 

the National Highway System (NHS). 

Additional details on INFRA Grants are 

available at: https:// 


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