Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 178 / Friday, September 17, 2021 / Notices 51953 

1BBRC states that it began operating over the Line 

in 2004. See Buckingham Branch R.R.—Lease—CSX 

Transp., FD 34495 (STB served Nov. 5, 2004). 

through the Federal Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: September 14, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20222 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 34495 (Sub-No. 1)] 

Buckingham Branch Railroad 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption with Interchange 

Commitment—CSX Transportation, 

Inc. 

Buckingham Branch Railroad 

Company (BBRC), a Class III rail carrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire from 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), and 

continue to operate approximately 

164.22 miles of railroad line, referred to 

as Segment 3, between approximately 

milepost 276.0 in Clifton Forge in 

Allegheny County, Va., and milepost 

111.78 at Doswell in Hanover County, 

Va. (the Line).1

The verified notice indicates that 

BBRC has leased and operated the Line 

(as part of a longer line between AM 

Junction, near Richmond, and Clifton 

Forge) since 2005. According to the 

verified notice, BBRC and CSXT have 

agreed to convert BBRC’s current 

leasehold interest in the Line into a 

permanent, exclusive rail freight 

operating easement. The verified notice 

states that BBRC and CSXT will enter 

into, among other things, a Permanent 

Easement Agreement and an amended 

Freight Operating Agreement and will 

also terminate their existing lease 

agreement with respect to Segment 3. 

The verified notice further states that 

the amended Freight Operating 

Agreement between BBRC and CSXT 

contains an interchange commitment 

that affects interchange with carriers 

other than CSXT. The affected 

interchanges are with Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company at Charlottesville, 

Va., and at Waynesboro, Va. BBRC has 

provided additional information 

regarding the interchange commitment 

as required by 49 CFR 1150.43(h). 

BBRC certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in BBRC’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier, but its projected annual 

revenues will exceed $5 million. 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), if a 

carrier’s projected annual revenues will 

exceed $5 million, it must, at least 60 

days before the exemption becomes 

effective, post a notice of its intent to 

undertake the proposed transaction at 

the workplace of the employees on the 

affected lines, serve a copy of the notice 

on the national offices of the labor 

unions with employees on the affected 

lines, and certify to the Board that it has 

done so. Concurrently with its verified 

notice, however, BBRC filed a petition 

for waiver of the labor notice 

requirements. BBRC’s waiver request 

will be addressed in a separate decision. 

BBRC states that it expects to 

consummate the transaction on or 

sometime after the effective date of the 

exemption. The Board will establish the 

effective date in its separate decision on 

the waiver request. 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

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

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than September 24, 

2021. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 34495 (Sub-No. 1), should be filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

via e-filing on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on BBRC’s representative, 

Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

According to BBRC, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b)(1). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: September 13, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20145 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[DOT Docket Number: FAA–2021–0847] 

NextGen Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the NextGen Advisory 

Committee (NAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

virtually, on October 19, 2021, from 1:00 

p.m.–4:30 p.m. EDT. Requests to attend 

the meeting virtually and request for 

accommodations for a disability must be 

received by October 5, 2021. If you wish 

to make a public statement during the 

meeting, you must submit a written 

copy of your remarks by October 5, 

2021. Written materials requested to be 

reviewed by NAC Members before the 

meeting must be received no later than 

October 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: This will be a virtual 

meeting. Virtual meeting information 

will be provided upon registration. 

Information on the NAC, including 

copies of previous meeting minutes, is 

available on the NAC internet website at 

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/ 

headquarters_offices/ang/nac/. 

Members of the public interested in 

attending must send the required 

information listed in the SUPPLEMENTAL

INFORMATION section to 9-AWA-ANGNACRegistration@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Schwab, NAC Coordinator, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, at 

gregory.schwab@faa.gov or 202–267– 

1201. Any requests or questions not 

regarding attendance registration should 

be sent to the person listed in this 

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Secretary of Transportation 

established the NAC under agency 

authority in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 

Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, to 

provide independent advice and 

recommendations to the FAA, and to 

respond to specific taskings received 

directly from the FAA. The NAC 

recommends consensus-driven advice 

for FAA consideration relating to Air 

Traffic Management System 

modernization. 

51954 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 178 / Friday, September 17, 2021 / Notices 

II. Agenda 

At the meeting, the agenda will cover 

the following topics: 

• NAC Chairman’s Report 

• FAA Report 

• NAC Subcommittee Chairman’s 

Report 

Æ Risk and Mitigations update for the 

following focus areas: Multiple 

Runway Operations, Data 

Communications, Performance 

Based Navigation, Surface and Data 

Sharing, and Northeast Corridor 

• NAC Chairman Closing Comments 

The detailed agenda will be posted on 

the NAC internet website at least one 

week in advance of the meeting. 

III. Public Participation 

This virtual meeting will be open to 

the public. Members of the public who 

wish to attend are asked to register via 

email by submitting their full legal 

name, country of citizenship, contact 

information (telephone number and 

email address), and name of your 

industry association, or applicable 

affiliation. Please email this information 

to the email address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. When registration is 

confirmed, registrants will be provided 

the virtual meeting information/ 

teleconference call-in number and 

passcode. Callers are responsible for 

paying associated long-distance charges 

(if any). 

Note: Only NAC Members, members of the 

public who have registered to make a public 

statement, and NAC working groups and 

FAA staff who are providing briefings will 

have the ability to speak. All other attendees 

will be able to listen only. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is committed to 

providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, please contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

Five minutes will be allotted for oral 

comments from members of the public 

joining the meeting. This time may be 

extended if there is a significant number 

of members of the public wishing to 

provide an oral comment. To 

accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, the time for each commenter 

may be limited. Individuals wishing to 

reserve speaking time during the 

meeting must submit a request at the 

time of registration, as well as the name, 

address, and organizational affiliation of 

the proposed speaker. If the number of 

registrants requesting to make 

statements is greater than can be 

reasonably accommodated during the 

meeting, FAA may conduct a lottery to 

determine the speakers. Speakers are 

required to submit a copy of their 

prepared remarks for inclusion in the 

meeting records and for circulation to 

NAC members to the person listed 

under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. All prepared 

remarks submitted on time will be 

accepted and considered as part of the 

meeting’s record. 

Members of the public may submit 

written statements for inclusion in the 

meeting records and circulation to the 

NAC members. Written statements need 

to be submitted to the person listed 

under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Comments 

received after the due date listed in the 

DATES section will be distributed to the 

members but may not be reviewed prior 

to the meeting. Any member of the 

public may present a written statement 

to the committee at any time. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

September, 2021. 

Tiffany Ottilia McCoy, 

General Engineer, NextGen Office of 

Collaboration and Messaging, ANG–M, Office 

of the Assistant Administrator for NextGen, 

Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20103 Filed 9–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Drone Advisory Committee (DAC); 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Drone Advisory 

Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 27, 2021, between 12:00 p.m. 

and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

Requests for reasonable 

accommodations must be received by 

October 20, 2021. 

Requests to submit written materials 

to be reviewed during the meeting must 

be received no later than October 20, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. Members of the public who 

wish to observe the virtual meeting can 

access the livestream from either of the 

following FAA social media platforms 

on the day of the event, https://

www.facebook.com/FAA or https://

www.youtube.com/FAAnews. For copies 

of meeting minutes, along with all other 

information please visit the DAC 

internet website at https://www.faa.gov/ 

uas/programs_partnerships/drone_

advisory_committee/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Kolb, UAS Stakeholder & Committee 

Liaison, Federal Aviation 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, at gary.kolb@faa.gov or 

202–267–4441. Any committee related 

request or request for reasonable 

accommodations should be sent to the 

person listed in this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The DAC was created under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), in accordance with Title 5 of 

the United States Code (5 U.S.C. App. 

2) to provide the FAA with advice on 

key UAS integration issues by helping 

to identify challenges and prioritize 

improvements. 

II. Agenda 

At the meeting, the agenda will cover 

the following topics: 

• Official Statement of the Designated 

Federal Officer 

• Approval of the Agenda and Previous 

Meeting Minutes 

• Opening Remarks 

• FAA Update 

• Industry-Led Technical Topics 

• New Business/Agenda Topics 

• Closing Remarks 

• Adjourn 

Additional details will be posted on 

the DAC internet website address listed 

in the ADDRESSES section at least seven 

days in advance of the meeting 

III. Public Participation 

The meeting will be open to the 

public and livestreamed. Members of 

the public who wish to observe the 

virtual meeting can access the 

livestream from either of the following 

FAA social media platforms on the day 

of the event, https://www.facebook.com/ 

FAA or https://www.youtube.com/ 

FAAnews. The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is committed to 

providing equal access to this meeting 

for all participants. If you need 

alternative formats or services because 

of a disability, such as sign language, 

interpretation, or other ancillary aids, 

please contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

The FAA is not accepting oral 

presentations at this meeting due to 

time constraints. Written statements 

submitted by the deadline will be 

provided to the DAC members before 

the meeting. Any member of the public 

may submit a written statement to the 

committee at any time.